[NFBV-Announce] Fwd: FAirfax Chapter Transportation Talk: February 20, 2025, Fairfax Chapter Meeting

[Teisha Gillespie]

Good morning all, please see below. The Fairfax chapter is hosting a very
important meeting this Thursday at 7 PM to discuss the critical topic of
transportation accessibility. They are inviting all to join in in the
discussion.


Teisha Gillespie (She/Her/Hers)
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Christine Grassman <cfgrassman at icloud.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Subject: FAirfax Chapter Transportation Talk: February 20, 2025, Fairfax
Chapter Meeting
To: Jacki Bruce <jackibruce6 at gmail.com>, Teisha Gillespie <
teisha.collins at gmail.com>
CC: C. Grassman <cfgrassman at icloud.com>


** Please spread the word . . .
Christine
Do you live outside of your paratransit system’s eligibility zone, or do
you not have any paratransit option at all?
Does it take you an hour to go five miles using public transportation?
Do you hang out at college all day because of this, even on the days that
you only have one class, orpick and choose job interviews/opportunities
extremely carefully because of this?
Have you missed out on a job opportunity because despite your best
planning, you simply could not get to the interview on time?
Have you missed medical appointments for the same reason, or settled for a
doctor, dentist, other specialist, or other service merely because it was
local, despite being unhappy with the staff, the service, or both?
Welcome to the land of frustration, missed chances, and yes, sometimes
resentment, that such circumstances cause.
The Fairfax Chapter wants to talk with you, hear from you, and work with
you to strategize to change this abysmal state of affairs.
In a major metropolitan center, it just should not be this difficult to get
to where you need to go in a more efficient, reliable manner.
Join us at our Thursday, February 20, 2025, chapter meeting, via the
affiliate Zoom at 7:00 PM to plumb the depths of this transportation
travesty, these travel travails, these troublesome trials.
We have our stories; now let’s talk strategy and solution.

Join us, from wherever, to develop an action plan, and then to follow
through with it . . . together: locally and beyond.
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