Category: CAMPAIGNS
Tweet Your Representative #DontDoubleMyRate and #DreamsNotDebt!
We have compiled a list of every Representative and their Twitter profiles. Have you told YOUR Representative #DontDoubleMyRate? Click below to tweet your own Rep and say #DontDoubleMyRate!
Vote for SDC Co-Founder Natalia Abrams For a DFA Scholarship to Netroots Nation ’13!
Click here to cast your vote for Natalia! From the DFA/NN Website: My political story I majored in Gender Studies at UCLA which gave me a strong activist foundation. After protesting UC tuition increases at UCLA, in 2009, I helped start Occupy Colleges in 2011which led to co-founding Student Debt Crisis. I helped with the [...]
Vote for SDC Co-Founder Kyle McCarthy For a DFA Scholarship to Netroots Nation ’13!
Click here to cast your vote for Kyle. From the DFA/NN website: My political story My personal political involvement has mostly focused around addressing student loan reform and the way in which higher education is paid for in America. On this issue, I have worked with organizations such as the Backbone Campaign, Change.org, and co-founded [...]
LAWMAKERS SHOULD STOP ACCEPTING CAMPAIGN CASH FROM SALLIE MAE – Additional Information
List of Sallie Mae’s War on the Taxpayers: -Sallie Mae has spent $4,860,000 on lobbying 2011-12 -Accused of “Redlining” and discriminating against African American and Hispanic private student loan applicants by charging them high interest rates and fees. -Partnered with For-Profit Colleges and issuing predatory student loans with interest rates and fees totaling more than [...]
Student Loan Ranger: Student Loan Debt Affects Generations of Americans
We’re just about a month away from Election Day and town hall meetings are being held on major issues across the country. Can you guess which issue the Student Loan Ranger is going to highlight? You got it: the country’s $1 trillion in student debt. The Student Loan Ranger wants to emphasize the broad-reaching effects [...]
Vote Now – Student Debt Video Challenge
Thank you for submitting your videos. Now it’s time for your votes!
8/17/2012 – #ItTakesOneDollar Campaign
#ItTakesOneDollar – Donate $1 or more today! Tweet one or both of the following to your followers: @RepJohnkline I just donated $1 to the #HR4170 campaign on @YouLobby! #ListenToTheMillion #ItTakesOneDollar tip @digg StudentDebtCrisis.org @RepJohnkline we need #StudentLoan relief NOW! Please #ListenToTheMillion. tip @digg StudentDebtCrisis.org Watch and then share the following videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxUO5Of7Gs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgrnKPd7N4&feature=channel&list=UL
Student Debt Crisis Video Challenge
Dear Friends and Supporters: The movement has just begun! ForgiveStudentLoanDebt is re-branding as “Student Debt Crisis” to reflect the fact that the reforms we seek are not limited to just forgiveness of loans, but a whole host of other steps that chip away at the status quo. As you know, we’ve already delivered [...]
