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Braking the Cycle is a three-day bike ride that benefits the HIV/AIDS services of the Center.

Join us at 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 26th on the front steps of the Center for the Braking the Cycle Closing Ceremony!

Loved ones, family and supporters will gather outside on West 13th Street in front of the Center to welcome back the riders and more than 50 volunteer crew members who supported them for 300 miles! The program will begin at 5:00 PM, then we’ll continue the celebration inside the Center with a Victory Party and light refreshments.

We are pleased to announce that Chely Wright will host the Braking the Cycle Closing Ceremony!

Country singer/songwriter Chely Wright recently released her seventh album, Lifted off the Ground, on the same day as her new autobiography, Like Me. Wright has made her name as a commercial country singer, recording such modern-day classics as "Single White Female," "Shut Up and Drive” and “Jezebel.”

Braking the Cycle Cheering Stations!

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Countdown to Braking the Cycle!

Starting Friday, September 24, 2010, riders will begin their three-day cycling journey from Boston to New York City. With the support of 50 volunteer crew members, they will ride to the steps of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

They will ride because they have an attitude. The crisis has gone on long enough. It’s time for everyone to get an attitude about AIDS. It’s not enough to live with HIV: People deserve to thrive with HIV.

We take our inspiration from an incredible group of riders: the Positive Pedalers who master the hills with the signature orange flags on their bikes announcing themselves as HIV+. Too many people see a cycle of sickness and shame in HIV. Our Positive Pedalers break the cycle. They thrive with HIV. They demonstrate why the Center’s work is vital.

On Braking the Cycle, our attitude is that the status quo is unacceptable. We believe it’s up to all of us, whether HIV-positive or not, to help people thrive. It’s what makes the AIDS services of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center so important and why we’ve raised over $2 Million in the past seven years.

So get an attitude: Join us!

To register (PDF) for this year’s Braking the Cycle, donate to a rider or learn more information, please call Global Impact Productions at 212.989.1111 or visit www.brakingthecycle.org (Opens in new window).



Photo by Glenn Capers