I received this news release from yet another group claiming to be oppressed.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Matthew Hickson
Phone: 716-830-7225

North Carolina Students March in Raleigh for End to Student Debt

NORTH CAROLINA– Friday, May 23, 2014–Students, alumni and staff will assemble in Raleigh to call on lawmakers to move towards long term solutions for the student debt crisis. They will protest at the Governor’s Office, General Assembly and the Civitas Institute. This event is organized by North Carolina Student Power, an activist group committed to giving students a voice in their education.

What: #FightBackFriday against Student Debt
When: 2PM on Friday, May 23rd
Where: 16 W Jones St, Raleigh

As they march students will carry with them 18,584 red felt squares which symbolize North Carolina students who have graduated from public universities and colleges with debt. Students will also give speeches and call directly on lawmakers to make education accessible.

UNC-Charlotte graduate Sarona Bedwan, 22 sees Fight Back Friday as an important component of Moral Mondays, “Fight Back Friday illuminates a segment of the student population fighting for accessible public education within the overarching framework of the Moral Mondays platforms.”

UNC-Charlotte sophomore Casey Aldridge explains the connection between Fight Back Fridays and the Debt Free UNC campaign, “We want this event to commemorate those who have been forced to put off their dreams and aspirations to attain an education, and to remind the State Legislature, Governor McCrory, and Art Pope of the thousands of students hurt by their budget proposals that have slashed funding for public education again and again for the UNC system.”

The march is part of NCSPU’s larger campaign, Debt Free UNC. The group is calling on lawmakers with two bold demands. First, they ask that lawmakers reduce tuition and increase financial aid incrementally so that by the year 2020, no incoming UNC system student will graduate with debt. Second, they want to ensure that funding for this shift does not compromise the quality of our schools though a moratorium on cuts to faculty pay and funding for departments.

Young activist D’atra Jackson says the activist group aims to “create opportunities, to build relationships, and to take action against the systems that have oppressed us.”

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