Los Angeles’ 2nd Annual CLITORAL MASS!

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CALLING ALL WOMYN AND WOMYN IDENTIFIED RIDERS!

The time has cum for Los Angeles’ 2nd Annual CLITORAL MASS is making its way to a hood near you….August 24th 2013
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MORE INFO T.B.A!

***If you would like to be part of the Clitoral Mass organizing committee please email: ovarian.psycos@gmail.com***

RSVP on the FB event page, here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/486704604728980/?fref=ts

Tod@s Somos Palestine – Ride & Film.

406805_439330409464180_1516952146_nOvarian Psycos present…
YOUR BLOOD IS OUR BLOOD: TOD@S SOMOS PALESTINA!!
Co-Ed Ride Solidarity Ride & Film Screening of Occupation 101
Sunday – December 23rd
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Join us in STANDING UP by riding in solidarity with our Palestinians kin who are currently resisting occupation and colonization!
—> THIS IS A CO-ED RIDE <—
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Recent violence in Palestine has motivated us to create a ride in solidarity!We will be discussing what we can do here in the U.S. to help the Palestine Israeli conflict. We may not be there in person, but our power as consumers goes a long way.

We will meet up at Central Park in Pasadena on Raymond Ave (near gold line station) and riding to Corazon del Pueblo to watch Occupation 101, an informative film on conflict.

Meet up: 5:00
Discussion begins at: 5:30
Ride out: 6:00pm

Film: 8:00

*Even if you DO NOT ride – you can still join us in watching the film at Corazon Del Pueblo

*The space asks for a $2-$3 donation however no one is turned away for lack of funds

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For the Ridazzz:

– Please bring WORKING bikes
– Make sure you put air in your tires and shit, too!
– LIGHTS! It get’s dark out their y’all – daylight savings ya know?
– We sure as hell don’t want no one dehydrating (even though it’s
prolly gna be pretty cold) so drink water!
– Because it’s gna be really cold – BUNDLE UP! Layerssss!
– Remember, keep an open mind and open heart – if you
don’t….you’ll see!
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The Runaway Luna Ride!

November is National Runaway Youth Prevention Month…

Ovarian Psycos Present:

Dedicated to our children in need of a safe haven.
Our goal is to increase awareness while also educating the public about the solutions and the role they can play in preventing youth from running away.When approximately 10,000 suspected child abuse reports are filed every month here in the city of Los Angeles alone and a staggering 1.6 to 2.8 million youth nation wide runaway every year… this luna ride- but more importantly- becoming aware of the resources in our communities for runaway youth could possibly make a difference in the life of a youth that you know.
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We will be meeting up: Jovenes Inc.
1208 Pleasant Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Meet up time 7:00pm
Ride out: 7:30

Destination location: My Friend’s Place
5850 Hollywood Blvd.
L.A., CA 90028

♥ Our children need us.. come and ride and educate and share.. todo para tod@s!

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Please Bring:

– WORKING bikes (you’d be surprised)
– Tools (if you have them)
– Extra patches and tubes (we got 4 flats at our last ride)
– LIGHTS LIGHT LIGHT!!! … It gets dark…duh!
– Helmet if you got it! PROTECT THAT CRANIUM!
– Water – Hydrate yo’self
– An open heart & mind!

WOMYN or WOMYN-identified ONLY please!

Thankxtaking Co-ed Ride Recap in Pix

~Ovarian Psycos Thanxtaking Ride 11.24.12~

This “Thanksgiving” we wanted to challenge folx to think about what they are really giving thanks for this holiday season. “Thanksgiving” celebrates centuries of displacement, genocide and rape of indigenous peoples in the Americas. We wanted to create a space to honor and continue the legacy of indigenous resistance in a time where consumerism–of unhealthy food, commodities–is at an all time high.

Our best attended co-ed ride besides Tour de la Heights, close to 50 riders gathered at Tierra de la Culebra/ACLA in Highland Park for a workshop on Decolonizing Your Diet inspired by Mujeres Talk, an educational platica by permaculturalist Ari Robles and ride inspired by the Fallen Fruit Collective.

Volunteers from Tierra de la Culebra Park and Arts, Land, Community Activism (ACLA) welcomed riders to the park with a DIY sign and invited participants to harvest some of their greenlife including A LOT OF OLIVES, aloe, lavander, rosemary and many others.

Riders from as far as Pomona (shoutout to the Xicas from Pomona!) arrived around 8:00pm to take part in the workshop and platica before the ride.

Riders who participated in the Decolonize Your Diet workshop broke out into groups to compare the Western Diet and the Decolonized diet and touched on themes like Environmental Racism, Industrialization, Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Genetically Modified Foods among other things.

