Ohio's NOT Waiting for Bernie Sanders

[Segami]

Last week, Bernie’s first campaign office opened in Ohio… without the campaign.

A group of forward-thinking activists and die hard Bernie Sanders supporters began planning and raising funds in November. They reached out to local legislators and community leaders, formed a steering committee, secured a location and made all the necessary arrangments to have the location open 50 hours per week. On January 9th, all thier hard work paid off as 200 people showed up to witness the Office Grand Opening. Senator Micheal Skindell and, native Clevelander, Senator and Bernie Sanders Spokesperson Nina Turner gave the keynote remarks.

“While they may have more money” Turner preached to the crowd, from the front step of the office, “We have more people… and that means we have the power!”

Logistically, the office is opening at the perfect time to be able to raise and train the army Sanders will need in the primary. “The focus of the office right now, in the next few weeks, is the early primary states,” Said Steve Holecko, the office’s Volunteer Coordinator… and focus they do. With a bank of a dozen donated computers, anyone can come, get trained and start making calls into those super important primary battleground states.

Already the 10 or so volunteer office staff have trained many to be local group leaders and helped to set up 15 new group meetings in the first week and contacted hundreds of new volunteers to help. Holecko knows this is no small task, “our volunteer base has gotten bigger and bigger since we’ve contacted more people, and right now we have a bank of about 600 [new volunteers] that we’re trying to get through.”

All of this with little to no Sanders campaign support. But the volunteers don’t seem to mind, they know that Bernie is working hard where he needs to… and they look forward to working with him and his staff when they arrive… in the mean time, Ohio is preheating and starting a revolution on its own!






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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/17/1470870/-Ohio-s-Not-Waiting-for-Bernie-Sanders

[grasswire]

1. same thing is happening in Portland

big rally and march next weekend, all locally organized

[Flying Squirrel]

2. OR or ME?

[aidbo]

4. Why does it always have to be about YOU?

[grasswire]

6. Oregon nt

[Trajan]

3. Do tell, Grasswire !

I had no idea ... Do you have a link for this by any chance ?

[grasswire]

5. are you on facebook?

there's a group called Bernie's Battalion and there is notice of the event there. Also, Thursday night they are having a sign making event. And they have phone banking going on soon.

If you are not on FB, then I will PM you the details here on DU

[Trajan]

7. Yes I am ...

I found them ... Thanks so much ! ...

Maybe we'll have a chance to meet up this time around ...

Thanks again !

[CorporatistNation]

31. Work Facebook! We Must Spread The Word To Save Our Democracy!

!

[Snotcicles]

8. This is what a movement looks like. eom

[hotrod0808]

9. That

makes this Buckeye happier than you will ever know!

[Duckfan]

10. Well Oregon is not a difficult state to start....

...FEELING THE BERN! Eugene as well as Portland is Bernie territory. That's my home state. Absolutely incredible to see the crowds get bigger each week. And absolutely beautiful to see Ohio firing up for Bernie.

Now if the delegates start feeling the Bern, the campaign should hit the stratosphere.

[grasswire]

16. Goducks (off topic)

What do you think about the new hire as defensive coordinator?

[roguevalley]

26. my sweet dad was a beaver. ;) Goducks anyway. OREGON FOREVER! :D

[elleng]

11. Nina Turner is a huge asset!

[Kalidurga]

23. She will be our VP

[sorechasm]

24. Bernie and Nina 2016!

Wouldn't you love a VP debate between Nina Turner and Ted Cruz? Actually, I could see Nina Turner taking on the entire GOP Congress.

[Kalidurga]

25. Ugh I dunno if I could take seeing Cruz for that long

Thankfully I don't think he would even seriously consider a VP spot. The only one that is even close to being able to pick him would be T-Rump and I think they both despise each other.

Rubio on the other hand might just get the tap on the shoulder from someone and I think Nina would make him look like a scolded child.

[senz]

12. So beautiful.

Haven't seen people all over the U.S. this happy, hopeful and energized in a long, long time.

[Segami]

15. Genuinely and passionately happy, hopeful & energized.....

not just for a quick photo-op.

[Enthusiast]

20. We actually have a sense of hope.

Now.

Been a while.

[Enthusiast]

21. It's a wonderful thing to behold.

[Rybak187]

13. We also have our own Bernie office here in Bay City Michigan also.

[Rybak187]

17. Here is a link to our Facebook group.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1623388807885827

[roguevalley]

27. GO BAY CITY, MICHIGAN! :D

[ViseGrip]

30. very very cool....and effective!

[madfloridian]

14. Wow.

That's impressive.

[BeanMusical]

18. Kick and R

[bvf]

19. Absolutely wonderful!

What inspiring initiative!

My daughter lives just a few miles from there, and probably has already heard about this. I'll give her a heads-up in case she hasn't. She's liked everything she's heard about Sanders (I do my best to add to it, of course).

She's told me she's seeing lots of Bernie bumper stickers in her working-class West Side neighborhood, with hardly a sighting of anything Clinton.

Thanks, Segami!

[PoliticalMalcontent]

22. Stuff like this is impressive and invaluable.

You can't buy enthusiasm.

[Segami]

28. Its not for sale....its the real deal!

[Oilwellian]

29. His office in Roanoke, VA is opening this week

We're very excited about it.

Great story! Thanks for posting. You can just feel the energy in the pic you posted.