If you live in Roxborough, Manayunk, Chestnut Hill, East Falls, Andorra, Shawmont or Wissahickon, you probably reside within the boundaries of the newly-drawn 194th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. Two Democratic candidates, incumbent Pam DeLissio and Tarik Khan, are running for the State Representative seat. Join us for this live event to hear the candidates answer questions in this forum moderated by Morgan M. Robinson of the League of Women Voters/Philadelphia, and co-presented by the Coalition of Civics of the Lower Northwest, the Committee of Seventy, the LWVPHL and FairDistrictsPA. This event is FREE and will end between 8:00 and 8:15.
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