As we prepare for our transportation town hall meeting I thought this issue of Newsletter resources would focus on the sobering facts of crime in DC Transportation. Click here for the latest statistics; to get more info about crime in the DC Metro system as it becomes available go to http://www.wmata.com/about/mtpd_crime_ytd.cfm. Research Compiled by Emily Skelton.

Interested in finding out more about transportation safety in DC? Check out these sites:

• MetroTransit Police Department Five-Year Crime Report 2000-2004
• Washington D.C. Transportation Planning Board Website
• Transportation Improvement Project
• D.C. Public Safety Policy Committee
• District Department of Transportation
• CummuterPage.com
• Commuter Page—Metro
• Commuter Page—Public Safety Links & Resources
• DCWatch
• Metropolitan Police Department Main Page
• Project Safe Streets Media Campaign Overview
• Safe Streets DC
• Monthly Crime Reports for DC
• D.C. Crime and Activity Statistics
• Nationwide Crime Statistics
• D.C. Legislation
• D.C. Taxicab Commission
• D.C. taxis: Riding wisely, By Molly Norris, Published: Thursday, September 18, 2003
• History and Scope of Taxi Regulations
• Risk factors for Taxi Drivers

Support our sisters working in the interest of women here in the metro area. Below are links to a few of the many great local organizations, publications, and networking groups focused on Young Women in our communities.

• Digital Sisters is a non-profit organization created to promote and provide technology education and enrichment for young girls and women of color.More info can be found at http://www.digital-sistas.org
• EduSeed , a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC., furthers the pursuit of higher education and life-long learning by using models of peer-mentorship and self-empowerment. See www.eduseed.org for more information.
• HIPS seeks to assist female, male, and transgendered individuals engaging in sex work in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives. More information can be found at www.hips.org.
• Maryland Federation of Business & Professional Women (BPW/md) was established in 1929 as a nonpartisan, and nonsectarian association. BPW/md promotes equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education, and information. See http://www.bpwmaryland.org to find out more.
• Mothertongue is a community-based organization that works to create a safe space where all women may speak freely and powerfully and have their creative and artistic voices heard through monthly women’s spoken word events and writing/performance workshops. For more information go to http://www.mothertongue.org/about.html
• SisterMentors program helps women of color Ph.D. students complete their dissertations in exchange for helping girls of color from DC low-income families to achieve their dream of a college education. For more information see www.sistermentors.org
• The Whitman-Walker Clinic had been compassionately addressing the unmet health needs of gay men and lesbians in the DC Metro Area. Check out their website for more information, www.wwc.org.
• The Women’s Center works to improve significantly the psychological, career, financial and legal well being of women and families regardless of their ability to pay. Go to http://www.thewomenscenter.org/ to find out more.
• Woman’s Monthly: DC’s Magazine for Lesbians at http://www.womo.com Woman’s Monthly contains calendar listings, reports on women’s events and groups; and showcases women and women-owned businesses.
• Women’s Health Virginia is the statewide initiative to promote and improve Virginia women’s and girls’ health and well being. Information can be found at http://www.womenshealthvirginia.org/ The organization focuses attention on the health needs of women and girls in Virginia including economic, educational, cultural, environmental, social, and medical issues.
• Women’s Information Network (WIN ) i s Washington’s premier professional, political, and social network dedicated to empowering young, Democratic, pro-choice women. http://www.winonline.org/