Progress? Or Performance?: Race Politics and the 2020 Bike Industry

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Influencers & advocates of BIPOC representation in biking review the industry's response to BLM & share hopes for a path to progess in 2021

About this Event

Join industry pros, advocates, competitors, publishers and activists

• Marzhel Salvador Pinto Mojarro ( He/Him/El ) -Professional Race Mechanic, Owner/Operator of FSA Neutral Race Support, Retail Shop Manager.

• Eric Arce (He/Him)- Photographer, Co-founder of Pedal to the People

• Elyse Bejasa (She/Her) - WTF Bikexplorers Gravel Team

• Christina Torres (She/Her/Ella) - Zinester of Cyclista Zine. Advocate for Indigenous representations in the outdoors. "Name the Change" coalition organizer

moderated by

• Courtney Williams (She/Her) - The Brown Bike Girl equity educator & bicycle advocacy consulting

in a review of the response of the commodified influencers of cycling culture (bike & clothing brands, publications, event organizers...) to call for expedient acts of racial justice & equity that was heightened by the summer-long civil unrest of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement.

Did they make meaningful changes during 2020 that will ensure equity for BIPoC into the future, exploit the moment, or do nothing at all?

Panelists will share which initiatives and actions they believe can carry forward the momentum of 2020 and advance inclusion and anti-racism if more widely adopted in the cycling sphere in 2021.