Ser MENSAJERA en BICICLETA - Experiencias de mujeres en la ciudad.

I'm hello friends, welcome to one more video because we have a very special content, we have two bicycle messenger guests in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Our two guests each have their own bike messenger project and have already worked on applications in others. vice courier companies the city of Bogotá and they are going to tell us a little about their experience in this city what it is like to be a bike they enter me was in Bogotá what is the move that has happened to them how they defend themselves from certain things so here are the two of them in my name is karim gonzález also known as bloom means reasons in german i am my message was about a year and a half ago officially however thanks to my friends people close to me I feel that messaging has come into my life long before I feel As such, but I bought my bicycle with one of my salaries when I worked as a skater, to become and train as an independent woman, I had many fears about changing my job, my lifestyle, and well, I took the risk once it motivated me, so well, I even Today I work here like so I can't allow it and I already finished even though it was a family job and the next day thanks to a colleague I had a job and couriers were very complicated, I didn't even know what the addresses were like, even though I knew that the south than the north what web bogotá ente it is easy to locate us in the mountains I knew that but the boys my name is alejandra duarte I am vice messenger in the city of bogotá a good couple of years ago the epicenter of my life has been the bicycle it is a of the most important tools and those that have allowed me to transcend in many aspects of my life.

Previously studying industrial design of the Anas model, I lived a life very far from sport or very far from all the elements that have to do with the bicycle. I arrived to the bicycle 6 years ago 5 years ago and I fell in love I fell madly in love with it once I got on the bicycle I found an inferior fortress an indoor Alexandra who was willing to take on the world thanks to the bicycle messaging today today I am who I am It is the one that has forged Alejandro's character and dreams. It is very gratifying to see how a year ago we were already talking about whether the messenger is perhaps yes, we can already be talking about 300 or 350 messengers, so I think it is a very important moment for messaging worldwide I have an experience back 5 years in which I had the opportunity to be in new york germany riga braga some parts of spain like madrid and valencia and albert and by collecting all this knowledge of messaging outside me It has allowed me to come and be able to share this knowledge with you.

I have been with messaging for approximately two months. Three months beyond the bicycle. I am also a student of community education with an emphasis on human rights. The character of the university has therefore given me a theoretical point of view compared to what is harassment and abuse towards women, well in this case it does not mean that it happens to the students or to other gender sciences although I am on my bicycle and I cannot say I have to stop and explain to you what the patriarchy and how it is being violated that a is violent for me because the way you look at me is violent for me I do not have the time to since then it is known there are times it is complemented by my way of being a little search a little she and the one who is going through the same physical position, gates, what happens now, sorry, respect me, no, don't do that, you're not asking me, I'm not crazy about it, it's nothing to me, that's because I'm here working on things, even minimal invisible violence, let's say the fact of getting dressed. in shorts and they are looking at me they tell me that because I dress like this, if it is to be liked, that is, you think that I start to draw cards that if I am making up my entrepreneurship project it is to rest and if you judge me corbis dressing like that it is not because You want to like it or this is that I am on a bicycle almost 10 hours a day today I want to feel comfortable when you go out to Bogotá when leaving the messaging behind for a bit you are faced with a hostile environment with a wild environment where every day we have to overcome different challenges One of the most difficult challenges as a messenger and as that user, let's say on the street, has been the harassment, the disrespect has been bad words, it has been entrapment, Schenkar has also put us in all my skills as a messenger and this has not allowed my work to be so easy as many people believe that this was delivered only from point ave the violence shouts in the streets the road actors is very strong very strong so it is not only the ex-cyclist who is reckless but we also have the car we have the motorcycle we have the pedestrian but Once I got on the bicycle, with this tool I have been able to confront all these problems that put us on the path.

