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On Wednesday, October 27th, Young Mainers will make history in the first-ever youth organized and executed gubernatorial forum televised live statewide on WABI-TV5, WPME (Portland) and WPXT (Lewiston). Maine youth will be asking the questions about candidate’s plans for education, job creation and growing Maine’s economy.
With 18 watch parties organized by young people at high schools and community centers around the state, this forum – on TV and the internet with interactive submission of questions on facebook and live chat – will be a great demonstration of technology connecting people from Presque Isle to Portland and Jackman to Calais. The Portland viewing party will be held at the University of Southern Maine, 326 Luther Bony Hall on the Portland Campus tonight and will run from 6:40pm to 9:00 pm.
There have been an unprecedented number of gubernatorial forums and debates in this campaign cycle, but this one, organized and executed by a statewide network of high school students, promises to be the most innovative.
Find out more about the Prepare Maine initiative at PrepareMaine.org, and the gubernatorial forum and watch party locations at Prepare Maine Facebook Page. Further information on watch parties around the state can be found at Prepare Maine Gubernatorial Forum Watch Parties.
#1 by Prepare Maine on October 27, 2010 - 11:59 am
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Thanks so much for writing this up! We are EXTREMELY excited to have been a part of this, and we very much look forward to working to keep quality education at the fore of Maine’s attention.
Should one need tickets to attend tonight’s forum in Bangor, they can be found here:
http://preparemaine.eventbrite.com/
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing everyone in Portland!