[*BCM*] Nation Wide Critical Mass Call to Action

[Derek Dunham]

I will definatly ride for this. Katrina was very personal to me because it
actually touched down on the 29th, which was my birthday

On 7/25/06, Emily Hornback <azriels.wings at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there! I'm a critical mass rider who is working with other cyclists and
> the climate change action group Rising Tide to organize a continent-wide
> Katrina anniversary critical mass ride for the last Friday in August (the
> 25th). This was the day Hurricane Katrina reached hurricane strength.
>
> The idea is to remind people of the still ongoing crisis in the Gulf and
> the potential for further catastrophic events from fossil fuel inspired
> climate change.
>
> We're looking for contacts with critical mass groups who want to
> collaborate on this, which would basically mean committing to organizing a
> ride marking the day and hopefully:
> 1. Organizing a sign making making party for the ride ("More Cars = More
> Climate Change = More Katrinas", "Critical Mass for Climate Justice",
> "Katrina was Environmental Racism", etc.).
> 2. Advertising the event to make it a big critical mass (we're developing
> designs for flyers, handbills, etc.)
> 3. Collecting funds at the Critical Mass ride to send to activist and
> relief groups in New Orleans.
> 4. Print out education stuff to hand out to people on the street
> witnessing the Mass (we've got some of this in the works too.)
> 5. Spreading the word to Critical Mass riders in other cities.
>
> PLEASE Let me know if you might be interested and I can send you
> materials.
>
> hearts and bicycles,
> emma bee from the beehive collective
>
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Derek Dunham
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