September 2024 events – DC Families for Safe Streets

The below events are specific to the DC chapter of Families for Safe Streets. See this listing for additional cross-country FSS events or check websites from Northern Virginia and Montgomery County chapters for other events in the region.

Help us post crash signs

In preparation for World Day of Remembrance, the DC chapter of Families for Safe Streets is posting crash signs memorializing those who have been killed since the Mayor announced our Vision Zero goal in 2015. Are you able to post a crash memorial sign to support this effort? We are building on earlier efforts for 2022 and 2023 to make this preventable public health crisis visible and to push for positive, lasting change.

If you’ve been looking for a meaningful way to do something about traffic violence, this is it! Please email us at DCFamiliesForSafeStreets [at] gmail.com to learn more. Materials are ready now for pick up and we have instructions to guide you through each step.

DC Family Bike Fest

Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Alethia Tanner Park (227 Harry Thomas Way NE)

DC’s annual celebration of all kids and families on wheels. You’re invited! Build community and connect with local bike shops, advocacy orgs, and community groups. Featuring neighborhood rides, test rides, Kids Bike Parade, Glide to Ride clinic, library storytime, free bike tuneups, gear swap, BIG raffle benefiting DC Families for Safe Streets, advocate networking, food trucks, and FREE SNO CONES! Bring your bikes, trikes, scooters, wheelchairs, strollers, unicycles and skates – all are welcome! No bike, no problem – accessible on foot, by metro, or by car, with lots of demo and loaner bikes for bike-curious folks to try out too. Learn more here.

Ward 5 Family Biking: September Family Ride to DC Bike Fest

Saturday, September 8, 2024 from 10:30am to 11:30am

Gather at Turkey Thicket Rec Center! We will ride as a group and arrive at Tanner Park for Bike Fest! Learn more and RSVP with Ward 5 Family Biking.

GW Hospital: Virtual Trauma Survivors Group

TBD from 6:30pm to 8:00pm via Zoom

This virtual meeting hosted by the George Washington University Hospital is open to all trauma survivors, family members, and loved ones. It is a space where individuals who have experienced traumatic injury can connect with others who have experienced similar circumstances.

DC Families for Safe Streets Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 8pm via Zoom

Join the DC chapter of Families for Safe Streets for its monthly meeting over Zoom. Topics of discussion will be posted closer to meeting date.

Hill Family Biking: September Tiny Streets Ride

Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm

What’s a Tiny Streets? A cute, one block street and Capitol Hill is full of them. Join us for a tour of some of them and then FREE ICE CREAM. Learn more and RSVP with Hill Family Biking.