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Sallie Mae, can you hear us now?
$80,000 of student debt. How about you?
Tired of people vocalizing that your publicly traded company is engaged in a predatory lending scheme? Just have them arrested!
Education is a RIGHT!
Sallie Mae has student debtors arrested for protesting usury & asking for meeting with Sallie Mae reps…
CEO of Sallie Mae refuses to meet with students, has them arrested for protesting usury :(
And we have hit 60 schools showing the documentary just today!!! Thank you United States Students Association, Student Labor Action Project, Jobs With Justice, Young Democratic Socialists, and all of the Occupations for partnering with us and showing DEFAULT: The Student Loan Documentary! The student debt crisis is here and it is real! We’re all suffering in so many ways just so the very few at the top can benefit.
How much do YOU owe on YOUR future???
Albert Lord: We need to talk!
Today is National Fax-in Day to Albert Lord, Sallie Mae’s CEO. We are asking for a meeting with students from around the country that will be visiting the Sallie Mae DC office. Below is a sample letter we are asking people to FAX to Albert Lord and Sallie Mae. CLICK HERE to do it from your computer.
Albert Lord,
For months now, we have been asking Sallie Mae to meet with us to talk about the burden that student debt causes us and our communities. We’ve only heard silence in return, so now we’re contacting you.
1) Stop robbing us of our futures: Forgive student debt after five years of repayment and eliminate all interest on student loans. This would end the student debt crisis, allow millions of students to obtain a college degree, reset the housing market, pump billions of dollars back into the economy, and create jobs.
2) Pay your fair share: Stop draining government of revenue. Pay the statutorily required 35% corporate income tax instead of gaming the system through off-shore tax shelters, loopholes, and scams.
3) Get your money out of my democracy: Disclose corporate money in elections to date and pledge to keep all corporate money out of the 2012 and future elections. This includes an end to lobbying on public policy issues, such as Pell Grant and Trio Programs.
4) We need to talk. Albert Lord, will you meet with United States Student Association and Student Labor Action Project representatives on March 26th?
Sincerely.
Your Name Here
TO:
Albert Lord
Sallie Mae, Inc
P.O. Box 9532
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18773-9532
US
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18773-9532
US
Fax:(800) 848-1949
Where will YOU be this week??? Stand up! Take action!
Student Debt Week of Action Feb 27 – March 2
If you want to participate in SLAP and USSA’s Student Debt Week of Action, click here to sign up.
On Monday: National Fax-in day to Albert Lord, Sallie Mae’s CEO, asking for a meeting with students from around the country that will be visiting their DC office. We will also continue to collect signatures for our petition, a banner that students are uniting behind.
On Tuesday: Students will escalate on their campus with banner drops, collect personal testimonies of students struggling with debt, track who their school banks with, and continue to fax-in to Albert Lord.
On Wednesday: Coordinated national showing of Default: The Student Loan Documentary on more than 50 college campuses to raise awareness of the growing issue.
On Thursday: SLAP students will be leading and participating in walk-outs and letter deliveries to corporate and governmental targets in solidarity with the March 1 National Day of Action For Education, including Sallie Mae and the Department of Education.
On Friday: Based on where students are regionally at there will be lobby visits to Congress members asking for regulations to be put on student loan lenders, an increase to student aid, and to reduce the rate of federal loans.
#OccupyStudentDebt!!!
