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Bus Riders Unite! is organizing a Week Without Driving event on Saturday September 26th featuring guest speakers from local decision-making bodies and transit advocates. We hope to see you at 10 a.m. at the Charles Jordan Community Center.
After 21 years of advocacy, OPAL is closing but Bus Riders Unite! continues to be an active organization.
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Donations to OPAL will no longer be accepted, and we will move most of OPAL’s remaining balances into BRU’s new accounts. We encourage you to donate to BRU and join their mailing list, so that you can continue to participate in their advocacy: busridersunite.org
Join BRU's monthly meeting next Thursday at 6 pm. This month, Jairaj Singh from Multnomah County will be presenting on the Multnomah County Climate Justice Plan, and he will be sharing workshop strategies around transportation.
Link in bio to join Thursday!
We're crafting a 🌞 sun-sational summer recap 🌻 that you won't want to miss!
👉Are you subscribed to our ✨email list✨?
loom.ly/LsMFzFQ Link in bio!
#opalpdx #summer #recap
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#Albuquerque. #KansasCity. #Corvallis.
All have #FarelessTransit
Join our list to make sure you get our new report first in your inbox!
loom.ly/LsMFzFQ (Link in bio)
ID: "transit equity now" in white box in the middle of tessellating hexagons in gemstone colors
Our new family of logos. Very #demutesy 😊 (We just had to!) 😅
Image description: BRU logo with bus in pollen yellow hexagon, SOL logo with seed in moss green hexagon, YEJA logo with backpack in a lavender hexagon
🖤Black opal. 🐦Starlings' murmurations. 🪑Expanding the table. These themes have been woven into one. We're proud of our new logo and all that it represents: Unified mass movement & momentum.
We want to share the narrative creative by @firebrand.house who led our process...
"Inspired by the flecks and facets in black opal gems, this icon is a wide ovular shape containing a tessellating hexagon pattern of prismatic colors moving toward the upper right to represent unified movement among diverse beings.
Surprise - we have a new look! Check out our new logo and stay tuned for more about our rebrand! In the meantime, we'd like to shout out Firebrand Creative House - loom.ly/N4JNsS0
ID: A navy blue flag with OPAL’s logo waves in the breeze in front of Portland city hall.
It's hard to believe that SOL has wrapped up. We want to thank all of our participants! During the final SOL spring 2024 meeting they had the opportunity to participate in a forest bathing experience at Hoyt Arboretum. A tea ceremony brought closure to the wonderful program.
“We all need to get to where we need to go, safely and quickly, just like everybody else,” said Abby Griffith, coordinator of Bus Riders Unite!, who advocates for people with disabilities who rely on public transit like her. Griffith is blind." on OPB (link in bio)
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It's time to increase ridership by making fares completely free for all!
#befearless #gofareless #opalpdx
ID: A blurry colorful bus has the words "all are welcome" on it in downtown Portland
🚌 BRU will meet at our new spot:
💻 We will meet virtually this month
📆 Join us on Thursday, July 18 from 6-8 pm.
Come hear about:
🚍 The 2025 Transportation Package
🚎 OPAL’s Policy and Advocacy Summer Intern
🚏 Alternate funding sources
📧 For more, write [email protected]
ID: New Bus Riders Unite! logo displays an orange hexagon with part of a bus inside of it and the name of the program to the right of the hexagon. BRU! Coordinator Abby Griffith speaks to a group of BRU! members sitting at a picnic table at Laurelhurst Park on a sunny day.
#pdx
Anna Wilk (she/her) is a rising Senior at Scripps College. Born and raised in Seattle, she holds a deep love for the PNW.
Anna is incredibly excited to work with OPAL in support of transit-dependent community members in the Portland Metro Area.
#opalpdx #befearless #gofareless
