Advisory for February 28, 2023 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — A diverse coalition of advocacy organizations will hold the People's Rally for Student Debt Cancellation, set to take place in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2023. The rally is planned for the day the Court will hear oral arguments in two cases challenging the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation program.
Co-sponsors of the rally include Alliance for Justice, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Debt Collective, Demand Justice, Dream Defenders, Future Coalition, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, March On, MoveOn, NAACP, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., National Education Association (NEA), National Urban League, New Georgia Project, NextGen America, Pizza to the Polls, Rise, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, We The 45 Million, Young Invincibles, and 1000 Women Strong.
To conduct an interview with spokespeople before, during, or after the rally, please contact Cody Hounanian at cody@studentdebtcrisis.org.
When: February 28, 8 AM to 12 PM ET
Where: Steps of the Supreme Court, 1 First St NE, Washington, D.C. 20543
This rally comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in December decided to hear two cases challenging the legality of the Biden Administration’s student loan cancellation program, which is currently blocked. Last month, a broad coalition convened to support the Administration and highlight the program's positive impact, lack of legal standing by its opponents, and the legality of student debt cancellation—filing over a dozen amici curiae briefs with the Supreme Court in support of cancellation.
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