MINNEAPOLIS, MN Â Â Bernie Sanders, in partnership with Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, is in the Twin Cities for “Black America a Forum with Bernie Sanders” at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis. Â The free event no longer has tickets available, but people interested in attending viewing parties have a large variety of locations from which to choose, including the offices of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, the Minnesota Science Museum, the U of M Morris and as far away as Chicago. Â The event will also be live-streamed on The Uptake (link)Â starting at 4:30pm this afternoon.
Bernie Sanders has made several campaign appearances in Minnesota since announcing his presidential run last April. Â After coming in strong against Clinton in the Iowa caucuses and then winning the New Hampshire primaries with over 60% of the vote, he is turning his attention to South Carolina and the upcoming “Super Tuesday” caucuses on March 1, of which Minnesota is one of the 15 states holding either a Democrat, Republican or both caucus that day.
Wooing African-Americans away from Hillary Clinton is essential for Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Â Sanders met with the Reverand Al Sharpton earlier this week, and today’s Forum is also another way he is reaching out to African-American voters.
Alpha News has been researching the commonalities between Sanders’ socialist platform and many of the groups – Black Lives Matter, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, etc. – ideologies and goals and will begin a series early next week: stay tuned.
