Join us for an insightful conversation as we delve into the core mission and impactful advocacy work of Bike San Diego (BD). You'll hear from Anar, the Executive Director of Bike San Diego, as he shares valuable insights into the organization's efforts to promote cycling and enhance urban mobility in San Diego.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and discussion.

02:10 - Anar's overview of Bike San Diego's mission.

04:40 - Lobbying efforts and collaboration with the city.

06:09 - Advocacy campaign for complete streets policy.

07:07 - Growth and impact of Bike San Diego.

10:28 - The rewarding aspect of volunteering.

19:02 - Anar discusses Bike San Diego's current advocacy priorities.

22:05 - Efforts to engage city council members in implementing legislative changes.

27:04 - Advocacy for implementing a complete streets policy on Adams Avenue.

35:11 - Reflection on the importance of educating the public about climate action and transportation alternatives.

Anar provides an overview of Bike San Diego's mission and commitment to establishing San Diego as a world-class bicycling city, emphasizing the importance of everyday riding and advocating for bicycling infrastructure.

Throughout the discussion, Anar elaborates on BikeSD's focus areas: advocacy, outreach, and programming. He sheds light on the organization's lobbying efforts and collaboration with the city to drive policy changes to make San Diego's streets safer and more accessible for cyclists.

Reflecting on Bike San Diego's growth and impact, Anar shares personal anecdotes and discusses the rewarding aspect of volunteering with the organization. We highlight the fulfilling nature of community involvement and emphasize the importance of individuals contributing at their own pace to avoid burnout.

The conversation provides insights into the various opportunities for community involvement with Bike San Diego, encouraging viewers to engage with the organization and make a meaningful impact in their community.

Take advantage of this enlightening discussion on the power of advocacy, community engagement, and the transformative potential of cycling in San Diego. Tune in to learn more about Bike San Diego's journey and its ongoing efforts to create a more sustainable and bike-friendly cityscape.

WAYS TO TAKE ACTION ⁠https://www.bikesd.org/ 

IG ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/bikesd/ 

FB ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/BikeSD 

X ⁠ https://twitter.com/bikesd

MeetUp https://www.meetup.com/BikeSD/ 

FIND US AT San Diego 350 ⁠https://sandiego350.org/⁠ 

GET IN TOUCH [email protected] 

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL 

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Empowering Communities: A Deep Dive into Bike San Diego's Mission and Advocacy

Join us for an insightful conversation as we delve into the core mission and impactful advocacy work of Bike San Diego (BD). You'll hear from Anar, the Executive Director of Bike San Diego, as he shares valuable insights into the organization's efforts to promote cycling and enhance urban mobility in San Diego.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and discussion.

02:10 - Anar's overview of Bike San Diego's mission.

04:40 - Lobbying efforts and collaboration with the city.

06:09 - Advocacy campaign for complete streets policy.

07:07 - Growth and impact of Bike San Diego.

10:28 - The rewarding aspect of volunteering.

19:02 - Anar discusses Bike San Diego's current advocacy priorities.

22:05 - Efforts to engage city council members in implementing legislative changes.

27:04 - Advocacy for implementing a complete streets policy on Adams Avenue.

35:11 - Reflection on the importance of educating the public about climate action and transportation alternatives.

Anar provides an overview of Bike San Diego's mission and commitment to establishing San Diego as a world-class bicycling city, emphasizing the importance of everyday riding and advocating for bicycling infrastructure.

Throughout the discussion, Anar elaborates on BikeSD's focus areas: advocacy, outreach, and programming. He sheds light on the organization's lobbying efforts and collaboration with the city to drive policy changes to make San Diego's streets safer and more accessible for cyclists.

Reflecting on Bike San Diego's growth and impact, Anar shares personal anecdotes and discusses the rewarding aspect of volunteering with the organization. We highlight the fulfilling nature of community involvement and emphasize the importance of individuals contributing at their own pace to avoid burnout.

The conversation provides insights into the various opportunities for community involvement with Bike San Diego, encouraging viewers to engage with the organization and make a meaningful impact in their community.