Riding a bicycle is stronger and safer and gives an image of strength, and speaking of support for people, it has slowed down more. to these people who harass others but also how one rides his bicycle as he has become an expert on the streets has allowed me to be able to confront sometimes without even saying without even returning an insult it has given me my place if I have been with you for many years living these types of experiences and they have already given me the tools to be able to continue without it touching me or even without it affecting me but I believe that it is a process that each of us must begin and that we must begin to talk about in everyone the bicycle spaces then in a certain way there are times it grabbed me well I respond like this and dialogue with the tastes other times and with the violent or with like that there are those who are our secret weapon whether you want it or not your character is being formed and the fact They have told me, let's say, I received a package and they tell me everything, you can be a messenger, you are a girl, you can't, I have been my magic suitcase of all like that, truck and I grill even on the outside, calm, I can find a way for me, good and what are the guarantees? of work that I am giving him then, alejandra do and it complies with the biosafety standards, the manga has all its implements and all its tools that allow it to exercise the messaging in the best way, it has a data plan with a bicycle in optimal conditions that alejandra helps or promotes ventures to increase their sales moments with food of him is with my health I am not covered for and all types of accidents I can for taking my clothing so whatever my suitcase is a good raincoat and some tools that do not They are nothing, not cheap, a suitcase while eruptions costs 400 thousand pesos, easily a lock costs 300 thousand pesos, I insist on it, it costs 20,000, a low data plan costs 50 thousand pesos a month, a bicycle rule, an enlistment costs 30 thousand So that's where our pasture begins to realize everything you need to be an excellent courier and to be able to give guarantees to your clients that you are delivering their packages in optimal conditions, whether it's a courier on the street or what happened to me from a table was the street.

I say forest power and no one stops it and I have won more than what I lost I have gained a lot I am missing a lot a lot of freedom feeling free I have gained changing as a person being more aware of things spending so much time in the neighborhoods my idea of ​​covering everything vote is What I was telling you is happening right now and it is also breaking that stereotype that neighborhoods and streets are violent and it is even known that there is violence because in each neighborhood and even invisible borders, neighborhood problems and others that are located in specific neighborhoods, not all of them.

We know them here in Bogotá and you can use different parts of the world. Using the bicycle has made me break stereotypes first for myself and then for the people I am with, the fact of calling, let's say, my mother and saying hello, magic 15 bolivar is watching I mean, a panoramic view that I am like this, he gave a video I don't think well I don't know thank you very much for this opportunity I'm on a mountain who is great and they are paying me and I'm doing what I like and I'm pedaling I'm being very happy and good but I'm calm Attention to all this has to go within the messaging profile, currently with the experience that I already have, we are starting to have message and messaging meetings, these have been four sessions and we created this space with the intention of being able to train people who want entering into messaging, then, is what allows us that when I need a messenger because I cannot do my messaging or because they suddenly ask me for a service, I can blindly send a messenger who will have all the qualities and who It will guarantee 100% effective and 100% good work, so we have created these spaces not only to raise awareness among people who want to enter the courier service but also to raise awareness among customers, so when you are dealing with a courier service you have to take everything into account.

What we are talking about has to take into account that it is a high-risk job that we are risking our lives that at any moment we can lose our lives at any moment we can be seriously injured and these guarantees unfortunately today in Bogotá no no Come on, then, people want cheaper, people want faster, people want, but they don't start to look at everything that a messenger has to do, everything that he dedicates time of his life and effort to be able to practice in Freemasonry, then you It is also a great invitation to all people, if they want to be part of the courier service, to not be satisfied with having a suitcase on a rack, but rather to be trained in customer service as to how they should charge you for a courier service in which case it is one of those great dimensions that has been expressed that if they need to be in charge because in that way they will nourish our collective and our community if they are not going to transgress it then they are invited to the messenger meetings that we are doing here I leave you in the video my phone number you can contact me the next meeting is going to be this Tuesday the place you will know once you are in the group because for security and well we are going to discuss topics such as what messaging is who we are where we are going how should I charge for a service that would be cool to have them there to start sharing these files with all of you I am super we invite you to this space it is a non-profit space it is a space for all of you and for the community every morning before making my deliveries I look in front Facing this hostile and wild concrete city that is Bogotá, I entrust myself to all the messengers who have died doing what I love, Mikati, I opened it and said to myself, I am going to war, I know that the cars are going to knock me down, I know that they are going to knock me down. shout in the street I know they are going to harass me but it took me a few minutes to breathe and connect with my great inner strength with a warrior woman who shows her teeth and nails and I prepare for a day of messaging in Bogotá well I hope you liked it This week's video, many, many thanks to our two guests in this video, you already know if you want to follow her, if you want to hire her courier services or follow more bike companies, mentar and girls, all the links are down here in the video, if you liked it video give it a thumbs up and subscribe if on the channel we are going to release a video every week every Saturday we will be releasing a new video so that you are here super attentive know that we read them and answer them in the comments so if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact away or leave your question here in the comments and we will be answering those who want and are encouraged on Tuesday I will be at the meeting of vice messengers that aleja commented so see you on Tuesday I will be there to answer your questions your doubts to listen to your comments to listen Your reviews, rather, it would be a pleasure to see you all there and if nothing else, we'll see you in eight days.