Second Annual All Day Ride for Palestine 🇵🇸

Name: Second Annual All Day Ride for Palestine 🇵🇸
Start: 2026-10-07T10:30:00
Location: Honey Latte Cafe

Wednesday, October 7 Meets 10:30 AM, rolls 11:00

Honey Latte Cafe 1033 SE Main st · Buckman

Revolutionary Bicycle Club leads

9 past rides on our calendar since June

Who said they’d go

I went

Weather

Hour by hour

61° to 68°

61° 10 AM 8 mph

64° 11 AM 7 mph

68° 12 PM 7 mph

Meet 10:30 AM · rolls 11:00 AM

About the ride

From the Shift calendar: Lots of stops all day long! Join the ride whenever/wherever you like!

It's the third anniversary of October 7th. Let's ride our bikes together to mourn the dead and honor all those fighting for a better world. This casual-paced ride starts in the morning and ends in the evening, bringing chanting and Palestinian music all over the city. There will be lots of stops along the way for food and activities, and we welcome you to join at whichever stop is convenient for you and ride with us as long as you like. ***Please check this listing and/or our Instagram on the day of the ride for any changes to the schedule*** STOPS ON THE RIDE: ☕10:30-11am Honey Latte. Grab a coffee before we roll out. 🌳11:45-12:15 Peninsula Park. Bring chalk if you want to leave pro-Palestine messages in the park. 🏛️1:15-1:30 Terry Schrunk Plaza. Drop here if you want to attend the 2pm City Council meeting. 🥪1:45-2:30 Lunch break at Caruthers Park. Bring your own lunch or grab something at nearby restaurants. 🇵🇸2:45-3:30 Sightline facility, 5550 SW Macadam. Protest against a local company that sells weapons to Israel, hosted by PDX Anti Imperial Action. This may not be a good stop for kids. If you'd like to skip it, take a longer lunch break at Caruthers and we'll circle back. 🚲4:30-5:30 Bike Social Hour, Rainbow Plaza. ⛽5:50-6:15 Chevron in Ladd's Addition 🔚7pm end at Laurelhurst Park Inexperienced riders and families with kids are welcome, but for those bringing kids, please note that we can't promise there won't be any dirty language in our playlist! 🙉 Don't forget your keffiyehs and flags 🇵🇸 -------------------------------------------------- WHY WE RIDE ON OCTOBER 7: October 7th marks the anniversary of the start of a genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. Conservative estimates put the death toll at 70,000+. The true number is likely much higher, with many deaths going unreported as the dead are lost under the rubble. The International Association of Genocide Scholars has concluded that this is, in fact, a genocide. We ride, first and foremost, to mourn the victims of this ongoing genocide, and to raise awareness of the fact that many Palestinians are still in grave danger. But we also ride for another reason: to honor those who are fighting back and making changes – including those doing so right here in Portland. Because October 7th wasn't just the start of a horrific genocide; it was also the start of a major shift in Western awareness. Abuses that Palestinians have endured for decades are finally being talked about widely, and momentum is building. We recognize that the popularization of the Palestinian cause has also come with a push to assign blame to singular bad actors and their associated political parties – a convenient strategy for war profiteers who want us to look the other way while they bulldoze Gaza. If you've been paying attention to current events, you likely know that politicians like Trump do not emerge from a vacuum; his political rise was supported and enabled at all levels of American society. Likewise, Netanyahu's criminal actions can't be considered aberrant when recent polls have shown that a majority of Israelis support the removal of Palestinians from Gaza. Corruption and racism is deeply entrenched in our intertwined societies, enabled by corporations, real estate moguls, and power-hungry religious leaders. We can't escape the problems by installing new political leaders within the same fundamentally flawed system. And so it is crucial to reject superficial political solutions, and celebrate those who are working to shake up the system at a foundational level. When we ride, we honor dock workers who refuse to load weapons shipments, volunteers traveling to the West Bank to defend Palestinian farmers, local activists working to pass human rights legislation, journalists getting information past walls of propaganda, communities coming together to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE, and many others who've put their own lives on the line to stand up for what's right. And we ourselves are part of this movement when we ride our bikes together. When we choose a means of transportation that isn't powered by fossil fuels, we reject the idea that oil companies like Chevron have the right to drill in occupied Palestinian waters, and we reject the normalization of handing over our money to corporations that require violent US imperialism to thrive. Free Palestine isn't just a phrase; it's an action. See you on the ride. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🚲🚲🚲 Show more