In Their Remembrance:

It is Time for a Just COVID Relief, a Smooth Transition, and a Moral Agenda Now

On Monday, November 23rd the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will host a Moral Monday caravan at our statehouse to mourn the more than 9,000 people who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration - and $32B in transit funding is an essential part of this. Join us in this public act of mourning and remembrance.

Caravan location: Harrisburg

Caravan time: Meet up at 1:30 pm, caravan departs at 2:30 pm

Please register for further instructions on the caravan meet-up point.

RSVP to Join the Virtual Rally or In-Person Caravan

FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO DRIVE TO HARRISBURG TOGETHER

Drive your own car and join Briann Moye, PPT's Coordinating Committee Chair, for a group caravan out to Harrisburg. Send her an email with your phone number to coordinate.

Meetup time/location: Monday, 11/23, 9am at Edgewood Town Center Applebee's Parking Lot

Email Briann w your phone number

Check the campaign art kit to print posters and turn cars into protest signs

Weekend Service Victory + Service and Frequency Increases Announced in Quarterly Service Changes.

Quarterly service changes have been on pause since the start of the pandemic. The changes that go into effect on Sunday November 22nd will bring some campaign victories for communities that have organized with PPT. But its not all rosy... there are a disturbing number of service reductions on dozens of routes as Port Authority tires to figure out how to deliver service during uncertain times. The one that that is certain is we have to continue fighting for more resources and equity in our transit system.

Wins for Affordable Housing, Transit-Supportive Development and Food Justice at the Giant Eagle Shakespeare Redevelopment - but we still have ways to go and you can help!

Our coalition's work has shown that by building less structured parking in gentrifying, hot-market neighborhoods we can free up millions of dollars to go towards real community benefits – affordable housing, transit investment, and expanded food access.

We have a sign-on letter going, and we want your community organization involved to say that this is the equitable development our neighbors deserve.

Cancel the Cuts, Defund the Police, Tax the Rich! Town Hall for an Anti-Racist City Budget

Mayor Peduto's budget included big cuts that could result in substantial layoffs and decreased capacity or providing our city's needs. BUT THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE WAS INCREASED. Even after months of community outcry and police violence against city residents.

The Anti-Racist Budget Coalition is holding a series of actions this budgeting season to shift dollars from harmful over-policing to community support.

Sign and share the petition

Join the forum on 11/28

PA Transit Riders Call for Equity and Racial Justice in the Regional Low-Carbon Transportation Program

"Dear Gov. Wolf. [...] We, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) and the Philly Transit Riders Union (Philly TRU), hope to strengthen the equity language in the MOU, to both ensure that those with the most at stake have a strong voice at the table to determine how the TCI resources are allocated, and to ensure that they will receive a clear and measurable benefit from the cap-and-invest proceeds."

️🖱️✊🏼Click-tivist Corner✊🏼️🖱️'cus the system ain't gunna change itself

Before you move on, take 2 minutes to advocate for transit & housing justice in these surveys:

Port Authority's NexTransit Long-range plan // Theme 3: How can transit get you there?

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