Welcome to the official page of the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association,Inc. (PRSSA). The PRSSA is an American non-profit student organization dedicated to promoting Statehood for Puerto Rico.
Information
- Founded:
- 1979, 2007
Statehood for Puerto Rico Blog
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- Puerto Ricans may get vote on statehood 11:24am Jul 4
- PRSSA Testimony Natural Resources Committee 7:58pm Jun 24
- Defiende PRSSA al HR 2499 11:17am Jun 24
Links
Basic Info
- Founded:
- 1979, 2007
Detailed Info
- Website:
- http://www.StatehoodPR.org
- Company Overview:
- The Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association, Inc. (PRSSA) is an American non-profit student organization, incorporated in Puerto Rico, that promotes Statehood for Puerto Rico. The PRSSA is the largest pro-statehood student organization in the globe. The Association has over 70 chapters in universities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and reaches over 5,000 students.
- Mission:
- The PRSSA encourages pro-statehood students to vote, serves as a pro-statehood think tank, lobbies for statehood in Congress, and develops the future leaders of the statehood movement.
- Products:
- The PRSSA waged a Campaign for Young Voters that helped elect pro-statehood candidates in the 2008 Puerto Rican general elections, including PRSSA founding members Luis Fortuño and Pedro Pierluisi, Governor and Resident Commissioner, respectively.
The PRSSA now wages a congressional lobbying campaign in Washington, DC and an educational campaign on statehood in universities both stateside and in Puerto Rico.