September 24, 2012 Contact: Rae Roca Rae.Roca@younginvincibles.org 202.378.3526 Young Invincibles To Mobilize Student Voice For Comprehensive Financial Aid Reform to Develop Policy Recommendations YI Joins Gates Foundation Initiative to support “RADD” [WASHINGTON, DC] –Young Invincibles will engage students and recent...
Educate yourself about student loans- before you borrow- or unruly student loan debt might come after you! Check out these resources for understanding student loans: Understanding the FAFSA Understanding student loan interest rates Understanding your award letter Understanding the difference...
Huffington Post on September 19, 2012 Originally published on Credit.com By Mitchell D. Weiss When I was about to graduate college, one of my dad’s friends put his arm around my shoulder to pass along a few words of wisdom:...
Event hosted by the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation on September 13, 2012 Watch YI Co-Founder & Executive Director Aaron Smith in the webcast available here! Known by many names – Echo Boomers, Gen Y or Millennials – a new...
By Amy Lin Do you know who Suze Orman is? She’s that personal finance guru who’s written a ton of books and has a show on CNBC. For those unfamiliar, people call her show to ask her questions and display...
Lumina Foundation on September 12, 2012 YI Executive Director Aaron Smith participated in the Lumina Foundation’s events at the Conventions: Lumina held events at both the 2012 Republican and Democrat National Conventions, providing a unique opportunity to brief key partners in states...
By Brian Burrell and Amy Lin This past month, the youth unemployment rate went up from 12.5% to 12.7%. While overall out economy seems to be continuing to slowly improve – we added 96,000 jobs last month, which lowered the...
Inside HigherEd on September 6, 2012 by Libby A. Nelson CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic party faithful gathered here for their convention are, as is the custom, focusing on the positive: speaker after speaker has praised President Obama’s legislative victories...
Education Week on September 5, 2012 by Andrew Ujifusa Charlotte, N.C. A big theme theme of Tuesday night’s Democratic Convention speeches, college access and affordability, continued Wednesday afternoon as a battery of speakers extolled the virtues of President Barack Obama’s actions to...
ThinkProgress: Economy on September 5, 2012 by Travis Waldron America’s young adults could bolster a housing recovery if they weren’t sitting under a growing mountain of student debt, according to a new report from Young Invincibles that studied the effects of student...