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The Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) is an ongoing coalition of labor, faith, community, academic and student activists and organizations. We engage in collective action to promote strong, sustainable communities and economic justice for all. Together, we build and win dynamic campaigns for living wages, rights at work, accountable economic development and health care for all, through education, public advocacy and mobilization of our members, communities, and allies.
The Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) is an ongoing coalition of labor, faith, community, academic and student activists and organizations. We engage in collective action to promote strong, sustainable communities and economic justice for all. Together, we build and win dynamic campaigns for living wages, rights at work, accountable economic development and health care for all, through education, public advocacy and mobilization of our members, communities, and allies.
Mission: The Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) wins dynamic campaigns by uniting labor, faith, and community organizations and activists that promote strong, sustainable communities and economic justice for all. CEJ imagines a Buffalo and Western New York region where good jobs, healthy communities, and engaged residents are the norm.
Operating as usual
A little over 8 hours and counting before CEJ Annual Awards Celebration begins!!
Plenty of time to still buy a ticket https://fb.me/e/4QTTyTIrt
Raffle tickets for the baskets and the 50/50 are ONLY $1 and you can purchase tickets up until 9pm this evening. https://rb.gy/btsjxk
This year we have two amazing baskets donated by local photographers. One is from https://www.facebook.com/carmello.cibella and the other is https://www.facebook.com/JTBphoto1
We know, the election isn't looming anymore and its a big sigh of relief. Make sure to save some of that celebratory energy for CEJ's Virtual Award Celebration November 19th! We not only have some amazing awardees we will be honoring, and transportation advocate Steven Higashide as our keynote speaker, but we will also have local musicians Kerry Fey and Tyler Wescott performing, an opportunity to bid on art that will be created by Vanessa Lesniak (founder and creator of The Sprout Creative) during the event, and a virtual raffle. You won't want to miss it!
Tickets can be purchased here: https://rb.gy/mjwxnv
Can't join but want to support, please consider purchasing a solidarity ticket.
Can't afford a ticket at this time? No problem, reach out to Holly at [email protected] and ask about a solidarity ticket.
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1GRIlCwNa
Count. Every. Vote.
CEJ is proud to announce that we will have a guest speaker at our Annual Award Celebration this year, Steven Higashide!
We invited Steven, Director of Research for TransitCenter, as we see his work greatly intersecting with that of our campaign, Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU. As most of you know, BTRU started in 2016 as a campaign made up of public transit riders, driven by what they need in a transit system in WNY. As a writer, researcher, and expert in all things sustainable transportation and urban planning, we can't wait to hear more about Steven's insights into the pivotal issue of mobility justice.
To read some of Steven's writing and watch a few videos of previous speaking events, please visit his site here: www.stevenhigashide.com
You can also learn more about his book, Better Buses, Better Cities (2019) here: https://www.stevenhigashide.com/better-buses-better-cities
Tickets for the Celebration can be purchased here: https://rb.gy/mjwxnv
More information on the event can be found here: https://fb.me/e/4QTTyTIrt
Proud of Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and other members of Transit Riders of the United States Together on making noise to our lawmakers.
If you haven't voted yet, please make a plan to do so.
Early voting scheduled through this Sunday, Nov 1st
Monday-Friday Noon-9pm
Saturday-Sunday Noon-6pm
There are 37 early voting sites around the county, you can go to any of them on the list here:
https://elections.erie.gov/Early-Voting
Or go to your usual polling place on Tuesday, Nov 3rd
A Florida woman in labor made a detour to vote early on the way to the hospital Tuesday before delivering her baby.
Like! Share! Make and post your own video!
Tag Mayor Byron W. Brown. Use the hashtags #riseandsign and #CariolsLaw.
The Mayor has until 5 pm tomorrow (10/29) to save lives and protect good cops!
We need your participation.
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
The Delavan-Canisus Metro Station has turnstyles sitting on display, reminding riders that NFTA is moving forward on spending millions of dollars to prevent fare evasion on the train while talking about cutting more bus service to save money. This project was started way before the pandemic but the irony hurts hard.
#NFTA #NoCuts #BTRUlyHeard #TrustRidersFundTransit
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU community organizer Dianne Britain and leader Simon Husted have another important update on the bus route cuts.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2787346484876260&id=1850587591885492
#nocuts #btrulyheard #trustridersfundtransit
An important update from the BMAN leadership team - we need to temporarily suspend new requests for peer-to-peer grocery deliveries.
