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The Boston Neighborhood Bike Organizing Leadership Institute
Written by Boston Biker on Mar 07Got this sent to me, looks awesome!
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The Boston Neighborhood Bike Organizing Leadership Institut
It will be held on Saturday April 13 and 27 from 10am-4pm at 550 Dudley Street in Roxbury. Participants are expected to attend both days so please sign up with that goal in mind if you’re interested. We are focused on offering the training to Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and East Boston residents and are saving half the spots for people of color as we strive to build more equity and inclusion inside our collective active transportation advocacy work.
Spaces will be limited to around 1-2 people per neighborhood outside of Rox/Dorchester/Mattpan/East Boston and we will prioritize spaces for participants looking to grow or strengthen a local bike group (such as DotBike, Southie Bikes, Rozzie Bikes, West Roxbury Bike Committee, JP Bikes, etc) or get more involved in the Boston Cyclists Union Activist Group.
Included in the training will be:
- History of Transportation Organizing in Boston area led by Stuart Spina and Lee Matsueda from ACE
- Strategies for building a mass movement and changing public perception by Cicia Lee from Momentum
- Community Organzing 101 (relational organizing, moving power, choosing an issue and building a campaign, tactics and targets, 1:1s and leadership development)
- Infrastructure 101 (tools for designing and planning safe roads, aka, What is a “road diet” anyways?)
- Civics 101 (Who has the power to make this happen? What role does DCR, BTD, MassDOT, Boston City Councilors, State Reps, and City officials play.)
- A chance to develop and deepen relationships across neighborhoods and discuss our collective organizing strategy
Childcare, food and interpretation to Spanish provided with a sliding scale payment. The sign up deadline is March 24. Since we will not have space for everyone who applies, we will confirm with you ASAP so you can plan accordingly.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for spreading the word!
Again, the sign up form here, and you DO have to sign up in advance to attend this.
Please pass along to anyone you know who may be interested.
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