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Working Bikes, South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

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Working Bikes, South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

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Working Bikes, South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

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Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. Since its inception in 1999, the amazing community of Working Bikes volunteers, staff, partners, and supporters have enabled new life for 100,000 bicycles across the globe and tens of thousands here in Chicago. Over one hundred thousand people have been empowered to access resources and opportunities that otherwise could have been out of reach – reducing waste, lessening pollution, and improving health in the process. We know that bicycles are the most reliable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly transportation option available, and we’re working towards a world where everyone has access to bicycle transportation, whether in Africa or Chicago!
Get in touch: info@workingbikes.org

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ABOUT WORKING BIKES

Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. Since its inception in 1999, the amazing community of Working Bikes volunteers, staff, partners, and supporters have enabled new life for 100,000 bicycles across the globe and tens of thousands here in Chicago. Over one hundred thousand people have been empowered to access resources and opportunities that otherwise could have been out of reach - reducing waste, lessening pollution, and improving health in the process. Working Bikes is located in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, and is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Proceeds from our shop sales directly benefit our bike donation programs. The money raised ensures that we remain a sustainable organization, able to cover the costs of shipping to international recipients, transporting bikes from donors here in Chicago, buying new tools for our volunteer shop, paying our staff, and more.

Working Bikes collects donated bikes from all over Chicago and the Midwest. These bikes are then shipped to international bike projects, repaired and donated locally to individuals and families in Chicago, or fixed up and sold in our storefront. Donate a bike to help support our work!

The work we do abroad and locally is made possible by our amazing community of volunteers. Whether wrenching on bikes for donation in Chicago, packing a shipping container for one of our international partners, or tabling at an outreach event - volunteers help us do what we do!

Our storefront features all styles of bicycles for adults and kids, along with new and used accessories. We stock a large selection of used, vintage, and hard-to-find parts, and Working Bikes gear! We have also have a full service-department, staffed with a friendly team of expert mechanics.

Sustainability is at the heart of what we do! Every year, Working Bikes saves over 10,000 bikes from ending up in landfills, giving them new life in communities around the world and in our own backyard. Bicycling is not only a great, independent form of transportation and exercise, but helps reduce carbon emissions.

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workingbikes.org - Giving old bikes new life

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Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. Since its inception in 1999, the amazing community of Working Bikes volunteers, staff, partners, and supporters have enabled new life for 100,000 bicycles across the globe and tens of thousands here in Chicago.

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Gearin' Up Bicycles, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC, USA

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Gearin' Up Bicycles, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC, USA

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Gearin' Up Bicycles, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC, USA

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Gearin' Up Bicycles is a Non-profit bicycle shop dedicated to youth workforce development in underserved areas of Washington, D.C.

https://gearinupbicycles.org/

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Inside one Washington D.C. bicycle repair shop is a cacophony of sounds, where both the bicycles and employees get a chance they may not have otherwise.

"Working with your hands is still very important," said Keith Jackson, operations manager at Gearin' Up Bicycles.

The nonprofit trains Black teens about everything it takes to run a bike shop.

"For a lot of the young Black youth, this is really their only opportunity to get their feet wet in a bicycle business," Jackson said.

It's an opportunity Daiquan Medley knows firsthand.

"I've been here a long time now," he said.

Medley started coming to Gearin' Up Bicycles several years ago, eventually working his way up to youth shop manager. It is quite a journey for someone who didn't take to bicycling right away.

"I couldn't ride at first," he said.

Eventually, though, Medley picked it up and now envisions a future full of bicycles.

"I would still have a full-service bike shop," Medley said, "but then also have programs within it to actually still be able to teach people and they can learn how to maintain their bike on their own."

It's an inspiration drawn from Gearin' Up Bicycles, which helps young people build their own bicycles to keep and teaches them how to fix donated bikes that otherwise may have ended up in a landfill.

"Our main goal obviously is workforce development, but I hope they get a sense of confidence and empowerment that they can do any job once they leave here," said Lauren Shutler, the organization's outreach coordinator.

The repaired bicycles are then resold during Saturday sales, which have grown increasingly popular during the pandemic's global bicycle shortage.

"Our general sales are up 60%," Jackson said. "Our bicycle sales are up 330% over last year."

The money from the sales then goes back into the nonprofit, though they say there's always room for more.

"As a nonprofit, we need people to come in and support us in that way," Shutler said.

It's all part of the program to keep these wheels, and lives, in motion.

