Meet the Candidates

Upcoming Sessions

Join Impact NW once again for our Meet the Candidates virtual event, featuring a series of conversations between you—our community members—and the candidates for Mayor and City Council.

We encourage attendees to ask questions by submitting them in advance. Please feel free to share any questions or topics you’d like the candidates to address. We’ll do our best to ensure that your questions are included in the discussion.

City Council District 4 Candidates (new!) Olivia Clark, Stan Pelkin, Mitch Green, and Moses Ross, Michelle DePass – September 24th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Mayoral Candidate Mingus Mapps (new!) – September 26th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
City Council District 1 Candidates Timur Ender, Candace Avalos, Steph Routh, Jamie Dunphy – October 8th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Mayoral Candidate Carmen Rubio – October 17th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm on Zoom
City Council District 3 Candidates Tiffany Koyama Lane, Agnelita Morillo, Jesse Cornett, Steve Novick – October 24th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

This is a list of confirmed Meet the Candidates sessions. As Impact NW schedules additional meetings with mayoral and city council candidates, we will update the times and dates accordingly.

Watch Past Candidates Cafes:

If you missed our most recent Meet the Candidates sessions, don’t worry! You can now stream these important discussions on our YouTube channel.

Our community asked vital questions about homelessness and our work as nonprofits, seeking answers from our candidates on the steps they would take towards effective change to support our mission to fight homelessness.