Meet-and-greet UG candidate event scheduled tonight

An event to meet candidates for Unified Government commission and Board of Public Utilities has been scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, at the New Bethel Church, 745 Walker Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Another candidate event, to meet candidates for the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education and the Kansas City Kansas Community College Board of Trustees, is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the First Baptist Church, 500 Nebraska, Kansas City, Kansas.

The events are sponsored by the Community Health Council, El Centro, Historic Northeast Midtown Association, MainStream Education Foundation, Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, Kansas City, Kansas, Chapter of the NAACP, and NBC Community Development Corp.