ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 23, 2022) — Quad Cities Interfaith and NAACP of Illinois are partnering to bring a non-partisan Candidate Forum to Rock Island County June 14 at the Martin Luther King Jr Community Center (630 9th Street Rock Island Street, IL, 61201). This forum will be for both the Rock Island County Sheriff election as well as the Illinois House of Representatives District 72 election. The Sheriff forum will be held first 5:30-6:30PM, followed by a thirty-minute break, with the State Representative forum being held 7-8:30PM.
The purpose of this forum is to allow voters in Rock Island to hear their candidate's position on current issues, as well as to promote community electoral participation. All are invited to attend, and the event is free and open to the public. The candidates will answer written questions in a moderated non-partisan format, and there will also be an allotted time for the public to ask the candidates questions.
Quad Cities Interfaith (www.qcinterfaith.org)
Quad Cities Interfaith is a coalition of congregations and community groups that have come together to build local leadership and address issues in the Quad-City region of Illinois and Iowa. The group works to improve the quality of life in the region by developing leaders in congregations and other institutions, so as to introduce values into public dialogue and speak with a strong, unified voice in decisions that affect Quad-Citizens
