AIDS/LifeCycle, the seven-day, 545-mile bike trip fundraiser traversing the Golden State from San Francisco to Los Angeles, has introduced a brand new end line in Santa Monica for this 12 months’s occasion.
The trip, which advantages the San Francisco AIDS Basis and the Los Angeles LGBT Middle, is scheduled for June 4-10 and is anticipated to have 3,000 contributors “from the Bay to the Seaside,” a information launch acknowledged.
The 2023 trip, much like earlier ones, will start with cyclists pedaling out of the Cow Palace in Daly Metropolis, simply outdoors of San Francisco. Cyclists will camp in six cities all through the state and expertise the varied and exquisite landscapes alongside the way in which, the discharge acknowledged. On the morning of June 10, cyclists will depart Ventura towards Los Angeles. In a departure from the standard route, cyclists will proceed south at San Vicente Boulevard, previous the well-known Santa Monica Pier, to the close by end line.
“Whether or not that is your first or your twentieth AIDS/LifeCycle, this end line will contribute to an unforgettable closing day on the trip,” acknowledged Tracy Evans, AIDS/LifeCycle’s trip director. “Riders and volunteer roadies can have the Pacific Ocean as the right backdrop to have fun their unimaginable accomplishment. What could possibly be higher than the Pacific Ocean as the ultimate cease for an iconic California occasion?”
The brand new location won’t solely be a contemporary expertise for contributors, however it’ll additionally embody a brand new beachside competition for buddies, household, and spectators to take pleasure in, the discharge acknowledged. Photograph alternatives, sponsor activations, and interactive stations might be a part of the daylong celebration.
“We’re excited to welcome the AIDS/LifeCycle trip to Santa Monica,” acknowledged Santa Monica Mayor Gleam Davis. “The work of the San Francisco AIDS Basis and the Los Angeles LGBT Middle made doable by the trip advances our dedication to fairness and inclusion as we help and have fun the LGBTQIA+ group throughout SaMo Delight this June.”
Santa Monica Delight, or SaMo because it’s identified, is a month-long celebration in June, with family-friendly shows and actions, in accordance with its website.
Proceeds from the AIDS/LifeCycle profit SFAF and the LA Middle. Final 12 months the trip raised a file $17.8 million. The in-person trip had been canceled in 2020 because of the COVID pandemic and, in 2021, opted for a digital format known as TogetherRide.
There are 3 ways to help the AIDS/LifeCycle, the discharge acknowledged. Cyclists decide to elevating $3,500 to earn their “ticket to trip” and safe their spot within the occasion. Roadies are seven-day volunteers who aren’t required to fundraise, although many do. They assist with feeding riders and workers, and establishing and dismantling the shifting camps. Roadie groups span well being companies, route, and camp. Lastly, there are @residence heroes who don’t journey with the seven-day occasion, however set private fundraising and health objectives in solidarity with cyclists.
For extra info and to register, click here.
Lesbians Who Tech coding scholarship
Lesbians Who Tech has introduced that it’s accepting functions for its 2023 Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship. Over the previous a number of years, the scholarship has helped over 250 LGBTQ+ ladies, nonbinary and trans folks attend coding boot camps throughout the U.S. and overseas, acknowledged Julia Miller, vp of operations for Lesbians Who Tech, in an e mail announcement. It is a manner to assist folks break into the tech business, she added.
Windsor was a lesbian who was a expertise supervisor at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in a 2013 U.S. Supreme Courtroom case, U.S. v. Windsor, which overturned Part 3 of the now-repealed federal Protection of Marriage Act. Windsor filed the lawsuit after the dying of her longtime partner, Thea Spyer, in 2009. The couple had married in Canada in 2007. After Spyer’s dying, Windsor came upon she owed greater than $350,000 in federal property taxes on her inheritance of her spouse’s property. Had the U.S. authorities acknowledged their marriage, Windsor would have certified for an infinite spousal deduction and paid no federal property taxes.
Windsor went on to change into a champion for marriage equality and, in 2016, married Judith Kasen. Windsor died in 2017 on the age of 88.
The Lesbians Who Tech scholarship functions are due Tuesday, February 14. For extra info and to use, click here.
Jack London state park’s younger writers contest
Jack London State Historic Park has introduced that submissions are being accepted for its eighth annual younger writers contest. This system encourages center college college students (grades six to eight) to train their writing expertise by making a 1,500-2,000-word story impressed by the works of London (1876-1916), a novelist and journalist.
In line with a information launch, this 12 months’s theme is “By means of the Eyes of Animals.” London was identified for his love of animals, surrounding himself with horses and canine all through his grownup life, and sometimes together with animal characters within the novels he wrote. He was additionally identified for his naturalistic writing fashion and his concentrate on realism, the discharge famous. In novels like “Name of the Wild” and “White Fang,” he forged animals in the principle roles and “spoke” from their standpoint.
On this 12 months’s writing contest, college students are requested to create a narrative the place the principle character(s) are animals and inform the story from their perspective, the discharge acknowledged.
“Starting as a highschool pupil, Jack London wrote about journey, journey, and true tales,” acknowledged Matt Leffert, government director of Jack London State Historic Park, which is positioned in Sonoma County. “All through his life, he made it a apply to put in writing 1,000 phrases on a regular basis. We wish to encourage younger writers to find his works and be impressed to develop their very own writing fashion and voice.”
The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 31. Winners might be introduced in April. The prizes are $200 for first place, $150 for second place, and $100 for third place. The competition is judged blindly by a panel of volunteers (not staff of Jack London Park Companions, the nonprofit that operates the park).
For full contest guidelines and the entry kind, in addition to hyperlinks to final 12 months’s successful entries, click here.
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