Today, Thursday, Oct. 28, at 3:00 p.m. ET/ 12:00 p.m. PT, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) will host a virtual panel of student debt experts and cancellation advocates to discuss how the student debt crisis has impacted Black borrowers nationwide, and Black borrowers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) will give the opening remarks, followed by a panel highlighting the need for $50,000 in across-the-board student loan cancellation and increased HBCU funding during these pressing times. Panelists include leaders from NAACP, Missouri Faith Voices, and a former HBCU student.

Please RSVP for connection details: https://bit.ly/studentdebt21.

Questions for the panelists can be submitted through Twitter using the hashtag #CancelStudentDebt.

Details

• Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021
• OPENING REMARKS: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12)
• MODERATOR: Jaylon Herbin, outreach associate at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)
• PANELISTS:
  • Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO
  • Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, Missouri Faith Voices Executive Director
  • Robert T. Stephens, Voices for Progress Policy Director, former HBCU student
  • Ashley Harrington, Federal Student Aid Senior Advisor
  • Lodriguez Murray, UNCF Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs
• WHAT: Virtual panel of student debt experts and cancellation advocates to discuss how the student debt crisis has impacted Black borrowers at HBCUs and at predominately white institutions (PWIs).
• WHEN: 3:00 p.m. ET/ 12:00 p.m. PT
• Please RSVP for connection details: https://bit.ly/studentdebt21.

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on financial fairness and opportunity. Fighting for economic justice for low- and middle-income families, military personnel and veterans, women, seniors, and people of color is our mission and highest priority.

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