Want to learn more about school board candidates? Fayetteville NAACP hosting forum Sunday
Cumberland County voters will get the opportunity to hear from school board candidates during a forum sponsored by the Fayetteville branch of the NAACP on Sunday.
The event is free and open to the public and scheduled for 2:30 to 5 p.m. in the Pate Room of the Headquarters Library downtown. All candidates for the three at-large seats on the Cumberland County Board of Education have been invited to the forum. Incumbents Charles McKellar, Judy Musgrave and Greg West face five challengers, Jacquelyn Brown, Julissa Jumper, Nyrell Melvin, John Ornelas and Carol Stubbs.
The three candidates who get the most votes in the November election win seats on the school board.
The Fayetteville chapter of the NAACP is hosting the event in partnership with Greater Life of Fayetteville, the Fayetteville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the Zeta Pi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
More on the candidatesEight candidates seeking at-large seats on the Cumberland County Board of Education
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville NAACP hosting Cumberland County Board of Education forum
