SUE'S NEWS
Appearances
National Women Cycling Forum
February 13, 2012
I will be the keynote speaker at the first-ever National Women Cycling Forum in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2012. The forum aims to raise awareness about the gap in cycling between men and women and formulate strategies for encouraging more women to ride. Currently, women take only about 24 percent of all bike trips in the United States.
My talk on the history of American women and cycling will kick off the discussion. Other speakers include Elysa Walk, General Manager of Giant Bicycles, Inc.; Marla Streb, World Mountain Bike Champion; Andrea Garland, Planner, Alta Planning & Design; Veronica Davis, Founder, Black Women Bike D.C.; Kimberly White, Youth Advocate, Recycle-A-Bicycle; and Nelle Pierson, Events Coordinator, Washington Area Bicyclist Association.
Registration for the event, which runs from 2 to 4 p.m., is free and available here. For the official press release, click here. The forum is being held in conjunction with the 2012 National Bike Summit.
Upcoming Appearances
October 2, 2011
I’ll be making a number of appearances on the East and West coasts over the new few months. Here’s the list so far. I’ll update it as my schedule evolves.
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October 17, 2011: Public Bikes HQ, 123 South Park, San Francisco, CA, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: How the Bicycle Helped Women Break Free in the 1890s
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October 27, 2011: Southeast Senior Center for Independent Living, 228 Grand Avenue, Englewood, NJ, 1:00 p.m.: Wheels of Change
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November 8, 2011: New York City School Library System Fall Conference, Brooklyn Tech High School, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY, 12:00 p.m.: Deconstructing Nonfiction: How One Author Uses Images and Primary Sources To Help Tell a Story
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November 18, 2011: Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, 4:00 p.m.: Wheels of Change
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December 3, 2011: National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, 9:15 a.m.: Poster Session #315: Salute My Bicycle! How the Two-Wheeler Changed America Forever
Carnival Night for Kids 2011
May 18, 2011
On June 8, 2011, I'll be reading from Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley and signing books at Carnival Night for Kids in New York City's Central Park. The event runs from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. and is a benefit for the youth services programs of the Coalition for the Homeless. Those programs include Camp Homeward Bound, the nation's first summer sleep-away camp for homeless children; Bound for Success, an afterschool and day care program; and the Coalition's comprehensive crisis services for families.
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