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Students in Action

  • Student leaders educate the campus about income inequality during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
  • We collect petition signatures - lots of them!
  • Hunger and Homelessness intern Roua Aboukhadijeh collecting interview footage on campus for a short film on poverty.
  • Students campaign for High Speed Rail.
  • Fast Trains ARE Cool.
  • Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup.
  • Volunteers wear the textbook mascot costumes to educate students about affordable textbook alternatives.
  • Students posing with the textbook Rebellion books, We Want Cheaper TEXTBOOKS!!
  • Textbook Rebel and Mr. $200 drew attention to outrageous textbook prices.
  • Six media outlets covered a stop on the Textbooks Rebellion tour to promote affordable alternatives to outrageously expensive textbooks.

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