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Interview: LWVKKC To Host Knoxville City Council Candidate Forum

This Thursday, July 29th, the League of Women Voters Knoxville/Knox County is holding a forum for those running for Knoxville City Council. This time around, there are 13 candidates for five council seats. The forum will be livestreamed on WATE-TV and Facebook. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with the League’s Coordinator of Candidate Events, Susan Martin, and Kathy Greenberg, Director of Voter Services, about the League and the forum. In the interview, Kathy speaks first. 

The League is putting on the forum with the partnership of the following organizations:

The Knoxville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

American Muslim Advisory Council

Centro Hispano de East Tennessee

Tennessee NAACP

YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley

Knox News

The League of Women Voters

Knoxville Area Urban League

Society of Professional Journalists - East Tennessee Pro Chapter

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.