Anchorage GRIT - Girls Riding Into Tomorrow
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Anchorage GRIT (Girls Riding Into Tomorrow) is a girl's cycling mentorship program in Anchorage, Alaska. The project was conceived by Lael Wilcox and Cait Rodriguez while riding the Baja Divide in the spring of 2017. The six-week program gives 7th and 8th-grade girls (12-14 years old) an opportunity to be mentored after school through rides and learning sessions led by local women. The girls learn basic riding safety, bike maintenance, first aid, and other skills to prepare for a three-day, 60-mile adventure ride into the Alaskan country. By completing the course and journey, girls can earn their bike and other gear to keep pedaling into their futures.
The program is made possible through support from the Anchorage School District, Bike Anchorage, Gu Energy, Revelate Designs, Specialized, and Liberty ID.
This. This is what it is all about right here. 10 minutes of holding back tears of joy that you are doing something this amazing. Building a community and supporting a generation is so much more inspiring that ultra-endurance races, and I can barely get enough of watching your ultra-ride videos.
Who can hit the thumb's down on this?! These girls are changing their own lives with this program! So proud of everyone involved!
TMick13 they think that is download button, maybe :))
Lael and Caitlin. Changing the world one young girl at a time. You are changing lives! Nothing bigger than that.
Well said. Thanks for watching!
How great is this! This needs to be a nationwide program. Give a girl a little bit of confidence and look out world.
Right?! Lael is working on building out a planning doc to help other GRIT programs sprout up.
this is the coolest thing ever, helping kids realise their potential is so important. Lael & Cait rule
only 14,873 views! this is some of the best content on youtube! thanks for the story and inspirational program!
Wow, thank you!
Love this program!!!! Thanks for making a difference on these girls life.
Lael Wilcox is awesome. 😁
All the girls are amazing. Good job.🤩
So awesome. Great job to all the riders. Thanks to all the supporters. So inspiring!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching this film. There's an application open for 2021 if you or someone you know wants to take their own Ride Alaska. laelwilcox.com/2021/01/06/lael-rides-alaska-2021-femme-trans-womens-scholarship/
Such an amazing adventure you put on for these girls!! Very inspiring and the world is a better place having people like you in it.
Great project. I hope it continues, it will give many the chance to find something in themselves that will set them up for the challenges life throws us all.
We make the 21st century one indestructible woman at a time.
I’m proud to have started the first youth mountain biking program for kids in Anchorage; through the SPYDER program. It was great!
Well done!! Keep it rolling out there.
As a teacher and with a passion for riding bikes and adventure, I wish they had this program available for my girls here in CT. Young girls NEED this!
Help start a program with some fellow mentors! Lael put together some concepts to help guide new programs: theradavist.com/2020/04/anchorage-grit-girls-riding-into-tomorrow/
Joy Pires - check out CCAP. They have a programs for schools.
That’s amazing! This opportunity is a great self-esteem and confidence booster for these kids. I feel this fills a spot where some kids don’t fit in to other school sports. You guys are doing a great thing!
Lael and Cait are amazing - just loved Cait when her face turned all Red talking "about the weird 30 something ladies taking them on the bike ride"
Wicked awesome 👏 well done ladies.
I so wish they had something like this when I was that age (in the 70’s)
This is so inspiring and beautiful! Thanks for showing the world this!
Lael is the Boss
That's a really great program for the young generation with riding a bike. That kind of adventure needs to provide to the other country for the realize what is sports.
Really?? Who would give this a thumbs down?? This is a great thing for everyone involved!
This is soooo good! These girls are really inspiring.
Amazing job! So inspiring and impactful. Love what you are doing
Thank you so much! Lael and Cait are doing great things with the help of many others.
Totally awesome.
I wish I had something like this when I was at school! Amazing.
heck yes, this is just fantastic - keep pedaling!
This was beautiful 🚲👍👍👍👍👍
What a great project. The next step is a brisk ride out to Eureka Lodge and back...and do it with power meters.
always find it interesting when i watch videos and see things or places i recognize.
So inspiring.
This is awesome
After how many years?
we've been running Anchorage GRIT for three years. Previous girls are invited to come back as student mentors. It's amazing to see them grow up and take leadership roles.