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Advisory Council

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Our Advisory Council brings together activists, organizers, and leaders from across the country and many different fields. Academics, artists, commentators, students, labor organizers, nonprofit leaders, scientists, and elected officials have all come together to help build a major new People’s Party free of corporate money.

Advisory Council Members

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Amaya Wangeshi

National student coordinator with Students for a People’s Party. Founder of Beyond Bernie and a founding director of Our Time. Former volunteer national high school director with Bernie 2020.

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Chase Iron Eyes

Co-Founder, Last Real Indians
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Cheng-Sim Lim

National Bernie Delegate. Film curator, immigrant, and Medicare for All activist. She serves on the Board of Healthcare for All – Los Angeles Chapter, and is a member of Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA) and DSA-LA.
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Chris Smalls

Led a nationally-reported walk out from a Staten Island Amazon warehouse after management forced employees to work during a coronavirus outbreak at the warehouse. Founded The Congress of Essential Workers.
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Dr. Cornel West

Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Author of 20 books and commentator on CNN. Bernie 2020 surrogate and co-host of the Tight Rope Podcast.
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Eleanor Goldfield

Creative activist, singer, and writer. Host of Act Out! Freelance writer and consultant for creative outreach through art. Founder and lead singer of political hard rock band, Rooftop Revolutionaries.

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Eynelys García

Host of The Eynelys Show, Former Vice Chair of Our Revolution LA, Former Host of Your Revolution LA, Former Special Projects Director for Cenk Uygur’s 2020 Congressional Campaign, Bernie 2020 Volunteer. Proud Cuban-American.

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Jimmy Dore

Stand up comedian and Host of The Jimmy Dore Show. A leading U.S. media critic and host of several Comedy Central Specials. Author of the best seller, “Your Country Is Just Not That Into You.”
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Justin Jackson

Running back for the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

National Director of Move to Amend, President of the Board of Directors of Democracy Unlimited, and a Local Democracy Fellow for the Liberty Tree Foundation.
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Medea Benjamin

Co-founder of CODEPINK
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Mike McCorkle

Former Chair of the Progressive Democrats of Colorado. Two time National Bernie Delegate. Attorney and progressive political activist.

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Rep. Mike Sylvester

Has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2016, represents the 39th House District, and is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.

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Omar Fernandez

President of the American Postal Workers Union of Vermont, which has endorsed MPP. Executive Council Member of the Vermont AFL-CIO
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Ron Placone

Comedian and host of Get Your News On With Ron.
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Rose McGowan

Activist, NYT best-selling author, singer, and founder of the Rose Army. Recognized as one of the Silence Breakers, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2017.

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Susan Sarandon

Actress and activist. Well-known for her active support of progressive and leftist political causes. In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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Many members of our Advisory Council recently announced their new roles on Twitter.

We hope you’ll watch the videos below to see for yourself the passion our Advisory Council has for building a new major party.