Slow Roll Chicago

Slow Roll Chicago is a bicycle movement. We ride bikes to make our neighborhoods better. This is why we exist. What Is Slow Roll???

11/04/2022

Check out "Southside Critical Mass Bicycle Ride (1st Fridays)" on Eventbrite!
See rolling speed and details in the link.

Date: Fri, Nov 4 • 5:45 PM CDT

Location: 1300 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southside-critical-mass-bicycle-ride-1st-fridays-tickets-299126885567?aff=eand

08/04/2022

Hi, see the details (speed, distance) and come join if interested. Check out "Southside Critical Mass Bicycle Ride (1st Fridays)" on Eventbrite!

Date: Fri, Aug 5 • 5:45 PM CDT

Location: 1300 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615

Southside Critical Mass Bicycle Ride (1st Fridays) SouthSide Critical Mass' ride is 1st Fridays, meet 5:45pm riding at 6:15ish from Nichols Park.

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Our Story

What Is Slow Roll?

Slow Roll is a global movement founded in 2010 as Slow Roll Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. The movement was founded by good friends and Detroit natives Jason Hall and Mike MacKool. After growing exponentially over several years, Slow Roll Detroit was featured in an Apple iPad commercial and marketing campaign in 2014. The Slow Roll Detroit community bicycle ride averages over 4,000 riders every Monday night. Inspired by the energy, diversity, and spirit of the Slow Roll Detroit rides, Jamal Julien and Olatunji Oboi Reed founded Slow Roll Chicago in September of 2014. They explicitly set out to use the movement and bicycles as vehicles for social change. Slow Roll Chicago rides every Wednesday evening from April to October. The ride meets at various locations & venues throughout Chicago and takes a unique route for each ride. Slow Roll is for everyone; all ages, skill levels and types of bikes are welcome. We are called Slow Roll for a reason as our slow pace keeps the group safe and gives riders a unique perspective of our great city and its beautiful neighborhoods. An amazing and diverse group joins us from all over the Chicago area and beyond, creating what we consider one of the greatest gatherings of all time. The positive energy and community driven atmosphere is what keeps people coming back and sharing the Slow Roll Chicago experience with their family and friends! Let's ride...

Problem Statement

Slow Roll Chicago seeks to address the problem of bicycle inequity in Chicago. This problem is exemplified in the inequitable distribution of bicycle resources (funding, programs, services, protected bike lanes, Divvy stations, bike racks and other transportation infrastructure) in Chicago as well as the exclusion of people of color and low- to moderate-income people from the broader Chicago cycling and advocacy communities. In addition, Slow Roll Chicago seeks to contribute to reducing violence, improving health and creating jobs. Low- to moderate-income, communities of color are the most adversely, disproportionately impacted by healthcare disparities, unemployment, and violence.

We work to address the following barriers to cycling for low- to moderate-income residents and people of color on the Southside and Westside of Chicago:

Access: Increase access to bicycles, infrastructure, programming and other related resources at the hyper-local, neighborhood level.

Cost: Create an affordable bicycle library operation for LMI POC residents as core customer base.

Perception: Shift perception of cycling in communities of color away from cycling as a White activity toward the activity of cycling being owned by people of color and LMI residents.

Culture: Provide a safe space for our target audience to express their sense of identity through bicycles. The Library will provide opportunities for members to freely explore how bikes fit into their lifestyle as vehicles for personal and community transformation, over time.

Safety & Security: Develop engagement around bicycles as a vehicle to improve safety and security, exploring the potential for bikes to reduce violence, create jobs and improve health.

Infrastructure: Increase and improve bicycle infrastructure through advocacy, allowing our target audience to feel safe and secure while riding bicycles on the far South side of Chicago.

Healthy Lifestyle: Provide interactive, experiential opportunities for our target audience to learn how bikes fit into their lifestyle over time, the potential for bikes to transform lives and improve the condition of communities as well as grow the urban mobility choices of our target audience.

Purpose Statement

Slow Roll Chicago is a bicycle movement. We ride bikes to make our neighborhoods better. This is why we exist. This is why we ride.

Vision

Slow Roll Chicago’s vision is equal bicycle usage across the City of Chicago with respect to race, income and geography. We envision bicycles as a form of effective transportation, contributing to reducing violence, improving health, creating jobs, and ultimately making our neighborhoods more livable.

Mission

Slow Roll Chicago’s mission is to connect a diverse group of people who utilize bikes and the activity of cycling as vehicles for social justice and social change, transforming lives and improving the condition of communities by organizing community bicycle rides and other cycling-related programs throughout Chicago.

Target Audience

Slow Roll Chicago’s target audience is people of color, low- to moderate-income people, primarily serving neighborhoods on the Southside and Westside of Chicago.

Learn more about Slow Roll Chicago by visiting our website here: slowrollchicago.org

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Telephone

7088313570

Website

http://www.slowrollchicago.org/

Address

Chicago, IL