Workshop
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm UIC Student Center West 760 W. Taylor Chicago
Unused Bikes Can Empower the World
Lee Ravenscroft and Kathleen McCarthy
Working Bikes collects unwanted bikes in any condition and redistributes them locally, nationally and globally to transform lives. Hear stories of how Working Bikes’ international partners in places such as Ghana, Tanzania, Angola, Cuba, Guatemala, and Peru use unwanted bicycles as tools of empowerment. In addition to transportation, these bikes are also used to generate electricity, operate machinery and pump water. Attendees will have a chance to experience and operate these machines.
Working Bikes was founded in 1998 when Lee Ravenscroft, an engineer by trade, started pulling bikes out of scrap yards, refurbishing them, and donating them locally and overseas. Since then, this mostly volunteer organization has distributed over 50,000 bikes.
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