Bernie understands the real issues that Americans talk about around the dinner table
Friends,
I supported Senator Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 because we needed an unflinching vision for transforming our world that includes people of all identities and backgrounds.
In 2020 I believe the same.
It has been 400 years since my ancestors were shackled in boats and brought here across the Atlantic Ocean; 51 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated; 11 years since Barack Obama was elected; and for the past 3 years we have experienced the disastrous Trump effect. The time is now, not just for change, but for transformation. No more waiting. It’s time to act for the future of our children.
Bernie understands the real issues that Americans face and talk about around the dinner table: from bail reform to the mass incarceration of Brown and Black people; from stopping the attacks on immigrants to the need for a living wage; from the lack of funding in marginalized schools, to the increased gun violence in our communities; from ensuring health care for everyone, to wiping out student debt and making college affordable for all. Bernie has bold ideas about how to create a future where young people have the opportunity to thrive.
But Bernie Sanders alone can’t bring resources into every underserved community. We need to connect with each other in solidarity, stand together, and continue to fight for what’s right. Black, brown, and white, regardless of our gender we ALL have a voice — LET IT ROAR!
Let it be known that we will stand together and continue to fight for what’s right.
You can’t build a movement by yourself — it takes legions of people like you who want to build it. We all need sisters and brothers willing to carry the bricks and the mortar. And we need everyone to offer up their special skills.
Our Revolution is helping to do the down and dirty movement work to connect people and energize them around the issues that matter most.
Our Revolution is helping to do the down and dirty movement work to connect people and energize them around the issues that matter most.
It’s through the suffering of our ancestors that we learn our biggest lesson of why we must be committed—Justice.
Like 1968 Olympian John Carlos always says, “There is no partial commitment to justice. You are either in or you’re out.”
In solidarity,
Michael Bennett
Professional Football Player, New York Time Best Selling Author, and Humanitarian
Professional Football Player, New York Time Best Selling Author, and Humanitarian
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