MOVEMENT GRANT REGIONAL GATHERINGS
As part of the 2026 Impact grant cycle, we added in Movement Grants – providing opportunities for our members to host Regional Convenings throughout the state as a way to educate and organize within their own communities.
At these convenings, movement grant recipients have been taking the lead in developing curriculums that address local priorities and issues, discussions on transportation policies and recommendations in alignment with T4MA, fostering movement-building and inspiring collective community-driven solutions with community members, stakeholders, elected officials and other policy-makers.
Learn more about the convenings below!
On Monday, March 16, 2026 it was a full house in Fall River for the town hall event. Students, community members, advocates and state and local electeds all joined together.
Students and community shared personal testimony on how free buses have changed their lives and how public transit is a life line to them.
There were representatives from labor, student and business groups who spoke about the impacts on free buses to their relative fields, while T4MA spoke to relevant bills and how important funding the area’s regional transit authority is. We heard from a local organizer about the journey of bringing South Coast Rail to Fall River and New Bedford and its impacts on the region.
State and local electeds responded to community testimony and advocates with proposals on what they can do to support the needs of the community and continue to build out equitable transportation options for the area.
Healthy Air & Transportation Showcases
Local advocates and community members attended the two open forums, to learn about air quality in Western Mass, how it’s impacted by transportation, and simple ways to advocate for cleaner air for their communities.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 – Greenfield, MA
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 – Holyoke, MA
Participants had the opportunity to write in support of clean air and transportation legislation that were all hand delivered to legislators at the Statehouse.
The event held information on local bus services and youth engagement, and activities like learning how to identify different tree types and how trees and learning how to make your own air filtrations system at home.
Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum
On Saturday, April 4, 2026, the Boston Cyclists Union re-launched the Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum – an event they piloted over 8 years ago.
The Boston Cyclists Union made an intentional effort to bring back the Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum as a way to connect communities, uplifting Black and brown voices, and hold space for essential conversations in the transportation world.
With that they re-launched the event this year welcoming mobility leaders and Black and Youth of Color to share opinions on safety and where it is lacking in the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park.
The Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum is a safe space for conversations around mobility justice and will continue to be an annual part of BCU’s programming.
