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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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🪧 Why are OSU students voting this November election? Young Ohioans care about the issues and want their voices heard. When Black students have the support and resources they need in higher education, they thrive and contribute back to their community. Education debt, however, disproportionately impacts and burdens Black students. Investing in diversity and inclusion, and the accessibility of higher education, is vital in reducing the racial wealth gap and other types of disparities. 🗞️ "Despite rise in child deaths, Ohio lawmakers won’t allow for gun safety laws" 🗞️ Glad to see all the recent media coverage for the Ohio Black Student Equity Report! Ohio Black students matter--- including their interests, issues, and voices. This report confirms the importance of racial justice in higher education and its role in impacting racial justice beyond college campuses as well. 📣 TOMORROW @ 1PM! What are the issues Black students face? How can institutions better serve their needs? The Ohio Black Student Equity Report, the most comprehensive to date of its kind, will be released during Thursday's press conference. We showed up and voted NO to issue one and to rigging the Ohio constitution. 🥳 Issue one was a not-even-thinly-veiled attempt to keep Ohioans from impacting policy around reproductive freedoms and we showed up at the polls with some badass turnout to prove that we won't let our voices be bulldozed over. YOUR VOICE MATTERS! Make sure your vote is counted and vote today if you haven't already! Help us protect a 100+ year Ohio tradition of citizen-led ballot measures and make sure Ohioans have an important way to impact policy which directly impacts them! #OnePersonOneVote TODAY'S THE DAY! 😱 Make sure to vote today if you haven't already, polls close at 7:30PM! Remember to say NO to rigging the Ohio constitution, silencing everyday Ohioans, and destroying a 100+ year Ohio tradition of citizen-led ballot measures. #OnePersonOneVote Extreme, out-of-touch politicians  and special interests don’t like it when the people make decisions so they are rewriting the rules so they can get what they want instead of what the people want. #OnePersonOneVote

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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