Former Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, who also served as governor of Virginia, will take a leading role in questioning Richmond’s current mayoral candidates at a forum Virginia Union University will host next week.

The forum for the six candidates seeking the city’s top office in the Nov. 3 election will take place 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24.

Mr. Wilder and WRIC-TV news anchor Juan Conde will moderate the virtual event that will be held at VUU’s Coburn Hall. The first hour will be broadcast on WRIC, while the entire forum will be available to view on WRIC.com and VUU’s Facebook page.

VUU noted that a web link will be available for the public to submit questions.

Details: Angelica E. Bega, (804) 828-8250 or aebega@vcu.edu; or Pamela Cox, (804) 937-7936 or phcox@vuu.edu.