Pamela(Mela) Bush is a Native Bostonian of American Indian and Cape Verdean parents, who has spent decades organizing and advocating for transit equity and environmental justice. She brings a wealth of wisdom and experience to her community and beyond. She formerly served as the Acting Director and Lead Organizer for The Greater Four Corners Action Coalition serving the 4 Corners community for 14+ years. During this time she led the community process to win, fund and see to fruition the siting and construction of 4 new stations on a near dormant train line. She has been championing the fight for transit justice for the 100,000 plus riders and residents along the Fairmount corridor in Massachusetts. She is the Director of Transit Oriented Development and T Riders Union (TRU) at Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) in Roxbury’s Nubian Square. TRU is an empowered network of MBTA Riders fighting for Transit Justice and Equity. She is the Former Chair of and now serves as the Special Advisor to the Fairmount Indigo Transit Coalition, and an active member of the steering committee of ACTION4Equity and many other Transit Advocacy Coalitions. She has served as the regional Vice Chair of Coop Power’s Board of Directors and Represents Coop Power on People's Solar Energy Fund. As a member of Co-Op Power, she founded the Boston Metro East Community Energy Cooperative(CEC). In addition, she worked to start and assist in community engagement with COOP POWERS Boston Energy Efficiency Team. Mela has conceptualized, started and run an award winning small business. Sew & Sow Atelier in Boston the business was a brick and mortar tailor shop. This experience brings lived experience of the challenges of operating a small business. Mela is a 2007 Senior Fellow of the Environmental leadership Program and an Aspen Ideas Scholar. She is an esteemed lecturer, panelist and ambassador for Environmental Justice, Community Engagement/organizing, Transit-Oriented Development, energy democracy and Climate Justice.