As part of its participation in the national Seize the Moment campaign, Connecticut Common Cause will be hosting a forum on the latest woes in Washington and how Clean Elections at the national level can help end the culture of corruption in our nation's capital.

The forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Ridgefield Public Library, 472 Main St., Ridgefield, Conn. The panelists will include: Nick Nyhart, executive director of Public Campaign, Phil Sherwood, legislative director at Connecticut Citizen Action Group, and Chris Horrigan, Government Director of the Connecticut League of Women Voters. As executive director of Connecticut Common Cause, I'll be moderating. The forum is free and open to the public.

This forum gives campaign finance reform activists and supporters a unique opportunity to query the minds of the leaders of the Connecticut campaign finance reform campaign on the recent victory in Connecticut and what can be done to help achieve a similiar victory in Washington, D.C.

For more information on the forums or the Connecticut Seize the Moment campaign, go to www.commoncause.org/ctstm.