Virginia Student Power Network

Virginia Student Power Network is closely affiliated with Freedom Road Socialist Organization‎. It is affiliatedto the New Virginia Majority and to the Student Power Network.

Covid Campus Roundtable

Virginia Student Power Network was live. August 21 2020.

With Taylor Maloney, Ibby Han, Kibiriti Majuto, Sarandon Elliott, Kalia Harris.

Voter registration

Virginia Student Power Network is at Virginia November 6 2019.

Post-election day takeaways:

1. We left it all on the field: we registered almost 1000 new voters and knocked countless doors across the state w/ New Virginia Majority. At UVA, student turnout for the CA race was up 309% from 2015. ~ 2. For young folks in VA, this is the first time in our lifetimes we’ve had a “blue” state. But that doesn’t mean anything unless we hold ALL elected officials accountable. We engaged in this election to *choose our targets* with the understanding that voting is meaningless w/o grassroots direct action organizing. ~ 3. NO MORE EXCUSES from lukewarm politicians. We must push the 2020 legislature to pass in-state tuition for undocumented students, driver’s licenses for all, a statewide living wage, and so many more issues that organizers have been chipping away at for years. ~ 4. If you want to get involved in year-round political organizing, come out to our statewide convening *this Saturday* Nov 9th in Richmond!! bit.ly/NextVSPN

At Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance

Virginia Student Power Network July 8 2019.

we coordinated another nourishing and information-filled training for the summer organizing fellowship yesterday! 🌻 there was so much knowledge & power in the room that we needed two bike racks 🚲

image description: group of 23 people smiling at the camera in the meeting space at the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance — with Marshele Bryant, Tamanna Kaur Sohal, Ibby Jingyi, Kibiriti Majuto, Emma Shainwald, Elizabeth Valtierra, Juan Zazueta, Dalton Jared, Yanet Amado and Nata Lynn at Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance.

Tenants and Workers United

Virginia Student Power Network May 30 2019·

With Tamanna Kaur Sohal, Roksana Borzouei, Enma Kibby, Nata Lynn, Ibby Jingyi, Dalton Jared and Hannah Margaret at Tenants and Workers United - Inquilinos y Trabajadores Unidos.

At She The People

Virginia Student Power Network May 19 2019:

With Noelle Luendo, Elizabeth Valtierra, Ibby Jingyi, Marshele Bryant, Tiana Sigala and Clara Cee.

Virginia Day of Student Resistance, 2017

Virginia Student Power Network, January 20, 2017.

With Mario Harris, Jr., Kalia Harris, Scott Loudin, Janine Gaspari and Claire Boynton.

Fall 2016 Convergence!

Virginia Student Power Network October 24, 2016.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out this weekend to the Virginia Student Power Network Fall 2016 Convergence! Student organizers converged from all over the state, including from UVa, GMU, VCU, UMW, VSU, ODU, and William & Mary.

We trained hard, planned our campaigns for winning more affordable higher education in Virginia, honed our organizing skills, and had fun hanging out.

More photos coming soon! If you want to get involved in VSPN, message our page and we'll get you plugged in! — with Caroline McCaig, Kalyn Asher Montague, Janine Gaspari, Nqobile Mthethwa, Maria Alejandra, Todd Le, Anelle Mensah, Marian Michaela Little, Ian Nakayama, Ayanna Ogaldez, Kailah Hartsfield, Amanda Grace Montalvo, Amanda Claire Ritchie and Lily Hamilton.

Virginia Student Power Network November 4, 2016.

Friday night dinner with the team! — with Caroline McCaig, Lily Hamilton, Amanda Grace Montalvo, Marian Michaela Little, Kalyn Asher Montague, Amanda Claire Ritchie, Eli Fraley, Claire Boynton, Ayanna Ogaldez, Kailah Hartsfield and Janine Gaspari at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VSPN campaign

Virginia Student Power Network, April 6 2015 posted ·"Last week, students all across Virginia loudly stood up on their campuses to push for accessible, democratic education and a #DebtFreeVA".

