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Hilltop Organizing Fellowship! Lessons for how we win for better transit service
PPT’s new Organizing Fellowship in the South Hilltop Communities is building new leaders to grow our movement and win better transit service. In October, PPT launched a new organizing fellowship in the South Hilltop. With generous help from multiple organizations including the Hilltop Alliance, Brashear Association, Ms. Charlene Saner and Councilman Anthony Coghill’s office, PPT […]
PPT Celebrates the Waterfront Bus Stop Restoration – Riders Belong Here!
Community organizing gets the goods!! When a corporate property owner tried to remove important bus stops, more than 1500 riders spoke up to demand better – and won! Besides Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland, two of the busiest bus stops in our system are out front of the Giant Eagle and Target in Homestead. It was […]
Lessons from PPT’s Movie Night Film, IKIRU
PPT hosts Movie Nights with our members every now and then to learn skills about organizing. This month we wated IKIRU. Here are our reflections on what it taught us about community organizing and the value it has in our lives. As part of our ongoing PPT Movie Night series, Pittsburghers for Public Transit showed […]
Riders Win Big With Mon Valley Organizing Fellowship
PPT’s recent Organizing Fellowship in the Mon Valley shows that when advocates skill up, they can organize their communities and win! This year, Pittsburghers for Public Transit launched it’s first fellowship program for transit advocates in Mon Valley communities, led by staff and PPT Board facilitators. Why now, and why focus on these areas? PPT […]
Help Tell City Council: Pass the PRTner Pass for City Employees!
Image Description: A group of advocates stands with Pittsburgh City Councilmembers inside council chambers. They smile and hold Transit for All PA! and Week Without Driving PGH signs, as well as a large proclamation bearing the City seal. This year, the Pittsburgh City budget is proposing for the first time to include funding for the […]
Build the Future of Transit Justice: Help Shape PPT’s 2026 Strategic Plan
Image Description: An illustration of an orange and yellow bus, decked out with smiling passengers, and with its destination sign reading “future”. To its right, in front of starbursts and cartoon stripes, is black and white text reading “The Future of Transit Justice: PPT’s 2026 Strategic Plan”. Every year, our grassroots union engages in a […]