Chicago Student Action

chicago students fighting for free college for all ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼 with @peopleslobbyusa and @studentactionus

[Student Action @studentactionus]

@teachcardona @potus thanks for canceling $1 billion in student loans

care to comment on the other $1.7 trillion?

https://t.co/ew8e705zai
https://t.co/aYPGANccrR

[s @lilsunbee]

Moving to #CancelStudentDebt and #FreeCollegeForAll would mean fundamentally shifting how our country thinks about education.

@potus @teachcardona: tens of millions are relying on YOU to afirm that edu is not a privilege, commodity or industry, but an obvious human right.

[s @lilsunbee]

As a @ChiPubSchools grad, I know this is bigger than just higher ed. The entire US edu system is culpable and rife with racism & for-profit exploitation.

White, rich students don't have to worry about working 3 jobs or committing to military service to afford a basic human right

[s @lilsunbee]

"Navient mishandled loan payments, buried critical information in fine print & set obstacles for borrowers* trying to release co-signers from their loans, among other failings."

*borrowers as young as 17-18 yrs old

@teachcardona this is not okay.

[s @lilsunbee]

White Wall Street CEOs who benefit from our communities' pain want us to hide our stories because they know they are CULPABLE for our hardship.

This white man's is John F. Remondi - @Navient CEO cheated $22.3mil from students like you & me

https://t.co/gPStAPycuI

[s @lilsunbee]

The current story around the #studentdebtcrisis blames debt on individuals – as someone whose family has both student & medical debt, I know the shame and isolation that many whose lives are shackled to debt feel.

You aren't alone in debt. Debt is systemic, not personal failure.

[s @lilsunbee]

I'm leading this project! It's a 5 minute form and so so important to making sure people in power learns to empathize with our lived experiences of violence under the current #studentdebtcrisis and broader higher edu system.

DM to get more involved!

[Student Action @studentactionus]

(3/3)Remember that your story is powerful and to demand action! #FreeCollegeforAll #CancelStudentDebt #DebtFreeFuture

[Student Action @studentactionus]

(2/3) #FreeCollegeforAll #CancelStudentDebt #DebtFreeFuture

[Student Action @studentactionus]

(1/3)Millions of students are burdened with student debt today, and it's important that their stories be known. Share your own story with student debt at https://t.co/pH0gtdNTqv and join our movement at https://t.co/1iDvUqtBnh #FreeCollegeforAll #CancelStudentDebt #DebtFreeFuture

[Student Action @studentactionus]

I've spent the last 2 years fighting to build the power I need, but I've been told I'm not allowed to have.

Want to win free college with me?
Register now: https://t.co/1iDvUqtBnh. 6/6

[Student Action @studentactionus]

For me, the fight for free college is also the fight for disabled students to be able to take the time to rest. To not be priced out or punished when we aren't well.

What does the fight for free college mean for you? Share at https://t.co/dQfEkwYRT9 5/6

[Student Action @studentactionus]

Thinking back on all the guilt I felt for being sick makes me angry. I'm exhausted.

I’ve been sick for 8 years and I’ve never had a chance to stop working.

But I’m also hungry to build something better. 4/6

[Student Action @studentactionus]

In college, this pressure got so much worse.

My scholarships require eight consecutive semesters and a certain GPA. By the middle of my first year, I was exhausted. But I never took time to rest because I was afraid of being priced out of an education. 3/6

[Student Action @studentactionus]

I'm chronically ill, and that has affected how I interact with education my entire life.

Starting at 13, I spent months at school without an inhaler. When I had bad flare-ups, all I was told was that I couldn’t let it affect my learning. 2/6

[Student Action @studentactionus]

Hi! I'm Brenna (she/they), I'm a 3rd-year student at Grinnell College, and I’ve been organizing with @IAStudentAction for almost two years.

I'm taking over the Student Action twitter this week, and I wanted to share why I'm organizing for #FreeCollege and a #DebtFreeFuture 1/6

[Chicago Student Action @chistudentsact]

Have you registered yet? Chicago college and high school students you're going to want to be on this call tomorrow

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[Student Action @studentactionus]

We need COVID relief, Free College and student debt cancellation now.

Join our national youth movement to WIN the future our generation needs, launching THIS SATURDAY 3/13 @ 5pm CST! RSVP at https://t.co/1iDvUqtBnh

[Student Action @studentactionus]

Over 1 mth ago, Biden was sworn in b/c young people fought to get a fascist out of office.

He could have ended the $1.7 tril student debt crisis on DAY 1 of his presidency.

We're demanding accountability from @teachcardona and @POTUS now.

Join us 3/13: https://t.co/1iDvUqtBnh

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

Imagine logging into your student loan portal and seeing a $0.00 balance. Biden can make that happen today.

[Student Action @studentactionus]

We need COVID relief, Free College and student debt cancellation now.

Join our national youth movement to WIN the future our generation needs, launching THIS SATURDAY 3/13 @ 5pm CST! RSVP at https://t.co/1iDvUqtBnh