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The Ohio Student Association is a statewide grassroots organization led by young people and anchored by student-led chapters on college campuses across the state. OSA brings together young Ohioans from different backgrounds and with different experiences to imagine and fight for a better future.

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OSA Cleveland State Picks up Wins to Make CSU More Accessible to Folks with Criminal Records
When we convened for the fall semester in 2019, OSA leaders Kevin Ballou, Donnell Walker and Jenna Thomas began building our campus chapter of OSA―a team that now includes 15 core team members and many supporters. Our …
Let them Go! Virtual Show
The Coalition to Stop the Inhumanity at the Cuyahoga County Jail led by member organization OSA held the “Let them Go!” fundraiser on Friday, May 22nd at 7 pm featuring a variety of talented local musicians including …
“Invest in Ed, Divest from Prisons” Report 
Introducing . . .  The "Invest in Ed, Divest from Prisons" Report  (click here) and The Ed4All Convening (October 19th – 20th 2019)    "Invest in Ed, Divest from Prisons: How shrinking incarceration can save higher education"  …
Broke Student Survey
When OSA went to ask the legislature for more financial aid, they told us straight to our faces: "Why can't you just get a second job?" Hold my beer. People who make decisions about financial AID have …
C-Space Happy Hour: Higher Education
OSA has built a team of young people to host events that connect liberation and political work with cultural work and creativity. The popular “C-Space” return by hosting an issue-specific “Creative Town Hall” on higher education, where …
Get Lit For Liberation
  On March 13th, over 200 people attended the second Get Lit for Liberation and raised nearly $2,000 in support of the Cuyahoga County Bail Fund. It was a unique meld of arts and activism: bands, visual …

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🚨 CALL TO ACTION: Help fight SB83, the higher education destruction act, by submitting opposition testimony by tomorrow, Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Anti Labor Bill SB83 uses "retrenchment" to attack unions and their ability to collectively bargain. The power of labor to organize protections becomes crippled if institutions no longer have to stay accountable to them, just by citing any sort of financial pressure. 🗳️👏 Big cheers to our student leaders across a dozen chapters in the state of Ohio who worked this election to get out the vote. Your hard work paid off, and we're celebrating this win together! 🥳🎉 💬 Why did Josie vote this election? 🗳️ Young people deserve a voice at the table! We did it. 🏆 Dedicated student leaders at campuses such as Kent State helped get students registered and ready to vote leading up to the election. 🗳️ It is because of efforts like these that so many young Ohioans showed up to vote and, consequently, won reproductive rights for the state. 👏👏👏 Go women, indeed! 👏🗳️ Fighting for #bansoffourbodies? 📣🗳️ THAT is so real. 📣💪 Throughout the state, college students are showing up to the polls to show that they care about the issues and that their voices matter. 🗳️ Repro rights are on the ballot!

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OSA isn’t about speaking for young people— it’s about empowering young people with the tools to not only speak for themselves, but to organize their communities and build power to win the future we all deserve.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR RACHAEL COLLYER