Tag: occupy graduation
Occupy Graduation: Students Shackle Themselves to Debt
Occupy Graduation: Students Shackle Themselves to Debt Students Nationwide Wear Debt Ball and Chain Occupy Colleges, a group that stands in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, has been encouraging students across the nation to occupy their graduation to raise awareness about student debt. Occupy Colleges has been sending students inflatable debt balls and chains to wear as [...]
Occupy Graduation: US ‘debt generation’ in chains
Hundreds of US students plan to use this summer’s graduation as a stage to protest crippling debt. With the presidential election on the horizon, policymakers are searching for a solution to the mountain of student debt which has topped $1 trillion. The protest movement has been baptized Occupy Graduation and is the brain-child of US [...]
Russia Today talks about Occupy Graduation and Student Debt
The American Dream is a symbol of education and success, but many are finding themselves left with a lifetime of debt trying to achieve it. U.S. graduates can end up owing tens of thousands of dollars after college, in an economy where they then struggle to find a job. Now they’re questioning whether it’s all [...]
STUDENTS RALLY TO OCCUPY GRADUATION
For Immediate Release Press Contacts Occupy Colleges- Natalia Abrams (323) 642-8102 – Info@Occupycolleges.org STUDENTS RALLY TO OCCUPY GRADUATION As student debt surpasses trillion dollar mark, students express frustration with not so bright future ahead of them Written for Occupy Graduation by Diana Delgado NEW YORK, NY (May 10, 2012) – Burdened by debt and silenced [...]
