EDUCATE. AGITATE. ORGANIZE!
EDUCATE. AGITATE. ORGANIZE!
#TRANSITEQUITYDAY | FEBRUARY 4, 2023
#TRANSITEQUITYDAY | FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Join us in supporting the efforts of many people who are already working to support public transit in their communities. We would love to highlight your work and connect it to the broader network of activities on Feb. 4, 2023. Thousands of people in the U.S. are already organizing campaigns through their unions and organizations.
Here’s what you can do right now:
Convene an educational event about public transit as a civil right and as a key strategy to confront climate change. Wear a button or sticker to your workplace showing support for public transit as a civil right. Get an op-ed published in your local newspaper. See below for more educational resources.
Organize a direct action to support a local campaign for quality public transit for all.
Get your union local, organization city council, transportation board and others to pass a resolution supporting public transportation as a civil right. Get your union to establish a climate action committee.
More resources:
General
“Transit Equity Day: A New Way to Remember Rosa Parks” by Jeremy Brecher
Protest History
Redlining
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Early Comic Books
Movies about Rosa Parks / Freedom Riders
“The Rosa Parks Story,” starring Angela Bassett (2002)
“Intimate Portrayal: Rosa Parks” (Documentary, 2001)
“Selma,” starring David Oyelowo (2014)