Our Better Bike Share Partnership Outreach team has been wrapping up the year with a few Spanish-language Urban Riding Basics classes in South Philadelphia.

Pati Gutiérrez, one of our BBSP Community Liaisons, spent the past few months meeting with different Latino immigrant-serving organizations to schedule Spanish-Language Urban Riding Basics classes at their sites. In December, we participated in Puentes de Salud’s Charla Program and Casa Monarca’s information session on Philadelphia’s different modes of public transportation.

Puentes de Salud is a nonprofit that promotes the health and wellness of South Philadelphia’s growing Latino immigrant community through health care and educational programs, among other things. Their Charla Program, for example, consists of weekly informal presentations on topics related to health; all offered in Spanish. Volunteers lead the Charlas programming and the meetings take place in the waiting room of Puentes de Salud’s clinic. On December 7th, Pati led a session on bike safety and Indego for roughly 25 people.

Casa Monarca promotes the preservation of Mexican culture and traditions through their programs, primarily focusing on the arts and education for the community. On December 8th, they hosted a Spanish-Language information session on transportation options, including SEPTA and Indego. Pati spoke to the group about how Indego works, safe riding in the city, and answered the group’s various questions. At the end of the event, she distributed helmets to the participants.

Do you work for an organization that serves the Latino community and would be interested in hosting a class? Do you know anyone whose dominant language is Spanish that you think would be interested in participating in one of these classes, or in any of our programming? If so, let us know and Pati will follow up with more information!