Events

Studio C70: Election Day Edition

On Election Day, the Committee of Seventy will once again host “Studio C70,” an interview forum for the city and state’s leading policymakers and civic leaders to share their thoughts about the primary election and issues that are front-of-mind for Pennsylvania voters.

You can watch these interviews as they happen on C70’s Facebook page, or later on C70’s YouTube page. Go vote, and then join us! 

Schedule

9:00 AM – Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director @ Education Law Center 

10:00 AM – Robert J. Cindrich, former Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and current member @ The Article III Coalition, an initiative of Keep Our Republic

11:00 AM – Steve Loney, Senior Supervising Attorney @ ACLU of Pennsylvania 

12:00 PM – Craig Green, Charles Klein Professor of Law and Government @ Temple University Beasley School of Law 

1:00 PM – Keisha Hudson, Chief Defender @ Defender Association of Philadelphia

2:00 PM – Brent Landau, Executive Director @ Public Interest Law Center

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