Are you ready? Are you registered?
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| The motto for the National Bike Summit this year. Read a report further below about the NBS by our new Secretary of the Board, Lacey Nickell. |
Not Registered? Only takes a Few Minutes:
Our very simple online form
is very easy. You don’t have to have all of your details to register;
just provide what you have now to get your event in our database. Email updates to Tim Potter, Webmaster, when you have them firmed up.
Current Listings:
are well ahead of 2014 listings, at 50 days before the Ride, and hopefully we
will exceed 2013’s record number of locations this year.
Here are 2015 listings
at this point vs 2014:
Listings: States: Countries: Continents:
New/ Updated Organizer Resources
Official 2015 Poster is here!
We’re happy to announce the official 2015 poster (or flyer) for the Ride of Silence! Our organizer for the Sacramento, California event, Sonya Lovine and friend Angela of Billings Art, submitted their poster for our contest (announced last fall) and we’ve selected it and provide it here for you to download and modify to help promote your events. Some basic instructions: Download the file and open with the latest version of Adobe Reader or Acrobat. For the text in the text boxes/fields (we’ve made those pretty obvious if you read the text) – the PDF allows for rich text. This means the easiest way for you to change the font, size, lower or
uppercase, etc., is to go into Microsoft Word, type your text…then
format it how you want (center it, change font, change size,
etc.)…copy that text…and then paste it into the PDF form field. So, you
can use whatever size font you want to use depending on
how much text you are trying to squeeze in. More questions? Email the webmaster.
Get
the word out about your Event via Web Calendars:
are a ton of web calendars that you can post your local ride Ride info at both
national, state and local? Our Vice President, Mark Hagar, has assembled this massive list of calendars you can reference. Note
all the listings for Grand Rapids, MI, USA! Your community may have an equal amount.
Most are free, you simply enter your ride information. Some require you to
“join” and log-in in with a user name & password.
Cycling Clubs and Organizations:
Logo:
Rides now in their 10th year, be sure to use the 10th
annual logo in all media release, posters, fliers, brochures, etc. It can be
found near the top of the Resources page on the website.
contacting the larger health clubs in your area, and inquire if they would be
willing to hold a “Spin for Silence” during one of their regularly scheduled
spin classes on May 20th. Remember we are also raising awareness of cyclist’s
rights to the road, that we’re out there every day. An excellent place to do
this is in spin classes, were a lot of these ‘spinners’ may not necessarily be
“roadies”, and know what it’s like to have to co-exist with motorists on a
daily basis.
2015 version of the RoS PowerPoint
Presentation is available
…which the health clubs could run during the spin
class on their audio-visual equipment. Please email RoS VP Mark Hagar if you
have questions on how to approach your local health clubs.
the full PowerPoint Presentation at: http://tinyurl.com/pzzocnu
the media file on youtube.com at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KujHMLZbro0
8.5” X 11” tri-fold brochure is now available for download here. Please place your Local Ride info in the area provided only. If it’s your 10th year you can replace the standard logo with the 10th year version (see 10th Anniv logo note above). You may
delete one USA city under the list of locations that rode in 2014 (except
Dallas) and note your location and # of riders.
by Lacey Nickell, Secretary of the RoS Board
This year I went to the 2015 National Bike Summiton on behalf of the Ride of Silence which is hosted
by the League of American Bicyclist in Washington DC. This was my very first Summit and one I will
never forget. I went there with an open
mind and excitement. I was able to meet,
connect, listen and learn so much. This
year’s theme was Bikes+. Focusing on new ideas for exponential growth and building
strong partnerships to get there. We’re zeroing in on how the bike movement can
add value to other issues and find powerful champions in health, community
development, the business sector and beyond. As stated by the League of
American Bicyclist.
One
of the big issues being talked about this week was Vision Zero. We are changing the language being used. Instead of using the word accidents we will
now say collisions and crashes. This is
holding people accountable for injuries on the road. Vision
Zero campaign is a 10 year plan to
have ZERO deaths by motorist. Using data
from these collisions give insight to where problem areas are in every
city. I was able to meet with several
Ride of Silence organizers from around the country. It was great to connect with so many new
faces and organizations along with talking about what is happening with the
Ride of Silence. Among the many people I
was able to meet was the League of American Bicyclist Women Bike Manager, Liz
Cornish Jones. I was very excited to
find out she was a fellow Okie, just as me.
We met up for coffee and had a really great conversation about the
future of Ride of Silence and are hopeful for more involvement with the League
of American Bicyclist.
Over
the course of the Summit I attended many sessions. With every session I attended I heard some
new ideas, new thoughts, and learned new ways to grow our organization. It was such a humbling few days to be around
so many people all with like-minded ideas, cycling advocacy and seeing
change. I am excited to see how much
change we will see in the future. I was
excited to build such a strong relationship and friendships from some amazing
Floridians. On Thursday, March 12, we
made our way to lobby along with representatives from other states. Ride of
Silence has played a huge part in my life and the endless amount of support I
receive every day is truly remarkable. None
of this would be possible if it wasn’t for all our supporters and what you do
in your communities.
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| Was very grateful to be able to stay with Ride of Silence supporter Ann Swain who has graciously hosted RoS Founder Chris Phelan and Tim Potter in the past as well. |
sessions I attended:
Networks to Advance Your Career
Learn about strategies for building up
powerful networks to support one another in advancing your careers. This
session we will hear from women working to construct networks that focus on powerbrokering,
mentoring, and recognition.
We’re All Advocates:
Stories of Change from Inside the Peloton
Hear from women at all levels of professional
racing about their experience with gender equity issues in racing. They will
share their advocacy work in the racing world, and how it carries over into
their communities.
Advocacy Leadership Institute
How do you empower passionate volunteers to effectively organize in their
communities and advocate for better bike plans, effective policies and safer
infrastructure? In 2011, the Cascade
Bicycle Club created its Advocacy Leadership Institute (ALI), a
program that has given graduates the tools to start new bicycling
organizations, be featured in national news outlets, serve on bike advisory
boards and even manage Puget Sound Cycle Share.
Club | Download
Bringing Bike Advocacy to the People
This session brings together big thinkers who are bringing bicycling
advocacy to the people where they are and incorporating it into our everyday
lives: in public libraries, bike shops, and our daily errands.
What is Vision
Zero and How Do We Get There?
Cities and towns across the United States
face common challenges and shared trends — growing populations that are
increasingly diverse, governments that need to do more with less and a growing
public interest in and support for bicycle-friendly and walkable neighborhoods.
In 2014, The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition launched a Vision Zero
Campaign, calling for a reduction of all traffic deaths to zero in 10 years. In
this session, Leah Shahum, will
lead a discussion on Vision Zero as
an ambitious concept that isn’t just about policy, but also a dramatic shift in
our mindset about mobility, design and our public spaces. Read the full interview with Shahum.