An advocacy group that has fought for Oregon college students at the Legislature for almost 50 years is shutting down.
The Oregon Student Association, launched in 1975, was the only statewide student-led group advocating for causes like increasing financial aid and providing affordable housing and food to students. Figures throughout Oregon politics — including several current and former state representatives, First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson and SEIU Local 503 Executive Director Melissa Unger — got their start working with the association.
“It’s definitely a great loss,” said Nick Keough, the group’s legislative director, about the organization disbanding. “We’re trying to have hope that in the absence of OSA, that something just as powerful and just as meaningful will be able to emerge for students.”
Read more at The Oregonian.
