Dorchester Bay Youth Force

11/30/2015

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07/09/2014

WOO! Such an amazing victory for our partners & Boston member groups! & such an awesome mindset to kickoff our new Summer voter reg campaign! come through to the kickoff celebration tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/events/1454274814821984/?ref=22

VICTORY! just became .
After an intense year of actions, tweets, signatures, and arrests, WE'VE GOT OUR VICTORY! In addition to weekends being made available in all Student Passes for free, YAC has won our Pilot, & then some!

JOIN US for our End of the Year Celebration THURSDAY 7.17: DATE MAY CHANGE. event: https://www.facebook.com/events/912908485402014

Last week, Secretary of Transportation Richard Davey and MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott agreed to:
1) A Youth Pass Pilot beginning no later than July 2015, consisting of at least 1000-1500 youth and lasting at least 6 months
2) A Youth Pass Working Group including representatives from YAC, MassDOT, the City of Boston, and the Public Transit-Public Good campaign; that will work in coordination with the existing University Pass group to create a pilot & funding proposal for the MassDOT Board
3) Supporting us in ensuring that University Pass revenue is used to fund the Youth Pass
4) Working with us and the MassDOT Board to transition Youth Fares as a priority for next year & new transit leadership!.OMG WE DID IT!!!!!!!!

We still have to convince the MassDOT Board to approve these decisions -- & we've gotta hold Sec Davey & GM Scott accountable, & keep spreading the word about the ! But if this year has shown us anything, it's that we can DEFINITELY beast all of that! Compared to what we've accomplished so far, WE GOT THIS :)

peacelove&power. see you on the 17th!

04/26/2014

Youth Force @ the Mother For Justice & Equality Breakfast

04/17/2014

The budget process in Massachusetts

04/17/2014

Carlos facilitating the YJC event meeting

04/02/2014

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/03/23/mayor-walsh-presses-businesses-offer-summer-jobs-teens/JIjRF3Cauo7EG83l3NL63O/story.html -target A very interesting article about us youth !

Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he is pressing Boston employers at every turn to hire more of the city’s teenagers as he aims to significantly increase the number of young people who can find jobs this summer. By the time school ends, Walsh said in a recent interview, he hopes to have enough commitments…

04/02/2014

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02/19/2014

Youth Force at the G.O.T.C.H.A job fair

02/04/2014

plus / delta about recuiting for the rally

02/01/2014

Hakeem here tweeting

02/01/2014

At the YAC meeting 2/1/14

01/28/2014

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