Six months into all this, donations have dropped off (example - in the past month, less than $100 has come into the GoFundMe) and as folks have gone back to work or school, volunteer capacity has also diminished. The Peer-to-Peer team has expressed that they worry that after they catch up on the existing orders, they may not have funds to keep going. As such, we will be temporarily closing the request form tonight- all current requests will be met within the next two-three weeks.
To be clear, this isn't an end to this work, just a pause for the team to catch their breath and fundraise! Once we raise another $2000 through the GoFundMe so we can ensure that we have the needed funds, we will reopen the request form. If you can donate, please do. You can also help by sharing the link or by sharing your stories in the thread below. If you also have any other ideas/capacity for fundraising, we'd love to connect. :)
Thanks, and solidarity!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/x9vue7-buffalo-mutual-aid-network/
Buffalo Mutual Aid Network (BMAN) is a group for peer-to-peer organizing, humanitarian assistan… Holly Nowak needs your support for Buffalo Mutual Aid Network
Simon Husted and Dianne Britain from Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU have posted another video informing us of what is happening with the NFTA and the bus routes that have been removed/canceled.
Simon and Dianne are back this week with more bus cut information.
Today they walked what was once route 29, to put up our own signs showing the route had been cut. The NFTA keeps cutting routes, and not telling the public about them. Well, we're here to do the things...
1) Informing the public of these cuts (there's more cuts on the way)
2) To let transit riders know their voice matters to us, so come join us and fight for our rights. #btrulyheard
3) To call the NFTA out on their bad decision makingand hold them accountable to the public in which they serve! To tell them, #nocuts
CEJ Buffalo, Poor People's Campaign- WNY
Press Release: CPT and Black Spring CLE Demand Increased Funding for RTA Service, No More for Transit Police.
CPT and Black Spring CLE Demand Increased Funding for RTA Service, No More for Transit Police Organizers Join National Day of Action, Call on GCRTA and Federal Government to “Trust Riders, F…
Here's a picture of our intern Carrie taking part in Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Transit Riders of the United States Together National Day of Action, Trust Riders, Fund Transit!
You can do the same by simply taking a picture of these hashtags:
#trustridersfundtransit #btrulyheard #nocuts
Today is a National Day of Action Trust Riders, Fund Transit! for Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Transit Riders of the United States Together. Join us in the fight against the NFTA to say no more cut routes and to bring the busroutes back, by posting a picture of these hashtags: #transitridersfundtransit #btrulyheard #nocuts
Join Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Transit Riders of the United States Together today in our National Day of Action Trust Riders, Fund Transit!Nationally we're sending a message to law makers to stop balancing their budgets off the backs of bus riders. All you have to do is take a picture of yourself on the bus, at a bus stop, or at home with the hashtag, #transitridersfundtransit
Locally, we're telling the NFTA ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, stop cutting our routes! You can take part in that the same way as above with, #nocuts #btrulyheard
Thank you LION Entertainment for this video ❤️
"Amazon released data Thursday showing that 19,816 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began."
Amazon released data showing that 19,816 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The online retail behemoth said in the statement that it cho…
PUSH - Tenant Housing
This is tomorrow!!
You have to RSVP, NOW!!
IT'S FREE!!
SEE YOU THERE!!
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) believes that access to high-quality health care is a right of all people and should be provided equitably as a public service rather than bought and sold as a commodity.
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
Thank you 7 Eyewitness News WKBW for shedding light on the culture at NFTA Transit Authority Police Department. BTRU stands with its allies in denouncing a culture of excessive force, like the incidents observed in Rochester. The circumstances and facts remain nuanced around these two taped incidents, but one thing is clear: any chief of police needs to set an important example for the rest of the department's officers to follow. That includes appropriate use of force. We've heard from multiple riders concerning use of force by NFTA Police over the year. In this time of racial and social justice reckoning, we ask to hear from more riders about the culture at NFTA police. (Welcome to direct message us if you're not comfortable commenting to this post.) #BTRUlyHeard #EnoughIsEnough #BTRUlySatisfied
https://www.wkbw.com/news/i-team/nfta-police-chief-stands-by-conduct-in-on-camera-incidents-and-decision-to-fire-an-alleged-whistleblower?fbclid=IwAR3I8YQZLtJI1M6-rnTc89HnTrPzdM9t6MLKs84lBhH6EwD8MWeNbKtC3Ow
On this Labor Day, we are thinking about all of the front-line workers keeping our hospitals, public transit systems, schools, grocery stores, day cares, and so much more running while risking their own health and well being. We are thinking of all the working class folks struggling to balance family life, home schooling kids, and working from home. Thinking of everyone who lost your job and are doing all you can just to make ends meet. Thinking of all the local business owners and workers doing your best to adjust and keep your doors open.