Thanks to GMU Student Power, UVa Students United, Student Power Network at VT, VCU Student Power, UMW Students United, and JMUnited for making the Statewide Day of Action such a huge success! — with Rodrigo Velasquez, Sanwich Est, Samantha Parsons, Emma White, Yvette Agyei, Kalia Harris, Jacob Ducey, Macey Garner, Lexi Robinson, Charly Liss, Batel Yona, Victoria Beasley, Emily Swain, Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Jong Chin, Rachel Brewer, Scott Loudin, Kelsey Pence, Nqobile Mthethwa, John Sylvester, Bess Butler, Laura Cross, Jenn Richman, Garrett Piersa, Greg Lewis, Ibby Han, Taylor Janay Manigoult, Lauren Miller, Amna Hussein, Claire Wiklund, Samuel Scott, Nevin Ounpuu-Adams, Noah Goodwin and Briana Willis.

USSA 2015

Scott Loudin, Claire Wyatt, Rachel Brewer, Samantha Parsons and Ryan Klass

Virginia Student Power Network students were at the United States Student Association conference March 2015, strategizing and learning with student power organizers from around the country! .

Virginia Student Power Network Core Team

Virginia Student Power Network Statewide Core Team planning call! September 2015 — with Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Ibby Han, Nqobile Mthethwa, Taylor Janay Manigoult and Yvette Agyei.·

Virginia Student Power Network core team organizers from around the state are hard at work, planning for the upcoming semester. — with Taylor Janay Manigoult, Ibby Han, Kalia Harris, Nqobile Mthethwa, Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Yvette Agyei and Claire Wyatt.

Activists

October 30, 2015

Virginia Student Power Network activists include; Kailah Hartsfield, Camila Aranguíz-Allende, Adanna Catrice Lassiter, Kate Holcombe and Emily Swain.

October 20, 2015

Also Holly Fox Smith, Laura Bruce, Loanie Nguyen, Saira Ramos, Ana Paula Diaz Casos, Cynthia Boat.

October 15, 2015

Also Lucas Rodriguez, Kalia Harris, Amanda Grace Montalvo and Scott Loudin.

October 7, 2015

Also Ibby Han, Charly Liss, Diamante Patterson

September 7, 2015

Also Laura Cross, Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Todd Le, Claire Wyatt.

Also Taylor Janay Manigoult, Brian Cameron, Kim Rhyne, Samantha Parsons, · Yvette Agyei, Amanda Claire Ritchie, Noah Goodwin, Saeeda Quansah, Sarah Kinzer, Adam Wander , Geoffrey Payne Colaizzi, Yasmin Amirah Brizan, Eli Fraley, Daniel Bart Hutchins, Sam Beach, Ingris Moran, Anna-Marie Corsey, Jong Chin, Colleen Cosgriff, Cole Olstad Hodges, Emma White, Nate Levine, Anna Clemens, Julia Burski, Reid Parker, Mishika Tshishimbi, Amna Hussein, Michael James-Deramo, Hector Miranda, Erin Delli, Anup Gampa, Ashley Etienne, Jamie Louise Mack, Carolyn Pugh, Hannah Beaman, Caitlin Levine, Kendall King, ·Giancarla Rojas, Kelly Carson, · John Maggi, Greg Lewis, Charbené Williams, Rosa Waters, Anne Davis, Carii Rodriguez, Drew Gallagher, Kelsey Pence, Abbi Han, Iman Shabazz, Zakaria Ismail Kronemer, Natalie Steinberg ·

Kalia Harris, Kim Rhyne, Adam Wander, Sarah Kinzer, Diamante Patterson, Laura Bruce, Todd Le, Eli Fraley, Laura Cross, Yvette Agyei, Amanda Claire Ritchie, Brian Cameron, Ibby Han, Geoffrey Payne Colaizzi, Amanda Grace Montalvo, Saeeda Quansah and Claire Wyatt in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 2015

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September 4, 2015

UVa Students United's first meeting of the semester! — with Allison Febrey, Nqobile Mthethwa, Phoebe Bugay, John Sylvester and Ibby Han.

UVa Students United Day of Action against student debt, BOV's lack of transparency, and tuition hikes! #DebtFreeUVA — with Kelly Carson, Ashley Blackwell, Greg Lewis, Jake Turner, Laura Cross, John Sylvester and Ibby Han.

