Hey student loan borrowers and advocates, 

The conversation around #CancelStudentDebt is SIZZLING this week, and we need you to keep up the collective action momentum. Today, our colleagues at the NAACP Youth & College division held a MASSIVE phone bank to call Congress, and now it's our turn to pick up the baton by flooding lawmakers' inboxes.

We're not even a month into the new administration and our fight against student debt is making headway. We’ve been calling for debt cancellation for months, and with new people holding office at the White House, House, and Senate, we have a greater chance than ever of getting debt cancellation for student loan borrowers.

But clearly we don’t have cancellation yet. That’s where you come in: we need you to help demand our leaders #CancelStudentDebt.

What's at stake?

• Today, 45 million borrowers are crushed under more than $1.6 trillion in student loan debt.
• Black students who do enroll in postsecondary programs are significantly more likely to take on student loan debt compared to their white counterparts.
• Graduates of HBCUs have to take on more debt than their peers at other colleges.
• Eliminating student loan debt would narrow the racial wealth gap for young families.
• During this public health emergency, no person should have to choose between their student loan payment, putting food on the table, or keeping themselves and their families safe and healthy.

Imagine what you could do if you were not paying down your student loans. We are closer than ever to that reality! Tell President Biden, your Senators, and your Representatives, that we need student debt cancellation NOW.

Ella Azoulay
Program Coordinator
Generation Progress