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The People's Summit: LIVE from Chicago
Jun 10, 2017
Thousands of progressive activists are gathering in Chicago this weekend to cultivate strategies and foster intersectionality for moving "beyond resistance" to "a people's movement for a just world."
The three-day People's Summit, headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), kicked off Friday, bringing together those committed to an agenda "that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality, and freedom."
Couldn't get to Chicago? Watch it LIVE here:
Voices of Resistance and Power - Saturday 8:30 AM CST
Winning Clean Energy and Climate Justice for All - Saturday 1:30 PM CST
Solutions to Big Money and Political Corruption - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Building Progressive Power in Rural America - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Campaigning and Governing for Transformational Change - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Empowering Locals: The Power of Perseverance - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Time for Single-Payer! - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Multi-Front, Multi-Racial Issue Organizing - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Transforming the Democratic Party - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Down Ballot Revolutionaries - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Water, Jobs and Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Winning The Battle For The Internet - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Beyond Betsy: Organizing for Education Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
The Political Revolution Now: Bernie Sanders - Saturday 7:00PM CDT
Wake Up to Justice Beyond Neo-liberalism and Trumpism - Sunday 8:30 AM CST
Watch the hashtag #PPLSummit on Twitter over the next three days to see events from the People's Summit as it unfolds:
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Thousands of progressive activists are gathering in Chicago this weekend to cultivate strategies and foster intersectionality for moving "beyond resistance" to "a people's movement for a just world."
The three-day People's Summit, headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), kicked off Friday, bringing together those committed to an agenda "that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality, and freedom."
Couldn't get to Chicago? Watch it LIVE here:
Voices of Resistance and Power - Saturday 8:30 AM CST
Winning Clean Energy and Climate Justice for All - Saturday 1:30 PM CST
Solutions to Big Money and Political Corruption - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Building Progressive Power in Rural America - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Campaigning and Governing for Transformational Change - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Empowering Locals: The Power of Perseverance - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Time for Single-Payer! - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Multi-Front, Multi-Racial Issue Organizing - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Transforming the Democratic Party - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Down Ballot Revolutionaries - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Water, Jobs and Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Winning The Battle For The Internet - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Beyond Betsy: Organizing for Education Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
The Political Revolution Now: Bernie Sanders - Saturday 7:00PM CDT
Wake Up to Justice Beyond Neo-liberalism and Trumpism - Sunday 8:30 AM CST
Watch the hashtag #PPLSummit on Twitter over the next three days to see events from the People's Summit as it unfolds:
Thousands of progressive activists are gathering in Chicago this weekend to cultivate strategies and foster intersectionality for moving "beyond resistance" to "a people's movement for a just world."
The three-day People's Summit, headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), kicked off Friday, bringing together those committed to an agenda "that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality, and freedom."
Couldn't get to Chicago? Watch it LIVE here:
Voices of Resistance and Power - Saturday 8:30 AM CST
Winning Clean Energy and Climate Justice for All - Saturday 1:30 PM CST
Solutions to Big Money and Political Corruption - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Building Progressive Power in Rural America - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Campaigning and Governing for Transformational Change - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Empowering Locals: The Power of Perseverance - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Time for Single-Payer! - Saturday 1:30 PM CDT
Multi-Front, Multi-Racial Issue Organizing - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Transforming the Democratic Party - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Down Ballot Revolutionaries - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Water, Jobs and Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Winning The Battle For The Internet - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
Beyond Betsy: Organizing for Education Justice - Saturday 3:45PM CDT
The Political Revolution Now: Bernie Sanders - Saturday 7:00PM CDT
Wake Up to Justice Beyond Neo-liberalism and Trumpism - Sunday 8:30 AM CST
Watch the hashtag #PPLSummit on Twitter over the next three days to see events from the People's Summit as it unfolds:
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