April 06, 2011 12:45 AM UTC

Mayoral Forum Tonight (And Tomorrow, and Thursday)

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• by: Colorado Pols

Tonight from 6-8PM, you can join your favorite Denver mayoral candidates and FOX31’s Eli Stokols for the Denver Mayoral Sustainability Forum at the Museum of Nature and Science. If you can’t get there, the Colorado Environmental Coalition is UStreaming (embedded after the jump).

Two more mayoral candidate forums/debates are scheduled later this week: tomorrow, New Era Colorado and Westword will host “Candidate Survivor” at Casselman’s Bar, and the ACLU of Colorado is hosting a forum on police accountability at Central Presbyterian on Thursday. Details for both events follow.

New Era Colorado & ONE Colorado Present:

Candidate Survivor

Denver Mayor Debate

Wednesday, April 6th

Doors: 6pm | Show: 7pm

Free & All Ages

Casselman’s Bar & Venue

2620 Walnut Street | Denver, CO

If there’s one Denver Mayor candidate debate that you go to, it’s gotta be this one! Candidate Survivor is a debate where the audience controls the show. You’ll even have the chance to vote candidates off the island via text message!

Celebrity Judges:

Eli Stokols

Mario Solis-Marich

Ellen Dumm

With co-hosts 9to5 NAWW, Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado & Denver Westword

The ACLU of Colorado and the Colorado chapter of the National Lawyers Guild present:

Denver Mayoral Candidate Forum

Police Accountability

Denver’s next mayor will face many challenges. Chief among them is restoring accountability to the city’s law enforcement agencies. He or she must work to rebuild the public’s trust by changing the culture of a clearly troubled institution. Join us to hear a panel of criminal justice experts ask the candidates to explain their plans for reform.

Thursday, April 7, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St.

Panelists:

Lisa Calderón, Community Activist

Mark Silverstein, ACLU Legal Director

Joseph Sandoval, Metro State Criminolgy Professor

Jessica West, DU Law Professor

Moderated by the ACLU’s Jessie Ulibarrí and Jes Jones of the NLG

This event is FREE and open to the public

Doors at 6:00 p.m., Program begins at 6:30 p.m.

For more info, call: 303.777.5482 x100 or visit www.coloradoaclu.org