{"id":24364,"date":"2014-03-11T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=24364"},"modified":"2014-03-10T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T03:02:55","slug":"janes-walk-2014-walk-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/03\/11\/janes-walk-2014-walk-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane&#8217;s Walk 2014: Be a Walk Leader!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The 8th annual Jane&#8217;s Walk Festival will take place on May 2nd, 3rd &amp;\u00a04th\u00a0in 100+ cities worldwide, including Vancouver!<\/h3>\n<h2>What is Jane\u2019s Walk?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeswalk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jane&#8217;s Walk<\/a> celebrates the ideas and legacy of urbanist\u00a0<strong>Jane Jacobs<\/strong>\u00a0by getting people out exploring their neighbourhoods through free walking tours, led by locals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24368\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeswalk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24368\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" alt=\"Jane Jacobs\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/janejacobs_ideasthatmatter61dbf2-252x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/janejacobs_ideasthatmatter61dbf2-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/janejacobs_ideasthatmatter61dbf2.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Jacobs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Free walking tours held on the first weekend of May each year are led by locals who want to create a space for residents to talk about what matters to them in the places they live and work.\u00a0By walking together, communities engage in civic dialogue. Since its inception in Toronto in 2007, Jane\u2019s Walk has expanded rapidly. In May of 2013, more than 800 walks were held in over 100 cities in 22 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to lead or join in a free walk exploring the history and stories that shape our everyday urban experience.\u00a0Food, art, history, nature, the built environment, the past and the future of the city and how we live together are amongst the themes developed and discussed on past Jane\u2019s Walks.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Lead a walk in your neighbourhood<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Jane&#8217;s Walks are about sharing stories. If you have a story to tell about your city, consider leading a walk! \u00a0What better way to celebrate the tapestry of the urban experience than to help others discover new things about their city?You can create, plan, and map out your walk on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeswalk.org\/#getinvolved\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jane&#8217;s Walk website<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Anyone can lead a walk.<\/h3>\n<p>Remember, walks are not necessarily led by experts, but by people who want to share what matters to them.\u00a0There are only two rules: walks are taken and given for free, and they should be walking conversations. The rest is entirely up to the walkers, and the conversation topics are as varied as the people taking part, from art and architecture to potholes and shortcuts and from video surveillance to the urban forest: anything that helps you and others better understand our cities and neighbourhoods as places and spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Jane\u2019s Walk team\u00a0can help you plan, promote and share your walk.\u00a0You can learn more about Jane&#8217;s Walk and\u00a0<strong>submit\u00a0a walk at\u00a0<a title=\"Submit a walk\" href=\"http:\/\/janeswalk.org\/walk\/form\/\">janeswalk.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, or would like to help out in a\u00a0different\u00a0way, please contact\u00a0<strong>Yuri Artibise<\/strong>, Vancouver Walk\u00a0Organizer\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:yuri@janeswalk.net\">yuri@janeswalk.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 8th annual Jane&#8217;s Walk Festival will take place on May 2nd, 3rd &amp;\u00a04th\u00a0in 100+ cities worldwide, including Vancouver! 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Free walking tours held on the first weekend of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/03\/11\/janes-walk-2014-walk-leader\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Jane&#8217;s Walk 2014: Be a Walk Leader!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":24365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,20,26,11236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-engagement","category-events","category-neighbourhoods","category-walking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jane&#039;s Walk 2014: Be a Walk Leader! - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/03\/11\/janes-walk-2014-walk-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jane&#039;s Walk 2014: Be a Walk Leader! - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 8th annual Jane&#8217;s Walk Festival will take place on May 2nd, 3rd &amp;\u00a04th\u00a0in 100+ cities worldwide, including Vancouver! 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