We see you. We stand with you.
#BTRU #BTRUlySatisfied
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2742284522715790&id=1850587591885492
A sad reminder that this Labor Day weekend marks another round of bus service cuts at NFTA since the COVID 19 pandemic started this March. Unlike the prior ones, this round of cuts is relatively modest.
- The #55-Pine in Niagara Falls is no longer serving the Summit Business Park in any of its variants.
- The #69A-Alden is getting cut 10 miles in length, ending at Broadway and Central--assimilating to the alignment of #69B. Despite the namesake, this route is no longer serving the town of Alden.
- The #75 - West Seneca is being cut entirely. Although it was a commuter express route, it was appreciated by users in South Buffalo as a source of supplemental bus service with the #15 Seneca. (Should be noted that the #75 sometimes would roll into South Buffalo right in front or right behind a #15 bus. Those were tragic coincidences)
Listen to CEJ Transit Rider Organizer, Dianne Britain, speak about her experience with Covid-19 on WBFO News
https://news.wbfo.org/post/toll-surviving-virus
Fever. Cough. Shortness of breath. The most common symptoms of the novel coronavirus are well-known by now. But in the third episode of WBFO’s “The Toll,”
We know it's almost old news at this point, but we would like to extend a big congratulations to the group of concerned citizens at CRED4GI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GRAND ISLAND who worked tirelessly for what they knew was best for Grand Island, and the region at large!!!
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2020/08/12/grand-island-withdraws-application-for-project-olive
Amazon will not be coming to Grand Island after all.
IBEW 2213
📸Patriotic Millionaires
Help Grand Island say NO to tax cuts for one of the largest companies in the world!
NO to empty promises of jobs slated to be automated!
NO to more pollution in our air and water!
NO to unsafe work for too little pay!
NO to the Amazon Warehouse!!
Sign and share our petition now! And let the Grand Island town board know this decision effects all of WNY!
https://forms.gle/iGWbYGs5eCAXCFDp6
CRED4GI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GRAND ISLAND #NoAmazonWarehouse #PeopleOverProfits
The proposed Amazon Warehouse will not only impact Grand Island but the region as a whole!
Workers will be commuting in from all over the region, public transit users will again not have access to potential employment, we all will be be impacted by the environmental consequences. We must all stand with the concerned citizens of Grand Island to say NO to Amazon on Grand Island! Sign and share the petition to show your support!
https://forms.gle/iGWbYGs5eCAXCFDp6
CRED4GI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GRAND ISLAND #NoAmazonWarehouse #PeopleOverProfits
Stop the Amazon Warehouse on Grand Island! We stand with the Coalition for Responsible Economic Development for Grand Island (CRED4GI) and all concerned Grand Island residents against the proposed Amazon Warehouse (under the name “Project Olive”). This project would negatively impact Grand Islan...
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
If you're angry about the neglect of maintenance along Bailey Avenue, please consider joining today's foot march or cycle march to the VA hospital. In 2019 alone, Bailey Ave was home to two collisions involving an NFTA bus, resulting in sending people to the hospital. Painting the lanes will not solve all of Bailey Avenue's ills, (an ongoing capital project in planning is trying to do that) but would significantly calm traffic and prevent unnecessary loss of life.
The "Heels N Wheels On Bailey" March starts 4 PM today. Foot march begins at E-District Police Headquarters and cyclists start at 1700 Bailey, the scene where a bicyclist died in June from a collision with a car.
We get it. Ordering online is convenient, especially now. But maybe you could find what you need without continuing to build up Bezo's millions. Just a thought
#NoAmazonWarehouse #CommunityFirst #PeopleOverProfit
CRED4GI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GRAND ISLAND
Nearly 30 million Americans told the Census Bureau they didn't have enough to eat last week
Ruth Webb used to supplement her grocery shopping with a monthly trip to a local food pantry, where she would get fresh produce like potatoes, onions and carrots.
