"I Am the Dream and the Dream Is Now"

The Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) is celebrating its 7th annual Season of Civil Rights with a series of events during the months of December, January and February to build awareness about the significant role that transit played in the American Civil Rights Movement.

In preparation, RT invites students in grades 3 through 12, who attend a school within RT's service area, to participate in the "I Am the Dream and the Dream Is Now" art and poetry contest.

The contest allows students to creatively express their ideas about the relationship between transit and civil rights either through art or writing. Original drawings must be submitted in landscape orientation on 8.5" high x 11" wide paper. Entries should not be created in pencil or include the use of unlicensed images taken from the Internet or print materials. Poems must be 10 lines or less and be original work and type written. All entries are required to relate to both the theme of transit and civil rights.

Twelve entries will be selected, four from each grade category: 3rd through 6th, 7th through 9th, and 10th through 12th. Winners will receive a $25 bookstore gift card and "The Rosa Parks Story" DVD.

RT will display the winning works of art and poetry on RT interior transit cards in buses in January and February 2015, to commemorate RT's Season of Civil Rights. Winning entries will also be on display at special events during the three-month campaign.

Submissions must be received by Friday, December 12, 2014. To submit original artwork or poems, please mail or deliver to:

Sacramento Regional Transit District
Attn: Season of Civil Rights Art and Poetry Contest
1225 R Street
Sacramento, CA 95811

All entries must be original work, and include student's name, grade, school, teacher and contact information. All contest entries received become the property of RT, which reserves the exclusive, unrestricted right for the use, reproduction and publication of the content of such entries.

For more information, contact Brittany Dobbs, RT Marketing and Communications Specialist, at 916-556-0125 or bdobbs@sacrt.com.

RT Wants to Hear From You

Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) is hosting three community meetings to present RT's Security Peer Review report, and to discuss RT's security program. RT wants to hear your comments and concerns regarding safety and security.

The purpose of the Security Peer Review held in July 2014 was to evaluate existing RT security services, policies and procedures, and to provide recommendations to help improve the safety and security of passengers while using the RT system. Topics included Police Services staffing and deployment, technology, fare enforcement, station design, and rider experience.

Meetings:

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mills Building - Second Floor 2900 Mather Field Road, Rancho Cordova (adjacent to the Mather Field/Mills light rail station).

Thursday, November 6, 2014
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Samuel Pannell Meadowview Community Center - Conference Rooms A/B 2450 Meadowview Road, Sacramento. Supplemental bus service will be available from the Meadowview Station to the community center.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria - East Room 828 I Street, Sacramento.

Agenda:
5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Open House
6 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. - Presentation
6:20 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Open House

Information Stations:
Police Services Staffing and Deployment - Technology - Fare Enforcement - Station Design - Rider Experience - Other Observations and Recommendations.

To request language interpretation services for the community meetings, call 916-556-0443 no later than three business days in advance.

Dream Big

"I am the Dream and the Dream is Now"
Poetry Contest  

The Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) is celebrating its 4th annual Season of Civil Rights with a series of events during the months of December, January and February to build awareness about the significant role that transit played in the American Civil Rights Movement.

In preparation, RT invites students in grades 3 through 12, who attend a school within RT's service area, to participate in the "I Am the Dream and the Dream is Now" poetry contest.

Submitted poems must be 10 lines or less and be original work. All entries are required to relate to the theme of transit and civil rights. Nine entries will be selected, three from each grade category: 3rd through 6th, 7th through 9th and 10th through 12th.

Winners will receive a $25 bookstore gift card and "The Rosa Parks Story" DVD.

RT will display the winning poems on RT interior transit cards in buses in January and February to commemorate RT's Season of Civil Rights. Winning poems will also be on display at special events during the campaign.

Submissions must be received by Friday, December 16, 2011. To enter, visit www.sacrt.com and click on the Season of Civil Rights link or mail it to:

Sacramento Regional Transit District

Attn:  Season of Civil Rights Poetry Contest 

P.O. Box 2110

Sacramento, CA 95812-2110 

All entries must include student's name, grade, school, teacher and contact information.

For more information, contact Jo Noble, RT Senior Community and Government Affairs Officer, at 916-556-0118 or jnoble@sacrt.com.