You are invited to my event, How We Roll: History of Black Skating in Chicago. I decided to have this event to commemorate the 80th year of the very first day black people were able to roller skate indoors in Chicago. After all these years, there’s still a pretty big roller skate community in the windy…
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1st Annual Cancer Awareness Skate-A-Thon Fundraiser
On Saturday, October 17, 2009, over 150 roller skaters packed Glenwood Roller Rink in Glenwood, Illinois to support the first annual Cancer Awareness Skate-a-thon Fundraiser. Jo Oladeinde, the visionary behind the event, shared that “the thought [for the event] was placed on my heart.” That was in September. After approximately six weeks of planning and…