STAND UP FOR
TRANSIT JUSTICE
SUNDAY, MAY 7th, 4-6:00PM
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
901 Third Street NW, Washington DC 20001
JOIN US TO:
STOP Bus cuts to the poorest communities
STOP Cuts to 10,000 Middle Class Jobs
(with a 95% African-American workforce)
Build Affordable Housing on WMATA Land
Increase hiring of our youth, returning citizens, & unemployed
Congregation and organization members from the
Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), will join IAF in
Northern Virginia and Maryland, and the Amalgamated Transit
Union to demand restored bus and rail service, affordable
housing on all WMATA land deals, stabilized fares,
and the protection and expansion of good jobs.
Stand up for Civil Rights for riders and workers
in DC and the DMV.
WHAT WE
ARE FIGHTING FOR
PROBLEM
WMATAisincrisis. Ourrailandbusnetworkisanessentialpublicgoodthatprovides
morethan350milliontripsayear. However,therailside,built40yearsagowithno
fundingplantomaintainit,hasbecomeanationalsymbolofdisinvestmentinour
infrastructure.WMATAiscontrolledbyaregionalboardappointedbytheDCMayor,
MD&VAGovernors,allwhomhavedifferentintereststhatmakeithardtohold
WMATAaccountable.
JOIN OUR ORGANIZING!
STOP CUTS TO SERVICE
Thousands of working poor families will lose access to work, school, and
medical care if WMATA continues its plans to cut or eliminate these bus lines
in DC, MD & VA.
AFFORDABLE FARES
The people who rely on Metro most will be hardest hit by WMATA’s plan to
raise fares on rail and bus. It is already one of the most expensive systems in
the country.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING and the ENVIRONMENT
We demand affordable housing on all WMATA land deals so that seniors and
people who work in our county can afford to live here. Reducing commutes
is one of the most effective ways to address climate change and fossil fuel
dependency.
GOOD JOBS
10,000 good middle class jobs are at stake! WMATA’s plan calls for
privatizing these jobs. Recent WMATA history shows us that privatizing
leads to near-poverty wages and no secure retirement for a workforce that
is predominantly people of color. Also, we can demand that WMATA take
steps to improve hiring of our youth, returning citizens, and unemployed
people.