If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past few days, it’s that college students love protesting. They are 100% ok with standing up for what they believe in and don’t care about what anyone else has to say about it. We admire that.
The latest protest to breakout is one that extends to campuses across the country – #MillionStudentMarch.
Students at 110 colleges throughout the United States walked out of class on Thursday to march for affordable education. It’s been months in the making and was inspired by national campaigns to boost minimum wages. Beth Huang, a coordinator for the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), also told the Washington Post that the national organized march acknowledges the link between insane college tuition prices and low wages.
“The problems of skyrocketing college costs and low wages are linked together and result in poor economic mobility for people who graduate with the burden of student debt,” said Huang. “The march is about mobilizing students across the country to shape the national conversation about what college costs look like today, especially in an age of student debt, low wages and high tuition.”
The high cost of college tuition has been a hot topic amongst the 2016 presidential hopefuls, and will likely be a determinant for young voters. Throughout the day, students used the #MillionStudentMarch hashtag to coordinate meeting spots on their campus and help spread the word on its message.
Students, a few reminders for today regarding events – 1) #MillionStudentMarch – 2pm at the McKinnon Plaza. We… https://t.co/zzLYId9Kbl
— SG at UM-Flint (@SGumflint) November 12, 2015
2:45 at the Bell Tower!! Million Student March!! Let’s gooooo ! #msmphilly #15andfreecollege #burnthedebt #millionstudentmarch
— Gabe Miller (@wakeupgabe) November 12, 2015
Quick phone photo from #MillionStudentMarch today in the student union #umass pic.twitter.com/I4Ir7xpyNj
— Shannon Broderick (@shannon_brod) November 12, 2015
Check out photos from the marches below. What do you think?
