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Our Journey

FrogTown Summer 2015

Past Mission Statement

Frogtown Crew Mission Statement:

To awaken and educate the minds of Frogtown through arts and outreach on sustainable transportation while staying rooted in the community.

Our 2015 Summer Goals

Unity Bike Rides

• 6 Unity Bike Rides

○ 2 night rides ○ 2 rides a month

• Music, Snacks, and Water
• 75-100 summer bike riders

Mural

• More active youth in the community

in a positive way

• More beauty in the neighborhood
• Breaking negative stereotypes

Why do we do this...

• It’s our neighborhood!
• More than 40% of residents live below the poverty line
• 35% of residents are under the age of 18, most cannot drive.
• Fewer acres of green space than any other neighborhood in the city = no

place to play

• No bike infrastructure (bike lanes, roundabouts, speed bumps, bike racks)

○ FIRST BIKE AVENUE IN OUR COMMUNITY: Charles Ave

• To make a difference.

The Planning

• We had mentors and leaders help us
• Picking and reaching out to artists
• Safety regulations / trainings
• Thought process
• Collaborating with partners
• Promoting event
• Networking
• Design Process

Challenges

• Logistics
• Number of people
• Signing up for nice rides
• The bike rides had been harder than we thought but…

Successes

• Everyone had fun!!!
• Personal achievements!
• Rides went off without a hitch
• Gained new skills
• We had 5 Unity bike rides

○ 1 night ride

Our Summer Out Come

• Everyone enjoyed the rides
• The community saw us riding.
• 2 story mural in Frogtown
• Got 25 new people to bike with us.
• Got the community to come together to beautify the

neighborhood.

Where we are now!

• 4 youth from Frogtown Crew → now working as Smart Trips interns
• Continuing the work of the Frogtown Crew with a different approach

Our Mission Statement

We are youth of color coming together to engage the community and other youth on sustainable transportation, social justice, and environmental

• justice. Our goal is to increase the level of youth

engaged in the community and on community

• matters. While also creating and empowering

new youth leaders in all communities.

Guiding Principles

• MORE community events
• MORE community outreach
• MORE biking and sustainable transportation work
• MORE artwork
• CLEANER community
• MORE youth leaders !!!!

This summer...

Plans:

• Table/participate at events
• Outreaching at rec centers
• Collecting information

Goals:

• Create more art
• Do more bike rides
• Customize Bus cards
• Scavenger hunts
• Plan more community events with youth

Summer Jump Up!

• 1st Youth Initiative Event
• Collaboration with KAYSC and

FNA

• Completely Youth Lead
• Discussions

○ Transportation ○ Youth Problems in the community ○ Change and Same

• Food, Games, And Activities

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Q & A ANY QUESTIONS?

Contact

Mark - mark@smart-trips.org Chris - chris@smart-trips.org J’Tionna- jtionna@smart-trips.org Dalicia - dalicia@smart-trips.org Keleenah - keleenah@smart-trips.org Smart trips number: 651 - 224 - 8555 Find us on Facebook !!!! https://www.facebook. com/FrogtownCrewMN/photos