The F-M Community Bicycle Workshop¶

Bringing Bicycle Power to the People – In the shop and in the streets.¶

Mission:
The F-M Community Bicycle Workshop is a community-run learning space, committed to the reclamation and distribution of recycled bicycles by providing tools, education and an inclusive space for all members of our diverse community. Through popular education we aim to promote the ideals of empowerment through self-reliance, sustainability, healthful living and anti-oppression politics in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area.¶

Values and Beliefs:
We believe that the simple act of building and riding a bicycle is a first step towards a more socially and economically equitable future for the Fargo-Moorhead communities, one to which every community member is capable of contributing. We believe that by providing a space staffed by experienced volunteers and educating community members on the art of bicycle maintenance, we are teaching people to believe in themselves and their community, thus empowering them to build on the connections they make in the shop and in the streets, riding their bikes. We are committed to being anti-racist, anti-sexist, class-conscious, and queer-and gender-inclusive, and believe that all oppressions are interrelated and any oppression is ultimately hurtful to all. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible space that is aware of these oppressions and actively works to deal with them accordingly. We appreciate bicycles for all the things they symbolize: liberation, freedom, community, independence, transportation to a new life, a sustainable future and an equitable future.¶

Location:
We are currently organizing, fundraising and are on the verge of getting a space.¶

We are also online here and can be reached at fmbikeworkshop@riseup.net