Carbon County Democrats for Progress will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower conference room at The Inn at Jim Thorpe, 24 Broadway, Jim Thorpe.

The featured speaker will be Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, John Fetterman, the mayor of Braddock. This program is free and open to interested Democrats.Fetterman has been called 'America's Coolest Mayor' by The New York Times, was featured on the cover of The Atlantic Magazine's issue on "Brave New Thinkers, and was the subject of the TV program A Day in the Life by Morgan Spurlock."At first glance, people are surprised that this tattooed, bearded man who only wears black short sleeved shirts, and has a definite back-to-nature look holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a B. A. in Finance from Albright College," said CCDP President, Linda Christman.Mayor for more than 10 years, Fetterman comes from Braddock, once a thriving steel town in western Pennsylvania, which was decimated by deindustrialization and suburbanization, but now is on the upswing.With his motto, "Build it back up," this unconventional mayor worked to break the cycles of poverty and violence that were ruining Braddock's chances of renewal by embracing creative ideas and innovative solutions.Fetterman will discuss how he now wants to apply these innovative and creative approaches to issues facing the U.S. Senate.For more information about this program or CCDP, contact Linda Christman at 610-377-0235, or

lachris@ptd.net.