Candidate Forum on Mental Illness & Addiction
Sat, Aug 31
|The Old Church
The Mental Health Association of Portland will host a CANDIDATE FORUM for Portland City Council candidates, including the race for mayor, on August 31 at The Old Church in the heart of downtown Portland. The subject of the Candidate Forum is mental illness and addiction.
Time & Location
Aug 31, 2024, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97201, USA
About the event
Candidate Forum – 2024
The Mental Health Association of Portland will host a CANDIDATE FORUM for Portland City Council candidates, including the race for mayor, on August 31 at The Old Church in the heart of downtown Portland.
The subject of the Candidate Forum is mental illness and addiction.
The organization is nonpartisan and makes no endorsements. The organization will provide a private intensive briefing by subject matter experts in mid-November for all those elected in the Metro area on how the mental health and addiction system operates. This Forum is not supported by the City of Portland’s Votes 2024 Grant Program. The Portland Peace Team will be in attendance.
The Mental Health Association of Portland Candidate Forum will have a live audience at The Old Church, be live-streamed on YouTube, and available to watch on YouTube afterward. The streaming link will be available on this site after August 27 (candidate filing deadline). District sessions will be 90 minutes each. The mayoral session will be 60 minutes.
All candidates are welcome to participate but MUST register before August 28. All candidates have been sent registration information via email. Over 55 candidates have registered to participate.
Forum Schedule:
9 AM – District One Candidates, facilitated by KC LeDell, JD
10:30 AM – District Two Candidates, facilitated by Hon. Adrian Brown
Noon – Mayoral Candidates, facilitated by Hon. Juliet Britton
1:30 PM – District Three Candidates, facilitated by Emily Cooper, JD
3 PM – District Four Candidates, facilitated by Juan Chavez, JD
The Mental Health Association of Portland Candidate Forum is sponsored by Albies & Stark, Creighton & Rose, James O’Rourke, Kafoury & McDougal, the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and others.