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NAACP Leaders Participate in Bike Ride at National Convention

NAACP Leaders Participate in Bike Ride at National Convention


After pausing for a group photo from across Kinder Lake at Discovery Green in downtown Houston, approximately 100 riders from the NAACP National Convention set out for a seven-mile early-morning bike ride on July 7. BikeTexas hosted the ride, which brought together leaders from around the country who want to make their communities healthier through increased physical activity.

The ride highlighted some of Houston’s great bicycle infrastructure along the Columbia Tap Rail-Trail. Riders also got a taste of the rich African-American heritage of Houston’s Third Ward, with stops including Emancipation Park, soon to be a must-see destination with a new infusion of grant funding.

Heading southeast out of town past Emancipation Park, the riders paused at the Project Row Houses and Workshop Houston’s Third Ward Bike Shop before taking a midpoint rest stop at the student center at Texas Southern University (TSU). The return trip to downtown was via the Columbia Tap Rail Trail, which runs through the TSU campus to downtown.

NAACP rideRide hosts were US Representatives Sheila Jackson-Lee, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Al Green; Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis; NAACP Chair Roslyn Brock; NAACP President Benjamin Jealous; Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe; and Texas Southern University President John Rudley. BikeTexas staff lead the ride and the Houston Police Department bicycle officers escorted riders. BikeTexas brought helmets and bicycles for participants, including our own fleet; loaners from NuVinci, Mellow Johnny’s, Bicycle Sport Shop, Rocket Electrics, and Revolution E; and rentals from West End Bicycles.

Additionally, Primal donated jerseys for the ride, Park Tool provided a mechanic station, and Bikesport and REI Houston provided volunteers. The ride was sponsored by PrimalWear, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, and Wal-Mart.

BikeTexas continues its commitment to provide easy-paced VIP bike rides to public officials and community leaders to build the relationships that will advance biking and walking in Texas and across the nation. In August, BikeTexas will work with Senator Ellis, Texas State Representative Linda Harper-Brown, and the Active Transportation Alliance to conduct the Ninth Annual National Conference of State Legislators Bi-Partisan Bike Ride along Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago.

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