On Monday, January 11th, the Urban Youth Collaborative is rallying to protest against the cuts on student metro cards. If you haven’t already heard, student Metrocards will be phased out completely by September 2011. This affects Sophomores and below who will end up having to pay full fare during their senior year, but also Juniors, who will be paying half fare if they used to receive a full fare card. Metrocards will end up costing students nearly to $1000 a year.

Here is a quote from a Mass distributed email by the Caitlin Ervin, one of the leaders of the organization.

The Urban Youth Collaborative is a student-led coalition of low-income high school students fighting for educational justice. This meeting will be led by students and is open to all students and allies. We will be educating students on the process for getting these cuts reversed, and developing an action plan for reversing them that students themselves will lead. (more…)