{"id":30847,"date":"2022-06-26T10:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000027242"},"modified":"2022-06-26T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:16:32","slug":"photos-glow-sticks-fairy-wings-and-luminous-skates-at-glow-roll-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/photos-glow-sticks-fairy-wings-and-luminous-skates-at-glow-roll-2022","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Glow sticks, fairy wings and luminous skates at Glow Roll 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 30 people gathered for Glow Roll 2022, a rollerskating event in Alamitos Beach where the public was invited to dress up in bright colors and &#8220;take back the night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The skaters started at the Junipero Beach parking lot and skated toward the Downtown waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>Skaters held glow sticks, wore lit-up fairy wings and luminous wheels for the colorful event Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The annual tradition was created by a small group of skaters to protest the violence and fear experienced by women while walking alone at night.<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with street harassment is all too familiar for women, but when trying to pick up a new activity like roller skating, it\u2019s enough to deter women from skating in certain areas, especially at night, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>The glow roll event was created in 2021 by Cody Danger, a Long Beach resident who saw a need, especially after so much uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot happened during the pandemic behind closed doors and it\u2019s easy not to feel seen,\u201d said Danger. \u201cRoller skating is one of those things that makes you feel free and sometimes a little invincible, but that barrier can be broken so quickly, especially when you\u2019re skating outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to show people that they can go out and feel confident, as long as you have the right people around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danger is raising funds to be donated to the WomenShelter of Long Beach, which has helped families overcome trauma caused by domestic abuse since 1977. Last year Danger raised $700, this year she aimed to raise $1,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000072033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000072033\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000072033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26091809\/0626-GlowRoll-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1210\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000072033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly May lights up the Alamitos Beach bike path during the Glow Roll on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000072035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000072035\" style=\"width: 1682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000072035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26092245\/0626-GlowRoll-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1682\" height=\"1128\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000072035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cody Danger smiles while looking back at fellow roller skaters to see how they are faring skating over cobblestones during the Glow Roll on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000072036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000072036\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000072036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26092336\/0626-GlowRoll-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000072036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxy Wright poses for a photo in her \u201cstrong woman\u201d outfit. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000072040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000072040\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000072040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26092846\/0626-GlowRoll-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1061\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000072040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cody Danger, host and creator of the Glow Roll, at Lion&#8217;s Lighthouse on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000072042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000072042\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000072042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26092925\/0626-GlowRoll-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1165\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000072042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Bennett wears a shirt that says \u201cProtect Women\u201d as she skates down Alamitos Beach on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 30 people gathered for Glow Roll 2022, a rollerskating event in Alamitos Beach where the public was invited to dress up in bright colors and &#8220;take back the night.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":72063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[32033],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[1809],"class_list":["post-30847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-glow-roll-2022","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30847"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=30847"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}