Social justice organization teaches refugees to
ride bikes
In Minnesota (of course, where else!), a non-profit organization is teaching refugees to ride bicycles.
In Minnesota (of course, where else!), a non-profit organization is teaching refugees to ride bicycles.
Posted by Ann Corcoran on July 7, 2018.
The
political Right can’t hold a candle to the Left when it comes to
indoctrination—bringing refugees to their political view of things.
MinnPost photo by Ibrahim Hirsi,
caption: Nima Abdirahman learns to ride a bike while developing her social
consciousness!
Sounds
like a nice thing to do, until you read the description of ‘Cycles for Change’ on their
website. (Emphasis is mine)
Cycles for Change is a non-profit organization working at
the intersection of social justice and the bicycle movement. We are
grounded in the values of equity, justice, inclusion and self-empowerment. We
believe it is essential to establish gender equity and safe(r) spaces for
underrepresented and marginalized people on bikes. Cycles for Change centers femme,
trans, women, and gender non-conforming peoples; and Black, Indigenous, and
People of Color; and youth within our work.
Our goal is to create platforms that authentically cultivate leadership
development and social consciousness through bicycles and community involvement. Cycles for Change implements a variety
of programs to accomplish our goal. Face-to-face connection and creating a
welcoming environment are central to all of our programs. Your money!
And,
before I give you a few snips from a story at the MinnPost, I checked a
recent ‘Cycles for Change’ Form 990 and found that they received $168,383
in 2016 from government grants. (It looks like the MinnPost reporter didn’t
mention the taxpayer funding). It could include federal grants, but I’m
thinking that the taxpayers of Minnesota are the ones primarily on the hook
here.
From MinnPost: Immigrants often have a lot
to learn when they come to the U.S. — including, for some, how to ride a bike
News
headlines these days are filled with dark stories about immigration: children
separated from their migrant parents, refugees barred from entering the U.S.
and undocumented residents returned to countries they barely know.
But
on the tennis court of Matthews Park in Minneapolis, there’s a different kind
of story unfolding: half a dozen immigrants from Bosnia, India, Russia and
Somalia are catching up on a missed-out childhood experience: riding a bike.
Increasing diversity among bicyclists! Even in their 30s, 40s and 50s, the
student cyclists participate in a month-long program, Learn to Ride, which
teaches adults how to bike. It’s a
popular program of the Twin Cities-based nonprofit Cycles for Change, which is
aimed at increasing diversity among bicyclists in the Twin Cities.
Though
participants include some native-born Americans, most of them are immigrants
and refugees from Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iran, Jamaica,
Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Romania, Somalia, South Africa, Turkey
and Uganda. More here.
So
the next time, there is a push for a new government-funded bike path (through
private property), you can bet some of the ‘diverse’ bikers will be front and
center at public meetings promoting the idea.
The
obliging lapdog media will feature the refugee biker presenting testimony in
support of the desperately needed green-line
incursion.
It
has been a long-time dream of the Left to control all private property!
If
you don’t know ‘greenlining’ it is an enviro term. By putting ribbons of
publicly-controlled ‘green’ through private property, the takers will
eventually demand control of the private property adjacent to the green-line
either through zoning or outright condemnation.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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