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Fund Raising Event: ATHENS ALLEYCAT RACE |
Event:
ATHENS ALLEYCAT RACE
A race through the city-streets on a sunday afternoon with various checkpoints. A gathering of urban cyclists to exchange thoughts, ideas and experiences. To strengthen the ties between urban cyclists of Athens.
Date:
June 1st 2008
Registration Fee:
Every cyclist in order to participate is obliged to register. The cost of the registration on this particular alleycat will be 5 euros. All of the funds raised will be donated to the organization Project Rwanda, in support of their effort to empower african people, and the people of rwanda in particular to a better life. We hope our funds will be used to provide bikes for teachers, doctors or whoever Project Rwanda thinks is most in need.
Place:
Plateia Eleftherias, downtown Athens
Support:
Snacks and drinks by the Union of African Women of Greece.
After-race street party by the ArxediaMedia collective Description of Collective:
Local Athens is a group of artists, urban cyclists, musicians and activists based in Athens, Greece. Local Athens lives and creates at the public space of the city. In one of the most densely populated cities of Europe, suffering high urban pollution for over three decades and constantly under attack by the growing use of cars and especially SUVs, Local Athens finds comfort in pedal power. Our manifesto is the re-examination of the traditional mediterranean way of life, discovering a new relationship with nature, public space and the urban environment. We choose to create and not destroy, we choose to retain nature's way of life and not forget it, we choose to reclaim the public space of our city!www.localathens.blogspot.com |
