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Bikes N’ Roses (BNR) empowers young people in Chicago’s west and northwest neighborhoods through hands-on bicycle mechanics training, leadership development, and community engagement. We use cycling as a vehicle for social change, equipping youth to engage their community with their mechanical abilities while growing their critical social consciousness that inspires them to affect positive change.

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How A Custom Lowrider Bike Workshop Is Bringing Together Teens Impacted By ICE Raids

Teens at nonprofit Bikes & Roses, many children of immigrants or immigrants themselves, are creating unique bikes to help heal after the violence their communities experienced during operations Midway Blitz and At Large.

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Art on wheels: young people will carry their message on bicycles in the May 1st march

Young people in Chicago are transforming bicycles into works of art to raise their voices at the May Day march . Through design, they are expressing stories marked by migration, fear, and identity, aiming to give visibility to communities that avoid going out for fear of police raids and to demand an end to these operations.

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