VOICES OF CHANGE
Every year, Rock the Ride brings together elected leaders, advocates, and survivors working to end gun violence.
Gabby Giffords
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, GIFFORDS co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
VOICES OF CHANGE
Every year, Rock the Ride brings together elected leaders, advocates, and survivors working to end gun violence.
Gabby Giffords
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, GIFFORDS co-founder
Gabby Giffords
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, GIFFORDS co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Congressman Mike Thompson
(CA-04) Rock the Ride co-founder
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representative
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representative
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 2026 guest speakers - partial list:
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) - The event inspiration who will be leading 25-mile ride
State Senator Christopher Cabaldon (SD03) — California State Senator serving district 3
Angela Ferrell-Zabala - Executive Director, Moms Demand Action
Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (District 4)
Our 2025 guest speakers:
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
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.