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Equiticity’s “Claiming Our Space” event focused on BIPOC leadership, community power, and advancing “critical conversations and actions.”
Last week, the mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity hosted the event "Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future" with the intention of introducing participants to "the breadth of our vision, mission, philosophies, and work." According to the organization, "Equiticity's 2025 signature event is an immersive, two-day convening designed to center Black, Brown, and Indigenous leadership, celebrate community power, and advance critical conversations and actions."
September 16, 2025
At Equiticity annual meeting, a chat with USDOT’s Mariia Zimmerman, and an award for tireless transit advocate Rochelle Jackson
Last week, the mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity held its annual meeting, titled "Racial Equity in Motion: Exploring the Intersection of Transportation, Environmental Justice, and Public Health," at Impact House, 200 W. Madison.
September 16, 2024
Why Car Dependency Makes Healthcare Access Harder — Particularly for the Marginalized
More than 20 percent of car-free U.S. adults in car-dependent places are skipping medical appointments because they can't physically get to the doctor, a new study finds.
May 7, 2023
Equiticity expanded its programming in 2022, plans an even bigger 2023
2022 initiatives included the Mobility Opportunities Fund, Community Mobility Rituals, BikeForce, and The Go Hub, plus research projects.
December 26, 2022
Philly abolished traffic stops for minor infractions. Chicago should do the same.
Philadelphia enacted new legislation aimed towards reducing racial disparities in traffic stops and improving police-community relations.
November 19, 2021
Black United Fund, Equiticity team up for a bike ride to promote cooperative economics
“If we bike, walk, or ride public transportation, we can always attach economic development in the neighborhood.”
September 30, 2021
A closer look at CDOT’s plan to close Chicago’s transportation equity gap
CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.
August 3, 2021
My Block, My Hood, My City provided needed snow shoveling on South and West sides
"Sidewalk shoveling improves one person's life and makes winters more manageable. We are the most segregated city in the country. By coming together we are breaking down some barriers between race and class."
March 25, 2021
Designing self-policing streets, and other mobility justice strategies
We should be redesigning our transportation system to reduce the chances of Black and Brown residents interacting with law enforcement, and to promote transportation equity.
June 25, 2020
The death of Angie Monroy was a reminder that gun violence is a mobility justice issue
As transit and mobility advocates, we need to talk more openly about violence on our streets and how it intersects with our work.
December 17, 2019
