Tag: major taylor project

February 19, 2014

Help parent launch West Seattle middle school bike program

A parent of a 7th grader at Denny International Middle School has launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy bikes for the an after-school bike education program at the school. Inspired by the Major Taylor Project at nearby Chief Sealth High School, the Denny program would be like a smaller middle school introduction to transportation cycling.…
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tagged: chief sealth high school, denny international middle school, major taylor project, theresa beaulieu, west seattle
November 6, 2012

Sightline talks bikes and social justice with Major Taylor Project director

Ed Ewing is the Director of Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project (or, as the students call it, “Bike Club”). Bike Club aims to bring safe cycling and bike mechanic skills to youth in low-income communities in King County. Ewing recently spoke with Anna Fahey at Sightline about the young people he works with and…
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tagged: bike club, cascade bicycle club, ed ewing, king county, major taylor project, sightline
June 13, 2011

‘With My Own Two Wheels’ – The bicycle as a vehicle for change around the globe

With My Own Two Wheels Trailer from Jacob SB on Vimeo. Jacob Seigel-Boettner may be new to directing feature-length documentaries, but he is not new to the power of bicycles. He and his brother Isaac were both brought home from the hospital in a bicycle trailer. He grew up in a household where bikes were…
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tagged: events, Jacob Seigel-Boettner, major taylor project, videos, with my own two wheels