Feeling the Bern
Friends,
For almost two years I have traveled across the country to states including Hawai’i, Alaska, California, Arizona, North Carolina, Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire because the political revolution begins with you -- the grassroots. As your president, I have brought your stories of success and struggle with me in our collective pursuit to build a progressive movement.
Together we have grown Our Revolution into a powerful grassroots organization made up of people from all walks of life. Now more than ever we need you to continue the work we started.
As you may have heard, I am taking a leave of absence to serve as a co-chair for Senator Sanders 2020 campaign. I am joining his team to make a tangible impact on behalf of African Americans, women, working people, and others who feel left behind politically and economically. While I will be serving our movement in a new capacity, I will remain on the board of Our Revolution.
I could not transition without letting you all know how proud I am of the work we have done together. We are the keepers of the flame and our movement is winning.
As we all know, the stakes are too high for any of us to sit this campaign out. As brother Frederick Douglass put it, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” We are pushing to create a system that works for the poor and working class. We are pushing to protect Mother Earth for ourselves and future generations. We are pushing to ensure that folks in this country have high quality health care and not just access to health insurance. We are pushing to create systems of political, economic and racial equality.
The struggle for progress is real and the establishment class of politicians, corporations and greedy billionaires will do everything they can to try to stop our movement and prevent Senator Sanders from becoming President of the United States of America. Therefore, we must strengthen our resolve and rededicate ourselves to the mission ahead of us, which is to secure for ourselves and our progeny a future steeped in opportunity.
Sen. Sanders needs every single one of us to keep fighting for Medicare for All, a clean and just energy system, and to put an end to rising income inequality. When our movement is strong we can all rise together. When our broad coalition works hand-in-hand there is nothing we cannot accomplish.
Thank you for all you have done and will do. I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail.
In solidarity,
Nina Turner
President
Our Revolution
President
Our Revolution
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