The Dignity Health Arena drew a large crowd of people where Bernie Sanders and special guest speaker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, addressed a range of issues on April 15. Including political and agricultural topics and shared their thoughts on human rights and the need for stronger community support. The event emphasis was placed on the importance of better labor rights, fair laws, and highlighted the struggles of farm workers and individuals from various organizations and backgrounds.
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez weren’t the only ones who spoke at the event. Several other speakers came out and made their voices heard on these topics.
Nicole Moore was one of the first speakers representing an organization which was about fighting for drivers like Uber, Lyft, and food delivery services. Moore explained how hard it is to earn decent money in these jobs because of how little the pay is now. She explained companies expect people to go these many miles for money that is not worth it. She also discussed how the rise of AI is ending jobs that once needed human workers. Which in return takes more jobs away and hurts the community because now they are people with no jobs.
Ocasio-Cortez came out and passionately addressed the crowd “power and greed is taking over the country.” Ocasio-Cortez criticized David Valadao, an American Politician and dairy farmer on how he does not support the community or the hardworking people. She stressed the need to defeat the system. As well as the importance of the government only wants to make our life more expensive with less wages. We must stand up and the corruption must stop.
After Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders came out and got straight to saying “I want an economy for all of us.” Sanders does not want people living paycheck to paycheck and barely making it through. 60% of Americans live like that struggling to make ends meet. Sanders understands the struggle as a kid, his dad not being able to pay the bills and not making enough money brought a lot of stress to his family.
Everyone that came on made their voices heard and addressed different topics and how we need to stand up together and fight for what we want. We can make a difference.