UNIfy for Education, Formed in Wake of UNI Program Cuts, Plans Candidate Forum

UNIfy for Education Alliance, an advocacy group formed in the wake of controversial program cuts at the University of Northern Iowa, is planning a legislative forum to discuss education policy with candidates hoping to represent Cedar Falls in Des Moines.

The event will be 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23 in McBride Auditorium, Gerald Hall, at Allen College in Waterloo.

On Facebook, the group wrote:

Where do the legislative candidates from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area stand on the important education issues that affect the Cedar Valley? UEA has invited each of them to attend this town hall style forum, so that we, the voters, can ask. This legislative session will be an important one for education reform and the funding of UNI.