Boston selected to host national 2025 Youth Bike Summit [Video]

BEYOND. I GOT INVOLVED WITH MATTAPAN ON WHEELS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, ACTUALLY AT NINE YEARS OLD WITH MY FATHER. FOR ISHMAEL HAZELWOOD, THAT MOMENT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH PARKING LOT WAS LIFE CHANGING. IT SHOWED HIM THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, A POWER HE’S BEEN EXERCISING FOR A DECADE NOW. LEADING BIKE RIDES AS A VOLUNTEER. MY BIGGEST THING IS KIND OF TO EMPHASIZE AND DEFY STEREOTYPES. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE I LIKE. I WANT TO SEE LIKE A NINE YEAR OLD, LIKE HOW I WAS WHEN I WAS NINE, START TO DO THIS RIDE CONSISTENTLY AND MAYBE ONE DAY BE A YOUTH BIKE LEADER. AS WELL. AND THAT’S EXACTLY THE KIND OF STORY THAT INSPIRES CHEVELLE. OLIVIA, SHE WAS HIRED AT THE MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS COALITION WHEN SHE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD, AND IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE GROUP PUTS ON THE ANNUAL MATTAPAN ON …