URGENT! Today is the day to speak up for affordable transportation options for the millions of low-income people and communities of color who rely on public transit, walking, or biking to get to work, to the doctor's office, to school, and to the grocery store.
Join a broad coalition of equity advocates in a National Call-in Day on Transportation.
Contact your representatives and senators to urge them to vote NO on H.R. 7, using this call-in number, 1-877-573-7693, and using these resources to guide your conversation.
"Most Americans like to think of themselves as being in the middle; many Americans understand they’re in a very vulnerable place right now. The notion that people in poverty really have a safety net is just wrong, and it smacks of a 'let them eat cake' posture, not really understanding the depth of the problem, not understanding how to get out of it, but not understanding the impact on society. The people who are being left behind now -- white people in rural communities, Latinos, African Americans – will make up the future population. Almost half of all children now are children of color – they will be half by the end of this decade. With high levels of poverty the future is not bright for America if we do not deal with poverty and the people who are being left behind."
--PolicyLink Founder and CEO Angela Glover Blackwell, "How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans," PBS NewsHour