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📢 Health premiums are set to more than double if Congress allows Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire.
📲 Tell your friends
☎️ Tell your family
🏫 Tell your professors
✉️ Tell your lawmakers
🔊 Tell your campus
Why we need to KEEP HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE!
Many students working part-time or earning modest wages—could lose coverage altogether. Filling the financial gap left by a lack of access to health care means missed classes and the possibility of having to drop out entirely.
Join us in the fight to protect the ACA. Send a quick letter to your reps: https://bit.ly/AffordableCareActExpiration
Going to college in the fall of 2025? Now you’ve got a little more time to apply for financial aid. The state priority deadline in California was just extended to April 2, 2025. Don’t miss out on grants and scholarships! Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) today. We’ve got all the information you need at csac.ca.gov/apply
¿Comenzarás la universidad en otoño de 2025? ¡Tienes más tiempo para solicitar ayuda financiera! La fecha límite prioritaria en California se ha extendido hasta el 2 de abril de 2025. No pierdas la oportunidad de acceder a becas y subvenciones. Completa tu FAFSA (Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes) o la CADAA (Solicitud de la Ley Dream Act de California) hoy mismo. Encuentra toda la información en csac.ca.gov/apply.
Are you a Southern California community college student impacted by the recent fires? 🎓📚The Student Senate for California Community Colleges is offering the Disaster Relief Fund Scholarship to help students access the resources needed to keep moving forward.
Eligibility Requirements
✅Student enrolled in any Southern California
community college
✅Taking at least 6 units
#college #student #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #CECSN
Apply bit.ly/ssccc-disaster-relief-scholarship or link in bio!
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¿Eres un estudiante de un colegio comunitario del sur de California afectado por los recientes incendios? 🎓📚 El Student Senate for California Community Colleges ofrece la beca Disaster Relief Fund Scholarship para ayudar a los estudiantes a acceder a los recursos necesarios para seguir adelante.
Requisitos
✅Estudiante matriculado en cualquier colegio comunitario de California del Sur
✅Cursar como mínimo 6 unidades
#college #student #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #CECSN
Aplique bit.ly/ssccc-disaster-relief-scholarship
We know there is a lot of uncertainty and anxiety floating around right now, but with your ideas and perspective you can help us make a difference and fight for equity in the next two years. @socalcan centers and leads with student voices. By taking this SHORT STUDENT SURVEY you will help us identify what barriers students face in higher-education and what are the most pressing issues that need to be addressed through policy & advocacy.
You MUST be a current student in a California college or university (CCC, CSU, UC or private) or have graduated in the year 2022 or after to take this survey. Everyone who is eligible and submits a survey before it closes on November 6th will be entered to a raffle for a chance to win one of multiple $50 gift cards.
Click the link in bio to learn more and to take the survey or visit bit.ly/24psurvey
#Advocacy #PolicyAgenda #TogetherWeCAN #SoCalCAN
That feeling when you and your best friends just voted! 🎉🗳️✨
Today is Election Day! Remember you can drop off your completed mail ballot at a Ballot Box or a participating Vote Center. If you were not able to register by the deadline you can still vote! Same-Day Voting is available at select locations.
Esa sensación cuando tú y tus mejores amigos acaban de votar! 🎉🗳️✨
¡Hoy es el día de las elecciones! Recuerde que puede dejar su boleta por correo en un Buzón de Entrega de Boleta Electoral
o en un Centro de Votación participante. Si no pudiste registrarte antes de la fecha límite, ¡aún puedes votar! La Votación El Mismo Día está disponible en ubicaciones selectas.
#SomosElVoto #WeAreCA #TuVozTuVoto #LatinoVotes
Do you know what makes people powerful? Voting! 🗳️✨ Tomorrow is Election Day. Let’s make our voices heard and take action together! 💪🎉
For more voter information, click the link in our bio. 🔗
¿Sabes qué hace a las personas poderosas? ¡Votar! 🗳️✨Mañana es el Día de Elección. ¡Hagamos oír nuestras voces y actuemos juntos! 💪🎉
Para más información sobre votación, haz clic en el enlace en nuestra biografía. 🔗
#SomosElVoto #WeAreCA #TuVozTuVoto #LatinoVotes