September 4, 2015

GMU Student Power's Open-Mic Night, September 2015, — with Scott Loudin, Samantha Parsons, Rodrigo Velasquez and Kalia Harris.

Liss connection

Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Ibby Han, Noah Goodwin, Charly Liss and Jon Liss, June 2015

Virginia Student Power Network works closely with Jon Liss and his New Virginia Majority.

People's Congress

In September 2015, Virginia Student Power Network organizers joined our organizational partner, New Virginia Majority, for their first annual People's Congress! It was incredible to build solidarity around the state, for campaigns fighting around mass incarceration, immigrant justice, and debt-free higher education.

Krupicka connection

Rob Krupicka

Virginia Student Power Network‎ Hearing on Student Debt — with Rob Krupicka at Virginia General Assembly January 2015.

Delegate Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria) met with the Virginia Student Power Network, a coalition of student activists concerned about college access and affordability, today to discuss chronically increasing tuition and student debt rates.

“If we want to invest in Virginia’s economy, we must begin with education,” Delegate Krupicka stated. “Instead of penalizing young adults by hiking up tuition rates and requiring them to take on massive amounts of debt to finance their education, we should be promoting sensible ways to increase college affordability and helping our students prepare for tomorrow’s jobs.”

Delegate Krupicka continued that Virginia could start this process through his bill, HB 1877, by allowing certain coal tax credits to expire and using that revenue to fund the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, 50% of which would be reserved for students from coal districts. “Whether we like it or not, Virginia’s coal tax credits are not working and reserves are quickly drying up. In order to prepare for the future, we must begin investing in the students of Southwest Virginia and our entire Commonwealth. Providing an affordable college degree would ensure that students can graduate and bring their success back into their communities by buying homes and starting businesses.”

The Virginia Student Power Network’s conference was also hosted by the New Virginia Majority. Tram Nguyen, Co-Executive Director of New Virginia Majority, said "Delegate Krupicka’s bill would lower the need for students to borrow and make it more likely for them to finish a degree. Moreover, there will be funds dedicated to students from counties in the southwestern part of the state that has been hardest hit by the economic downturn and that could stand to benefit the most from strong investment in education and worker training. This is an important issue to young voters, students, as well as parents."

Virginia Day of Action Against Student Debt

Virginia Student Power Network, organized Sunday 17 January 2016, till Monday 18 January 2016 in Richmond "a public Statewide Speak-Out Against Student Debt, rallying at the Capitol, meeting with legislators, and demonstrating our power..."

Those indicating their support on the Wherevent website included Melquiades Fernandez, Anelle Mensah, Lucas Rodriguez, Reid Parker, Brigitte Coles, Emma White, Izzy Pezzulo, Kailah Hartsfield, Lindsay Mottola, Laura Cross, Phoebe Bugay, Amanda Claire Ritchie, Aaida Tesfa, Giancarla Rojas, Liz Janot Montalvo, Atisha Amin, Bemnet Gebreyesus Agata, MaryAnn Vega, Ava Camille, Scott Loudin, Rondene Grinam, Carii Rodriguez, Geoffrey Payne Colaizzi, Brian Cameron, Erica Miller, Claire Wyatt, Kalia Harris, Samyukta Venkat, Samantha Parsons, Camila Aranguíz-Allende, Sarah Shinton, Amanda Grace Montalvo, Hannah Beaman, Moige Nyamweya, Rodrigo Velasquez, Rolando Flores-Santos, Farah Alashqar, Noah Goodwin, Beatrice Ohene-Okae, Todd Le, Ian Nakayama, .

#VAstudentpower

Virginia Student Power Network April 14, 2014'

The Virginia Student Power Network had a fantastic weekend in Richmond with the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition, April 5-6! #VAstudentpower.

Photo credit: Chesapeake Climate Action Network — with Chelsea Nicole, Lia Cattaneo, Zeko Ismail, Sylvan Marrok, Alice Redhead, Samantha Morgan, Malvin Espinoza, Harding Coughter, Michael Giuseppi and Addie Alexander.