Last updated on May 18, 2021
At least 12 at-large Boston City Council candidates will participate in an online forum hosted by JP Progressives on May 17.
JP Progressives is hosting the forum with Mijente, NAACP, Right to the City Vote, and BEJA. The forum will be at 7 pm and on Zoom. Spanish translation and closed captioning will be enabled on Zoom for the forum.
You can register here to attend the forum.
To participate in the forum, candidates must have to have pulled papers, created a Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance account, a website, and answered the candidate questionnaire of the Boston chapters of Progressive Mass. The two incumbents Michael Flaherty and Julia Mejia are scheduled to participate, as is Jamaica Plain resident Alex Gray. The following candidates are confirmed to participate:
- Said Abdikarim
- Kelly Bates
- James Colimon
- Domingos DaRosa
- Michael Flaherty
- Alex Gray
- David Halbert
- Ruthzee Louijeune
- Julia Mejia
- Erin Murphy
- Carla Monteiro
- Nick Vance