Senator Mike Braun (R), Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana Town Halls, in partnership with WFYI Productions, will host its first “nonpartisan issue-focused Town Hall”, to be live-streamed on Thursday, October 7, from 7 to 8 p.m. Senator Mike Braun will address questions related to Hoosier jobs, wages, and future economic opportunities. Jim Shella, veteran political reporter, will moderate the conversation.
Indiana Town Halls released the following:
The goal of the Town Hall is to empower civic engagement and enhance access to members of Congress in a time of deep political division.
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WFYI-TV will record the event for future broadcast on public television stations across the State. Citizens representing a cross-section of Hoosiers will participate via Zoom and direct their questions and ideas directly to Senator Braun in real time.
Following the event—in partnership with California-based Informing to Empower Democracy—Indiana Town Halls will post a reformatted version of the Town Hall where viewers can easily access short videos of Senator Braun’s responses to specific topics.
Viewers will be encouraged to fill out a post-event survey to help design future Town Halls.
Les Zwirn, CEO of Indiana Town Halls, said, “The Town Hall format provides a unique platform for a cross-section of Hoosiers to interact with Members of Congress in a “listening and learning, problem-solving setting.”
Moderator Jim Shella added that “we aim to bring greater civility, accountability, and citizen participation to our public square political dialogue. We will do this, first, by giving citizens, instead of pundits, the opportunity to pose their questions directly. And second, by leveraging both social and traditional media to include thousands of Hoosiers in an unrehearsed conversation with those who represent us in Washington.”
Former Indiana State Senator John Ruckelshaus (R), one of the Indiana Town Halls founders, said, “Now is the right time for our moderated, technology-enhanced Town Hall model. The public is hungry for thoughtful, interactive discussion of issues and civil exchanges with politicians.”
