Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus will head to Rochester, NY on Saturday to meet with students at Monroe Community College—and with voters at various sites around the city. The Rochester stop is the latest in a cross-country #BernieBus tour, where nurses speak with local residents about the issues that impact their lives.

“You know that refrain from nurses: ‘Tell us where it hurts.’ It’s such a major part of our job to assess what’s wrong—to listen to where people are feeling pain,” said #BernieBus RN Jean Ross, co-president of NNU. “We’ve heard stories all across the country by now, of people struggling with the results of disastrous trade deals, with being uninsured or under-insured and unable to afford their co-pays and deductibles. Nurses know Bernie Sanders is the right candidate to heal this country.”

Bernie Bus Stops for Saturday, April 9, 2016

MORNING: Rochester Public Market– Nurses will gather at the market to speak with local residents about the issues impacting their lives.

AFTERNOON: Women’s Heritage Trail—Nurses take historic walk and talk to voters on the way.

LATE AFTERNOON: Monroe Community College. #BernieBus RNs speak with students about Bernie Sanders’ support for free education at all public colleges and universities, as well as his support for ending student debt.

Please contact Elise Nabors for specific times, places to connect with bus: 510-219-6252

National Nurses United, with over 185,000 members from all 50 states, is the largest organization of registered nurses in the U.S. and the first union to endorse Sanders, in August last year. Since then, NNU members have been organizing house parties, rallies and phone banks, and mobilizing door-to-door efforts in support of Sanders.

“From Nevada to New Hampshire, from Colorado to South Carolina, RNs have talked to voters and been reminded of the huge gaps in access to healthcare and education, concerns about retirement security, the jobs lost due to unfair trade deals, widespread inequality, and the escalating climate crisis,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, NNU Executive Director. “Bernie Sanders and the legions of grassroots activists around the U.S. who have joined him will not stop. The political revolution is just beginning.”