OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT

Student debtor stories submitted by the 99%

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!!!