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Elisha Bishop from Rez Gravel shares a bit about the mission of this organization, which is in part to get more indigenous gravel and mountain bike riders out exploring trails and enjoying riding in community. This upcoming November 5 they are partnering with SiiHasin Bike Project, Campfire Cycles, and Roadrunner Bicycles to bring the next Adventure Storytelling Series at Borderlands Brewery on Th...

The YWCA of Southern Arizona and its partners honor cultural traditions and the ongoing struggles that impact our community with this special Día de los Muertos event. This year, the community altar will focus on critical issues such as immigration, racism as a public health crisis, and gender violence. Through this powerful tradition, we remember those we’ve lost and raise awareness for much-need...

Breakfast by Bike is a program in Tucson that was started by Campfire Cycles and has grown to be a once-a-month free community outing to enjoy breakfast together and foster community. Every first Thursday of the month, the group meets at the parking lot of Himmel Park around 7am and rides to a different location where they provide coffee, fun pancakes, eggs and sometimes even donuts!

Film Fest Tucson is coming up! And this year Living Streets Alliance is partnering with organizers to bring you The Street Project, as taken from the director, “The Street Project is an inspiring story about the global, citizen-led fight to make our streets safer.” This FREE community screening will be on Saturday October 12 @6pm at the main gate plaza behind the Caffe Luce off Park Ave. There wil...

In this episode of KXCI Tucson's Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie talks with Brittany Battle Fast Pitch Director from Social Venture Partners Tucson (SVP Tucson) about their upcoming Fast Pitch event.

Las Azaleas live in Studio 2A on Locals Only Full session recording on September 9th, 2024 Connect with the artist: Las Azaleas Host: Nenny G Audio: Duncan Hudson, Walter Harrington Connect with KXCI: KXCI.org Listen to the live performance + interview here!   KXCI is a diverse, independent, and community-based radio station serving Tucson and Southern Arizona. Founded in 1983, KXCI is committed t...

  This week’s Nonprofit Spotlight shines on Tiera Rainey, Executive Director of Tucson Bail Fund (TBF), a Black-led abolitionist revolving bail fund fighting to end the unjust criminalization of poverty and the practice of pretrial detention in Pima County through education, community organizing, and bail relief for predominately black, brown and indigenous communities who are unable to afford bai...

National Week Without Driving is just around the corner! This year the challenge is set from September 30 to October 6, listen in to learn more about this challenge, how it got started and what its main goal is.

Hello, I’m Taylor Massey! I’m a Junior at the University of Arizona majoring in Physiology and Medical Sciences with a minor in Health and Human Values. I’ve been involved in research since the summer after my freshman year through a UBRP program called Environmental Health Science – Research for Indigenous Student Engagement (EHS-RISE). Since then I’ve been a member of Dr. Zelieann Craig’s lab re...

Ben Elias, Project Manager at the City of Tucson in the Department of Transportation and Mobility, updates us on some important updates happening along Mountain Ave. The corridor from Speedway to Fort Lowell will be getting upgraded to a protected bike lane! Listen in to learn how this will affect the street and what we can expect from the update.

In this episode of Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie talks with Melissa Ivich Zuniga, Gallery and Programs Manager, and Yolie Contreras, Development Manager, about their mission to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace art practice as a pathway to personal growth and healthy community.

This week’s Nonprofit Spotlight shines on Community on Wheels (COW), a mobile mutual aid group providing essential items & resources to unsheltered/ street-based neighbors on stolen Tohono O’doham land. Their objectives: + Support and aid vulnerable populations in and around South Tucson, using Santa Rita Park as their weekly hub to distribute items such as hygiene, first aid, nutrition, and h...

Mia Hansen is the Executive Director of Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports (SAAS), a local organization that organizes sports programs and lends equipment to people with physical disabilities and mobility limitations. Pat of Living Streets Alliance chats with Mia about SAAS’ adaptive cycling program–the largest in Southern Arizona,– which leads group rides with participants training for El Tour de T...

Ventana Canyon usually has water in its bed.  A beautiful Hike in the Santa Catalina Mountains.

Spring hits the high country of Arizona.

Part one of the interview with Laurie Starr about her through hike on the Arizona Trail with her dog Chaco.

Part 2 of the interview with Laurie Starr about her through hike of the Arizona Trail with her dog Chaco.

Part 3 of the interview about Laurie’s through hike of the Arizona Trail withe here dog Chaco.

Hello! My name is Olivia and I am a rising senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Information Science, Bioinformatics, and Molecular and Cellular Biology. I work in Dr. Ryan Gutenkunst’s lab studying population genetics. My most recent project involves inferring demographic histories and distributions of fitness effects of populations of wild house mice. To do this, I used genomic data an...

Land with No Name Sanctuary is a space where Land, Art, and people come together.

Karen Greene, the Pima County Public Library’s Librarian on the Move, joins us to chat about the Book on Wheels program. Which brings books to people who are homebound, and people unable to visit the library branches. Library volunteers select books for customers, and Pima County Bike Ambassadors deliver the books once a month. If you would like books delivered to your home and you live near one o...

  This episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight shines on Liz Casey, organizer with Community Care Tucson (CCT), a youth/BIPOC/LGBTQ+ organized mutual aid group that has been providing resources and support to unsheltered folks and others in need since 2020. Their main activities focus on distributing water, gatorade, food, clothing, hygiene and first aid products to folks once a week in Armory Park. Th...

  This episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight features t loving and Mirely from Kindred Connections Collective (KCC), a local collective dedicated to Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QT/BIPOC), Two-Spirit, and Gender Non-conforming healing, wellness, and liberation.  Utilizing a framework of ancestral knowledge/ practices, harm reduction, and creativity, KCC works toward a flouris...

Join us as Kirk Astroth chats about Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists, a non profit that works to build, maintain, and protect multi-use single-track and mountain bike trail access in the greater Tucson, AZ region. This advocacy organization is dedicated to promoting the sport of mountain bicycling, and views it as a vehicle to promote low impact outdoor recreation and conservation. Listen in to...

My name is Ines Studer and I am a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences and minoring in Biochemistry. I am currently working as a research assistant in Dr. Xinxin Ding’s laboratory. During my time here, I have been fortunate to receive excellent mentorship and complete my honors thesis. The project that I have spent much of my time working on is titled “The Charac...