Events
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Join REEP to learn more about environmental justice issues as they affect youth in our communities. Contact Brandon (617.442.3343 x225; brandon@ace-ej.org) for more information or to find out the specifics of the evening's events.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
Start: 10:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Bring your issues with our public transit system to the ones who run it! Every month, TRU members attend the MBTA Board of Director's Meeting and express the opinions and feelings of their neighbors and selves on how the T can provide first class service to all communities it serves.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
TRU members from the Boston area come together once a month to plan and strategize on various initiatives. To get involved, contact Lee (617.442.3343 x229; lee@ace-ej.org
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
TRU members from the Chelsea, Everett, and East Boston area come together to plan and strategize on various initiatives. To get involved, contact Rene (617.442.3343 x239; rene@ace-ej.org).
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Come help take part in the planning of the transit workshop for this year's Radical Organizing Conference. Contact Lee (617.442.3343 x229; lee@ace-ej.org) or Rene (617.442.3343 x239; rene@ace-ej.org).
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Join REEP to learn more about environmental justice issues as they affect youth in our communities. Contact Brandon (617.442.3343 x225; brandon@ace-ej.org) for more information or to find out the specifics of the evening's events.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Join REEP to explore the issue of asthma, how it is linked to environmental hazards and how it affects the lives of youth and adults in our communities.
This workshop is the second part of a two-part series, but both events will function independently, so attendance at part one is recommended but not necessary for part two. Light food and drink will be provided.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Tune in as Radio Boston interviews TRU Members Donna Dear and Lisa Edwards, as well as Organizers Rene Mardones and Lee Matsueda about the sad state of T bus service.
The program, titled "Is the T on Track?", will be broadcast both Friday and Saturday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on radio frequency 90.9 FM, or Greater Boston National Public Radio.
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Tune in as Radio One interviews TRU Members Donna Dear and Lisa Edwards, as well as Organizers Rene Mardones and Lee Matsueda about the sad state of T bus service.
The program, titled "Is the T on Track?", will be broadcast both Friday and Saturday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on radio frequency 90.9 FM, or Greater Boston National Public Radio.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Start: 2:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Get your piece of the Green Economy!
Co-Op Power is holding two identical workshops on forming a community-owned alternative energy projects in the Boston area. Interested individuals and groups are welcome!
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Start: 8:30 am
End: 11:30 am
Our own Penn Loh will be speaking environmental justice in the new green economy as part of a morning event hosted by the City of Boston, Harvard University’s Center for the Environment, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Get your piece of the Green Economy!
Co-Op Power is holding two identical workshops on forming a community-owned alternative energy projects in the Boston area. Interested individuals and groups are welcome!
401 reads – more info
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Last year's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on a New Bedford defense manufacturing facility were a stark example of the brutal tactics employed by the U.S. police state against undocumented workers, and one that we cannot forget.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Stuart Spina, a 17 year-old transit guru and T Riders Union member, has been keeping track of schedule compliance over the last year on some of the poorest performing bus lines in the system.
March 6, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in front of the transit building, TRU will be holding a press conference during which Stuart will release his report and findings.
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