"McKIBBEN TO SPEAK AT SANDERS KICKOFF" OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HQ, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015, 5 PM ET

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"McKIBBEN TO SPEAK AT SANDERS KICKOFF"

Burlington Free Press

May 22, 2015

By April Burbank, Free Press Staff Writer

Bill McKibben, a Vermont environmental activist and author, will speak at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign kickoff in Burlington, Vermont next week according to a Sanders spokesman. (Tuesday, May 26, 5 PM ET, Waterfront Park, Burlington).

"Bernie's sponsored the most aggressive climate change legislation in Congress," said Michael Briggs, a spokesman for the Sanders campaign. He added that McKibben and Sanders both worked to stop the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline and participated in a New York City climate change march last fall.

"Bernie is the ultimate what-you-see-is-what-you-get politician McKibben said in an email. "There's no fancy moves and no adroit spin, just relentless day-in-day-out advocacy for working people, and for a working planet. Bernie's been in the forefront of all the crucial environmental fights of recent years, always willing to knuckle down and do the hard work of fighting the big corporations."

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., are also expected to speak- with free ice cream in tow.
Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, will launch his campaign from Burlington, VT, 5 PM ET, TUESDAY, MAY 26 at Waterfront Park.

-Contact April Burbank at [phone] or at [e-mail]. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/AprilBurbank.
-Ed Schultz of MSNBC is going to the campaign opening which he will likely cover on the "ED SHOW", MSNBC at 5 PM ET, on Tuesday, May 26.

~ BERNIE SANDERS THROUGH THE YEARS ~

>SNIP A native of Brooklyn, New York, in 1968 Sanders moved to Vermont after spending summers there. The following is a summary of a selection of stories that appeared in the Burlington Free Press beginning in 1971.

- SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

- SANDERS ANNOUNCES US SENATE RUN, Nov. 24, 1971




- SANDERS FINISHES DISTANT THIRD IN US SENATE RUN, Jan. 7, 1972




- SANDERS WINS MAYOR OF BURLINGTON RACE, March 4, 1981




- SANDERS WINS US HOUSE SEAT, Nov. 6, 1990




- SANDERS WINS US SENATE SEAT, Nov. 7, 2006





Article: "McKIBBEN TO SPEAK AT SANDERS KICKOFF", Burlington Free Press, May 22, 2015, By April Burbank
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/21/bill-mckibben-bernie-sanders/27738317/
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Video & Multimedia: "Sen. Bernie Sanders Opens National Headquarters", Friday, May 22, 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017267337

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1. and it begins....

Wait, I thought it had had already started. Oh, who cares, let'a rock

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3. Time to Officially Start this 2016 Presidential Campaign! It's going to be tremendous!!

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The ENERGY is building and so is the People's enthusiasm and support! Bernie IS The Best!

Rock and Roll, Party Time. So glad Big Ed will be televising the Waterfront Park event, sounds great-





SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGNS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE EARLIER THIS MONTH

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2. MSNBC "The Ed Show" Live at the Sanders presidential Campaign HQ Opening, 5 PM ET, Tues. May 26, '15

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4. WHO LOVES BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM??? WE DO !!!

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