AFTER TSPLOST: PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY (PSE) TO HOLD FORUM ON PUSHING TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
A Community Conversation Focused on Transportation Equity in Atlanta
WHEN: Saturday, September 8, 2012
TIME: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Jewish Federation Center, 1440 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
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WHO: Nathaniel Smith, Founder and Chief Equity Officer, PSE
Roberta Abdul-Salaam, State Rep. District 24, Friends of Clayton County Transit
Nancy Flake Johnson, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Dr. Beverly Scott, General Manager, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Brian Gist, Southern Environmental Law Center
Kathryn Lawler, Atlanta Regional Commission
Thomas Wheatley, Creative Loafing
Yvonne Williams, President & CEO, Perimeter Community Improvement Districts
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Who is responsible for creating local, regional and statewide transportation plans?
• Does MARTA still matter?
• What is a balanced transportation vision for metropolitan Atlanta?
• Who can we trust with matters of transportation equity in the region?
• What is important and necessary after the vote?
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Allen Fernandez-Smith, President & CEO of Urban Habitat
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FORUM: One of the most controversial and least understood items to appear on the July 31, 2012 ballot was the Transportation Investment Act (TIA) Referendum. Though discussions around the Referendum continue nationally, regionally and locally, they yield few resolutions and create more questions, most commonly “So what happens now?”
The Partnership for Southern Equity, their partners and the community will answer that question during the “Pushing for Transportation Access After TSPLOST” Forum. Transportation equity in Atlanta and throughout our region is essential for creating an environment of economic viability, inclusion and prosperity, but the community must make their voices heard to ensure we move forward in a direction that benefits us all. Won’t you join the conversation?
For more information, visit www.partnershipforsouthernequity.org, call the PSE office at 678.948.5323 or contact Kristy Gomez at 917.847.9091.
Founded in 1989, Urban Habitat builds bridges between environmentalists, social justice advocates, government leaders, and the business community in California’s Bay Area. Our work has helped to broaden and frame the agenda on toxic pollution, transportation, tax and fiscal reform, brown fields, and the nexus between inner-city disinvestments and urban sprawl.
Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) pushes for policies and actions that promote equity and shared prosperity in metropolitan Atlanta. Through forums, research, and organizing efforts, PSE brings together the regional community to lift up and encourage just, sustainable, and civic practices for balanced growth and opportunity.
