Upcoming events
- Green Business Development Network Meeting(event)(3 days)
- MBTA September Board Meeting(event)(4 days)
- September TRU Roxbury/Dorchester Meeting(event)(10 days)
- Teen Café(event)(12 days)
- Toxic Tour of Dudley Square(event)(12 days)
- Teen Café(event)(19 days)
Thanks for attending the Youth Summit!
Resolution for Conflict and Drama in the Heart of the City
Friday, August 1, 2008
10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Reggie Lewis Track
and Athletic Center
*violence
*money
*green jobs
*stereotypes
*relationships
Pictures to come soon!
REEP: Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project
REEP develops and supports youth leadership in our home neighborhood through a school-based environmental justice curriculum, an after-school youth leadership program, and youth-led organizing projects. Click here to learn more about REEP TRU: the T Rider's Union
TRU organizes public transit riders to build a unified voice and movement for better public transportation in Greater Boston. TRU focuses our organizing on lower income riders and riders of color who must depend on public transit to reach their daily destinations. Click here to learn more about TRU
Our Services Program
Our Services Program provides legal and technical assistance and capacity building services to help strengthen and support grassroots groups working on environmental justice in our region. Click here to learn more about our Services Program
MBTA ridership imperiled by budget deficits; Agency balances budget with borrowing and rainy day fund
May 22, 2008
BOSTON—While public transportation use has surged since the beginning of the year, largely due to rising gas prices, transit advocates worry that budget deficits at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will force higher fares or diminished service which will negate these positive trends. Growing debt costs and higher energy bills have created a $74 million deficit in the MBTA’s upcoming fiscal year budget, which begins on July 1st.
Unity for the Community
May 3, 2008
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS –The “Unity for the Community: A Youth Violence Forum” is a way for students and the Boston Police Department to fight youth violence in the community. The event will take place on May 9th at the Tobin Community Center from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. During the forum, students from New Mission High School and officers from the Boston Police Department will discuss issues that deal with trust, respect, and ways to fight youth violence.
Boston teen demands bus improvements after extensive research
March 6, 2008
ROXBURY, MA—In the face of the MBTA’s rapidly declining ridership, $8.2 billion debt, and recent revelations of lying to bus riders, 17-year old T Riders Union (TRU) member Stuart Spina has compiled a list of recommendations to make the bus system more efficient and effective.
Bus riders present their own service improvement agenda items at MBTA board meeting
ACE Joins Transportation Investment Coalition to Advocate for Increase in Transportation Revenue
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August 19, 2008
Grabauskas raises salaries for MBTA managers while state scrambles for funding
"On August 12, Secretary of Transportation..." Read more...
Blog Summer Vacation!
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