CELEBRATING HISTORY, CREATING COMMUNITY: An Interactive Bicycle Tour of the Historic Pullman & Greater Roseland Neighborhoods

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Time: October 18, 2014 from 9am to 2pm
Location: The New Light of the World Ministries
Street: 10807 S. Wentworth Ave.
City/Town: Chicago, IL
Website or Map: http://www.slowrollchicago.org
Phone: 773-916-6264
Event Type: community, bicycle, ride
Organized By: Olatunji Oboi Reed
Latest Activity: Apr 6, 2015

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Slow Roll Chicago presents...

CELEBRATING HISTORY, CREATING COMMUNITY:
An Interactive Bicycle Tour of the Historic Pullman & Greater Roseland Neighborhoods

In Partnership with The New Light of the World Ministries

Saturday, October 18, 2014

9am Meet & Greet
10am Ride

Starting Point:
The New Light of the World Ministries
10807 S. Wentworth Ave., Chicago
Light refreshments available, donation suggested

Tour Features:
Chicago State University
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (Optional tour, $5 suggested donation)
Pullman State Historic Site

Lunch in the Beverly neighborhood
at approximately 1:30pm:
Hearty Cafe Pancake House & Restaurant
9623 S. Western Ave., Chicago
www.heartycafe.com

We ride to celebrate history. We ride to create community. We ride to encourage people to get moving and get involved in their community! We ride in Roseland, Roseland Heights, Rosemoor, and the Historic Pullman neighborhoods. We ride to join the efforts of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign to get people moving and to get people healthy with the vehicle that we have created, Slow Roll Chicago! With our vehicle, we ride to explore a vibrant complex history of the Historic Pullman community. We ride to discover the dynamic history of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) as told at the only Black labor history museum in the nation, the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, located right in the Historic Pullman community. The legacy of the BSCP significantly impacted organized labor in America and moved on to have a major influence on the modern day Civil Rights Movement. We ride to explore the origin of America's Labor Day celebration at the Pullman State Historic Site and experience the wonderful texture of Chicago's Southside that incorporates a melting pot of history, culture, people, communities, organizations, architecture, and beauty. This is why we ride.

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Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on November 16, 2014 at 5:18pm: Peace Slow Rollers - One word: WOW!

Several words: We are deeply inspired by what we've achieved in less than 2 months. And, we are incredibly fortunate to have all of you on this journey together with us. We love and appreciate our incredible ‪#‎SquadChicago‬ team and the entire extended ‪#‎SlowRollCHI‬ family. We did this together! We will soon share a more formal, detailed season wrap up with everyone along with our plans to keep our #SlowRollCHI community connected through the winter.

In the meantime, please be sure to join our Facebook Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SlowRollChicago/

And, please sign up for our email newsletter here:
http://eepurl.com/4lU3v

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 24, 2014 at 7:30am: A few cool pics from the ride...

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 23, 2014 at 12:32pm: Call for ‪#‎SquadChicago‬ volunteers...

Looking for Slow Rollers to join our Squad. We are looking for work on the following:

1. Ride Leaders
2. Corkers
3. Sweepers
4. SAG/Mechanics/Medics
4. Squarespace Website Development
5. MailChimp Email Campaigns
6. Social Media Engagement
7. PR/Media Outreach
8. Marketing & Community Outreach
9. Digital Design / Graphic Arts
10. Photography & Videography
11. Merchandise

Send a message to express interest or ask any questions. Thank you everyone, let's ride...
‪#‎SlowRollCHI‬

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 19, 2014 at 11:00pm: Hey Everyone - The t-shirts are here! We have 3 colors to choose from - Black, Light Grey, & White. All the shirts have the red Slow Roll Chicago logo on them. We have sizes ranging from XS to 4XL. Please inbox me to make arrangements to purchase your shirt. Price is $20, it's our first fundraiser! Limited quantities available, let me know soon...

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 19, 2014 at 10:27pm: Connect, Engage, Follow, Support, Show Love, Share Freely...

Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SlowRollChicago

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Watch Us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SlowRollChicago

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 19, 2014 at 10:01pm: Hey Slow Rollers - Two awesome articles about Slow Roll Chicago's ride this past weekend...

Chicago Sun-Times article:
Biking for good: Slow Roll Chicago tours Roseland, Pullman, Beverly
by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
http://entertainment.su...ntimes.com/celebrity/biking-good-slow-roll-chicago-tours-roseland-pullman-beverly/

Chicago Tribune article:
Slow Roll Chicago ready for a second ride
by Colleen Mastony
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-slow-roll-chicago-met-2014101...

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 19, 2014 at 8:49pm: And, cool video: http://youtu.be/vcSzrPZ6aZ0

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 19, 2014 at 8:47pm: Peace Slow Rollers,

Yesterday's ride was incredibly beautiful!

We imagined. We believed. We achieved. Together...

We celebrated history. We created community.

We toured the Roseland, Rosemoor, Roseland Heights, and Historic Pullman neighborhoods. We explored a vibrant complex history of the Historic Pullman community. We discovered the dynamic history of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) as told at the only Black labor history museum in the nation, the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, located right in the Historic Pullman community. We experienced the legacy of the BSCP and its significant impact on organized labor in America and its major influence on the modern day Civil Rights Movement. We explored the origin of America's Labor Day celebration at the Pullman State Historic Site. We honored the loss of young life through senseless violence with Kids Off The Block.

We experienced the wonderfully textured layers of Chicago's Southside that incorporates a melting pot of history, culture, people, communities, organizations, architecture, and beauty.

We delivered on our promise to utilize the activity of bicycling to connect a diverse group of people and improve the condition of communities by organizing community bicycle rides and other bicycling-related programs throughout the greater Chicago area.

We moved closer to achieving equity in the distribution of bicycle access, bicycle usage, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle safety, bicycle culture, and other bicycle-related resources throughout Chicago with a particular focus on communities on the Southside and Westside, making our communities healthier, more empowered, more economically viable, more socially cohesive, more bikeable, and ultimately more liveable.

Slow Roll Chicago is a diverse social bicycling movement. We are building our movement together.

Thank you all, salute and congrats on the work!

#SlowRollCHI

#SquadChicago

Comment by Olatunji Oboi Reed on October 18, 2014 at 8:49pm: Hey Lisa - Thanks much for riding with us and we dearly appreciate your kind words. Yes, completely agree, breaking bread together is in order for our next ride on Nov 15. Working on our plans now and will post it up soon. There's one area we can certainly use some help on, the weather! Do you have any friends you can call on to set us up with a beautiful fall day on Nov 15??? Hahahaha! Thanks again Lisa, let's ride together soon...