NO AMAZON WAREHOUSE!
#CRED4GI
#PeopleOverProfit
Learn more about CRED4GI at their site
https://www.cred4gi.org/
$600 = rent
$600 = food on our tables
$600 = medicine
$600 = dignity
Extend enhanced pandemic unemployment! Reinstate the rent moratorium!
#ChrisBetterHaveMyCash
CRED4GI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GRAND ISLAND
Rally today!!! Stand with Essential Retail Workers today 4-5pm at the Elmwood Tops (2101 Elmwood Ave) in their fight for the Hero Pay and safe working conditions they deserve!
Thursday, July 30th from 4-5pm at 2101 Elmwood Ave (Tops), stand with Retail Workers who have been serving their community ensure food and vital household goods are available in their fight for the Hero Pay they deserve!
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Like! Share! Make and post your own video! Tag Mayor Byron W. Brown. Use the hashtags #riseandsign and #CariolsLaw. The Mayor has until 5 pm tomorrow (10/29) to save lives and protect good cops! We need your participation.
Today is a National Day of Action Trust Riders, Fund Transit! for Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Transit Riders of the United States Together. Join us in the fight against the NFTA to say no more cut routes and to bring the busroutes back, by posting a picture of these hashtags: #transitridersfundtransit #btrulyheard #nocuts
PUSH - Tenant Housing
NO AMAZON WAREHOUSE! #CRED4GI #PeopleOverProfit
Workers Memorial Day @Chestnut Ridge Park WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Mark Poloncarz
This morning we were proud to stand with the Niagara-Orleans Central Labor Council to honor workers who have died on the job. Mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living!
This May Day let's remember the incredible sacrifice that our ancestors made to ensure a better life for us and fight like hell to ensure a brighter future for the next generation!!! #MayDay
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
#poorpeoplescampaign
#BTRU Healthcare Workers Rising Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
#BTRU
#BTRU Andrew Marcum
#RiseForClimate
#RiseForClimate
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
Today 34 amazing, beautiful, inspiring and POWERFUL people from WNY went down to the Capitol and took back our dignity, took back our humanity. We joined tens of thousands to demand an end to ecological devastation, militarism, poverty and racism. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Andrew Marcum's powerful speech in Albany yesterday "The reason that we deal with poverty is because of a failure to invest in the things that people with disabilities and all people need. People with disabilities do not have special needs. We have the same human needs as everybody else and that includes accessible, affordable transportation. That includes an education. That includes access to jobs that we can do and being judged for what we can do and not for what we can't do" ✊✊✊ #PoorPeoplesCampaign #FightPovertyNotThePoor
#poorpeoplescampaign i know why i was made
#poorpeoplescampaign
#Poorpeoplescampaign
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU
Healthcare Workers Rising
Healthcare Workers Rising
Healthcare workers rising join us on March 21st at the corner of tupper and delaware
A working class hero is something to be! #UnRigTheSystem #FightForFairness WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO Buffalo Afl-Cio Central Labor Council CSEA Local 815 CWA Local 1122 Iupat DC 4 of WNY & CNY ATU 1342 Buffalo Teachers Federation IBEW Jobs With Justice Labor Religion Coalition of New York State
#poorpeoplescampaignWNY
The Rites of Passage- Mentoring Program
2495 Main St, Ste 534Deaf Access Services, an affiliate of People
2495 Main St, Ste 446Parkside Community Association
2318 Main StYouth Planning Council Of The Near Eastside
254 Humboldt PkwyMedaille College Student Government Associati
18 Agassiz CircleThe Prevention Council of Erie County
1625 Hertel AveUBMD Emergency Medicine EMS Division
462 Grider StGolden Griffin Battalion Army ROTC
2001 Main StreetThe Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Cani
2001 Main StSexual Violence Prevention Team
2001 Main Street
Town of Tonawanda Youth, Parks & Recreation
299 Decatur Road
NATIONAL ASSOC. for HEALTH & FITNESS
65 Niagara Sq
It Happened to Alexa Foundation
726 Exchange St., Suite 820B
UB Clinical and Research Institute on Addicti
1021 Main St
New York State Victim Assistance Academy (NYS
1300 Elmwood Ave
Erie County Microenterprise Loan Program
Erie County Department of Environment & Planning, Rath Bldg 95 Franklin St