(Pictured in the photo above: Ward 14 Cleveland Council Candidates Nelson Cintron Jr., Brian Cummins, Janet Garcia, and Brian Kazy. At podium, Gloria Ferris, Organizer, Meet The Candidates Forums.)

"Informed citizens are engaged citizens and engaged citizens are informed citizens." 
 - Gloria Ferris, Meet the Candidates Forum

Meet The Candidates Forums are public community forums to strengthen citizen engagement, democracy and inform voters.

The 2013 Ward 14 City of Cleveland Council Meet The Candidates Forums No. 1 convened August 15, 2013 and No. 2 convened August 22, 2013, are based on citizen engagement process adopted from the Los Angeles League of Women Voters.

Recording and publishing is in collaboration with media partner, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open). Betsey Merkel, Editor and Publisher.

Please share the Ward 14 Forums resource link list below:

Website

• 
https://sites.google.com/a/i-open.org/meet-the-candidates/ward-14-cleveland-ohio



Blogs

• 
http://meetthecandidatesforum.blogspot.com/p/introduction-to-meet-candidates-forums.html
• https://sites.google.com/a/i-open.org/meet-the-candidates/ward-14-cleveland-ohio/ward-14-news

Articles


Introduction to Meet The Candidates by Gloria Ferris


• http://www.scribd.com/doc/164462501/Introduction-to-Meet-the-Candidates-Forum-by-Gloria-Ferris

Ward 14 Citizen Questions – Meet The Candidates Forum No. 1

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/164113939/Ward-14-Citizen-Questions-Meet-The-Candidates-Forum-No-1

Ward 14 Citizen Questions – Meet The Candidates Forum No. 2

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/164109066/Ward-14-Citizen-Questions-Meet-The-Candidates-Forum-No-2

Video

Introduction

Introduction to Meet The Candidates Forums

• http://youtu.be/2cDraFCrUVE


Meet The Candidates Forum No. 1

Ward 14 Meet The Candidates Forums No. 1 Welcome, Introduction, Instructions and Candidate Opening Statements


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texhF3-MmnY&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_wSXWBhK33P7ZnN6xCg26I

Meet The Candidates Forum No. 1 Citizen Questions and Candidate Responses


• http://youtu.be/5puwJSFQdoo

Meet The Candidates Forum No. 1 Closing Statements and Forum Close

• http://youtu.be/1eV3hjsk2OU

 

Meet The Candidates Forum No. 2

Ward 14 Meet The Candidates Forums No. 2 Welcome, Introduction and Instructions

• 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlA2gkACppY&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR

Ward 14 Meet The Candidates Forum No. 2 Candidate Opening Statements

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmuwV2rAe60&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR

Ward 14 Meet The Candidates Forum No. 2 Citizen Questions and Candidate Responses

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Part A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfzHXcuMSE&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR
• Part B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSY5ATXY6-8&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR
• Part C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M7DJJu3WsY&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR



Ward 14 Meet The Candidates Forum No. 2 Closing Statements

• 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKrtwCkiJt4&feature=share&list=PLiFekn3utKi_u6EQR_wORDuMMjOy586wR