NOV 29-DEC 1 ''The Gathering'' - Bernie Sanders to huddle with progressive leaders in Burlington
11/19/2018 04:21 PM EST
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The Sanders Institute, the Vermont-based think tank formed by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ wife, Jane, in 2017, has quietly lined up progressive activists from across the country for a three-day gathering next week in Burlington, assembling a speaker lineup billed as “thought leaders from across the country and around the world.”
Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, is expected to speak at the event’s opening but will not make any announcement about his plans for a potential 2020 campaign, sources familiar with the events said.
Listed speakers include New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Our Revolution President Nina Turner, intellectual and activist Cornel West, “The Young Turks” founder Cenk Uygur, environmentalist Bill McKibben, writer and activist Naomi Klein, and Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The event is scheduled to run Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the performing arts center Main Street Landing in Burlington.
Sanders is scheduled to speak ahead of the event, on Nov. 27, at George Washington University. The following week, on Dec. 3, he will host a livestreamed town hall event on climate change.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/19/bernie-sanders-progressive-leaders-vermont-1005505
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The Sanders Institute Gathering will convene 250 leading progressive minds to envision – and to actualize – a better future for our country and the world. Reaching across generations and embracing the inherent synergies across the progressive platform, participants will discuss and debate our nation’s most pressing issues and offer innovative solutions.
Our inaugural conference will bring together national and international progressive thought leaders, including elected officials, organizers, academics, economists, writers, artists and emerging leaders from a full spectrum of experience and expertise. The selection of topics, speakers and featured discussions will ensure that the conference is insightful, thought-provoking and relevant.
Economic, environmental, racial and social justice issues will be threaded throughout the conference as we discuss the climate crisis, healthcare, housing, democracy, foreign policy, criminal justice, labor issues and more.
The Gathering is an informative, issue-oriented, idea-focused, movement-building conference focused on developing bold, progressive solutions. Following the event, we will be sharing the speeches, interviews, conversations and sessions in a variety of formats.
https://sandersinstitutegathering.org/event/
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