US StudentAssociation

Good afternoon. Ranking Member Scott and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is James Lamar Carroll IV. I am a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I serve as Vice President of the Student Government Association and President of the UMass Amherst NAACP. I am also a member of the Army National Guard and a Summer Fellow with the United States Student Association. USSA is the country’s oldest and largest student run...

July 1st, 2026 This past Tuesday, June 30th of 2026, the Supreme Court consolidated and ruled on two cases concerning the presence of transgender athletes in women’s and girls’ sports: West Virginia v. B.P.J and Little v. Hecox (full ruling here). In both of these cases, the states involved had passed legislation placing bans on “biological males” (in their words) participating in women’s sports - West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act in 2021, and Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act in...

The Global Student Forum is deeply concerned by reports that five students from the University of Copenhagen are facing criminal prosecution following their participation in a peaceful protest on university premises. Student movements have, throughout history, played an essential role in advancing democracy, human rights, social justice, and educational reform. Universities are not only places of learning, they are also communities in which students develop their civic engagement, critical...