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The unasked question about the student loan bailout: What’s colleges’ responsibility?
https://hechingerreport.org/the-unasked-question-about-the-student-loan-bailout-whats-colleges-responsibility/
City of Northampton votes to cancel all student debt (Read more)
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The City of Northampton has voted to pass a resolution calling on President Biden to cancel all student loan debt by executive order.
October 22, 2021: Student Debt Crisis Panel at Suffolk University Law School (photo)
This panel includes opening remarks from Senator Elizabeth Warren (virtually) and panelists include Gabriel Toro, whose personal story regarding their student debt was featured by NPR; as well as advocates from Zero Debt Massachusetts, the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) and the Hildreth Institute.
September 23, 2021: Lived & Learned: Homeownership & The Student Loan Crisis (video)
This virtual panel discussion addresses the intersection and impact of homeownership on student loan borrowers. This features Kristina Carvalho, Policy & Community Organizing Director at Zero Debt Massachusetts, Maggie Owens, Planner at Boston Parks & Recreation Department and pilot survey participant, Kat Welbeck, Director of Advocacy at the Student Borrower Protection Center and Taylor Cain, discussion moderator and Director of the City of Boston’s Office of Housing Stability.
April 1, 2021: Student Debt Cancellation: Who Would Benefit, and Why It’s Needed Now (video)
Hosted by the Hildreth Institute and Zero Debt MA, this discussion highlights student debt cancellation and its impact on student loan borrowers. The first segment features a policy discussion between Hildreth Institute and the Brookings Institution about the impact of student debt on racial wealth disparities, and the second segment features student activists from Zero Debt MA, the Public Higher Education Network Of Massachusetts (PHENOM), and MA Debt Collective talking about the impact that student loan cancellation would have on them and their peers.
October 22, 2020: How to Achieve Debt-Free Public Higher Education (video)
This webinar is presented by the Massachusetts Debt-Free Public Higher Education Coalition and features Max Page, Vice President of the Massachusetts Teacher Association (MTA), Bahar Akman, Hildreth Institute and Anastasia Martinez, Policy Analyst at Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. This workshop covers ways to achieve racial and economic justice in the fight for high quality, debt-free public higher education.
October 21, 2020: ZDM MA Elected Officials Panel on Student Loan Debt (ZDM Fall Series) (video)
This panel features Boston City Councilors Andrea Campbell and Ricardo Arroyo and MA State Representatives Nika Elugardo and Danillo Sena. Come hear from your elected officials about their own experiences with student loan debt, and how those experiences have informed their policy platforms on the student debt crisis here in MA.
September 17, 2020: Student Loan Debt During COVID-19 Workshop (ZDM Fall Series) (video)
This workshop was presented by Persis Yu & Kyra Taylor, our partners from National Consumer Law Center‘s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project! Watch the recording to learn more about your rights as a student loan borrower during the exceptionally confusing time of COVID19 as we all work to challenge and radically transform the higher education industrial complex!
September 9, 2020: Higher Education Organizing Workshop (video)
This workshop covers the challenges we face in higher ed, a look at some essential skills for organizing, and a chance to shout-out current work! Hosted by PHENOM and Zero Debt MA, this workshop features Danielle, PHENOM Western MA Regional Organizer, Sydney, PHENOM Organizing Director, Emy Takinami, Policy & Community Organizing Director at Zero Debt MA, Jeron Mariani, Project Manager at Field First, Vanessa, Salem State Student Organizer at PHENOM and Rich, Faculty Coordinator at PHENOM.
