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Bikey Book Club
August 26 @ 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Next Meeting: August 26, 6:30pm
The Bikey Book Club read and discussed Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Adonia E. Lugo, PhD this month. While planning the first CicLAvia in Los Angeles, the author saw that there were two distinct classes of people who rode bikes in LA. Many who chose to ride, for the environment or health or a variety of other reasons, were primarily white and affluent. Then there were the people who had to ride–the “captive riders.” And these people were overwhelmingly Black or Brown people who faced two safety issues: danger from cars and the danger of harassment by police. They tended to buy cars and drive as soon as they possibly could in order to fade into the safe anonymity of driving. This is the story of her journey of bicycle advocacy and a change in emphasis from improving infrastructure for biking to working to include people of all sorts in bicycling culture.
Next month, in preparation for the “Week without Driving” in September, we’ll be reading When Driving is Not an Option by Anna Zivarts. Join us for a video about the book on August 26 from 6:30 to 7:45 pm.
You can contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.
Upcoming schedule: Downtown Bend Library, Meyers Room
- August 26, 6:30-7:45; When Driving is Not an Option by Anna Zivarts