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“This is a lot of people, 40 million, and about half would be debt free as a result of this program,” said Persis Yu, managing counsel of the Student Borrower Protection Center, one of the groups hosting the protest. “The other thing that’s really important to recognize is that as...

Groups across the country wanting at least some student debt erased plan to rally on Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court building, including some from Georgia. The New Georgia Project Action Fund is mobilizing about 45 young borrowers of color for a bus trip from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.,...

On the day of the oral arguments on Feb. 28, more than 20 advocacy groups and several congressional Democrats are planning to rally outside the Supreme Court. Some of those groups include the NAACP, the Student Borrower Protection Center, American Federation of Teachers and New Georgia Project.

A “People’s Rally for Student Debt Cancellation” protest of the plan in front of the Court is scheduled for that day, and co-sponsors of the rally include the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), the Debt Collective, the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), the NAACP, MoveOn, the National Consumer Law Center...

The rally is planned for the day the Court will hear oral arguments in two cases challenging the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation program. Legal experts from the Student Borrower Protection Center, National Consumer Law Center and Democracy Forward plan to attend the hearings.

Among borrowers on track to receive Public Service Loan Forgiveness with 37-48 student loan payments remaining, 18% reported suicidal thoughts, per a 2022 study by the Student Borrower Protection Center. According to the study, this is at least double the percentage of those who noted suicidal thoughts with fewer remaining...

“I don't know many people in the world, and certainly none of the clients that I've ever worked with, who would say that, ‘all of a sudden, I can start making several hundred-dollar payments that I didn't have to make the month before,’” Yu says. “It’s a big issue for...

“The logical remedy for the harm that they said they suffered would be to expand the program, but that’s not what they’re asking for,” Yu said. “They’re asking for it to be completely invalidated for no one to get relief, and I think that’s how this is not genuinely about...

"For too long the student debt crisis has exacerbated racial and economic inequality," organizers argue on the Campaign to Cancel My Student Debt website, managed by the Student Borrower Protection Center. "Working people are looking to SCOTUS to follow the letter of the law and uphold critical relief for millions...

Many of these organizations filed amicus curiae briefs with the Supreme Court last month, urging the justices to uphold the Biden initiative. “The briefs represent the breadth of communities that stand to benefit from student debt relief, including working people, borrowers of color, veterans, older people, people of faith, along...