Gabriela Ramirez, CAS StuGov deputy director of city affairs and a College of Arts and Sciences junior, and Hessann Farooqi, BU student body vice president and CAS senior, moderated the event. The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground and the BU Initiative on Cities - an urban related research hub - also provided support for the forum.Īround 122 BU students, 30 Boston-area college students and 25 BIG school representatives attended the forum in person. Mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George made a final pitch to student voters at a forum at Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center Friday night, discussing concerns regarding affordable housing, environmental policy and the ongoing opioid epidemic.īU Student Government hosted the event along with the Boston Intercollegiate Government - a student-led governance organization that represents a coalition of local colleges. COURTESY OF JORDAN KREINDLER/ BOSTON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Boston mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George speaks during the Boston mayoral student forum Friday at Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground.