Send Love to Ms. Lisa Gonzalez’s Memory, She Taught Us How to Fight

image description: photo of Ms Lisa Gonzalez holding a book about Claudette Colvin.

Ms. Lisa was a long-time Board Member who led Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s campaign for transit justice. Her passing is a heartbreak for all in the movement. Please take a moment today to share your memories of Ms. Lisa and send condolences to her family.

After a long battle with cancer, Ms. Lisa Gonzalez passed away on September 24th. Ms. Lisa was a true freedom fighter who led campaigns for transit justice and housing justice, education justice and many other issues critical for the well-being, organizing with dozens of groups active on the local, state, and national levels. You can read Ms. Lisa’s obituary here.

 

Email your photos of Ms. Lisa to us at info@pittsburghforpublictransit.org and we will add them to this memorial wall:

video description: Ms. Lisa speaks one on one w Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and advocates for free fares for all families on the SNAP program
image description: Ms. Lisa poses with PPT Member Phyllis at a rally to stop armed police officers from collecting fares on the T. Snow is on the ground. She wears a big winter coat and holds a colorful sign that reads “Transportation Not Deportation”.
image description: Ms. Lisa wears a red PPT t-shirt and poses in a line with PPT Members Debra, Debra, Terri and Josh.
Image description: Ms Lisa poses with fellow advocates with her fist raised at the 2018 Housing Summit party in front of a banner that reads Housing is a Human Right
Image Description: Ms. Lisa stops by the 2022 PPT Summer Picnic and speaks with her friend and PPT Member Ms. Char.
image description: photo of Ms Lisa Gonzalez holding a book about Claudette Colvin.
image description: Ms. Lisa sits on a bench across from Secretary Pete Buttigieg and advocates for free fares for all SNAP households in the United States.