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Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™​ Foundation

        "The issues we face are not black or white but American.

                           Together we can make a difference. 

                                      There is nothing we can't do"

                                              -Terry Hardy, Founder and CEO

Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™

Originating in Chicago, Illinois, Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ is the programmatic thrust behind the World of Soul® Motorcycle Community.  It tells a story about America's history that says despite our challenges we have always found ways to move the nation forward. 

In 2008, over a thousand motorcyclists led by Terry Hardy, founder of the World of Soul® Motorcycle Community came together in celebration of its activities from across the nation that included raising over $100k for the construction of the National Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, registering voters prior to the historic presidential election and collaborating with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition to help more students have access to Historically Black Colleges and Universities via college tours and academic scholarships.​

The program continues to develop and grow with the support of World of Soul® Motorcycle Community's Riders United to Serve Humanity™ in collaboration with community organizations, institutions and government agencies with the assistance of elected officials, other foundations and corporate interest.

A SAMPLE OF PREVIOUS 
Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ 
EVENTS FEATURED:



Rallying around the construction of the National Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Celebrating and organizing for progress at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in Chicago, Illinois.
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A wreath laying ceremony honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Fort Monroe, acknowledging where the first ship arrived on this continent carrying enslaved Africans in Hampden, Virginia.
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The Mason Temple location of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. last speech and the Lorraine Motel, the location where he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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"Black Wall Street," also known as the Greenwood District, a thriving African American community destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Harriet Tubman Park in honor of Harriet Tubman an abolitionist and social activist who rescued enslaved people using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. Event held in Wilmington Delaware.


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Riders United to Serve Humanity™

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Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ is the programmatic thrust behind the World of Soul® Motorcycle Community as sanctioned by Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ Foundation powered by Riders United to Serve Humanity™

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Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ Foundation is a 501 c 3 tax exempt organization and Illinois not-for-profit corporation | FEIN #45-2123430 

Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ Foundation Terms & Conditions/Privacy Statement | World of Soul®, World of Soul Motorcycle Community™, World of Soul Motorcyclist Association™, Riders United to Serve Humanity™, ADVOCATE CARD™ and Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ names and logos are World of Soul, LLC. trademarks under license to Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE™ Foundation. 

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