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of the city while getting some much needed exercising through cycling. New Orleans Alumni Polemarch Christopher Newsome, one of the first members to start riding, stated that “this cycling group has been a great reclama- tion tool. We have been able to engage and reclaim brothers who had been away from Kappa for over a decade. Broth- ers have formed a bond with each other that had been missing for a while and felt it was a good time to ‘come home to Kappa.’ As the group grew, so did their reputation around the city of New Orleans. The group did away with t- shirts and designed customized “NOLA NUPE Cycling Krewe” jerseys. Every Saturday, morning the citizens in New Orleans know that the Nupes in New Orleans can be cycling the city in style.
Can you sense the energy, commitment and purpose in extolling brothers and others to push themselves beyond their current circumstances and to improve their health and policy circumstances by participating in the franchise?
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