FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2021 NEWS: Mount Vernon Forward Team Signs Candidate Commitment Pledge on Ethics and Transparency — Challenges Democratic Primary Opponents to Sign On Leading an effort to bring ethics, courtesy, transparency and commitment to the often contentious politics of their hometown, the Mount Vernon Forward team for City Council…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2021 Mount Vernon Forward Launches City Council Campaign Website The Mount Vernon Forward coalition today announced the launch of its 2021 City Council Campaign website at https://www.mvforward.com/ — the central online headquarters for the growing grassroots effort for progress in Mount Vernon. The full service…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2021 Mount Vernon Forward Announces Campaign Team for City Council Primary: Professional Experience and Local Roots Fresh off filing four times the number of petitions required to be on the June 22nd Democratic Primary ballot, the Mount Vernon Forward* coalition today announced the formation of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2021 Strong to the Hoop: Mount Vernon Forward Team Drives to the Primary Ballot, Filing More Than Four Times the Required Petition Signatures for City Council Showing organizing strength that powered through the “March Madness” of collecting signatures during a pandemic, the Mount Vernon Forward…

Declaring that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” the Mount Vernon Forward coalition candidates for City Council expressed their solidarity with the Asian-American community and vowed to support anti-discrimination and education policy in the city. “The outbreak of bias and hate crimes and…

Mount Vernon Forward Coalition Stands With Teamsters Local 456 “Pay Our Workers!” - Mount Vernon Forward Coalition Stands With Teamsters Local 456 Citing the “incredible commitment” of Mount Vernon’s Department of Public Works employees through the challenges of a deadly pandemic, destructive tropical storm, paralyzing winter weather, and an aging…

Gleason Rejects Divisive and Un-Democratic Actions of Secret Committee, Continues Inclusive Campaign for City Council February 24, 2021 NEWS: Gleason Rejects Divisive and Un-Democratic Actions of Secret Committee, Continues Inclusive Campaign for City Council In response to the actions of the Mount Vernon City Democratic Committee today, City Council candidate…

February 16, 2021 Contact: Peter Davis VoteMvForward@gmail.com Mount Vernon Forward, a diverse coalition of concerned Democrats, is kicking off its campaign to continue making progress for a better future for Mount Vernon by endorsing a slate of dedicated candidates for City Council. The Mount Vernon Forward candidates for Mount Vernon…