CALLING ON ALL BOSTON-BASED STUDENTS!

Join the Educational Freedom Project and student organizations from across Boston for a historic student rally. Our universities are at a crossroads: budget cuts threaten research, international students face uncertainty, DEI programs are disappearing and student voices are being silenced. This is our moment to unite as one voice and demand the universities we deserve.

We will have community speakers, student bands, and student action tables. Bring posters calling on our universities to defend their students - and rep your university colors! Together, students are pushing our university to fulfill their missions and defend their communities.

We refuse to let the promise of higher education be broken.

What you can expect at our student rally:

• Community speakers sharing powerful stories
• Student bands energizing the crowd
• Student action tables showcasing their work
• Fellow students from 10+ universities standing together

Speakers:

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Massachusetts State Representative Chynah Tyler (Suffolk 7th District), Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia (At-Large), Greater Boston Labor Council President Darlene Lombos, Ellen Mei (President, NTEU Chapter 255), Shamaiah Turner (Business Development Representative, Sheetmetal Workers Local 17/SMART)

Northeastern University Student Body President Julian Herzing-Burkard and Executive Vice President Dylan Lee, Emma Albert (Northeastern Student and Student Organization Leader), Shubh Agrawal (Northeastern Graduate Student Worker), Dr. Kylie Bemis (Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences), student organizers from the Educational Freedom Project and Harvard Students for Freedom

This rally has four key goals:

1. Empower Students
Push universities to adopt policies that bring students into the decision making process

2. Support Our Communities
Show solidarity for international students, freedom of expression, diversity, equity, inclusion, academic independence, and student representation in decision-making

3. Build Our Coalition
Unite like-minded students across Boston to create lasting change

4. Demand Action
Call for concrete reforms that make universities more democratic, transparent, and representative

We ask that you wear your university colors, bring posters calling on our universities to defend their students and communities, and come with canned goods for our SNAP food drive.

We're partnering with student organizers across 10+ universities and working with:

Learn more: Visit educationalfreedomproject.org

Follow us: @edufreedomproj on Instagram

Contact us: edufreedomproj@proton.me

Donate to us: gofundme.