[Bikesdelpueblo] upcoming plans

[sxeken at riseup.net]

text reposted from our blog:


last saturday was a fairly slow day, so kelly, andres, brian, and myself
all sat down and devised a plan of action. bikes del pueblo has been
around for a few years and for most of that the various members have
decided to keep it low key for various reasons. Among our concerns were
being part of gentrification and compromising our work with more
marginalized members of the community (city heights is a mostly immigrant,
refugee, and non-english neighborhood). but we have decided that in order
for bikes del pueblo to stay around and be accessible to the community and
sustainable it needs to expand. so here are the main steps to what we
would like to do:

1 bring in more people. we are going to begin outreach into san diego's
growing and amazing bike community for volunteers, ideas, partnerships and
solidarity, and hopefully new resources and energy needed to expand our
collective. this is also where we need to look for anybody who can speak
other languages such as burmese, kurini (sp?), swahili, vietnamese, etc.

2 general outreach. bdp needs to talk to all types of community orgs,
businesses, community spaces and even rec centers, and maybe even schools.
in the meantime we would like to form partnerships for collaborative
events, maybe store materials/tools at a business or use their space when
they are closed, set up mini workshops such as bike sheds, or even do
assemblies at schools.

3 educate ourselves! this would include workshops to train new volunteers
in basic bike maintenance, workshops on how to work with people who speak
a different language, and awesome team building workshops like trips to
tijuana and critical mass. we also want to network with other bike
collectives and coops, steal their secrets and see how they do things. the
first saturday of december is a field trip to la to see a few spaces out
there and everybody is invited.


4 find a place of our own! eventually we would like to settle down, find a
nice home, even if that means writing grants or selling plasma. but we
know that step 4 of our master plan requires more volunteers, more
connections, and more knowledge, thats why it is step 4.

if anybody wants to get involved or has anything to put in dont hesitate,
get in touch and we'll make it happen.