Resident Permaculturalist Ari Robles spoke to the group about the importance of  building relationships within our community. To many of the rider’s excitement, he also informed us that anything that hangs off of someone’s yard into the sidewalk is fair game.

Throughout the ride and at designated pit stops, riders gathered various goodies including oranges, grapefruit, lemon, avocado, and a variety of herbs.

–Spoke card–

Image from Luz’s Decolonial Cooking Club

Breaking the Cycle–September Luna Ride Sept 29, 2012

  • It’s that time of the month again ladies!!!

    Ovarian Psycos bring you our September Luna Ride – A bike ride riding under the full moon in a sea of womyn (and female identified) individuals ♥

    “To all my lovely ladies who need some female strength, a nice ride under the stars and an open dialogue about the obstacles that families are faced with ALL set with in a loving and nurturing group of womyn ♥ ”

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    This Luna Ride is titled:
    “Breaking the Cycle”

    – Being born into families that are affiliated and affected with first hand ‘gangsters’ leaves their children with no choice but to deal with this. This is the example that we have to see AND our children, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews have to see and deal with everyday and know nothing else but this.
    This is something that a few of our Psyco Sisters have brought up to our attention. Ovarian Psycos are not just some “pretty girls on bikes” we, like many others deal with this shit on a daily basis!
    Easy money, drugs, gang life, trying to make a dollar outta nothing – We already have to fight off the oppressor and on top f that – they’re kicking us and our brothers and sisters down. The psycos are tired of this – Let’s be the change we wish to fkn see – break that cycle.

    Ride will be ending at Whittier Narrows. There we will have a talking circle and give out useful information for everyone. ♥
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    Meet Up: Gold Line – Indiana Station
    Meet Up Time: 7:30 pm
    Roll Out Time: 8:00
    End Destination: Whittier Narrows

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    Please:
    – Bring WORKING Bikes!
    – Stay Hydrated – Drink Agua!
    – It’s will get DARK – LIGHTS LIGHTS LIGHTS!
    – Open Heart – Open Mind ♥
    – Remember: FEMALE AND FEMALE IDENTIFIED –>ONLY<–

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    Ovarian Psycos Mission:
    “We are an all-womyn bicycle brigade cycling for the purpose of healing our communities physically, emotionally, and spiritually by addressing pertinent issues through cycling.”

    Ovarian Psycos Vision:
    “We envision a world where womyn of color are change agents who create and maintain holistic health within themselves and in their respective communities for present and future generations.”

TALES OF THE TOUR–RIDERS BLOG ABOUT FIRST ANNUAL TOUR DE LA HEIGTHS

PHOTOS BY POLVO DE LUZ

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451177171582720.117269.217313131635793&type=1

PHOTOS BY ERIK SARNI

http://www.leaguelineup.com/topnews.asp?url=eriksarni&sid=669281365&itemid=3110002

Coverage by Elsa Suzy!

http://elsasuzy.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/ridng-down-first-street-in-boyle-heights/

1st Annual Tour de la Heights ///

Ovarian Psycos and Building Healthy Communities Boyle Heights present

The 1st Annual Tour de la Heights

“‘The act of having pride and paying reverence to one’s own community.. is to instill within our seeds and future generations a profound sense of self worth and value.

It’s the communal reclamation of our neighborhoods.. a resident rebellion!”

Tour de la Heights is an all-inclusive, all-ages bicycle ride through the good hood–Boyle Heights that will lead the community through 10-20 points of interest or, as we call them, cultural treasures. ❤

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

RIDE OUT 1pm sharp from Self Help Graphics

1300 East 1st Street  Los Angeles, CA 90033

***Three designated pit-stops will have water and snacks to refuel but please BRING PLENTY OF BOTTLED WATER and drink a lot of water in the days before!***

Please feel free to arrive as early as 10am to participate in Building Healthy Communities Cultural Treasures Project with presentations by community members, food and music.

ABOUT THE TOUR

Tour de la Heights riders will ride from the new site of Self Help Graphics, its walls a kaleidoscope painted by the brushes of the community’s greatest artists, past the site of the fantastical Caine’s arcade on Mission Road, make our way past the LAC+USC hospital the site of thousands of births, over freeway overpasses until reaching a cruising speed down to the boulevard known to some as Cesar Chavez or depending on how old you are, Brooklyn.

We will make our way past the solemn yet lively Evergreen cemetery with its multi-purpose path past joggers that can be found running any time of day or night to El Mercadito waving at crowds of people strolling, reminiscing about the plazas and mercados in their own pueblos back home, through residential neighborhoods and big boulevards, schools and cultural centers, taking back and reclaiming our communities in a truly critical mass!

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