Women Lead In Innovative Advocacy

A few weeks ago, I was meeting friends for Happy Hour and, as I pulled up on my bike, they were already engrossed in conversation.

“Hey,” my friend shouted as I was locking up a few feet away, “What’s your dream job?”

I paused for a second and responded: “Honestly, I think I have it.”

Whether it’s looking out at hundreds of fired-up participants at the National Women’s Bicycling Forum or just talking, one-on-one, with a local women’s cycling advocate, working on Women Bike here at the League is a daily inspiration. It’s truly a privilege to work with so many amazing women across the nation who are leading the movement in new directions.

So, I couldn’t have been more excited to see the October issue of Bicycling magazine include a story on “Eight innovators who are flush with new ideas about how bicycles can change the world.” And wasn’t at all surprised that 6 of the profiles were women, including:

• Liz Jose of WE Bike NYC
• Kristin Gavin of Gearing Up
• April Economides of Alta Planning + Design
• Veronica Davis and Najeema Davis Washington of Black Women Bike DC and
• Helen Ho from Recycle-a-Bicycle.

Now, the online edition is up, expanding the list to 14 innovators — and more women made the cut, including Melody Moody of Bike Walk Mississippi, Nelle Pierson of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, and the Women Bike program itself!

Read all the profiles here.