Scared to Debt!

Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Filmmaker

[Note: film can be viewed anytime between January 27th-31st!]

Currently, 45 million borrowers are saddled with close to $1.9 trillion in federal student loan debt in the United States. The Biden Administration has extended the CARES ACT payment pause until May 1st, 2022. Many borrowers perceive the decision as kicking the can down the road. They remain victims of predatory loan practices within a corrupt system that profits while increasing their debt far beyond their ability to pay it.

View the award-winning Sallie Mae Not documentary, episode one of the Scared to Debt documentary film by Michael Camoin, and join him and others for a panel discussion to learn the chilling reality of student loan corruption in America and options to confront it effectively.

Panelists:

• Michael J. Camoin, Filmmaker: Scared to Debt: America's Student Loan Scam
• Tom Borgers, Wall Street Banker / Fraud Specialist
• Alan Collinge, Founder: StudentLoanJustice.Org
• Reggie Harris,: American singer/songwriter
• Oye Owolewa, U.S. Representative, District of Columbia
• Heather Taylor, International Chapter Leader and Social Media Manager:  StudentLoanJustice.Org

How to watch film and participate in panel discussion:

Watch the film in advance on your own [January 27th to 31st] via the easy access link you will receive when you RSVP below. The film is 41 minutes long. No fee/donation is necessary.

THEN

Join the panel discussion on Zoom on Monday, January 31st, at 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET, 6:00pm to 7:30pm CET, 9:00pm to 10:30pm Dubai time. [A link to the recording of the panel discussion will be shared with those who register and are unable to attend the discussion.] 

RSVP below for your free film screening access, panel discussion Zoom link, and invitation to submit a question for the panel discussion. 

Invite your family and friends to participate as well. Here is a Facebook post to share. 

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Co-hosted by the Global Progressive Caucus and Global Youth Caucus. 

Thank you to our co-sponsors: Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico/Guadalajara, Singapore

This event is part of the proDA series “Monthly Mondays for Your Progressive Minds.”

Presenter is Pat Fournier CPA (CA),  CPA( WA)– JPS Accounting Services Inc

A good place for those just starting out

Young people fresh to tax reporting and those new to being a citizen abroad and reporting to the US.  This webinar gives a brief overview of the most obvious areas of concern – Tax Returns, Foreign Reporting, FBARs, and a quick word on the Streamline Program (catch up program)

The ticket price to this event is $10 USD. We chose this price point realizing that many of our members might like to attend one, two, or three of our sessions and we wanted to select a ticket price that was reasonable.  We would expect that the last session on Business owners would attract its own, individual audience.  If you feel the ticket price is beyond your means at this time, please contact us at [email protected] and we will make an arrangement to accommodate.

The event will be recorded. Only people who purchase a ticket will receive the recording. If you cannot make the event, but would like a recording, please purchase a ticket in advance.

We would like all those RSVPing to know that tickets are non-refundable. 

Funds collected for these sessions will provide us with important support for our GOTV efforts in 2022.  Every dollar donated = four more CallHub calls or 10 texts to members.  It all matters and it all adds up. 

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• USD donations: DemocratsAbroad.org 
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