[Transit] Register Your Actions for Transit Equity Day 2024!

[Jo Claxton]

Totally.  We need to pace ourselves :)
A group photo at one of our upcoming flyering events for social media
sounds great - either the light rail or Route 40 or both.

I will put a reminder on my calendar for later in the year so that we can
look at doing something bigger for Transit Equity Day 2025 though.

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
wrote:

> I love this idea but also feel like it would take a bunch of work to
> execute and we already have a lot on our plate! Feb. 4th is a Sunday, what
> if we just timed some outreach to take place that day, whether it’s light
> rail related (isn’t that the last day of the service disruption?) or Route
> 40 related… and took a group photo to share on social media? It’s not a lot
> but it’s something and might get a bigger crew out than usual?
>
> Just a thought, it’s also fine if we decide not to do anything special.
>
> On Jan 23, 2024, at 10:29 AM, Jo Claxton <msjoclaxton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi Katie,
> We didn't have enough time to go into the Transit Equity day last night
> but I had a think on it this morning.
>
> What about asking progressive like-minded businesses (Squirrel Chops,The
> Station, others?) about some kind of perk/discount on Transit Equity Day
> for people that show their Orca card?
> (I saw a museum
> <https://www.janm.org/events/2024-02-04/transit-equity-day> in Los
> Angeles offering free admission this upcoming Transit Equity Day if you
> show your TAP card.)
>
> Also, Metrolink
> <https://metrolinktrains.com/ticketsOverview/discounts/current-promotions/transit-equity-day/>
> in California is offering Ride Free on Transit Equity Day! Seeing as Sound
> Transit has frustrated people so much over this last couple of weeks with
> the disruptions and Feb 4th is the last day of the repairs - maybe they
> could have free Light rail to help make it up to their frustrated riders?
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 8:06 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Bakari Height <bakari at labor4sustainability.org>
>> *Subject: **Register Your Actions for Transit Equity Day 2024!*
>> *Date: *January 9, 2024 at 12:15:15 PM PST
>> *To: *beau at transitriders.org, katie at transitriders.org
>>
>>
>> Hello Beau and Katie!
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well.  We are gearing up for Transit
>> Equity Day 2024 and the Seattle Transit Riders Union is invited!
>>
>> This year, we’re partnering with the National Campaign for Transit
>> Justice to come together under a unifying federal legislative demand for
>> fully-funded transit service. Here’s the details:
>>
>>
>>    - Tell your Representative to co-sponsor and champion Congressman
>>    Hank Johnson is reintroducing his “Stronger Communities Through
>>    Better Transit Act
>>    <https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-proposes-transformational-public-transit-bill>”
>>    which provides federal funding for operation budgets to transit systems
>>    around the country.  This assures that transit can stay frequent, reliable,
>>    and that labor can be paid equitably.
>>
>>
>> Register Your Action!
>>
>> Please register your local action ASAP, even if you don’t have all the
>> details ironed out yet. Click the link here to register
>> <https://actionnetwork.org/events/transit-equity-day-2024>.  No matter
>> if it’s a declaration, a rally with your transit worker union, a town hall
>> with your elected official, or even reserving a seat on your local bus, let
>> us know if you’re doing something! And make sure your local and federal
>> elected officials are committed to attending to hear your demands. You can
>> even be featured on our livestream!
>>
>> If you are unsure of how to start, please email us with any questions!
>> Also, click here
>> <https://www.labor4sustainability.org/transit-equity-2024/organizing-toolkit/>
>> to be transported to our website for an organizing toolkit, sample
>> declarations, and videos from our organizing partners!
>>
>> Sponsor Us!
>>
>> We thank our sponsors so much for their support.  If you’d like to
>> sponsor Transit Equity Day, please click the link here
>> <https://labor4sustainability.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=3>
>> .
>>
>> Amplify Us!
>>
>> If you’d like to help us amplify Transit Equity Day amongst your networks
>> and the world, please click the link here
>> <https://www.labor4sustainability.org/transit-equity-2024/organizing-toolkit/amplify/>
>> for our social media toolkit.
>>
>> We will be doing a live broadcast of Transit Equity Day on Monday,
>> February 5th, 2024 from the Labor Network for Sustainability
>> <https://www.youtube.com/@LaborNetworkforSustainability> and Transit
>> Equity Network’s <https://www.youtube.com/@TransitEquityNetwork> YouTube
>> channel. Subscribe to the channels to make sure that you don’t miss out on
>> all of the festivities!
>>
>> If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at
>> bakari at labor4sustainability.org.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Happy New Year!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Bakari Height*
>> Transit Organizer
>> Labor Network for Sustainability
>> (678) 805-7082
>> *Please send all correspondence to the email address
>> bakari at labor4sustainability.org <bakari at labor4sustainability.org>*
>>
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