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Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Damien Goodmon. Goodmon is currently the Executive Director of Housing is a Human right. He was founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit Crenshaw Subway Coalition (“CSC”). CSC and it’s successor organization the Citizens’ Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line seeks to empower stakeholder groups in the…

Please go to www.BlackKidsinOuterSpace.com for more info. Tamika Butler is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust. Butler was raised in Bellevue, Nebraska in the United States. In 2006, she received Bachelor's degrees in sociology and psychology from Creighton University.

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Zahra. Zahra is a life enthusiast. She is a mother, organizer, creative and adventurer. A project starting, wandering, overlover and outdoor junkie. She utilizes space curation, outdoor adventure, food justice, yoga(ing) and being a creative as the root of her community organizing efforts to enhance the quality …

Imani Keith Henry, is the Founder and Lead Organizer for Equality for Flatbush Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a people of color-led, multi-national grassroots organization that does anti-police repression, affordable housing and anti-gentrification organizing in the Flatbush, East Flatbush and Brooklyn-wide. In 2014, E4F launched its Brooklyn-wide …

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Majora Carter. Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems. At Sustainable South Bronx, Ca…

Black Kids in Outer Spaces interviews the Newark Historical Renaissance Ride's Delanie West and Hassan Abdus-Sabur. The Seersucker Summer Social Ride: The Newark Historical Renaissance Ride is June 16 2018. A guided tour through the great city of Newark in the chosen wards and sites. Seersucker & Summer Linens are the seasonal fashion theme for thi…

Black Kids in Outer Space speaks with Malo Hutson. Hutson is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning and founder and director of the Urban Community and Health Equity Lab within the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. He is also an Associate Member of the Earth Institute faculty at Columbia. Hutson i…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Ayesha McGowan. McGowan won her first state championship in her third race. It didn't take long for her to notice that she was one of very few females of African-American descent on the scene. In fact, she discovered that there had not been a single African-American pro road cyclist, ever. She has taken it upon …

Black Kids in Outer Space had a panel discussion about the Future of Space in New Jersey with Enjoleah Daye and Thalya Yanell Reyes. Enjoleah Daye is a Transportation Planner and transit equity and bicycle enthusiast with eight years of diverse experience in corridor planning, NEPA analysis, transportation demand management, and technical writing. …

Veronica O. Davis, PE is a transportation nerd who uses her knowledge to spark progressive social change in the community. Currently, she is a co-owner and Principal Planning Manager at Nspiregreen LLC. In July 2012, the White House recognized her as a Champion of Change and Transportation Innovator for her professional accomplishments and communit…

Black Kids in Outer Space spoke with East Orange native Osceola Hansen. For over 30 years East Orange has not had a bike shop, but in April 2017 that changed with the opening of Hansen’s Urban Cyclery Bicycle Shop. In its short time in existence it has taken over social media by storm with entertaining videos of the regular “rideout” rides that it …

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Kweli Campbell. Campbell is a Bikeshare Advocate who promotes cycling as a viable mode of transportation especially to communities of color. For the past three years, in collaboration with the Better Bike Share Partnership, Kweli serves as a Bike Share Ambassador and has led many group rides in Bedford Stuyvesan…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Nedra Deadwyler. Deadwyler is the Founder and Principal Tour Curator of Civil Bikes, an active transportation tour company, based in Atlanta, Georgia. She received a Master of Social Work from New York University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Georgia. She is currently a Fellow at the Cente…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Adé. Adé is the founder of Ride On! Bike Shop / Co-Op has a Master of Arts degree in the field of Urban Sustainability with an Undergraduate Degree in Community Development, both from Antioch University of Los Angeles. As the lead on the Great Streets project in South Los Angeles. He was responsible for the team…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Monica Garrison. Garrison is the founder of a growing organization called Black Girls Do Bike. She believes that the simple act of riding a bike can be the catalyst to wonderful and empowering experiences for women of all ages. After a summer of re-discovering her affection for cycling but noticing very few wome…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Judith "Judi" Desire. Judi is a native New Yorker, hailing from the borough of Brooklyn. Her passion for cycling inspired her to launch Uptown & Boogie Bicycle Advocacy, an organization that provides cyclist-based social activities to the Uptown Manhattan and Bronx communities. Their goal is to provide New Yorke…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Lawrence T. Brown. Brown is the grandson of Mississippi Delta sharecroppers and preachers. He is a native of West Memphis, Arkansas and moved to Baltimore in the fall of 2010. His current research addresses the impact of historical trauma on community health. He is currently working on a book tentatively entitle…

Kala La Fortune was raised and still lives in Newark. She is the founder of Girls on Bikes. She is a Rutgers graduate and dedicated to supporting, encouraging, and cheering women to go out there and ride.

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Olatunji Oboi Reed. Reed's passions are community, culture and health. He works internationally as a tactician, strategist, mobility advocate, community development practitioner and community organizer in the fields of bicycle equity, transportation justice and access to mobility in marginalized communities of c…

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Dulcie Canton! Canton is a New York native, hailing from Co-op City the Bronx, and long time transportation equity advocate. In 2014 she was involved in a life altering crash when coming home on her bicycle. No one was ever charged with the crime. After her recovery she moved on to Transportation Alternatives wh…