Issue #8: Seekers

The Street Project At The Little Roxie

By Zachary Morvant

On March 21, 2024, we hosted a screening of The Street Project at the Little Roxie Theater in San Francisco. The Street Project is an inspiring story about the global, citizen-led fight to make our streets safer. When we initially planned the event, we had no idea it would follow a couple of highly charged weeks for San Francisco safe streets advocates.

The Roxie and Little Roxie theater entrances.

First there was the news about the Ethan Boyes criminal case. A world champion cyclist and pillar in the community, Ethan had been killed while riding in the Presidio last April by a drunk driver, Arnold Kinman Low. Low’s criminal case ended with a plea deal reducing his charges to two misdemeanors and less than a year in jail.

As those headlines outraged the cycling community, next came the shocking story of an entire family killed by the driver of an out-of-control SUV in West Portal. The father and one child died on scene; the mother and other child, an infant, died in the hospital shortly after. It is being called one of the worst pedestrian tragedies to occur on San Francisco’s streets.

After these two pieces of horrific news, we needed two things: community and hope.

The movie was preceded by words from Miles Cooper (Bicycle Law / Coopers LLP), Chris White (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition), and Josie Dominguez-Chand and Guy Joaquin (Walk SF). A moment of silence was observed for our city’s latest victims of traffic violence.

Guy Joaquin and Josie Dominguez-Chand of Walk SF.

Thank you to all who came to watch this relevant film and donate to the important work of local safe streets advocates. All proceeds from the event were donated equally to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Walk SF.

If you’d like to host a screening of The Street Project in your community, head over to thestreetproject.com for more information. Executive Producer, Director, and Writer Jennifer Boyd was incredibly helpful in our efforts.