There are 5 article(s) tagged Sophia Overstreet:

• February 2023

  • Student-led forum talks solutions for MATA transit issues

    Members of the reform group Stop Poverty with Policy have been riding MATA bus routes in recent months to understand how transit issues affect passengers’ everyday lives.

    By Alicia Davidson February 11, 2023

• May 2022

  • ‘Bus Day’ demonstrators ask MATA riders for feedback

    Stop Poverty with Policy is hosting a community forum and picnic for Memphis Area Transit Authority public transit riders.

    By Daja E. Henry May 13, 2022

• March 2022

  • TN bill could endanger drinking water, protesters say

    “When I go to other states and taste their tap water, I’m repulsed by it,” said Makhia Smith, who’s among those eager to protect Tennessee from projects such as the Byhalia Pipeline. 

    By Alicia Davidson March 27, 2022

• November 2021

  • Bus transit ‘not fun', novice riders find

    Five Houston High juniors scheduled a ‘Bus Day’ and traveled across the city on MATA buses to learn what it’s like for those who rely on public transportation every day. 

    By Frida Qi November 14, 2021

• January 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Houston High students say ‘fight poverty with policy’

    “Privilege ‘is not something we deserve, or are worthy of, and it is certainly not an excuse to turn a blind eye to the vastly different circumstances that one in five Memphians live under,” letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say. 

    By Letters to the Editor January 29, 2021