Tag: edwin lindo

March 31, 2022

Study: 1930s maps of racist redlining predict air pollution levels today

In news that is both horrible and unsurprising, a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UW in Seattle have published a study demonstrating that “redlined” areas of cities marked in federal maps from the 1930s had higher levels of air pollution in 2010. Redlining was the discriminatory practice of withholding loans or other private…
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tagged: edwin lindo, home owners’ loan corporation, julian marshall, redlining
May 31, 2021

‘This is normal’ – Woman harasses NorthStar Cycling leader while he is biking to a Hood Canal gravel road

Heading out on your bike for a holiday weekend in search of a quiet gravel road is one of the best ways to get away. But as Edwin Lindo’s experience this weekend shows, racism follows people into the woods. And even when an incident does not end up in violence, the threat alone can dampen…
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tagged: edwin lindo, hood canal, northstar cycling club
May 18, 2021

NorthStar Cycling Club featured in Time Magazine

Very cool to see Seattle’s NorthStar Cycling Club in Time Magazine this week. The young club is featured as part of the issue’s Visions of Equity project as an example of “How Communities of Color Have Found Strength, Joy and Comfort in a Year Like No Other.” From Time: “When we get on our bikes,…
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tagged: aaron bossett, edwin lindo, northstar cycling club
June 10, 2020

Noon Thursday: Ride For Justice with Estelita’s Library

Dress in black, grab your bike and join the Ride for Justice noon Thursday at 23rd Ave S and the I-90 Trail. The ride will end at Cal Anderson Park. Details from event organizers Estelita’s Library, a non-profit “justice focused community bookstore and library” on Beacon Hill: You think we’re stopping – Nope!! For those…
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tagged: black lives matter, defund seattle police, edwin lindo, estelita’s library