In Harmony: Reflections, Thoughts, and Hopes of Central City

Please take the time to watch this awesome documentary available in parts on You Tube made by a group of people through The New Orleans VideoVoices Project. The project gives people the oppurtunity to learn the use of video equipment and then tell the story of their neighborhood in Central City who felt that "despite the swarming of the mass media after Katrina and the efforts by filmmakers from around the world, the real story of their neighborhood has never been told".

We were told about the project last year by our dear friend Rev. Larry Campbell, minster at the Israelite Baptist Church in Center City, and this year he gaves us copies of the completed documentary.

For more information check out these webistes:

http://www.reachnola.org/

http://www.video-voice.org/

Video Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NtPf3CU9Fg (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBMxrSZSCgg (Part 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOfSG1nCsnE (Part 3)

GRTC Ride Finders Bicycle Commuting info

GET THE SCOOP ON BIKE COMMUTING

Bicycling is good for your wallet and your health. It also can help ease traffic congestion and reduce air pollution. Join RideFinders, the Virginia Department of Transportation, the City of Richmond, Richmond Area Bicycling Association (RABA), the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and BikeWalk Virginia as we host two bike safety education ice cream events. Come and learn about bike safety and routes to bike to work. Enjoy free ice cream and giveaways. Join us on Wednesday, April 29 from 11 am to 1 pm in the Bank of America Pavilion or Friday, May 8 from 11 am to 1 pm at The James Center Plaza.

GOT BIKE? BIKE BOY CHALLENGES YOU TO BIKE TO WORK DAY ON MAY 15!
Use your pedal power to get to work or combine your bike trip with a ride on the bus. All GRTC busses are equipped with bike racks. In partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the City of Richmond, Richmond Area Bicycling Association (RABA), and BikeWalk Virginia, RideFinders challenge you to bike to work. Take the pledge to Bike to Work on May 15. Visit http://www.ridefinders.com/ on April 16, 2009 to register. The goals of Bike to Work Day are to use biking as a form of transportation to work, decrease traffic congestion, improve air quality, and promote safe bike commuting.

Cherika Ruffin

We are home!

Tour was a blast! Stories to come soon along with more photos... Here are a few now while we recuperate from 2 twenty hour drives in 6 days and 6 events in 4 days and some other wackiness...

Thanks to Ellwood Thompsons!

For their sponsorship to Books on Wheels!

We are rurling New Orleans with Free Books and Bikes

Stories to come soon! Blogging is hard on the road! A few photos for now..,

Helmets are good for your head and safety! And these are awesome!!

donated to us to take to New Orleans from Erin Briggs. They have spiders and skulls on them. What kid is going to refuse that? Thanks Erin!

Erin is not only the coolest twin sister in the world and a Books on Wheels volunteer bicycle mechanic, she is racing in New Orleans on Sunday on her bicycle and then will be helping us through the rest of our trip. She looks really cool in spandex. Good luck Erin!!!

-Shelley

Richmond to New Orleans, Round Three: 1001 miles

Mapquest estimates:

Total Estimated Time: 15 hours 57 minutes

Total Estimated Distance: 1000.99 miles

I wish. Its gonna take us 20 hours but totally worth the trip. Leaving tomorrow afternoon! Can't wait!

-Shelley