Susan Sarandon cancels Bernie Sanders campaign event after suffering concussion from fall

Charles Trepany, USA TODAY

Susan Sarandon isn't letting "a little slip" stop her from spreading a political message.

The "Ray Donovan" actress revealed on Instagram Friday that she suffered a concussion, fractured nose and "banged up" knee after a fall, posting a photo of herself with a severely bruised face and a black eye.

As a result of the her condition, Sarandon wrote that she "won't be able to meet the folks in New Hampshire" at an event with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Saturday.

"I'm really sorry I'll miss that opportunity, but here's what I'd hoped to say," she added.

Sarandon then issued call to action for voters to support Sanders.

"This is an emergency," she wrote. "Ask the scientists, the farmers, the creatures in the sea. Ask all those who have lost their homes from hurricanes, flood and fire, ask the endless stream of climate refugees, and the people of Flint, San Juan, and Standing Rock.This is a emergency. Ask the mothers who have lost their children to the opioid epidemic or because of the price of insulin. Ask the mothers who have lost their kids to gun violence in schools, in churches, in their bedrooms."

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A little slip = concussion, fractured nose, banged up knee. So, looks like I won’t be able to meet the folks in New Hampshire with Senator Sanders tomorrow. I’m really sorry I’ll miss that opportunity but here’s what I’d hoped to say: This is an emergency. Ask the scientists, the farmers, the creatures in the sea. Ask all those who have lost their homes from hurricanes, flood and fire, ask the endless stream of climate refugees, and the people of Flint, San Juan, and Standing Rock. This is a emergency. Ask the mothers who have lost their children to the opioid epidemic or because of the price of insulin. Ask the mothers who have lost their kids to gun violence in schools, in churches, in their bedrooms. This is an emergency. Ask those separated from their families at the border, or those separated from their loved ones by an unjust, racist, for-profit prison system. This is an emergency when our young people have no hope for education, for dream-making, because of insurmountable student debt. When teachers are forced to have additional jobs and when 40 hours of honest labor can still leave you in poverty. When homophobia, Islamaphobia, transphobia and racism take lives, that is an emergency. This is not the time for a “pathway” to or “framework” for incremental change. Emergencies require bold, visionary leadership. Senator Sanders believes in us and that together a better world is possible. He has been fighting for social, racial and economic justice his entire life, long before running for President, often before it was acceptable. Now it’s time for us to fight for him.

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She continued: "This is an emergency. Ask those separated from their families at the border, or those separated from their loved ones by an unjust, racist, for-profit prison system. This is an emergency when our young people have no hope for education, for dream-making, because of insurmountable student debt. When teachers are forced to have additional jobs and when 40 hours of honest labor can still leave you in poverty. When homophobia, Islamaphobia, transphobia and racism take lives, that is an emergency."

Sarandon capped off her post saying emergencies "require bold, visionary leadership" rather than "incremental change."

"Senator Sanders believes in us and that together a better world is possible," she added. "He has been fighting for social, racial and economic justice his entire life, long before running for President, often before it was acceptable. Now it’s time for us to fight for him."

Susan Sarandon among 575 people arrested at protest against Trump immigration policy

Sarandon, 73, is a vocal Sanders supporter and political activist.

In 2018, she was among hundreds of people arrested in Washington, D.C. in a "mass civil disobedience" act to protest the Trump administration's immigration policy. According to the United States Capitol Police, approximately 575 protesters were charged with "unlawfully demonstrating."

Contributing: Sara M Moniuszko

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