2015 Program
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13th
Location: Southside Commons, 3518 South Edmunds Street, Seattle, WA 98118
3:00-6:00pm – Bicycle Valentines & Sign-making Workshop
6:00-8:30pm – Registration, Welcome Event & Dinner
• Rain City Rock Camp for Girls
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14th
– Keynote Location (8:00am-11am) – Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98118
– Workshops Location (11:30am-4:45pm) – Interagency Academy, 3528 S. Ferdinand St, Seattle WA. 98118
– Bike Works Location (Tours 5:00-6:00pm) – 3709 South Ferdinand Street, Seattle, WA 98118
– YBS “Out on the Town” (6:00-9:00pm) – Various locations in downtown Seattle
8:00 – 11:00am – Keynote Presentation & Breakfast *Bios
Includes introduction by Youth Bike, Bike Works, and Parsons The New School
*Keynote presentation begins at 9:00am sharp
• Mayor Ed Murray – Mayor of Seattle
• Shannon Galpin – Mountain2Mountain
• Elysa Walk – Giant Bicycle
• Jim & Keilan Sayer – Adventure Cycling
• Olatunji Oboi Reed – Slow Roll Chicago
• Jennie Reed – US Olympic Track Cyclist
• Adonia Lugo – League of American Bicyclists
• Brook Negussie – University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club
• Kahlil Brewer – Bike Works
11:00am – Youth Bike Summit Parade
• Led by the Chaotic Noise Marching Corps
11:30am – 12:45pm – Session I
• Youth Leadership A – Job Skills Training – Bike Works Room 2
• Youth Leadership B – Creating Opportunities for Youth Leadership – Neighborhood Bike Works Room 13
• Program Innovation – Centering on Youth: Sharing and Developing Youth Bicycle Curricula – Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Cascade Bicycle Club, Bike Works Seattle, & Recycle-A-Bicycle Room 15
• Advocacy Initiatives – UPRISE! Cycles of Change – Bikes Not Bombs Room 11
• Making Change – Bikenomics – Elly Blue & Joe Biel Room 12
• Storytelling – * Bik’innovation: How to Turn Your Love of Bikes Into a Career – Bike Works,REI, Giant Bicycle, Planet Bike, Haro Bicycle, Seattle Bike Blog, International High School at Union Square, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and G & O Family Cyclery Cafeteria
• Fundraising – Fundraising 101 – ioby (In Our Back Yards) Room 5
• Create – Create: Street Infrastructure Design – Seattle Department of Transportation Gym
12:45 – 2:00pm – Lunch / Tabling / Activities
• YBS Screening Room Room 13
– Phoenix Bikes
– Cascade Bicycle Club
– Neighborhood Bike Works
• Metro Bike Rack Demo Outdoor Play Yard
• YBS Podcast & Radio Show Room 15
• Bike Rodeo Workshop Outdoor Play Yard
• Office Hours for Your Fundraising Campaign – ioby (In Our Back Yards) Room 5
• Bikes & Books Workshop – Transportation Alternatives & Seattle Public Library Room 12
2:00pm – 3:15pm – Session II
• Youth Leadership A – Youth Advocacy Initiatives: Transit Justice through Youth Organizing – Multnomah Youth Commission Room 2
• Youth Leadership B – How and Why to Bike Tour with Youth at Your Organization! – Bike Works Room 13
• Program Innovation – University Initiatives: Youth Bicycling & Gender and Youth development in Bike Organizations – Rutgers University & University of Minnesota Room 11
• Advocacy Initiatives –Bicycle Riding for Stress Reduction in High School Students – El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice, NYC Room 15
• Making Change – * You Tell Us: What does youth-centered bike advocacy look like? – League of American Bicyclists, California State University at Los Angeles, and Red, Bike & Green Cafeteria
• Storytelling – Mountain Biking: Promoting Conservation awareness in youth through mountain biking – Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Library
• Create 1 – Bike. Write. Now. – Cascade Bicycle Club Room 5
• Create 2 – Create Your Dream Bike! – Taylor Sizemore, Inventor of “The Denny” Bicycle Gym
3:30pm – 4:45pm – Session III
• Youth Leadership A – Dynamic Youth Organize to Impact Neighborhood on Sustainable Transportation – Frogtown Crew Room 2
• Youth Leadership B – The Power of the Bicycle – Santa Barbara Middle School Room 13
• Program Innovation –The Power of Bicycle Travel – Adventure Cycling Room 1
• Advocacy Initiatives – * Getting What You Want: Advocate – Bicycle Transportation Alliance & Multnomah Youth Commission Cafeteria
• Making Change 1 – Everyone Can Ride: Empowering Individuals with Disabilities Through Cycling – PEAC Room 5
• Making Change 2 – The People’s Bikes – How bike share systems can work for everyone – Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Capital Bikeshare – TWU Local 100, Citibike, Pronto Cycle Share, Recycle-A-Bicycle, and Seattle Bike Blog Room 15
• Storytelling – Bicycle Stories – International High School at Union Square, NYC Room 12
• Fundraising – Earned Income Panel Discussion – Bike Works, Recycle-A-Bicycle, Neighborhood Bike Works, and Community Cycling Center Room 11
• Create – Sew, You Want to Make a Cycling Cap? – Bike Works Gym
4:45pm-6:00pm – Local Voices: Hear from Youth-based Shops & Programs Across the USA
• Tours of Bike Works – Bike Works
• Discussion Groups & Project Showcases:
– Youth Advocacy for Bicycle Equity – Bike It! Santa Ana Room 1
– Pedaling Opportunities – Bikes Not Bombs Room 2
– How Bikes Are Changing Detroit – Back Alley Bikes Room 5
– Gearing Up for Girls – Phoenix Bikes Room 11
– Cycle Academy – Ghisallo Foundation Room 13
– Trading Places: Piloting Youth & Staff Exchange within Community Bike Organizations – Neighborhood Bike Works & Phoenix Bikes Room 15
– Cheasty Trails and Bike Park: Seattle’s First Forested Mt. Bike Trails – Friends of Cheasty Greenspace Mt. View Room 12
6:00pm-9:00pm – Youth Bike Summit “Out on the Town”
• Tours of REI
• Timbuk2 Reception
• Sight seeing options
• Dinner options
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15th
Location: Interagency Academy
10:00am-2:00pm – Visioning Session & Brunch
*All workshops taking place in the cafeteria will be video recorded and available to view on our website
The 2014 Youth Bike Summit program can be seen HERE.
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