Sanders to headline progressive 'People's Summit'

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2. BEYOND RESISTANCE: A PEOPLES MOVEMENT FOR A JUST WORLD

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BEYOND RESISTANCE: A PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT FOR A JUST WORLD

Sen. Bernie Sanders will keynote a major gathering of several thousand progressive activists from across the U.S. in Chicago June 9 to 11 under a thematic of moving beyond resistance to a building a broad people’s movement for a just world.

The event will be the second People’s Summit following a coming together of 3,000 people, activists and members of leading progressive organizations, last June who also met in Chicago on a pledge to build the progressive movement through and beyond the November, 2016 election.

What: People’s Summit 2.0 “Beyond Resistance: A People’s Movement for a Just World”
When: June 9 through June 11
Where: Chicago, McCormick Place

How to Get Involved: Via http://www.thepeoplessummit.org or [e-mail] Twitter: @pplsummit

Many of those in Chicago last June have played leading roles in public actions and protests this year, but the supporting organizations are unified in calling for defining a progressive vision that beyond resistance and protests.

Tentative participants:

Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jane Sanders, educator
Eve Ensler, activist
Francis Fisher, actress
Josh Fox, filmmaker
Danny Glover, actor
Van Jones, CNN commentator
Shaun King, journalist
Naomi Klein, author
Nomiki Konst, journalist
Bill McKibben, activist
Michael Moore, filmmaker
Frances Fox Piven, educator
Linda Sarsour, activist
David Sirota, journalist
Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator
This year’s program will feature concrete steps for further progressive movement building, including candidate training, independent political action, civil disobedience, educational workshops, and unity in mass actions.

Convening organizations include National Nurses United, People’s Action, United Students Against Sweatshops, People for Bernie, Our Revolution, United Electrical Workers, Color of Change, Progressive Democrats of America, and Democratic Socialists of America, and Presente.

More information, including how to register for the event, is available at the People’s Summit website, http://www.thepeoplessummit.org/.

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