Inside the Grassroots Group That Wants America to Feel the Bern
Their goal, as seen at the New York City pride parade on Sunday, is to help people who are new to politics, people who support Sanders but don't know how to help the campaign, and put them in a place where they can lead.
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Joseph Beuerlein, a 33-year-old bartender and actor, was looking through the list of groups registered to march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade when he noticed that Hillary for America would be there, but no Bernie Sanders surrogates. He registered and reached out to People for Bernie, a grassroots group aimed at helping people organize for the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, to get some people together.
“They said, ‘How about you organize it?’” Beuerlein said.