Equity Advisory Council
Equity Advisory Council
As we seek to change the culture of the League and provide a model for other organizations in the movement, the Equity Advisory Council will challenge us to question our assumptions and reorient our programs to ensure resources are directed to underserved communities, where bicycling can be a beneficial tool in impacting issues such as health, transportation access and community revitalization. The 10-member Equity Advisory Council includes passionate advocates, youth, longtime cyclists and experienced community leaders.

Brian Drayton is the founder and executive director of Richmond Spokes, a non-profit, entrepreneurial youth training program located in Richmond, Calif., that empowers young entrepreneurs to use cycling and sustainable transportation to enable physical, personal, and professional mobility.

Devlynn Chen is a senior at the Bronx High School of Science in New York City. She has interned at Recycle-A-Bicycle where she learned to build her own bike. She’s worked with Local Spokes as a Youth Mentor and worked with 10 youths to design street signs displayed all over bikes lanes in the Lower East Side and Chinatown. Devlynn was featured as the youth keynote speaker at the 2013 Youth Bike Summit where she was introduced by former mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa.

Anthony Garcia is Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative and is a leader in the field of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. A member of the faculty at the University of Miami-School of Architecture, Anthony has a strong background in urban planning urban design, policy writing and code analysis.

Eboni Hawkins is the founder of the Chicago chapter of Red, Bike and Green, an organization that promotes biking for improve health, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability in the African American community.

Helen Ho is an advocate and thought leader in fields ranging from alternative transportation and waste management to environmental education and community empowerment. Helen currently serves as the Development Director for Recycle-A-Bicycle and is Co-Founder of the Youth Bike Summit.

Keith Holt is the Executive Director of Milwaukee Bike Works, which sees bicycling as a tool for sustainable change in the community. Keith has been advocating for trails and bicycling in large urban communities for almost a decade, emphasizing ridership in communities of color.

Adonia E. Lugo is the co-founder of City of Lights/ Ciudad de Luces and CicLAvia. A doctoral candidate at the University of California, Irvine, Adonia uses ethnographic research on bicycling to advocate for social justice in urban sustainability through the Bicicultures Research Network and her blog Urban Adonia.

Anthony Taylor is a founding member of the Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota, a nonprofit social/recreational club that promotes safe and fun cycling geared toward the African-American communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. He is also the Vice President of the National Brotherhood of Cyclists, a group of grassroots African American cycling clubs from around the country.

Neil Walker is a leading League Cycling Instructor Coach, a Youth Program Director for the Metro Atlanta Cycling Club, and founder of Cycles and Change. A recipient of the “2011 Community Service Award” from The National Brotherhood of Cyclists, Neil comes to the Council with a desire to educate and inspire youth and adults on the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle, through exercise programs and nutrition.

Elizabeth Williams is a bike advocate and League Cycling Instructor (LCI) focused on empowering underserved communities, particularly women and youth, to live healthy, active and green lifestyles through cycling. Elizabeth lives in Long Beach, California and is the Founder & President of Cali Bike Tours.
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(Mini-report) The New Majority: Pedaling Toward Equity
Equity Advisory Council
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