Subject: [big campaign] NAT'L PRESS CALL ADVISORY: Student Loan Debt Devastating the Economy, Inhibiting Personal Economic Freedom
From: Aniello Alioto <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:35:01 -0400
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> FYI -- we're doing a press call tomorrow on student loan debt leading up to the rate increase happening on July 1.  Scot will be one of the participants and he'll be talking through the results of the survey many of you took part in.  This has gone out to a list of national reporters who have focused on the issue (and WI reporters) but if there are a couple in-state folks you know are interested, please pass this along.
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> From: John Neurohr <[email-masked]>
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> PRESS CALL ADVISORY: Student Loan Debt Devastating the Economy, Inhibiting Personal Economic Freedom
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> Contact: John Neurohr
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> Phone: 412-531-2464
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> Email: [email-masked]
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> Washington, D.C. – With subsidized student loan rates set to double on July 1st, the larger student debt crisis is gaining national attention with more and more evidence showing that the impact of student debt stretches beyond students and their families to the economy as a whole.
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> On Wednesday, June 26th at 3:30 p.m. EDT, student loan experts will host a press call to discuss the impact of student debt on consumers and families and the broader economy.
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> Rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent by the end of this week if Congress can’t find a solution. With only days to go, time is running out for the more than 7 million college students and families who rely on these loans and would be hit with $1,000 hike in college costs if rates double.
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> On the call, Anne Johnson, Director of Campus Progress, will detail the student loan debt crisis, including demographics, types of debt, and solutions for dealing with the inability of federal borrowers to refinance.   ProgressNow Education’s Scot Ross will talk through a recent national survey of 60,000+ Americans affected by student loan debt and the implications that these findings have for the economy as a whole.  Finally, Robert Applebaum, Co-Founder and ED of StudentDebtCrisis.org will explain how the coming increase in interest rates is a small part of a massive and ever-growing student loan debt problem. 
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> Anne Johnson, Director of Campus Progress, the youth arm of the Center for American Progress
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> Scot Ross, ProgressNow Education's Student Debt Campaign Manager and Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now
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> Robert Applebaum, Co-Founder & Executive Director of StudentDebtCrisis.org
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> Wednesday, June 26th – 3:30 PM Eastern
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> CALL-IN INFORMATION:
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> 888-387-8686
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> Conference ID #: 5188424
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> For questions, please contact John Neurohr at [email-masked]. 
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