Today National Nurses United members aboard the #BernieBus continue their campaign swing in South Carolina with visits to students at college campuses in Orangeburg and Columbia. Joining the nurses on the bus for the day of campus outreach will be Dr. Willie Legette, a professor of political science at South Carolina State University.

"Bernie Sanders' candidacy is important to the Black community as a whole, and to Black students in particular," said Dr. Legette. "All of Bernie's core issues - from a free college education to Medicare for All to a $15 minimum wage - speak directly to the needs and interests of Black Americans."

Where to meet nurses and the #BernieBus in South Carolina Wednesday, Feb. 17:

Orangeburg

9 a.m. – South Carolina State University, 300 College St. NE
11 a.m. – Claflin University, 400 Magnolia St.

Columbia

2:30 p.m. – Benedict College, 1600 Harden St.
3:30 p.m. – Allen University, 1530 Harden St.
5 p.m. – University of South Carolina, 1322 Greene St.

Last week the nurses paid their first visit to South Carolina State University, where students posed with the #BernieBus, many holding signs voicing support for Sen. Sanders and his proposal for free public college and university tuition paid for by a financial transaction tax. 

A student in the photo above holds a placard reading: "Why I’m voting for Bernie Sanders...because I love that he is thinking of the college students and wants free education for public colleges and universities.  I'm the first in my family to go to college and I'd like to see my little cousins and others to have that same opportunity."

Nurses are seeking to connect with voters leading up to the Democratic Party primary February 27 to explain why they support Sen. Sanders, which includes his commitment to guaranteed healthcare for all, assuring equal educational opportunity for all by eliminating public college tuition to drive down student debt, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, creating millions of good paying jobs by rebuilding the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, and broad criminal justice reform.