Art in the 503

Portland Art Museum, was a smash hit! 

Not the pedestrian incident kind. Everyone made it safe.

We ate Vietnamese, cruised the PSU campus, and were well received by a full compliment of Portland Art Museum staff. Our Portland Art Museum Docent, Gail stood at the front door looking through the huge glass wall. Shaking with vibrant joy when she saw us.

We are called Bicycles and Ideas for Kids' Empowerment. Everyone from Catering, to Security, knew it was us as we approached.

chess champion imitates art

What does perfect programming look like? 

Seeing the rain wait while cycling youth and their parents depart down hill at the top of Campus, only to arrive to many, many welcoming eyes and hands at the glass front facade of the new Portland Art Museum,  that's pretty good.

After a Vietnamese supper at PHO 503, the ride down through Portland State University on the Park Blocks was thrilling. Rush hour traffic boiled all around us, but we glided among the elms, perpendicular to the traffic.

Short waits at cross walks already populated with radical college students, were easy for big eyed little girls on training wheels.

Fast rolling older boys led by CYCLISME cycling veteran junior girl and superior rider,  Mikiah Richey,  played follow the leader down the hill.  

On a whole other level, was recent college grad and new b.i.k.e. Development Officer, Rispa Vranka Wafula who ran ahead on foot, protecting, always ready to block children back from going into the traffic.

Mikiah never let them get even close, as she circled every work of art in the South Park Blocks, sweeping them back up the hill before they got near the street.

Meanwhile a big man in a wheelchair and three parent's on bikes, with two more parents on foot chased, and sometimes blocked Clay and Jefferson streets in a natural way.

Eating out together, building our team dream together, then rolling out to our beautiful destination, where we were warmly received, 

had us shifting focus from challenges to opportunities, we practiced authenticity, transparency, and empathy, and adopted personalized approaches quickly, on the fly.

Please help b.i.k.e. continue to offer this 

"Museum Strategy" visiting more museums around Oregon and Washington,

as a way of building up our developmental assets (see here), and bridging the growing opportunity gap (please see here) in Modern America this Giving Season , 

by 

DONATING 

to our 501c3 

BICYCLES and IDEAS for KID'S EMPOWERMENT 

Elante loves his new skull cap
given to him
by RCB

(please see here)