Take advantage of this enlightening discussion on the power of advocacy, community engagement, and the transformative potential of cycling in San Diego. Tune in to learn more about Bike San Diego's journey and its ongoing efforts to create a more sustainable and bike-friendly cityscape.

WAYS TO TAKE ACTION ⁠https://www.bikesd.org/ 

IG ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/bikesd/ 

FB ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/BikeSD 

X ⁠ https://twitter.com/bikesd

MeetUp https://www.meetup.com/BikeSD/ 

FIND US AT San Diego 350 ⁠https://sandiego350.org/⁠ 

GET IN TOUCH [email protected] 

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL 

IG FB X ⁠  / sandiego350  ⁠

In this conversation, we provide insight into the work of San Diego 350 and underscore the urgency of collective action in addressing climate change and creating a more sustainable future.

Hello all and welcome to the fifth episode of the New Energy Podcast. For our fifth episode I speak to Rachal Hamilton SanDiego350's Justice and Equity Intern, where she researches and develops anti-racist strategies to further curate SD350’s strive to implement social and racial equity throughout the organization’s policies and volunteer efforts. Rachal leads the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) team helping to implement new ideas through educational training components and innovative content that will help SD350 embrace a culture of intersectionality. As a first-year college student at Southwestern College and the campus’ Student Vice President, Rachal is constantly advocating for her community and creating change wherever she goes.

Hello all and welcome to the fourth episode of the New Energy Podcast. This episodes guests are three unique and energizing members of the climate movement volunteering with both SD350 and the Climate Reality Project, the focus of our conversation was on a letter that they submitted to the San Diego Government regarding the Climate Action Plan and how to improve it so that the city can meet its climate goals. The three guests are all members of Climate Reality Project (https://www.theclimaterealityprojectsandiego.org) Policy Pod and have a diverse background, Joe Houde was a former entrepreneur and ran his own business, Rose Hanscom is a retired Science teacher at Francis Parker school and Lori Mendez is a local litigator representing victims of catastrophic injuries and medical malpractice case.

Hello all and welcome to another episode of SD350's New Energy Podcast, this conversation was actually the first trial run of the podcast but is a great conversation that needs to be shared! My guest is Alexandra (or Xan) Regan who was the Co-Chair of SD350's Food & Soil team for over two years. Website: https://sandiego350.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanDiego350

This brief spoken word story was from an online event on Jan 23, 2021 in collaboration with Word Up Amsterdam (https://www.youtube.com/c/WordUpAmsterdam/featured) and Envitalyfe (https://www.envitalyfe.com/) which hosted an event where writers from all over the world participated to share their work. This is my contribution on the interconnected nature of life on this planet and how to find a way toward Interbeing, hope you enjoy.

Hello all and welcome to the second episode of SD350' New Energy Podcast! 

This podcast was created to bring new conversations and a New Energy to helping address our climate crisis and the challenges we all face as a society.  To do that we focus on interviewing engaging and forward thinking members of the climate justice and activism movement to discuss their story and take on what's happening and where we are going.

Our guest today is Noah Harris the Transportation Policy Advocate at the Climate Action Campaign (https://www.climateactioncampaign.org/), Noah conducts transportation policy research and advocates for a more connected, equitable, and sustainable San Diego transportation system. 

The focus of our talk was to continue in the spirit of the Transportation Justice Forum that SD350 hosted on Nov 12th, which focused on the causes and impacts of Transportation injustice, both structural and systemic and was a powerful call to action and recognized that transportation is a civil rights issue.

Website: https://sandiego350.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanDiego350

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Hello all and welcome to the premiere episode of SD350's New Energy Podcast! This podcast is all about interviews with members of the climate justice and activism movement to engage in dialogues about equitable systems, changing minds and hearts, and providing insight into whats happening and where we are going!

Our guests today are: 

Adelka Hancova, Action Fellow, who is a senior at Point Loma High School 

Jessalyn Fong,  Outreach/Education Fellow, who is a senior at Eastlake High School

We had an inspiring and positive chat about activism, a summary of their fellowship as well as advice, inspiring moments and just in general what activism means and where it is going!

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