Teachers
Susan McLucas
For more than 25 years, Susan McLucas has been teaching adults (and children!) to ride bicycles. Since then, thousands of people have enjoyed the exhilaration and liberation of this new way of life.
Susan has shared her teaching method with Pata Suyemoto. Together, they share the responsibilities as classes grow amid rising fuel prices and growing environmental concerns.
When she's not teaching bike-riding, Susan ("the Bicycle Whisperer") McLucas works for women's right to their whole bodies, with Sini Sanuman (Healthy Tomorrow) in Bamako, Mali (more info at her website, StopExcision.net).
She also works for peace, participating for 9-years in a weekly vigil against the war (and earlier sanctions) on Iraq (also, see this Boston Herald article), standing out in Davis Sq. weekly in support of the WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning (also, listen here) and raising awareness about the detainees at Guantanamo, Bagram, etc. (wearing an orange jumpsuit every Friday for the last 5 years or so.) She also likes to care for "public fruit," such as the Concord grapes in Kenny Park, Davis Square that she planted 20 years ago.
Susan has shared her teaching method with Pata Suyemoto. Together, they share the responsibilities as classes grow amid rising fuel prices and growing environmental concerns.
When she's not teaching bike-riding, Susan ("the Bicycle Whisperer") McLucas works for women's right to their whole bodies, with Sini Sanuman (Healthy Tomorrow) in Bamako, Mali (more info at her website, StopExcision.net).
She also works for peace, participating for 9-years in a weekly vigil against the war (and earlier sanctions) on Iraq (also, see this Boston Herald article), standing out in Davis Sq. weekly in support of the WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning (also, listen here) and raising awareness about the detainees at Guantanamo, Bagram, etc. (wearing an orange jumpsuit every Friday for the last 5 years or so.) She also likes to care for "public fruit," such as the Concord grapes in Kenny Park, Davis Square that she planted 20 years ago.
Pata Suyemoto
When not teaching bicycle riding, Pata Suyemoto is an independent feminist scholar, writer, educator, and mental health activist.
She is a spirit artist, healer, urban shaman and Reiki Master. She also has a Ph.D. in education and does individual instruction in study strategies, writing, and teacher preparation, as well as diversity training. She is an avid cyclist and rides about 4500 miles a year. She is currently working with Christina Chan on an edited book about Asian American women and mental health issues. (Check out the project blog at the Breaking Silences Project)
She is a spirit artist, healer, urban shaman and Reiki Master. She also has a Ph.D. in education and does individual instruction in study strategies, writing, and teacher preparation, as well as diversity training. She is an avid cyclist and rides about 4500 miles a year. She is currently working with Christina Chan on an edited book about Asian American women and mental health issues. (Check out the project blog at the Breaking Silences Project)
