A free safe walk/ride home, what more could you ask for? From their website:
RightRides offers women, LGBTQ and gender queer individuals a free, safe, late night ride home on Friday and Saturday nights from 11:59 PM - 3 AM, (early Saturday or Sunday morning) in up to 45 NYC neighborhoods across four NYC boroughs. To call for a ride, the dispatch number is (718) 964-7781 OR (888) 215-SAFE (7233)I've blogged about their great service before, support the people that make it happen while listening to fun music and eating vegan sweets:
Benefit for SafeWalk and RightRides
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
8 pm - midnight
Featuring Lady Bright, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Old Hat, and the
Eskalators! There will be music, baked goods (vegan and non), beverages,
informational tables, fun!
All funds will go towards RightRides' operational costs. SafeWalk is a
program of RightRides for Women's Safety that offers anyone a free, safe
walk to any destination in northern Brooklyn on Friday nights.
$6-10 sliding scale
Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave
Bushwick/Ridgewood, NY
L to Halsey or M to Myrtle-Wyckoff
www.rightrides.org/templates/programs.php?page=bike_patrols
www.twitter.com/safewalk
1 comments:
Thanks for offering info on RightRides! I just came back from a volunteer orientation and can't wait to get involved with this amazing organization!
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