5/26/15: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially launched his presidential campaign Tuesday at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. National and local media flocked to cover the event and supporters numbered in the thousands. Eva talked to attendees at the waterfront and in City Hall Park about what brought them out to hear Bernie speak.

Music: Mango Jam, Nicole Nelson, “God Bless America,” Bernie, We Shall Overcome, “This Land is Your Land,” Recorded November 1987, Courtesy of Todd R. Lockwood Works

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...