Reimagining Safety on BART: Building a Youth-Informed Evaluation

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In our 2019 Together We Rise report, 100% of the 63 girls and gender-expansive youth of color who participated in focus groups during this research study highlighted that they experience some form of physical and/or verbal harassment when taking public transit every day. The data and stories shared by girls* in this research became the rallying cry that mobilized Alliance for Girls (AFG) members to turn our research into action – creating the Not One More Girl (NOMG) initiative that embodied AFG’s mission to center girls in research, advocacy, and policy change to improve their lives.

We are now building upon the recommendations from NOMG and collaborating with BART to develop the first youth-informed evaluation framework. This framework will help BART assess the prevalence and impact of sexual harassment and gender-based violence on its trains and platforms, and use this data to inform policy and programming in the future.

Over the last three months, AFG and BART hosted intergenerational and interactive Community Learning Exchanges. These workshops convened girls and gender-expansive youth, leaders from girl-serving organizations, and community members who ride BART to reimagine how BART evaluates issues of safety, specifically when it comes to sexual harassment and gender-based violence.

To further expand our learning, AFG and BART invite you to join us at a community meeting, Reimagining Safety on BART: Building a Youth-Informed Evaluation, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley. We'll share what we learned in the community learning exchanges, particularly from and with girls and gender-expansive youth of color, and discuss as a broader community how safety should be assessed and upheld across BART’s system.

Together we will dream, reimagine and learn from one another, and develop a vision for the safety and accountability of girls and gender-expansive youth on BART.

We welcome girls and gender-expansive youth across the Bay Area, organizations that serve them, as well as advocates of transit equity to this event.

Dinner will be provided at the event.

Childcare

Childcare will be available at limited capacity and reserved on a first-request basis for participants until we reach capacity. Parents and caregivers must supply proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 12 hours of the start of the event for all children 3 years or older. Please fill out this short form to opt into childcare during the event.

COVID Precautions

All participants, regardless of vaccination status, must provide proof of a negative COVID test taken within 12 hours prior to the start of the event and can be presented to a staff member at check-in. Masks are welcomed and encouraged. AFG will provide antigen testing at the event for participants who were unable to get a test before arrival.

Accessibility

The event will be hosted in-person at Ed Roberts Campus, which features the following:

A helical ramp winds upward to the second floor, permitting easy access and safe evacuation.
Accessible elevators, automatic doors, and wide corridors create easy circulation.
Restrooms accommodate all ability levels and include private rooms.
Specially designed signage and way–finding devices guide people who are blind or have low vision.
a transit-oriented design with a public plaza, built–in bus shelter with a universally designed transit information system, secure bike lockers, and lighting, landscaping, crosswalks, and signage designed to maximize access & safety for pedestrians, wheelchair users & cyclists.
More on their design can be found here: https://www.edrobertscampus.org/design/
More on getting to the campus here: https://www.edrobertscampus.org/getting-here/

Please contact Kailin at kailin@alliance4girls.org with any questions, requests, and additional access needs.

*“Girls and gender-expansive youth” refers to cis girls, trans girls, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth, and any girl-identified youth.

Reimagining Safety on BART: Building a Youth-Informed Evaluation

Tuesday Apr 23 2024, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Ed Roberts Campus - Osher ABC
3075 Adeline St.
Berkeley, California
United States
94703