My Journey with Bernie

Politics & Social Sciences

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Synopsis

Lessons learned and uplifting stories of grassroots progressives during the 2016 Presidential election, at caucuses and primaries, and conventions on the front-lines of a new political revolution. My Journey with Bernie is an adventure and reads like “a roller coaster ride” with incredible highs, steep drops, and lows with inspirational, uplifting stories about the people who are bringing enthusiasm, hope, and leading a new political revolution. In My Journey with Bernie, Kacey Carpenter shares his personal story and lessons learned from people he met during the campaign, at caucuses and primaries, and conventions. Along his journey, he gains trust in the power of people with renewed optimism for “A Future to Believe In.” “Look it's not about me, it's about us, and when we stand together we can do anything,” Bernie Sanders tells the volunteers at the Reno Rally in December 2015, pointing his finger directly at me, Kacey recalls, urging all of us to do more. “At that moment,” Kacey says, “I feel the Bern.” Soon, he is co-leading 300 people from 30 states to go to Iowa for the first Democratic Party caucus to begin a journey traveling around the country and the world.

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Author Biography

Kacey Carpenter is a community organizer, volunteer, technology innovator, parent, and author. He served as a Bernie Sanders delegate at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and as a volunteer to get out the vote in California and ten other states, including co-leading 300 people from 30 states to Iowa. Kacey's journey with Bernie inspired him to continue to fight for the people. With a career spanning three decades in the technology industry, he led global teams focused on the intersection of technology innovation and public sector transformation. He collaborated with local, state, and national government organizations leading initiatives for healthcare, justice, community policing, and smart communities around the world. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA. He has a passion for life, family, friends and loves the outdoors biking, hiking, kayaking, traveling, and volunteering. He lives in northern California. myjourneywithbernie.com

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Author Insight

Optimistic About the Power of the People

In my books, My Journey with Bernie and Ready, Set, Go! Playbook for Campaigns, Candidates, and Causes, I share my unwavering belief in the power of grassroots movements. As I reflect on my journey with Bernie Sanders in 2016, I recall the disillusionment I felt with many institutions I once trusted: the mainstream media, global corporations, elected officials, and our two-party system. Still, I am still an optimist. My belief in the people has only grown stronger. I believe in our collective ability to organize within our communities, to mobilize and vote, and to reclaim our democracy from special interest groups. Now, more than ever, we must harness the "power of the people" to create meaningful change and defeat the forces that threaten our democracy, freedoms, and values.

Book Excerpt

My Journey with Bernie

I AM AN OPTIMIST

During my journey, I have lost faith in many different organizations and institutions that I previously trusted, the mainstream media, global corporations, elected officials, our two-party system, and more. But, I have not lost hope. I believe in the people, now more than ever. I believe we have the power to organize together in our neighborhoods and our communities. We have the tools to fight back. We have the power of numbers to get out the vote and restore our democracy. We have the "power of the people" to fight the special interest groups focused on profits over people.

I also believe we can harness the power of the digital revolution, the Internet, the digital platforms, and mobile communities to organize, mobilize, and educate. We the people can organize around the most important issues and work together on solutions to solve our problems for our families, for equality, and save our planet. We can organize in our communities and online to join together with other people to fight for democracy, freedom of speech, human rights, and for each other.

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Kacey Carpenter

My Journey with Bernie

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Optimistic About the Power of the People

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My Journey with Bernie

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