From bru at resist.ca Wed Sep 3 00:06:37 2003 From: bru at resist.ca (Bus Riders Union) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:06:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Busriders-van] Bus Riders Union Organizing Message-ID: <1404.64.69.83.6.1062572797.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Bus Riders Union TAKING IT TO TRANSLINK, TAKING IT TO THE STREETS This fall the Bus Riders Union campaign to fight transit racism and win back the Night Owl buses kicks into high gear. In late September we?ll be releasing a document based on our grassroots research on the impacts of the Night Owl cuts. Based on 18 months of organizing and over 75 ?Public Transit Rights Violation? forms ? testimonials filled out by bus riders in their own words. This document refutes once and for all the TransLink claim that ?no one really needs the night owl buses? and shows clearly who relies on access to late night service: low-wage workers, many of them immigrants and refugees, and most of them women and youth. In early October we?ll be taking this document and our anger and energy to the TransLink board meeting and demanding an immediate restoration of the Night Owl buses. We?re calling on all allies and activists to stack this meeting and force TransLink to respond to the needs of the working class and marginalized people of this region. We?re also working to contribute to building a broad and international movement for social and economic justice. On September 10th we?ll be hosting a public forum on ?building anti-imperialist practice from the ground up? and presenting a skit about the WTO produced in partnership with the Group of Friends and Relatives of Political Prisoners in Mexico. And on September 28 we?ll join the world in marching against war and the occupations of Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan. Finally on October 11 our fall campaign will culminate with a March for Economic Human Rights! For our communities? right to jobs, housing, healthcare, education and transit. Get involved! Join us for one of these upcoming events or get in touch at 604 215 2772 or bru at resist.ca UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, September 10, 7pm SFU Harbour Centre Educate! Organize! Mobilize! Building anti-imperialist practice from the ground up. Theatre, slide presentation, music and discussion. Find out about BRU organizing on the buses, in the streets and in the community. Wednesday, October 1, 9am Place TBA TransLink Board Meeting Help us turn the TransLink Boardroom into bus riders turf as we take our demands for Night Owl Buses: End the Curfew Now! Saturday, October 4, 10am SFU Habour Centre Public Meeting Find out about the BRU and help plan for our October demonstration. Also join us for a theater performance about the tyranny of the Skytrain police, produced by the Carnegie theatre group. Saturday, October 11, 1pm Main Street Skytrain March for Economic Human Rights! For our communities right to jobs, housing, healthcare, education and transit! Bus Riders Union 407-119 West Pender Street, Vancouver (604) 215-2775 http://bru.resist.ca/ bru at resist.ca From bru at resist.ca Mon Sep 29 19:20:40 2003 From: bru at resist.ca (Bus Riders Union) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:20:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Busriders-van] Performance and meeting this weekend! Message-ID: <3765.64.69.83.115.1064888440.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Hello Bus Riders Union members and allies, This coming Saturday we are having an open meeting for members and friends. The meeting will feature a live performance of: "That Transit Authority", a short play written and performed by local actors who are a part of the Community Play initiative working out of the Carnegie Center. This is a great play based in community experience! The meeting will also include hands-on preparations for the upcoming March for Economic Human Rights. Please join us: Saturday October 4 10:00 am SFU Harbour Center 515 West Hastings Street Room 1325 Bus Riders Union 407-119 West Pender Street, Vancouver (604) 215-2775 http://bru.resist.ca/ bru at resist.ca From bru at resist.ca Mon Sep 29 19:20:47 2003 From: bru at resist.ca (Bus Riders Union) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Busriders-van] Performance and meeting this weekend! Message-ID: <3766.64.69.83.115.1064888447.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Hello Bus Riders Union members and allies, This coming Saturday we are having an open meeting for members and friends. The meeting will feature a live performance of: "That Transit Authority", a short play written and performed by local actors who are a part of the Community Play initiative working out of the Carnegie Center. This is a great play based in community experience! The meeting will also include hands-on preparations for the upcoming March for Economic Human Rights. Please join us: Saturday October 4 10:00 am SFU Harbour Center 515 West Hastings Street Room 1325 Bus Riders Union 407-119 West Pender Street, Vancouver (604) 215-2775 http://bru.resist.ca/ bru at resist.ca