8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
8:30 AM: Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM: The View From D.C. and the California Perspective
Student debt is a personal issue and a national crisis. So what are our representatives in Washington, D.C. doing about it? Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) is a national champion on the issue. We are fortunate to have him with us to share what it feels like to be a Congressman with student debt, how it informs his position, and what he thinks Congress will do to alleviate the student debt crisis in the future. He will also discuss his recently introduced legislation ("Know Your Repayment Options Act" and "Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act"), and ways we can work to get better debt relief programs implemented quickly.
Following Congressman Swalwell's national overview, we'll discuss the California perspective. This year CalNonprofits conducted a detailed survey of nonprofit employees and employers – and got nearly 1,000 responses! What did we learn about student debt from employees? What solutions did we find in the data? We will briefly discuss the results of our survey, including a look at how California’s nonprofit sector both converges and diverges from national trends in student debt.
10:30 AM: WORKSHOPS (Choose One)
Debt Relief Options Workshop for Nonprofit Employees
Borrower Packet Available Here
Public Service Loan Forgiveness is the best loan forgiveness program available to anyone working for a nonprofit. Natalia Abrams, Executive Director of Student Debt Crisis, will present this workshop full of useful tools for individuals with student loans. Learn about the different types of student loans, the available debt repayment plans, ways to avoid default, and how to take advantage of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Nonprofit Employer Toolkit for Supporting staff with Student Debt
Slides available here
In this workshop, CalNonprofits will unveil a newly developed employer toolkit full of useful, free and low-cost opportunities for nonprofits as employers to support employees with student debt. Learn how to attract and retain talented employees using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, simple steps for improving employee loyalty, and why the economics of student debt are driving staff turnover. This workshop is designed for Executive Directors, Human Resources staff, and supervisors.
12:00 PM: Nonprofit Student Debt Taskforce Meeting (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: One-on-one consultations with Student Debt Crisis staff members Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian (limit 22)
StudentDebtCrisis.org is a non-profit organization (501c4) dedicated to fundamentally reforming the way in which higher education is paid for in America.
The Forum is co-sponsored by the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network-LA, the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin, San Francisco Human Services Network, Community Partners, Valley Nonprofit Resources, the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA, the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, and Antioch Unversity Los Angeles Master of Arts in Nonproft Management Program.