Candidate forum set for Wednesday

In what could be the first candidate forum of the general election season, the National Alliance for Mental Illness Columbia (NAMI Columbia) will host a legislative candidate forum at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, at the Boone County Commission Chambers.

Candidates from the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th Districts, as well as the 19th Senatorial District, have been invited “to participate in a discussion about the crisis in the availability of mental health services in Central Missouri,” according to a release from the organization.

NAMI describes itself as one of “the nation’s leading grassroots mental health organization with 1100 local affiliates in the United States.”