Educate Yourself and Get Active

I can't emphasize enough that all student loan borrowers need to become active participants in the student loan reform process. It's the only way we are going to get the changes we need to live free once again.

If you are a New Yorker then here is the contact information for your Senators:

Senator Charles E. Schumer  http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand  http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/

I can't recommend enough the book by Alan Collinge, entitled The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History - and How We Can Fight Back. I know that I have already mentioned his book, (previous story here) but after rereading it I knew it deserved mention again. Alan's book does a fantastic job of explaining why students with public or private loans are in the same situation and how Sallie Mae has, almost single handedly, twisted the student loan system into the monstrosity it is today.

Read the book and then reread it - because there is so much information in there that you may only truly know its value with a second read.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Alan and everyone at StudentLoanJustice.org for all that they have done to get this movement started and to become a voice for us all.

Regards,
J. Densmore