Ian’s Ride founder to speak at Studium Generale

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Ian Mackay of Agnew prepares to lead a group of wheelchair, bicyclists, runners and others on a portion of Sea-to-Sound, a three-day, 74-mile multi-modal group ride along a section of the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The excursion, which followed numerous portions of the Olympic Discovery from west of Lake Crescent to the Larry Scott Trail in Jefferson County, was organized through Ian’s Ride, a nonprofit organization with the goal of getting people outdoors to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Ian Mackay of Agnew prepares to lead a group of wheelchair, bicyclists, runners and others on a portion of Sea-to-Sound, a three-day, 74-mile multi-modal group ride along a section of the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The excursion, which followed numerous portions of the Olympic Discovery from west of Lake Crescent to the Larry Scott Trail in Jefferson County, was organized through Ian’s Ride, a nonprofit organization with the goal of getting people outdoors to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Ian Mackay of Agnew prepares to lead a group of wheelchair, bicyclists, runners and others on a portion of Sea-to-Sound, a three-day, 74-mile multi-modal group ride along a section of the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The excursion, which followed numerous portions of the Olympic Discovery from west of Lake Crescent to the Larry Scott Trail in Jefferson County, was organized through Ian’s Ride, a nonprofit organization with the goal of getting people outdoors to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ian Mackay of Agnew prepares to lead a group of wheelchair, bicyclists, runners and others on a portion of Sea-to-Sound, a three-day, 74-mile multi-modal group ride along a section of the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The excursion, which followed numerous portions of the Olympic Discovery from west of Lake Crescent to the Larry Scott Trail in Jefferson County, was organized through Ian’s Ride, a nonprofit organization with the goal of getting people outdoors to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES — Ian Mackay, founder and executive director of the nonprofit corporation Ian’s Ride, will join Peninsula College’s Studium Generale lecture series to discuss the importance of community and to advocate for outdoor accessibility.

The event, co-sponsored by United Way of Clallam County in honor of Resilience Month, will take place from 12:35 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. Thursday in the Little Theater at Peninsula College’s Port Angeles campus.

The lecture can also be livestreamed via Zoom at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/82308557946 (meeting ID 823 0855 7946).

Studium Generale lectures are free and open to the public.

More information about Ian’s Ride can be found at iansride.com.