McCormack Grad School Cohosts Live Conversations with Mayoral Candidates Marty Walsh, Tito Jackson

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UMass Boston has teamed up with WBUR, the Boston Globe, NBC Boston, NECN, and Telemundo Boston to jointly host live conversations with Boston mayoral candidates on July 19 and 20.Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and challenger Tito Jackson, a Boston city councilor, will participate in hour-long conversations later this month before a live audience at UMass Boston. The conversations will be broadcast live on WBUR radio, 90.9 FM, and live-streamed online by WBUR, the Boston Globe, and UMass Boston before an audience in the school’s media auditorium.

The conversations are intended as a kick-off to the campaign season, introducing the leading candidates for mayor and exploring issues that are important to the city’s future.

The conversations will be conducted on July 19 (Jackson) and July 20 (Walsh) as part of WBUR’s Radio Boston show, from 3 to 4 p.m. The show’s host, Meghna Chakrabarti, will be joined as co-host by Meghan Irons, city hall bureau chief at the Boston Globe.

Because the conversations are taking place as part of WBUR’s Radio Boston program, the live audience must be in their seats in the Media Auditorium, on the lower level of UMass Boston's Healey Library, by 2:45 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 and close at 2:45. The conversations are free and open to the public, but registration will be required. Register here.

The John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston, WBUR, the Globe, NBC Boston, necn, and Telemundo Boston will co-sponsor the conversations.

Mayoral candidates were invited to participate based on specific criteria that included polling, fundraising, and demonstrated political support.

McCormack, WBUR, and the Globe collaborated last year in hosting debates on the four statewide ballot questions, also broadcast live on Radio Boston.

This year, they are joined by NBC Boston, necn, and Telemundo Boston in a proposal, being considered by the candidates, to host formal debates ...

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