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Uhuru Solidarity Movement hosts 2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum

by Uhuru Solidarity Movement | 09.25.2011

2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum
WED • OCT 5 • 6:30pm
First Unitarian Church
2125 Chestnut St. • Center City Phila

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Philly 2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum
When: Oct 5, 2011 6:30pm
Where: First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Uhuru Solidarity Movement, philly@uhurusolidarity.org, 215-387-0919

THESE ARE THE REAL CONDITIONS IN PHILADELPHIA:

• 2nd highest child hunger rate in U.S.
43% of children in Phila on food stamps

• 50% of African community lives below poverty line
75% of some communities in North & West Philly living in poverty!

• Nutter’s 9pm weekend youth curfew and Stop & Frisk policing policies criminalize & target African youth

• “Unemployed black men in their 30s-50s will likely never work again” - Daily News

Which candidate has real solutions to the problems facing all Philadelphians?

Diop Olugbala aka Wali Rahman, independent (confirmed)

Michael Nutter, Democrat (invited)

Karen Brown, Republican (confirmed)

2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum
WED • OCT 5 • 6:30pm
First Unitarian Church
2125 Chestnut St. • Center City Phila

http://uhurusolidarity.org/ • 215-387-0919 • philly@uhurusolidarity.org

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