Albert Lord, we need to talk.

For months now, we have been asking Sallie Mae to meet with us to talk about the burden that student debt causes us and our communities. We’ve only heard silence in return.

Now we’re asking Albert Lord, Sallie Mae CEO, to step up and resolve this situation. We need to talk.

Hundreds of students marched to their DC office last October, only to be met by security and police officers. Rather than meet with the students, Sallie Mae employees were escorted out the backdoor by police as they looked at the ground rather than the students drowning in debt.

Representatives of United States Student Association and Student Labor Action Project held a candlelight vigil in their offices on February 3^rd. Once again, no one from Sallie Mae had anything to say to us as they refused to meet with us and security called the police. The closest we came to a response was someone who worked in the building scoffing at us, as he said, “Pay your bills.”

Every six minutes student debt increases a million dollars. In 2012 student debt will surpass one trillion dollars. Students are being robbed of their futures, but Albert Lord can stop this.

Will you join us in asking him to meet with us on March 26^th at their office?

We need Albert Lord to know that we’re not taking this lightly. Since 2010, when student debt surpassed credit card debt as the largest form of debt in the country, we have been organizing this movement and we need you. Sallie Mae controls over $238 billion dollars in student debt and they need to take responsibility for their impact on the economy. We need to talk and we need to talk soon.

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