Miami Herald, media partners to host forum with candidates for District 24

Residents in Congressional District 24 will get a chance to hear from candidates running to fill the seat of outgoing Congresswoman Frederica Wilson at a forum held in Little Haiti.

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The forum, called “The Road to Congress: The Battle for Florida’s 24th District” is in partnership MIami Herald, MIA Media Group, NBC6 and WLRN and will be held at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex on Wednesday, July 22 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will be moderated by NBC6 Anchor Jawan Strader and Miami Herald Editorial Opinion Editor Amy Driscoll.

“The Miami Herald believes informed communities make stronger decisions,” said Miami Herald Executive Editor Alex Mena. “We’re proud to partner in presenting this debate because providing voters with direct access to the candidates and their ideas is an important public service and central to our mission as a news organization.”

Ten Candidates are vying to replace Wilson, who announced her decision to not run for reelection in an exclusive interview with the Herald in May. “I figured if I announced that I was retiring, what would the Legislature and the governor do? What would they say? Would District 24 be an easy target because Frederica is no longer there? I’m a strong candidate,” she said at the time and shortly after the state redrew congressional districts. “With me not here, would that weaken the survival of District 24?”

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Of the 10 candidates, eight confirmed their attendance at the forum: entrepreneur Te Mayonna Brown; longtime director of the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Marshall Davis; former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert; outgoing Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones; grandson of late Congresswoman Carrie Meek, Kendrick Meek Jr.; former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime; physician Rudolph Moise and attorney Roderick Vereen.

Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, 100 Black Men of South Dade, Inc. Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc, Black-Owned Media Alliance, and National Pan-Hellenic Council of Miami-Dade are community partners of the forum. The event is free and open to the public.

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IF YOU GO

WHAT: “The Road to Congress: The Battle for Florida’s 24th District” forum

WHEN: Wednesday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: 212-260 NE 59th Terr., Miami

COST: Free