Each year at Rock the Ride USA, we strive to bring you important voices of change working in gun violence prevention — from elected leaders to advocates and survivors.
Our 2025 guest speakers are as follows:
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) - The event inspiration who will be leading 25-mile ride
Gabby Giffords - Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, former Congresswoman, gun violence survivor, co-founder of GIFFORDS
Angela Ferrell-Zabala - Executive Director, Moms Demand Action
Kris Brown - President, Brady
Christoper Cabaldon - California State Senator, District 3
Cassandra James - Solano County Supervisor, District 1
Rahsaan Bahati - 10-time U.S. National cycling champion, Bahati Foundation founder
Dr. Mark Shapiro - Event moderator, Explore the Space podcast host
At our 2024 event in Napa Valley, we were joined by Jackie Speier, who served in Congress from 2008 to 2023 representing California's 14th Congressional District. Speier is a survivor of gun violence, and is currently serving again as a San Mateo County Supervisor.
Joining us at our 2024 event in North Shore, Illinois was Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-4), and survivor speaker Dionne Mhoon (Peace for Preston), mother of Aréanah Preston, who was a Chicago Police Department Officer who was killed in 2022.
Some of our past Voices of Change speakers are featured below, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi; Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts; Members of Congress Rep. Ted Lieu (CA), Rep. Susie Lee (NV), and Napa Valley’s own Rep. Mike Thompson; book author and Mother Jones journalist Mark Follman; Dr. Andre Campbell (SF General) and Dr. Annie Andrews (Their Future. Our Vote.). In our virtual event years (2020 & 2021), we were joined by Dr. Megan Ranney (Yale), Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, Rep. Robin Kelly (IL) and Rep. Ted Lieu.
