This spring,CISPES offices on the east and west coasts organized "SolidarityCyclers" fundraising adventures. On May 3-4, a group of 19 Seattle CISPESactivists biked 80 miles over the course of two days between Seattleand Olympia, WA. A couple of weeks later, the NationalOffice crew in Washington, D.C., followed a three-day loop, covering180 miles.

     After a May Daysend-off party, the Seattle CISPES team left for Tacoma on Saturday morning, May 3, under greyskies, with wind and rain to come. The weather improved on day two, but ridersfaced a menacing route along highways and interstates! Through it all, they hadtons of support and kept in high spirits. In addition to raising funds fortheir local committees organizing efforts, the cyclists and their sponsorscontributed $1,500 of material aid money for SETA, the union representing theworkers of El Salvador'spublic water system, who are fighting privatization.

     On the eastcoast, CISPES and Haiti Reborn jointly organized their expedition of 19cyclists. After some ceremonial head shaving, the crew rode out through Virginia to an organicfarm for the first night. They then rode up through a pass in the Blue RidgeMountains and along curvy country roads in West Virginia.  After a cozy campfire on Sunday night, theybiked home through Marylandin their last push to a welcome home party. The DC?crew alsoraised thousands of dollars for CISPES. Look out for Solidarity Cyclers 2009 coming to a city near you!