Women for Change to host “Vocal with our Local” forum featuring Carbondale mayoral candidates

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Carbondale City Hall (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

By Brandi Courtois, Staff Reporter

Women for Change Carbondale is hosting a “Vocal with our Local” forum on Thursday, Mar. 7 at the Civic Center with Carbondale’s mayoral candidates.

According to Women for Change’s Facebook page, the forum is to educate and inform the community about candidates and will run from 6-9 p.m. There will also be voter registration tables at the event.

Incumbent mayor Mike Henry will be running against Nathan Colombo, a community organizer, in the upcoming election.

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Partners for the event include the Sierra Club, Community Solar Working Group, The Green Party and the NAACP.

Staff writer Brandi Courtois can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @Brandi_Courtois.

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