Salem-Keizer NAACP spearheads first-ever local candidate forum focused on communities of color

Stickers on top of a ballot box on Wednesday, September 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Salem-Keizer’s NAACP normally invites candidates for local office to meet with its members, but the racial justice organization is going a step further this year, with a three-night virtual candidate forum for Marion and Polk County races.

Nearly a dozen community groups and organizations representing people of color in the Salem area will join in, including Mano a Mano, Latinos Unidos…