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BRU Press Conference to Urge MTA to Create a Public Hearing Process on 2010 Fare Increase

Esperanza Martinez — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:38:34 -0800

CNN features Community Rights on "zero tolerance," truancy tickets in schools

Manuel Criollo — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:05:51 -0800

Just yesterday, CNN ran a top story in their legal news section that features our Community Rights work against truancy tickets and pre-prison conditions in schools: "But one thing is sure: Alexa's case isn't the first. At schools across the country, police are being asked to step in..."

$70M Transit Breakthrough in Restoring Civil Rights Title VI

Francisca Porchas — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:39:00 -0800

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Michelle Alexander: Book Signing and Discussion of her new book "The New Jim Crow"

Geoff Ramsey-Ray — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:37:11 -0800

Los Angeles -- Thurs: Freedom Hall 4:30 PM; Fri: Eso Won Bookstore 7PM

CRC Launches New Report Against Problems of Police in LAUSD Schools

Kendra Williby — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:49:14 -0800

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From the Battle in Seattle to the US Social Forum 2010

Daniel Kim — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:52:54 -0800

Where is the global justice movement 10 years after its birth in the Battle of Seattle? In a radio interview, the Strategy Center's Tammy Bang Luu remembers being "a young kid" on the streets, and being arrested in the protests. She draws connections between what happened then and where the global justice movement is today as it heads into the second US Social Forum in Detroit in 2010.

Are we still trying to change the world?

Manuel Criollo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:50:09 -0800

I don't normally write to newspaper columnists but, over the past few weeks, Bob Herbert at the New York Times has been writing some really sharp OpEd columns that have caught my attention. What hooked me was a column where he put his finger on a question that's been bothering many of us: where is the anger, the outrage, the action? where is the hope for changing the world?

US Diplomacy & Honduran Resistance -- A Balance Sheet

Manuel Criollo — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:07:15 -0800

Last weekend, the Honduran political crisis entered a new stage when US diplomats brokered an agreement between the coup government led by Roberto Micheletti and the ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Is the agreement a victory for Zelaya and popular forces in Honduras and across Latin America or is it a triumph of a sophisticated strategy of US imperial manipulation? Manuel Criollo comments.

BRU Wins Policy Breakthrough by Securing the 20% of Measure R Bus Improvement funds | October 22, 2009

Esperanza Martinez — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:41:06 -0700

BRU wins two major policy breakthroughs to protect bus riders' Civil Rights at the MTA's monthly Board meeting! After months of pressure from the BRU, Mayor Villaraigosa requests that MTA staff present a plan for bus system improvements and Supervisor Ridley-Thomas introduced an amendment to the 2009 LRTP that included language to protect the 20% of Measure R funds exclusively for bus expansion.

A Black Mother Takes Action to Challenge a “Guilty” Verdict on a Truancy Ticket | Pre-Prison Diaries: October 25, 2009

Barbara Lott-Holland — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:59 -0700

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Super Pasajera vs. the LRTP Legion of Doom

Esperanza Martinez — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:52:42 -0700

We have just finished with our teatro / rally / action at the MTA headquarters, but we are repeating our performance on Wednesday 10/21/2009 at 12:30pm at the corner of Wilshire / Western. Don't miss our performance! The Bus Riders Union, bus riders and their allies will be urging the public to call on MTA Board of Directors to reject the 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) draft that calls for permanent fare increases and bus service reduction.

Breakthrough: Community Rights Wins Withdrawal of Motion to Expand "Truancy Tickets" Law

Lisa Adler — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:32:23 -0700

We are pleased to announce that LAUSD Board Member Tamar Galatzan and Councilmember Tom LaBonge have withdrawn their motions to deputize police officers to issue LA Municipal Code 45.04 Daytime Curfew Citations, popularly known as "Truancy Tickets," inside LAUSD schools. Ms. Galatzan will now be chairing an agenda item on Truancy and Attendance at the October 20th Board meeting, where Community Rights Campaign organizers will be presenting. To advance this breakthrough, important next steps are still needed....

Is it now a crime to be poor? The criminalization of everyday life

Manuel Criollo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:46:53 -0700

Barbara Ehrenreich's op-ed, Is it now a crime to be poor?, published on August 9th in the New York Times is an important contribution, written for the readers of the New York Times, about the criminalization of poverty in the U.S.

TRPT Packs D.C. Briefing Room: Advocacy Day 2009 Report

Francisca Porchas — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:34:08 -0700

On Tuesday, June 9th, ten different organizations from across the country, including our allies from Transportation Equity Network (TEN) joined Transit Riders for Public Transportation (TRPT) for their first national Advocacy Day on the Hill. The first half of the day organizers from across the country met with at least 30 meetings with the staff of congressional leaders. The Advocacy Day culminated with a Congressional Briefing hosted by TRPT and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano on the importance of greatly expanding permanent transit operating assistance funding in the next federal surface transportation act...

Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Get Federal Greenlight!

Geoff Ramsey-Ray — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:16:59 -0700

After an insistent 5-year BRU public health and environmental justice campaign, the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes project has won U.S. Senate funding approval. This breakthrough clears the way for MTA to begin implementing Bus Only Lanes along the busiest single transit corridor in the country.

Highway to Hell: Transit Change Needed in Stimulus Package

Eric Mann — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:45:39 -0800

President Obama's focus on "shovel ready" capital projects that advance the highway lobby compromises his mission of social justice and reversing global warming.

Stop the Bipartisan Police/Prison Budget Shell Game

Bethel Hamel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:06:37 -0800

We Need 1,000 More Teachers, 1,000 Less Prison Guard. 1,000 More Buses, 1,000 Less Police!

New EPA Chief At WE ACT Conference, What's Our Next Move?

Francisca Porchas — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:49:15 -0800

To understand how monumental it is for Lisa Jackson to be the new EPA chief, you have to look at history. Traditionally, heads of the EPA have been for the most part white men praised for how much money they saved industry....

The Wire: Actors Wendell Pierce & Andre Royo

Eric Mann — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:16:55 -0700

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Wilshire Bus Lane Wins $23 Million

Eric Romann — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:08 -0700

BRU helps win federal funding for bus only lane on Wilshire Blvd.

Transit Racism & the Environmental Movement

Eric Mann — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:08:33 -0800

Article: Our fight over the future of L.A.'s buses has important implications for the future of the environmental movement.

Katrina’s Legacy

Geoff Ramsey-Ray — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:03:04 -0800

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