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« Friday May 16, 2008 »
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Bike Week conference and events Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm Northern Ohio’s bicycle groups are coming together to produce the first ever Cleveland Bicycle Week, May 12 – 16, 2008. The idea is to promote cycling during National Bike Month by hosting fun and educational activities. Thursday May 15th attend a one-day conference for government officials, health and wellness agencies, the media and other interested parties. On Friday, Andy Clark of the League of American Bicyclists will present Cleveland with a Bicycle Friendly Community designation (at the Cleveland Planning Commission meeting, 9 am at Cleveland City Hall). Other events include: Week-long, Bike-to-Work rides with fun and educational activities Entertainment and social activities, including movies and bike art, for cyclists and the whole family Information sessions for planners and engineers Gathering information to identify priorities and a cycling agenda Highlighting and promoting interesting cycling and relates activities in Northeast Ohio (could include pedestrian and other green initiatives) Awarding and acknowledging progress in the region An address by Andy Clark, executive director of the League of American Bicyclists For the full schedule and information, visit clevelandbikeweek.org To volunteer, participate or to become a sponsor, email: Lois Moss of Walk+Roll Cleveland, Kevin Cronin of ClevelandBikes or Jim Sheehan of Ohio City Bicycle Co-op. National information about Bike Week from League of American Bicyclists. Treadway Creek bikeway grand opening Start: 8:30 am End: 9:30 am Cleveland opens its newest green space and bike/pedestrian trail at Treadway Creek in the southwest neighborhood of Old Brooklyn. Grand opening ceremonies include remarks from Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Advocacy Evalution Training Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm The George Gund Foundation invites you to participate in a lively session to learn about two new flexible, easy-to-use, web-based tools to assess a nonpofit's capacity to engage in public policy and advocacy work and evaluate the results of such advocacy efforts. These tools are designed for use by nonprofits and funders alike. Access free parking through the Trinity Cathedral lot at E. 22nd & Prospect Avenue. Special guest: Sue Hoechstetter, Director of Foundation Advocacy, The Alliance for Justice, Washington, D.C. Please RSVP to Joyce Hancock at jhancock@gundfdn.org or 216-241-3114 Nicholas Wade on human evolution Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:00 pm Cleveland Museum of Natural History Explorer Lecture Series with Nicholas Wade, science reporter for The New York Times, discussing what the rapidly advancing field of DNA research is revealing about humanity's past. The ancestral human population of 50,000 years ago may have been very different from present-day people. But it had established the principal institutions of human societies, such as trade, warfare and religion. Humans also had developed a fully articulate modern language, which enabled them to break out of Africa. As they traveled to other regions of the world and adapted to different conditions on each continent, it is clear now that human evolution continued vigorously. Ticket information.