Angela Peoples
Policy and Advocacy Manager
Angela graduated from Western Michigan University. She was formerly the Legislative Director of the United States Student Association where she played a key role in campaigns to enact legislation to increase college access and affordability, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. She also supported grassroots voter registration and get out the vote efforts during the 2008 election in Michigan and Wisconsin. As a student she collaborated with universities across the state of Michigan to develop and institutionalize the Student Association of Michigan.
Expertise: Legislative advocacy and training, issue campaign strategy, advocacy trainings, higher education policy
Recent articles by this author:
- Keeping Pell Grant, Other Aid Funding Steady is Vital
- List: Three Ways Obama’s Jobs Plan Helps Young Americans
- Congress Reaches Agreement to Raise Debt Ceiling, But At What Cost?
- Young People Put Pressure on Leaders to #Savepell
- Act Now: Save Pell Grants from the Chopping Block
- Campus Progress Keeps the Heat on ALEC as New Information about its Influence is Revealed
- Exclusive Video: Leader Pelosi Hosts Meeting with Young Americans on Debt Talks
- Debt-Limit Negotiations Aren’t Just About the Elderly
- The Ryan Budget’s Myths about the Pell Grant
- Questions and Answers on the Proposed Gainful Employment Rule
- Breaking News on the DREAM Act
- For-Profit Regulations Protect Students and Taxpayers
- CP Stands Up For Students’ Rights at Dept of Ed Hearing
- Senate May Reluctantly Vote to Save Teachers’ Salaries, Doesn’t Blink at War Spending Bill
Events featuring this speaker:
- Speak Up or Pay Up
- Students Are On The Ballot On November 2 at the University of Colorado at Denver
- The State of Higher Education for LGBT College Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Texas Student Association 2010 State Conference
- STEP Multicultural Honor Society Presents the Poetic Assassins
- The Need for Gainful Employment Regulations
- AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit
