Picture this - A dad (Al). His daughter (Jessica). A tandem bike. And roadways tracing the Underground Railroad from Mobile, Alabama to the Ohio River and Cincinnati.
We are pedaling the entire 1200 miles and will finish in time for the MLB “Civil Rights” baseball game, Cincinnati Reds (Al’s team) vs. Chicago White Sox(Jessica and President Obama’s team)!
Join us virtually, as we blog daily! Join us physically when we arrive in Northern Kentucky on June 19 for a group ride into Cincinnati. Join us emotionally as we leave from the dock where the last slave ship from Africa disembarked, and as we ride through the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh. Join us joyfully, as we meet and enjoy people across the South who will be wondering what that old guy in Lycra and a Reds Jersey and that hot number in a White Sox Jersey are doing on that odd looking bike???? We will have fun! We will learn much civil rights history. And we will share it all with you!
This Civil Rights Bike Ride will support the Ohio Justice & Policy Center, a nonprofit founded by Al in 1997 and led by the dynamic David Singleton that relies on civil rights laws to advocate for criminal justice reforms. Your gift of $20, $50, $100 or whatever you can spare will help us make this ride a real success! Donate online or send your check today to 215 E. 9th St., Suite 601, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Thank You Very Much and stay tuned!
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Are you still planning to ride through Carbondale????
ReplyDeletei think so!
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica,
ReplyDeleteAs you and your Dad ride across the South, I hope to exchange blog articles with you, based on the work we've begun to do together in Chicago. In this case, my goal will be to connect legal organizations with the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy, no health organizations and hospitals.
As a result, the Ohio Justice & Policy Center and its supporters will know what we've been doing to engage Chicago lawyers and law firms in support of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, and will see how maps can be used to focus on poverty and justice issues in Ohio cities, in the same way that we use them to focus on poverty in Chicago.
This link provides a basic library of ideas we hope to share, including some strategic thinking that might be used by legal groups in big cities and their suburbs.
http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/leadership-strategies
Good luck to you! Have a safe, and highly visible, trip.