THE 1998 SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE - SKATE AGAINST HATE ROADSKATE & CAMPAIGN
for more information contact:
David G. Miles Jr.
phone 415-752-1967
fax 415-SKATE-97
Every 92 Minutes, A Gun Kills A Child In America. Shooting Victim's Friends Mourn. These are headlines seen nearly every day in nearly every major newspaper and television news. The Skate Against Violence Campaign is an effort to strongly raise awareness of the positive aspects inline skating can bring to the lives of youth and to give young people a fun, healthy alternative they can enjoy.
This may not end violence in the street, but it can have an enormous impact in the minds of young people who will benefit from the social interaction and the physical conditioning skating will bring into their lives.
The campaign involves the presentation of a public skate-a-thon fundraiser and a 450 mile roadskate from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
THE SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE ROADSKATE
The Skate Against Violence Roadskate is a 450 mile skate-a-thon that begins at San Francisco's City Hall and ends at the Santa Monica Pier. The event is a rolling anti-violence publicity campaign designed to roadskate will serve as a launch vehicle for the Skate Against Violence Campaign.Working together as one unit is the focus of this event. There will be sixteen (16) skaters and six (6) support people involved in the skate-a-thon. The skaters will be broken down into four (4) teams. Each team will skate for an hour. The teams will rotate skating every hour. There will be two (2) R V vehicles and two mini vans supporting the skaters. The skaters will skate in front of the R V's. We want to show comradery and working together to reach a common goal as an example to others.
GETTING SKATES TO THE KIDS
We are working with skate shops and other sponsors of the campaign to set up a situation where the public can bring in their old skates. They can be either blade skates or conventional rollerskates. These skates will be refurbished by replacing the wheels, bearings and laces. This will make the skates as good as new. The skates will be given to young people who can't afford skates during the Christmas season. This is very important as we feel that this is a way to let youth that can't afford a $200.00 pair of inline skates experience the joy skating.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. Skate from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 60 hours.
2. Generate positive press and media coverage promoting inline skating.
3. Use inline skating to make a strong statement against violence.
4. Launch the Skate Against Violence Campaign.
TIMING
We will leave San Francisco City Hall on Monday, October 12 at 9:00 A.M. and arrive in Santa Monica on Wednesday, October 14 at about 2:00 P.M. The SAV Campaign will begin on Sunday, October 11, 1998. Skates and other gifts will be collected until December 11.
SAV DROP OFF STATIONS
Participating skate shops and other companies will be publicly recognized as places where the public can drop off skates and gifts. These companies will be featured in the fliers, press releases and other printed material associated with the SAV Campaign.
THEME WORKING TOGETHER TO REACH A COMMON GOAL
(inline skating - the Olympic Level)
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Friday, October 9, 1998
THE MIDNIGHT ROLLERS "FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE".
Averaging 600+ skaters in the summer, San Francisco's Friday Night Skate is America's most popular nocturnal skate event. There will be a special Friday Night Skate held in honor of the Skate Against Violence. The skaters will be presented to the public. This takes place in the parking lot in front of the Ferry Building. T shirts, stickers and other promotional material will be dispersed to the crowds.
Sunday, October 11, 1998
THE SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
Golden Gate Park in the San Francisco Bay will be the site where we will kick off the Skate Against Violence Campaign. There will be a 10 kilometer
race and 4.2 mile terrain race. We will showcase the skaters making the trek to Los Angeles. The public will bring in their old skates where they will be refurbished and given to kids who can't afford skates.
Monday, October 12, 1998
SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE - LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO
We will leave San Francisco on Tuesday, October 12, 1998. We will gather in front of the War Memorial Building at Van Ness and Mc Alister. The RV's will be covered with the sponsors logos. There will be a short ceremony by Mayor Willie Brown in front of the War Memorial Building. The skaters will begin skating immediately after the Mayor's sendoff ceremony.
Wednesday, October 14, 1998
SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE - ARRIVE IN SANTA BARBARA
Santa Barbara will be a major stop. Marks 90 miles to go. We should arrive on Wednesday morning, October 14 at about 6:00 A.M. We will have a press conference and /departing ceremony at about 8:00 A.M.
Wednesday, October 14, 1998
SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE - ARRIVE IN SANTA MONICA
We will arrive in Santa Monica at the Santa Monica Pier at about 4:00 P.M. There will be a group waiting for the arrival of the skaters. The SAV Campaign will be unveiled for the Southern California area.
Friday, October 16, 1998
THE MIDNIGHT ROLLERS
SANTA MONICA "FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE"
Skaters from all across the nation will come to the Los Angeles area for the Santa Monica "Friday Night Skate" . Skaters will gather at the Santa Monica Pier campus and skate through the Santa Monica area. We will roll through the sights of toe city much the same way as we do in San Francisco. The Midnight Rollers is always a media event. This promises to be a very exciting high energy event.
Saturday, October 17, 1998
SKATE AGAINST VIOLENCE - SKATE AGAINST HATE CELEBRATION