Students across America protest debt in Million Student March
Over one hundred campuses across the United States are participating in a march against student debt and for free public college.
13 November 2015
01:38 GMTProtesters at the University of Washington block a traffic intersection.
#BlackLivesMatter protest blocking intersection at 45th and 15th @UW, all buses, traffic stopped. pic.twitter.com/aQryaQ3yk3
— final girl (@seaforanswers) November 13, 2015- 00:10 GMT
Students marching through New York City.
#NYC: #MillionStudentMarch marching now again! pic.twitter.com/BdheEQeZ9Q
— Ash J (@AshAgony) November 12, 2015#NYC: #MillionStudentMarch back at Hunter University giving speeches! #Educationpic.twitter.com/vNzgX2tVQC
— Ash J (@AshAgony) November 12, 2015 12 November 2015
23:42 GMTAt Loyola University in Chicago, students stood in solidarity with Mizzou.
#fromluc2mizzou Loyola stands in solidarity with you. #BlackOnCampus#BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/fMtCpxZw8s
— AD (@HEIRESS_dae) November 12, 2015CLENCHED FISTS: @LoyolaChicago students stand #InSolidarityWithMizzou & say there are problems at their campus too. pic.twitter.com/n2U1CppQWh
— Stacey Baca (@StaceyBacaABC7) November 12, 2015- 23:31 GMT
Demonstrators in Philadelphia say they support students in Missouri.
Hey #Mizzou we got your back #MillionStudentMarch#Phillypic.twitter.com/TjW6b2u8GQ
— alice hakvaag (@hawkvawg) November 12, 2015 - 22:48 GMT
"Tax the Rich!" #MillionStudentMarchpic.twitter.com/PdRbVFIVu7
— Maya Eliahou (@MayaEliahou) November 12, 2015 - 22:31 GMT
In New York, union-member faculty came out to support students at Brooklyn College.
Members of @PSC_CUNY show up to support #MillionStudentMarch at Brooklyn College. pic.twitter.com/T5vq6CSLp8
— Brooklyn College PSC (@psccunybc) November 12, 2015 - 22:31 GMT
At Texas State University, students insisted that they wanted a response from faculty and their administration regarding their demands.
“We want tuition free institutions, a cancellation of the 1.2 trillion dollars that 40 million students hold as far as student debt goes, and we want $15 wages for student workers," Texas State University March organizer and President of Socialist Alternative Rudy Martinez told KTSW.
- 22:24 GMT
The National Nurses United union is also at UC Berkeley to demonstrate against student debt.
RN Katy Roemer: We are here to protest the massive student debt happening all over the country. #MillionStudentMarchpic.twitter.com/nHRDWTLQbZ
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) November 12, 2015 - 22:23 GMT
The scene at the University of California, Berkeley.
.@UCBerkeley students at the #MillionStudentMarchpic.twitter.com/cOPCo1hP71
— Sophie Ho (@sophanho) November 12, 2015 - 21:03 GMT
The Cornell University chapter of Black Students United called for the cancellation of a campus protest that is meant to show solidarity with the protests at the University of Missouri, citing the lack of "people of color" involved.
"In the future, please ask how you can support us before organizing on your own. With that in mind, we would appreciate the cancellation of this event," the groups Facebook post reads.
