Help Angela help the Hopi
Tomorrow (Oct. 31) is the last day to donate to Angela Bikes 4 Hopi, Angela Gonzales’ effort to raise funds for the Hopi Cancer Assistance Fund, which helps defray patients’ travel expenses.
Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, took sabbatical leave from Cornell this year to participate in a 30-day, 1,539-mile bicycle ride from Bellingham, Wash., to Ventura, Calif., to support Arizona’s Hopi seeking treatment who must travel more than 550 round-trip miles from the reservation to Phoenix or another city. Travel is not covered by health insurance.
“I’m raising funds for this community because of the research I do there as well as the fact that I’m a community member,” she told the Cornell Chronicle. “Engaged research ties together the land-grant mission of Cornell and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and it’s very exciting to see its impact on Hopi people.”
Visit Angela Bikes 4 Hopi for the story of her bike ride, which ended Oct. 23 and has so far raised more than $10,000. Visit the site to contribute and to learn about Gonzales’ research with the Hopi Nation.