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Date: Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Time: Assembly begins at 5pm, we ride out (in waves as needed) between 6:30 and 7pm. Arrive early for professional body painting!
Location: Start location(s) will be disclosed on this page and elsewhere the day before the ride; final route will be communicated to riders who show up only.

2010 NYC RIDE

• [2nd Annual New York City WNBR. This year's WNBR is supported by a generous contribution of outrage from British Petroleum. BP is currently spilling over 10,000 gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, devastating the environment and livelihoods of people in the area. WNBR is a chance to put your beautiful body to work against this calamity, which is a direct result of dependence upon fossil fuels and automobiles. Exercise your rights to bare your chest in NYC, your rights to assemble and to protest, as guaranteed by the US Constitution. Nudity is not requisite, please join as "bare as you dare" and use your body and bike to create the massive numbers needed to make this effective. Be part of the history and a new link to environmental awareness and activism in NYC! RIDE SPECIFICS ARE TENTATIVE. DETAILS OF START LOCATION AND ROUTE FOR WNBRNYC TO BE DETERMINED AT MEETING 5/31 ]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

• [Co-ordinators and collaborators are crucial to the success of this - --Locations for pre-ride gathering/preparation and post-ride party are needed! Do you know of any large art/community spaces in the South Manhattan or North Brooklyn area that might be utilized? Do you have experience with planning and executing large group rides? Can you help paint the bare skin we will expose to stop indecent exposure to pollution? Can you get the word out to our many diverse communities here in NYC?]
• [We still need your help - --There are plenty of parties/rides/events remaining in BIKE MONTH, and bikes in every neighborhood of the city that need flyers so that their owners/riders will learn that the ride will happen.]
• [ Make Contact -Email Mellow Yellow (see link at bottom of this page) to get copies of the flyers and find out where you can go to be of the most help. OR.. if you know where you're going, let M.Y. know so that he can either send you help or send other volunteers around to other locations. See more below. Help make the ride a success!!!]

RECENT UPDATES

• [See link below for "The making of the promo teaser video" more to come soon!]

• [!!NEXT COORDINATING MEETING!! - MONDAY MAY 31st 830PM at ABC NO RIO 156 Rivington Street.]

• [FOLLOW ON TWITTER - Search hashtag #WNBRNYC.]

• [Date - The Northern Hemisphere date is set for June 12th, 2010; NYC rides with the Hemisphere.]

• [Time - Assembly 5pm, ride out between 6:30-7pm]

• [Location - Start location(s) will be disclosed on this page and elsewhere the day before the ride. The final route will be communicated to riders who show up only.]

• [Graphics & Advertising - Flyers are available soon for mass reproduction and posting in local bike shops, sticking on bicycles and handing out to cyclists and others... contact Mellow Yellow for a digital file. Talk is cheaper and more eco-friendly, so spread the word at stoplights during your commute! Don't forget to decorate your bike! Make sure you have "World Naked Bike Ride - NYC - 2010" prominently displayed so that passersby will know you are part of the protest. ]

• [Route for the Ride - Final route will be communicated to riders who show up only. We have a reasonably sized starting and ending point with assembly areas at both start and finish for preparations, securing valuables, getting body painted or otherwise adorned with protest signage, and any kind of social activities at the end of the ride. ]

• [Volunteers - Again, we need more volunteers! We need folks who can attend the Brooklyn Critical Mass ride on Friday June 11th to hand out flyers.... There are also plenty of other events happening, and bikes to be tagged throughout the city, in every neighborhood. We still have three solid evenings to spread the word and gather more riders and volunteers. For the day of the event, we need NON-riders to help get riders information, and to help setup and clean up the staging areas before and after the ride. ]

• [Discussion: Go to the Discussion tab at the top of this page or click here.. WNBR-NYC Discuss]

Links

• Making of the WNBR teaser promo
• Facebook event information page
• ViaMichelin map of New York City
• Wikipedia: New York City
• Wikipedia: New York

Contact/s

• Mellow Yellow in New York City

Committed Volunteers

• [ unnamed soldiers ~ a small but powerfully committed group has emerged and are helping.. They have decided to remain namelss on this page.. No worries. The facebook event attendees and those who have emailed offline shows a growing contingent.]
• [ <Your Name Here> ~ if you're shy about editing this page, or don't want to make your name public then simply email Paul, stating your interest & level of commitment.]