Sallie Mae Not: What’s Next?
A Letter & Plea from Filmmaker Mike Camoin:
This past week our film made its US premiere at the Whistleblowers Summit &
Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award announced on National
Whistleblowers Day. I'm so proud of our team and the people who have
contributed to make our documentary series come to life. We all pushed through
months of Covid, allocating unemployment checks, working on a shoe-string
budget to create SALLIE MAE NOT. We believe when people see our film, it will
help be a catalyst to changing the broken student lending system.
5 years ago I was introduced to Alan Collinge and his book The Student Loan
Scam. It changed how I looked at going to college and my Country. I've since
met and interviewed whistleblowers like consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Sallie Mae’s former board member Catherine A. Fitts, former Board of Ed researcher and NY Times whistleblower Jon Oberg, Rolling Stones' Matt Taibbi, former IMF financial analyst Bob Hildreth, Wall Street Fraud Investigator, Tom Borgers and presidential candidate Jill Stein. I’d like to thank the dozens of borrowers who shared their heart wrenching personal stories of student loan debt, some of which have been carrying it for decades and well into retirement. This made me even madder and more determined!
Education is the big equalizer and WE THE PEOPLE, cannot lose this fight, especially when one year of "going to college" now costs nearly $100k--you know
something's wrong. We must fix it. IF we lose, our children and grandchildren will carry this burden for their lifetimes. There’s more that we need to do to complete the series, yet right now, I need to ask you to join us to help create change. Here’s how:
* WATCH via LIVESTREAM Tuesday, August 3 at 10:00 AM EST the Senate Judiciary Committee headed by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) holds a full committee hearing on Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform. This is a HUGE deal because the Senate panel last held a hearing on the matter in 2012.
* LISTEN to The Ralph Nader Radio Show with Chicago attorney Anthony Fiorentino about his role in Sallie Mae Not and the various class action lawsuits he has filed on behalf of student loan borrowers across the country. Nader and Fiorentino, both featured in the film
* DONATE we have 5 more episodes to complete equally stunning, if not more, than SALLIE MAE NOT. Every donation to The Final Phase matters.
* SIGN your name to a petition! Our film’s main champion, activist Alan Collinge,
founder of StudentLoanJustice.org launched a petition that has reached over
one million signatures calling for President Biden to reinstate bankruptcy protections and/or student loan cancellation by executive order.
We’ll have more to come and are in deep gratitude to everyone who has supported our film throughout the years of production.
Sincerely,
Mike Camoin, Filmmaker
Videos for Change Productions
August 1, 2021
A Letter & Plea from Filmmaker Mike Camoin:
This past week our film made its US premiere at the Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award announced on National Whistleblowers Day. I'm so proud of our team and the people who have contributed to make our documentary series come to life. We all pushed through months of Covid, allocating unemployment checks, working on a shoe-string budget to create SALLIE MAE NOT. We believe when people see our film, it will help be a catalyst to changing the broken student lending system.
5 years ago I was introduced to Alan Collinge and his book The Student Loan Scam. It changed how I looked at going to college and my Country. I've since met and interviewed whistleblowers like consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Sallie Mae's former board member Catherine A. Fitts, former Board of Ed researcher and NY Times whistleblower Jon Oberg, Rolling Stones' Matt Taibbi, former IMF financial analyst Bob Hildreth, Wall Street Fraud Investigator, Tom Borgers and presidential candidate Jill Stein. I’d like to thank the dozens of borrowers who shared their heart wrenching personal stories of student loan debt, some of which have been carrying it for decades and well into retirement. This made me even madder and more determined!
Education is the big equalizer and WE THE PEOPLE, cannot lose this fight, especially when one year of "going to college" now costs nearly $100k--you know something's wrong. We must fix it. IF we lose, our children and grandchildren will carry this burden for their lifetimes.
There's more that we need to do to complete the series, yet right now, I need to ask you to join us to help create change. Here’s how:
WATCH via LIVESTREAM Tuesday, August 3 at 10:00 AM EST the Senate Judiciary Committee headed by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) holds a full committee hearing on Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform. This is a HUGE deal because the Senate panel last held a hearing on the matter in 2012.
LISTEN to The Ralph Nader Radio Show with Chicago attorney Anthony Fiorentino about his role in Sallie Mae Not and the various class action lawsuits he has filed on behalf of student loan borrowers across the country. Nader and Fiorentino, both featured in the film
DONATE we have 5 more episodes to complete equally stunning, if not more, than SALLIE MAE NOT. Every donation to The Final Phase matters.
SIGN your name to a petition! Our film’s main champion, activist Alan Collinge, founder of StudentLoanJustice.org launched a petition that has reached over one million signatures calling for President Biden to reinstate bankruptcy protections and/or student loan cancellation by executive order.
We’ll have more to come and are in deep gratitude to everyone who has supported our film throughout the years of production.
Sincerely,
Mike Camoin, Filmmaker
