Transit Tuesday: Safiya Ilyas
Seattle, WA – My name is Safiya Ilyas. I’m a first generation Somali American, and the eldest of four. I love the outdoors, and go hiking with friends anytime I find free time. I also love spending time with my family. I just graduated from high school, where I was a Seattle Public Schools Student […]
Leadership Development: Building Relationships
Leadership development is a process through which members develop their skills, abilities, political analysis and consciousness, and involvement with / investment in our organizations. Organizers identify individuals with leadership potential, determine self-interest, identify leadership opportunities in the organization, and encourage and support them through involvement in campaigns and other work of the organization. Leadership development […]
Presentation: Policy Playbook – Transit Alliance Miami
Politicians often have good intentions around transit policy, especially when they’re on the campaign trail. But once they make it into office, these aspirations can get mired down in a lack of understanding about how transit policy works, how it’s funded, and what they can do to make good on their campaign promises. Transit Alliance […]
Outreach: 10 in 60 Method
Different kinds of outreach are designed for different kinds of environments. This training focuses on short conversations that are designed to identify interests – 10 things in 60 seconds. Outreach: 10 in 60 method DOWNLOAD THE Training
Toolkit: Week Without Driving 2025
From September 29th to October 5th, the Week Without Driving offers us the opportunity to raise awareness of how essential public transportation is and to mobilize everyday riders, grassroots leaders, and decision makers to address transportation inequities by participating in the Week Without Driving challenge. Week Without Driving challenges us to leave our cars […]
Transit Tuesday: Eshawney Gaston
My name is Eshawney Gaston, and I’m a food service worker in Durham, North Carolina. In the past, I’ve been a cook, but I’ve worked the register and have done warehouse work as well. I’m also a proud member of my union, United Southern Service Workers (USSW). I’ve been using the public transit system since […]
Transit Tuesday: Vanessa Alvarez
I work at a convenience store and take the bus to and from work every day. I have to be at work at 7 a.m. most days, so I get up at 5:30 a.m. to take the 6:30 a.m. bus. The ride is only 10-12 minutes if the bus comes on time. When the bus doesn’t come, which happens often, I have to wait 45 minutes to an hour for the next bus, and then I am late to work.
Transit Tuesday: Brinda Gurumoorthy
I am a high school math teacher in Dallas, Texas, public schools. I am also a proud union member with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). When I moved to Dallas a couple of years ago, I was under the impression that it was like other big cities like New York, where everyone could use public transit to get around where they need to go. However, I realized quickly that this isn’t the case and that we don’t have world-class public transit across the country.
Investing in Leadership Development: 3 Critical Conversations
Leadership development is a process. Organizers identify individuals with leadership potential, determine self-interest, identify leadership opportunities in the organization, and encourage and support them through involvement in campaigns and other work of the organization. Leadership development is what follow-up from a one on one looks like once you’ve successfully moved a person to action. The […]
Fundraising 101
Fundraising is an essential part of building capacity for your organization. The resource below can be utilized to train leadership, staff, and volunteers to: Build an understanding of the politics of fundraising To learn and practice basic skills involved in fundraising FUNDRAISING 101 Download the Resource
