PHENOM competed along with more than twenty teams in the 2014 Justice Cup this summer. With over 200 in attendance, the teams, supporters, and sponsors raised over $4,000 for Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice and the Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center. Check our additional coverage from WMJwJ and WGGB.
Check out this Valley Post article about PHENOM in Education Rallies by Eesha Williams.
$3,856,866.11 – that’s by how much student debt recently decreased! Rolling Jubilee just bought that much student debt (for pennies on the dollar), thereby eliminating debt of 2,761 people around the country! Rolling Jubilee had previously raised money to buy portfolios of medical debt on the secondary market and then declined to collect from the […]
A new study by Standard and Poor’s “suggests a more progressive income tax that requires wealthier individuals to pay higher tax rates could help states deal with revenue problems.” As the rich have gotten richer, growth in tax revenue has slowed — hurting all of us. Massachusetts is among the very few states with a […]
Check out this great article from the Massachusetts Daily Collegian at UMass Amherst covering the student debt crisis, Senator Warren’s Student Loan Debt Refinancing bill, and PHENOM’s rally in support of Senator Warren’s efforts last Friday. To learn more about Senator Warren’s efforts and student loan refinancing check out Generation Progress. Just last week we learned […]
Last Friday, PHENOM organized a rally in Government Center, outside of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Boston Office. The rally raised awareness of the student loan debt crisis and expressed thanks for Sen. Warren’s introduction of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. Sen. The bill will allow qualified student loan borrowers to refinance their student loans to […]
Join PHENOM this Friday Sept 5th! Starting school … Ending Debt! JOIN US, this Friday, September 5th at 12PM. PHENOM will be in Government Center in Boston, demanding action on the student debt crisis and thanking Senator Elizabeth Warren for her efforts to cut student loan interest rates. Please help us spread the word and ask all […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2014 Contact: Natalie Higgins (nhiggins@phenomonline.org, 978-227-8473) Ferd Wulkan (ferdwulkan@gmail.com, 413-627-5268) This Friday PHENOM will present Senator Elizabeth Warren with a Thank You card, signed by its members, for her relentless fight against the student debt crisis The rally, hosted by the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, together with […]