Fighting for Student Debt Relief—What You Need to Know
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May 8, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Fighting for Student Debt Relief—What You Need to Know

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About This Webinar

After months of economic uncertainty, student loan borrowers are facing a confusing system and rising political threats to college affordability. Join AFT President Randi Weingarten, Mike Pierce (Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center), and AFT members to get the latest updates on how to:

  • Navigate student loan repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
  • Restart payments after the pause.
  • Understand your rights under Income Driven Repayment plans.
  • Learn what the AFT is doing in the courts and in Congress to defend affordable education and fight back against harmful policies.

This is union work—and our fight isn't over. Whether you're in repayment, seeking PSLF, or just trying to understand what’s next, this webinar will give you the tools and updates you need.

Speakers

Mike Pierce

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Student Borrower Protection Center

Mike Pierce is Executive Director and co-founder of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC). Mike is an attorney, advocate, and former senior regulator who spent more than a decade fighting for student loan borrowers’ rights on Capitol Hill and at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Before he left government service to start SBPC, for seven years, Mike was the CFPB’s lead subject-matter expert on higher education and consumer protection.

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President, AFT

RANDI WEINGARTEN is president of the 1.8 million-member AFT, AFL-CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators. The AFT champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for students, their families and communities. The AFT and its members advance these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through members’ work.

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