Recent Victories:
Protecting Pollinators
Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply.
We worked with a dozen cities in New Jersey to pass resolutions that protect pollinators like bees by providing critical habitat and restricting toxic pesticides
New Voters Project
The New Voters Project is the largest non-partisan, on the ground, youth mobilization effort in the country.
Since 2020, we’ve reached over 180,000 students with voting information, helping them register to vote, find their polling place, and make their voices heard in local, state, and national elections.
Making Textbooks More Affordable
Everyone knows that textbooks costs are out of control—the average student spends $900 per year! We’re promoting cost-saving solutions on campus while also tackling publishers’ stranglehold on the market to change prices for good. We’re educating students, faculty and bookstores and raising awareness through research and media attention.
We helped secure $14 million in federal funding for free open textbooks and helped start the OAT affordable textbooks program at Rutgers that has saved students over $6 million since 2017
Serving the Community
No one should have to worry about whether they will have food on their plate or a roof over their head. But the reality is that hunger and homelessness are widespread problems that affect far too many people.
In the last three years, we donated 3,500 food, clothing, and personal necessity items to those in need, did over 700 hours of service at places like the JBJ Soul Kitchen, and hosted a free pop-up health clinic.
Making Higher Education More Affordable
- Reduced the burden of student loan debt by capping students’ monthly loan payments and stopping aggressive cuts to Pell grants, the federal financial aid program that serves more than 9 million students.
- Stopped Stafford student loan interest rates from doubling from by delivering 130,000 letters to Congress.