"We've got them," Jackson said.

For more information on Gearin' Up Bicycles and how you can help, click here.

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Nonprofit bicycle recycling leads to youth job training

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During the pandemic, the popularity of bicycles has skyrocketed around the world. Some big box stores and even those online have been sold out. Yet, bicycle nonprofits around the country are stepping in to fill that void, while also creating crucial job opportunities where it's needed the most.

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Catholic Medical Mission Board
International NGO delivering healthcare to impoverished communities in Africa and Latin America

Interested in distributing bicycles for Community Healthcare Workers.

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Hugues Létourneau
Avid cyclist; just back from living 2 years in Nicaragua

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Bicycles for Humanity WA, also reporting to Bicycles for Humanity Melbourne

We both send donated bikes to various southern African countries - Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya.

Want to find out more about your research directions adn outcomes

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www.bikesfortheworld.org
info@bikesfortheworld.org
Based in the Washington, DC area Bikes for the World is the largest bicycle reuse organization in the US. Since 2005 we have collected and distributed over 170,000 bikes to partner programs around the world.
Currently we support grassroots programs and local NGOs in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Barbados, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, South Africa, the Philippines and a number of domestic and local organizations here in the US.

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Bikes for the World rescues over 10,000 bikes every year that are repurposed and transform lives globally.

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Brock University, Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON

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Brock University, Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON

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Brock University, Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON

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Cathy van Ingen

Research: Gender-based violence, Trauma & violence informed physical activity, Shape Your Life boxing program: shapeyourlifeboxing.com

BFD Aspirations: working with Niagara's Farm Workers bike program, visual research on women and girls and the bicycle

email: cathy.vaningen@brocku.ca

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Aysegul Rosa Aksoy
University of Şırnak & Middle East Technical Uni & founder of APA-STAT

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Robert Wuillamey
Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
Senior Director of Partnerships
rwuillamey@cmmb.org
cmmb.org
Supporting Community Health Workers to deliver healthcare to rural communities and populations.

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Outride

Activities: Outride is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of youth through cycling. Through our research, Riding for Focus middle school cycling programs, and matching grants, Outride harnesses the benefits of cycling for the cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical well-being of youth while also helping to cultivate inclusive cycling communities.

Website: www.outridebike.org

Skye DeLano, Executive Director (skye@outridebike.org)
Esther Walker, Research Manager (esther@outridebike.org)

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WHAT WE KNOW

From our institutional and applied research, we know bicycles have a positive impact on cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being. And over the past few years, we've brought this concept to life by working with schools across the United States to create cycling programs. We call it Riding for Focus, and it's changing lives one pedal stroke at a time.

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From our institutional and applied research, we know bicycles have a positive impact on cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being. And over the past few years, we've brought this concept to life by working with schools across the United States to create cycling programs. We call it Riding for Focus, and it's changing lives one pedal stroke at a time.

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Mavuno Ministries

Part of the BFD research team in Uganda

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Activities: We are a community of 1500+ volunteer cyclists delivering food and other essential supplies on behalf of local groups, mutual aid initiatives and food banks across Tkaronto. (Behind the Scenes: We developed a software application for our delivery logistics, and collaborating with YorkU (Jess Nachman) and UofT on research projects.)

Aspirations: To mobilize people on bikes to support our communities.

Contact: Rachel Wang
rachel@bikebrigade.ca

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What is The Bike Brigade?

Toronto is a city of cyclists. The Toronto Bike Brigade is pairing volunteer cyclists with community organizations that serve isolated and vulnerable communities to deliver essentials. The Bike Brigade offers free delivery service for organizations and individuals in need.

It is our goal to safely serve our communities during a time of crisis and beyond. Everyone could use some support sometimes; Toronto cyclists are here to help.

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Toronto is a city of cyclists. The Toronto Bike Brigade is pairing volunteer cyclists with community organizations that serve isolated and vulnerable communities to deliver essentials. The Bike Brigade offers free delivery service for organizations and individuals in need. It is our goal to safely serve our communities during a time of crisis and beyond.

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Abbie Noriega
abbienoriega@bridgestoprosperity.org
Bridges to Prosperity

Inclusive and innovative rural transport options

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Dr. Oliver Rick - Springfield College - orick@springfieldcollege.edu

Research focus on active transportation in urban contexts in North America. Also starting research on cycling events impact on rural community redevelopment.

