Thanks for attending the Youth Summit!

Resolution for Conflict and Drama in the Heart of the City

REEP Youth Summit: Friday, August 1, 2008, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, August 1, 2008

10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Reggie Lewis Track
and Athletic Center

*violence
*money
*green jobs
*stereotypes
*relationships

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Statehouse marchREEP: 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.
aceadmin – Wed, 06/11/2008 – 7:35pm

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.
aceadmin – Tue, 05/06/2008 – 1:54pm

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.
aceadmin – Thu, 03/06/2008 – 4:55pm

Bus riders present their own service improvement agenda items at MBTA board meeting

Do MBTA bus improvements make their way on to the MBTA board of directors’ agenda? The T Riders Union (TRU) and the On the Move (OTM) Greater Boston Transportation Justice Coalition says not often enough. The group testified at today's MBTA board meeting to present five agenda items for board “approval”. Although only MBTA senior staff is supposedly able to propose agenda items for MBTA board meetings, TRU/OTM asked for more investment in bus service improvements.
truadmin – Tue, 08/14/2007 – 4:00pm

ACE Joins Transportation Investment Coalition to Advocate for Increase in Transportation Revenue

ACE joined with a diverse group of environmental, planning, transportation, community, labor, business, industry and other advocacy organizations to form a Massachusetts Transportation Investment Coalition in response to the alarming findings recently released by the state’s Transportation Finance Commission.
aceadmin – Thu, 07/12/2007 – 4:54pm

The Latest

Welcome to ACE's new web site. We've completely redesigned our site to provide more information about our programs, and more opportunities to get involved and take action to promote environmental justice. Also routinely check out In the News for the most up-to-date articles in print, TV, and radio about our work. Email us with your comments and feedback.

admin – Mon, 02/27/2006 – 8:44pm
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