Sanders in Seattle on August 8th, supporting Social Security and Medicare!!! [View all]

[eridani]

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/4jgdl


We received very exciting news today. Sen. Bernie Sanders will be speaking and participating with us at the Aug. 8 "Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security Decades of Success Celebration" from 1-3 p.m. at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle!!

- We ask all Social Security Works WA organizational and individual members to take whatever steps you can take to build a large turn out for this event!

- Additionally, we need a large number of people to provide security for this event. Please contact Mike Andrew, [e-mail] if you and /or your organization can provide volunteers to provide security. Volunteers providing security will meet in front of the stage at Westlake at 11:30 a.m.

Thanks,
Robby Stern
PSARA and SSW


Looks like the SSW event will be a brief check-in; a larger event is planned for the evening.

From Chad Lupkes--

Ok, we have confirmation that Senator Sanders WILL be coming to Seattle. He's speaking at a rally in Westlake Park on Saturday, August 8th, from 1pm to 3pm. That rally is in support of the Social Security Works Coalitions. And that's fantastic.

However, and even more exciting, the campaign is organizing an EVENT somewhere in Seattle for later that day. Where, we don't exactly know yet, or at least we're being asked not to say. But here's the link to RSVP:

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/rally/4jgdl#rsvp

Whatever venue they've reached out to, here's our goal. Make them change that venue, at least twice, between now and August 8th. We can get tens of THOUSANDS of people coming to see him in Seattle. We can do this.

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/4jgdl


From WA labor online daily--

http://www.thestand.org/2015/07/sanders-to-attend-social-security-medicare-event-aug-8-in-seattle/

— Organizers of an anniversary celebration rally for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid planned for Saturday, Aug. 8 in downtown Seattle announced today that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has accepted an invitation to attend and speak at the event.

“We are very excited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid and the 80th anniversary of Social Security,” said Robby Stern of Social Security Works – Washington, which is organizing the Aug. 8 event, and President of the Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action. “We are particularly honored to welcome Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the national advocacy leaders for strengthening and expanding these three critical programs.”

It will be Sanders’ first visit to Washington state since announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election.

SocSec-anniversary-15Aug08The Social Security & Medicare Celebration will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8 at Westlake Plaza, 400 Pine St. in downtown Seattle.

For more information, see Celebrate Medicare, Social Security success Aug. 8 in Seattle at The Stand.