Presenting the Class of 20?? GraduDEBTs!

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                     

WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST TRILLION?

Presenting the Class of 20?? GraduDEBTS: Rally for Higher Education

[Purchase, NY]--On Wednesday, April 16th, SUNY Purchase College students, faculty, and staff will rally for access to affordable, quality higher education and demonstrate the massive, often life-crippling student loan debt that burdens students long after their graduation date. There will be a brief campus-wide procession followed by a mock graduation ceremony.

Who:      SUNY Purchase college students, faculty, and staff ; NYPIRG (the New York Public Interest Research Group); OAPIA (Organization of African Peoples in the Americas); Purchase College Political Science Board of Study; PUSH Ideas Into Action; PSGA (Purchase Student Government Association); Sociology Club at Purchase College; UUP (Union of University Professions)

What:     Mock Graduation Ceremony and rally for higher education affordability

Where:   The Clock Tower (between the Library and the Student Services Building)

                 SUNY Purchase College

                 735 Anderson Hill Road

                 Purchase, NY 10577

When:     Wednesday, April 16th at 5:00pm

Contact:  Alex Wojcik, 914-251-6986 (office), 631-335-2402 (cell)

Visuals:  Mock graduation ceremony; graduation caps depicting students’ projected loan debt; props portraying student loan debt including ball-and-chains