Sanders Institute kicks off gathering of progressive leaders

Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt. weaved through dozens of renowned politicos and progressives, greeting the Thursday evening’s guests with avidity, presiding over a convention the likes of which Burlington has never seen.

For three days, left-leaning leaders from around the nation have come to the Queen City for “The Gathering” at the behest of the Sanders Institute, a progressive think tank founded by the senator’s wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders.

Waiting for speakers, including Sanders, to take the stage at the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, guests milled about in the packed room chatting and sipping glasses of wine, as high profile attendees — Princeton Professor Cornel West, actor and progressive activist Danny Glover, and the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz — trickled into the room.

Organizers said the event will help unify the progressive movement and give participants an opportunity to strategize how to move priorities forward.

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