KALAMAZOO, MI -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking in Kalamazoo Monday morning. Doors at the Wings Event Center, 3600 3600 Vanrick Dr., will open at 7:30 a.m. March 7 for the rally.

The Vermont senator will discuss issues including immigration reform, college affordability, and getting big money out of politics.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged and admission is first come, first served.

Click here to RSVP.

For security reasons, bags and backpacks are not permitted and audience members will be limited to bringing in small, personal items such as keys and cell phones.

Weapons, sharp objects, chairs, and signs or banners on sticks will not be allowed through security.

Parking is free and available on site.

Later in the day Sanders will be in Ann Arbor for a get-out-the-vote rally at the University of Michigan campus, scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday at Crisler Center. There Sanders will speak to the crowd, and a concert featuring performances by Grammy award-winning Nate Ruess of the band FUN and Detroit-based band JR JR will be part of the event.



That event, too, is free and open to the public.



Sanders has been active in Michigan ahead of the state's primary election, March 8, a week after "Super Tuesday" on March 1, when primaries and caucuses from 14 states and territories assigned 1,017 Democratic delegates and 689 Republican delegates.

Sanders and Hillary Clinton are debating on CNN at 8 p.m. today, March 6, in Flint. (Click here for complete coverage).

Rosemary Parker is a reporter for MLive. Contact her at rparker3@mlive.com.