UWSP hosts BernieCon this weekend

Sari Lesk | USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

STEVENS POINT - Local supporters of democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will gather this weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for a networking event called BernieCon.

The Sunday event, which is free and open to the public, will feature entertainment by Skip Jones and the Bernie Band and speakers from the Forward Institute, Grass Roots Network and Blue Jean Nation.

The event also will include breakout sessions after lunch that cover door knocking and phone banking, signage, communications and messaging, election integrity and letters to the editor. Individual county organizers will give short speeches.

There also will be displays of do-it-yourself campaign ideas, and vendors will have signs, bumper stickers and buttons.

Event attendees are invited after the event to Perkins for a buy-your-own meal and continued conversation.

Sari Lesk can be reached at 715-345-2257 and sari.lesk@gannettwisconsin.com. Follow her on Twitter as @Sari_Lesk.

BernieCon details

When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

Where: Third floor Alumni Room at the Dreyfus University Center, 1015 Reserve St., Stevens Point

Cost: Free, light lunch and beverages included