BKIOS. Episode 8. Adé of Ride On!

04/16/18 • 29 min

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Adé. Adé is the founder of Ride On! Bike Shop / Co-Op has a Master of Arts degree in the field of Urban Sustainability with an Undergraduate Degree in Community Development, both from Antioch University of Los Angeles. As the lead on the Great Streets project in South Los Angeles. He was responsible for the team’s successful Crowdfunding campaign, in which they surpassed their goal. Adé has been a strong leader, responsible for conducting, organizing, and supporting various programs such as the Ride On! Bike Co-Op, Street Beats, CivLavia South LA Pit Stop and the International Capoeira Angola Conference. Adé has over eighteen years of significant and progressive experience in developing a wide range of community programs in the South Los Angeles area. Nearly 20 years ago, he founded the Capoeira Angola Center in Los Angeles with the vision of providing both education and health benefits to diverse groups of citizens living in the community. This commitment to community service has been publicly acknowledged through various awards from the L.A. Treasures and the County of Los Angeles. In addition to this, he provided instrumental assistance in the development and maintenance of food gardens that advance academic, food, and environmental justice.

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BKIOS. Monica Garrison. Black Girls Do Bikes

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Monica Garrison. Garrison is the founder of a growing organization called Black Girls Do Bike. She believes that the simple act of riding a bike can be the catalyst to wonderful and empowering experiences for women of all ages. After a summer of re-discovering her affection for cycling but noticing very few women of color riding in her town, Monica set out to find other women with a passion for riding bikes. What started as a simple idea to connect lady cyclists has turned into a movement with more than 80 inclusive riding groups all over the country. Black Girls Do Bike is creating lady leaders in the bicycling movement, introducing new riders to the joy of cycling, and filling a void in the larger cycling community.

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BKIOS. Episode 9. Nedra Deadwyler. Civil Bikes.

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Nedra Deadwyler. Deadwyler is the Founder and Principal Tour Curator of Civil Bikes, an active transportation tour company, based in Atlanta, Georgia. She received a Master of Social Work from New York University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Georgia. She is currently a Fellow at the Center for Civic Innovation, a social entrepreneur incubator. She has a published chapter, Civil Bikes: embracing Atlanta’s racialized history through bicycle tours. (Routledge, 2016, Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All? Edited by A. Golub, M.L. Hoffmann, A. E. Lugo, and G. F. Sandoval). She presented conferences hosted by Active Living Research and League of American Bicyclists. Moderated and participated in a panel/ conversation at the national Complete Streets conference, entitled, "Holistic Community-Centered Advocacy".