Co-Founder Somatic Podcast produced by Somatic Media group

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Hello, and welcome to Somatic! Each of our episodes explores a fascinating topic concerning our everyday experiences, spaces, cultures, practices, and communities related to our bodies in motion. We hope Somatic can help listeners to only better understand the embodied and somatic stories of ordinary life, but reflect on how people experience the "day-to-day" through their bodies, as well as the meaning and politics of those contexts. More than this, we hope the podcast can be a digital vehicle for collaboration, through which interested contributors can explore a topic of interest through the methodology of digital audio. If each episode helps at least a few listeners to critically reflect on how we all come to experience and know the world through our (active) bodies, that's good enough for us.

Each episode is created by us in coordination with interviewees and coontributors. Each episode topic will concern a particular, interesting context related to embodiment, physical activity, sport, leisure, recreation, fitness, movement practices, etc. Our goal is for each episode to present listeners with creatively produced stories that untangle the complex relations, meanings, and implications of our everyday lives (because, indeed, all of our lives are meaningfully complex, and complicated). Each episode combines immersive, interpretive audio (from original musical soundtrack, to ambient sounds, to uncurated noise) with discussions of critical topics (we are academicians after all). You can find all of our episodes here or by clicking "Episodes" above.

Though we will regular produce episodes that were created and developed by us, we want Somatic to be a digital platform for broadcasting the ideas and stories of interested contributors. So, it goes without saying that we will always be looking for contributors and ideas for future episodes. Take a look around the site, explore the episode list, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions or have a proposal for a future episode.

- Somatic co-founders Oliver & Sam
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Somatic co-founder Sam regularly records music that can potentially become part of the soundscape of a future episode. Not all of Sam's recordings make it to an episode, however. For this reason, occasionally Sam will post a volume of music that did not make it to an episode. Just another offering as part of our audio-based vision for the podcast. You can find the most recent volume below.

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Hello, and welcome to Somatic! Each of our episodes explores a fascinating topic concerning our everyday experiences, spaces, cultures, practices, and communities related to our bodies in motion. We hope Somatic can help listeners to only better understand the embodied and somatic stories of ordinary life, but reflect on how people experience the "day-to-day" through their bodies, as well as the meaning and politics of those contexts.

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https://velafrica.ch/en/

https://www.facebook.com/Velafrica1

We collect over 40 000 bicycles a year. Bikes are refurbished and quality checked in prisons, vocational integration programms for migrants, unemployed etc. and exportet to 7 african countries. In Africa we set up local bicycle hubs which create distribution networks, income opportunities, vocational training and social mobility programms.

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Bridges to Prosperity, https://www.bridgestoprosperity.org/

Activities: Building trail bridges to better lives in rural communities

Aspirations: To enable rural access globally

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Women Entering the Labor Market

We've built more than 350 trailbridges, serving over 1.2 million community members throughout the world.

Venancia

Venancia is a mother and a businesswoman who sells her crops at the market, learn more about how the Coko bridge affected Venancia's life.

Johnny

Johnny loved helping after school during the bridge build in his community. Read more about how the bridge has encouraged Johnny to think about his future.

Ana

Every morning before school, 13 year-old Ana crosses the Chaqui Cocha bridge, helping her mother bring the sheep to graze on the land on the far side of the bridge. Learn more about what Ana's morning routine entails.

Why bridges?

Trailbridges provide access to health care, education and economic opportunity; they transform the way people plan for and invest in their future.

We believe safe access is a human right; join us in ending poverty due to rural isolation.

Bridges to Prosperity envisions a world where poverty caused by rural isolation no longer exists. Rural isolation is a root cause of poverty, and we believe that connection is the foundation to opportunity. We build bridges to better lives in rural communities. With a sophisticated data collection and evaluation program, we're able to prove that the value and impact of our work is sustained long after the opening celebration.

2018 © Bridges to Prosperity. All rights reserved.

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Bridges to Prosperity: The global leader in rural infrastructure development

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Women Entering the Labor Market We've built more than 350 trailbridges, serving over 1.2 million community members throughout the world. Venancia Venancia is a mother and a businesswoman who sells her crops at the market, learn more about how the Coko bridge affected Venancia's life.

