On a beautiful Tuesday in October, my group and I gathered with our class on the UA mall to host the first of a series of workshops to support and raise awareness for BICAS. I was really thrilled to see all of our planning and preparation come together in a relatively seamless production. We were able to set up in the grass with plenty of blankets to provide space for all to hang out in the shade of our awning. We had a table with all of the necessary materials neatly organized (complete with awesome instruction sheet!) as well as a table which held all of our informational materials on BICAS itself. We even had a few bikes on display in front and around the tent to model our different bike bags as well as the spoke cards. I think these served as really great indicators to passersby of the nature of our activities and I believe did some of the work of inviting people in. A variety of people stopped by and joined us in crafting. We were able to quickly provide interested participants with all of the necessary materials and instruction. I think we were very successful in our efforts to quickly impart information so as to allow people plenty of time to work on their own. In addition, people were able to learn quickly and then help others around them. It was wonderful to see that our prep work and planning paid off! I was very happy to see that a number of people came and really seemed to enjoy themselves at our workshop. What was exciting to me was to see a group of random individuals coming together outside to work on crafts together. It felt so refreshing to "get back to basics". Even more than this, it was so beautiful to see the space for conversation that arose. I was thrilled to be able to enjoy conversing with members of my class as well as people from our campus community that I don't normally interact with. It felt like a giant success to see this all culminate into a really positive, creative, engaging experience!
Our general setup
Check out our bike bags!
Some of our lovely friends helping us spread the word!
Sewing up a cool bag!
Everyone gathered to craft and chat!
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