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About Student Loan Justice

StudentLoanJustice.Org is a grassroots organization started in March, 2005. The purpose of StudentLoanJustice.Org is to give borrowers who's lives have been adversely affected by the predatory, uncompetitive laws that have been passed by Congress since the 1990's a place to tell their stories, to conduct research about higher education legislation, higher education lenders, the effect these have had on the lives of citizens, and to cause a solution to be legislated. Without advertising, revenue, or staff, StudentLoanJustice.Org has grown to thousands of members across the country comprising every state in the Union.

Since its inception, StudentLoanJustice.Org has been instrumental in calling attention to this problem. In December, 2005, StudentLoanJustice.Org was featured in a seminal article by Bethany McLean of Fortune Magazine. In March, 2006, The Baltimore Sun published a controversial OPED by StudentLoanJustice on the subject. On May 7th, 2006, CBS News featured StudentLoanJustice.Org and 3 of its members in its top story on the 60 Minutes News Program.

StudentLoanJustice.Org was instrumental in causing the Student Borrower Bill of Rights to be created. It was introduced into the Senate Registry in May 2006. In December, 2006, the StudentLoanJustice.Org Political Action Committee was formed, in order to give student borrowers a long overdue voice in the legislative process.