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MAM@Scale programme - bicycle ambulances are being used for emergency transport in Serenje and 9 other districts in Zambia. Implemented by Development Data, Disacare, DAI Global Health. Funded by MMV, GCC and FIA Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7kpjv3UtuE

You can find out more at www.transaid.org
Caroline Barber and Sebastian Simpasa on the call today. Hoping the MD of Disacare will also join very soon

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Bike Bridge is a NGO based in Freiburg, Germany currently active in several German cities.  Since 2016 we offer cycle courses mainly for female refugees and asylum seekers and immigrants . Our mission is to foster spatial and social mobility of the women and strengthen community cohesion using a bike as our tool.

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Unsere Mission ist es, Brücken zwischen Menschen, Projekten und Organisationen zu bauen. Hierfür schaffen wir Orte der BEGEGNUNG, der BEWEGUNG und des AUSTAUSCHES. Das Fahrrad(-fahren) ist ein wirkungsvolles Instrument, mit dem wir die Gesellschaft, insbesondere Frauen, BEWEGEN, VERBINDEN und STÄRKEN. Unsere Aktivitäten fördern das soziale Miteinander, die räumliche und soziale MOBILITÄT, sowie das gesellschaftliche ENGAGEMENT.

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Unsere Mission ist es, Brücken zwischen Menschen, Projekten und Organisationen zu bauen. Hierfür schaffen wir Orte der BEGEGNUNG, der BEWEGUNG und des AUSTAUSCHES. Das Fahrrad(-fahren) ist ein wirkungsvolles Instrument, mit dem wir die Gesellschaft, insbesondere Frauen, BEWEGEN, VERBINDEN und STÄRKEN. Unsere Aktivitäten fördern das soziale Miteinander, die räumliche und soziale MOBILITÄT, sowie das gesellschaftliche ENGAGEMENT.

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Samia Khatib samia.k.khatib@gmail.com- S4D consultant
Sport for to promote profil pelajar pancasila  with GIZ

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Samia Khatib samia.k.khatib@gmail.com- S4D consultant
Sport for development  with GIZ

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Toronto Inner-City Rugby Foundation uses rugby as a tool for social good.

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Samia Khatib samia.k.khatib@gmail.com- S4D consultant
Sport for employability  with GIZ

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Samia Khatib samia.k.khatib@gmail.com- S4D consultant
Sport for sub-sahara migrants in Morocco  with GIZ

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Samia Khatib samia.k.khatib@gmail.com- S4D consultant
Sport for violence prevention among youth in Lebanon

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Murilo Casagrande
murilo@aromeiazero.org.br
+5511965057997
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aromeiazero/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aromeiazero/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Aromeiazero

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aromeiazero

Strava: https://bit.ly/AroStravando

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info.colombia@worldbicyclerelief.org

Lucas Marroquin

Chief Operations Officer, Colombia

+(575) 309 2389

lmarroquin@worldbicyclerelief.org

Andrew Wright
Country Director, Colombia
+(575) 309 2389
awright@worldbicyclerelief.org

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ZIMBABWE

Mary Mankola

Sales & Institutional Marketing Manager

+ 263 78 712 9869

mmankola@worldbicyclerelief.org

Shingi Chirume

Operations Manager, Zimbabwe

+263 273 2132435

schirume@worldbicyclerelief.org

Gareth Desmond
Country Director, Zimbabwe

+263 772 404190

gdesmond@worldbicyclerelief.org

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Brian C. Moonga
Country Director
Lusaka, Zambia
+260 97 7 78 49 59
bmoonga@worldbicyclerelief.org

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Anthony Kinnaird
Country Director, Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi

+265 982 111 026
akinnaird@worldbicyclerelief.org

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Maureen Kolenyo
Regional Director: East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
mkolenyo@worldbicyclerelief.org

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au@worldbicyclerelief.org
P: +61 450 811 806

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ch@worldbicyclerelief.org

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Tel: 0333 3055218
uk@worldbicyclerelief.org

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de@worldbicyclerelief.org

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+1 312 664 3836
contact@worldbicyclerelief.org

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MIT D-Lab

Activities:

Aspirations:

Website

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BFD Lab | York University

Activities: Research + Podcasting

Aspirations: Collaborating with BFD organizations to increase capacity and build tools and resources to help transform and enhance in the communities we work with.

Website

Sport, Social Justice & Development Podcast

Twitter

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Sport, Social Justice & Development Podcast

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Listen to Sport, Social Justice & Development Podcast on Spotify. Exploratory and in-depth conversations with practitioners, researchers, organizational staff, and participants involved with sport, social justice and development programs. Listen in as we critically explore the utility of sport and other forms of physical activity, recreation, and leisure used around the world for developmental pursuits.