Here is a little press release. At the bottom we have a petition that you can sign and it will be sent to the university. For now we need press and petition signers, so spread the word.

Thanks, Jason

The Davis Bike Church is a volunteer-run bicycle cooperative and toolshare that has served our community for the past five years by keeping people on their bicycles and out of their cars. We believe in bicycling as a primary form of transportation, and repair and reuse of materials. Through sharing bicycle parts, tools, and knowledge, we have become an integral part of Davis.

The Church helps hundreds of people every month. Every Wednesday and Saturday, people come by the dozens to exchange parts and bike know-how. Volunteers guide cyclists of all stripes through maintenance through various procedures as intensive as building a bike from scratch, or as simple as oiling a chain. Outside of normal operating hours, our volunteers are serving the community in variety of ways. We have participated in multiple 'Bike to School' days with local schools. In conjunction with the University, we built a pedal-powered laptop station, and have received grants from the UC Davis Sustainability Advisory Committee to build infrastructure and obtain solar energy to power the Church. Volunteers have started other important bike programs in Davis such as the Davis Bicycles! advocacy group, the Velolution radio show, and built pedal-powered ambulances to serve communities in Africa. We support local bike shops by keeping people on their bikes and showing them how to recognize when they need parts and maintenance. We were voted the #1 bike shop in Davis by the Davis Wiki in 2008. Above all, we are a collective of volunteers dedicated to teaching the art of the wrench.

After five successful years on the property of UC Davis, University administrators are in the process of evicting the Church from its location at the Domes. As we are finding a solution to this issue, we need your support.

You can show your support and solidarity simply by riding your bike, but in this time of need, we are asking for extra help. We are collecting letters of support to present to the University, and to obtain support from the City of Davis should we need to move to a new location. You can send letters to the Bike Church, c/o Tom Denton, 2 Baggin's End, Davis CA 95616, or send an email to bikeministry@ucdavis.edu. You can also sign the online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveDBC/petition.html. We will continue holding services Wednesday and Saturday from 12-6pm; get information and directions at daviswiki.org/bikechurch.

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Froilan Eliseo Landeros < froilanderos@gmail.com> wrote:

I didn't know you were a "bike repair business", either. Silly university.

What support do you need from us?

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Jason Moore moorepants@gmail.com wrote:

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http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1380958.html

We are having some trouble keeping our space on the university and are going to need all the support we can get. For some reason our 4 year old community resource has now been called a nuisance by the university administration.

Jason Moore Davis Bike Church

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