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por Alicia Nunez Tengo la bendición de haber asistido al Congreso OCDS en San Jose, Cal. del 23-26 Junio, acompañada de mis hermanas en Cristo; Carmen, Toni, y Zulema. Tambien estuvieron en el Congreso P. Godfrey y P. Juan Elias de St. Cruz. Eramos Cerca de 550 personas sin contar los sacerdotes y seminaristas. HermosaContinue reading “Congreso 2016 OCDS (Discalced Carmelites)”

by Sarah Lanius On Friday, June 24, Bus Rider Union members joined in the celebration at the dia de San Juan fiesta and also spoke with our neighbors about the proposed fare increases. You’ll be seeing us out and about at other public events as we work to raise awareness of the proposed fare increasesContinue reading “Bus Rider Union Presence at Dia de San Juan”

by Sarah Launius On Tuesday, Bus Riders Union and Tucson’s Rising Tide members spoke before Tucson’s Mayor and Council.  The message was simple: Make Sun Tran Great Again! Increase Ridership Not Fares! Dirk Trachy from Tucson’s Rising Tide shared with Mayor and Council that transit is not only important for people but for our planet.Continue reading “MAKE SUN TRAN GREAT AGAIN! INCREASE RIDERSHIP NOT FARES! // Hagan Sun Tran grande nuevamente! Aumenta el numero de pasajeros mas no la tarifa!”

by Brian Flagg Much thanks to Karen Haggar from St. Thomas the Apostle parish. Not only does she give us a donation every month, she passed on to us this tribute to Dan who died on April 30 at the age of 94. It was written by John Nichols in The Nation magazine (May 23,Continue reading “FR. DANIEL BERRIGAN SJ … THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION/ERES LA RAZON QUE SOY UN CATOLICO!”

Wednesday June 15 at 5:30 p.m. Armory Park Senior Center (225 S. 5th Avenue) Bring your CREATIVITY to this meeting! The City Manager and City Council are hell-bent on raising bus fares. To balance their budget they are taking money from even the Cops and Fire … so they want sacrifices from Transit too. ButContinue reading “SPECIAL BUS RIDER UNION MEETING”

by Brian Flagg It was extremely profound. A main reason was that I had the privilege of doing this with the Guadalupanas from my parish, Santa Cruz. They are an incredibly spiritual group of women with a deep devotion to the Virgen and they are a lot of fun too! We spent two nights inContinue reading “MY PILGRIMAGE TO SEE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY”

Yo bus riders, supporters of bus riders, and any other warm and breathing parties interested in transit justice: What do you think of this as a possible Tucson Bus Rider Union proposal to solve the City’s budget woes in regard to transit? They are taking $11 million from the cops, $4 million from Fire, andContinue reading “A Modest Proposal from the Bus Rider Union?”

Special thanks to Msgr. Tom Cahalane, Dan Linhart from the Teamsters, Fred Yamashita from Pima Area Labor Federation and Dan Beckman from Rising Tide. Also, thanks to Council Members Karin Uhlich and Paul Cunningham for joining us at the party. This was a small victory in the war for transit justice! The result: the CityContinue reading “THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE BIG BUS RIDERS UNION PARTY AT CITY HALL, YESTERDAY, MAY 17th // GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE ASISTIERON A LA FIESTA DE LA UNION DE PASAJEROS DEL CAMIÓN EN EL CITY HALL, AYER, 17 DE MAYO”

Call the City Council today (especially Uhlich, Romero and Cunningham) and tell them: DO NOT RAISE BUS FARES!!! And Please attend the Bus Rider rally/party on Tuesday, May 17 at 5 pm at City Hall. The birria, rice and beans will be delicious! In addition to bus riders, speakers will be: Msgr Tom Cahalane, Pastor,Continue reading “ATTENTION-BUS RIDERS AND SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT // ATENCION-Pasajeros del camión y partidarios del Transito Publico”