by Carl Millender Good gardeners know that in order to truly deal with a weed, you must address it at its root. Well, that is just what we did today as we visited the Council of Christian Colleges conference in Dallas, Texas. While we have been working with the CCCU for the last year in […]
Archives for March 2006
Equality Riders蔘サ Message to CCCU: Remember History, 蔘�epent of Your Homophobia蔘
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 31, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Richard Lindsay, 646-258-7193richard@equalityride.com****************************************** (Dallas, TX) – Today at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities International Conference the Soulforce Equality Ride stood in vigil in honor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students who are not welcome at religious colleges and universities. The CCCU is a […]
When in Rome…
by Jarrett Lucas We pour onto Texas A & M’s campus, an army of individuals connected by a common dream; we wish to live in a world devoid of discrimination. The diversity of our group is quite apparent. But, even more visible is our unity. With affable smiles and sincere greetings we allow our shirts […]
‘Fish,’ ‘spurs’ and ‘zips’: Equality Riders experience military culture of Texas A&M
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 29, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Richard Lindsay, 646-258-7193richard@equalityride.com****************************************** College Station, TX – Equality Riders visited one of the bastions of American military culture at Texas A & M University today. A & M has the largest ROTC program in the country outside of the service academies, and contributes more officers to the […]
Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride, March 29, 2006
Equality Riders hold rally outside of Texas A&M Corps Hall Equality Riders hold demonstration about "Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell" Jake and Haven speak with cadets Pam Disel asks, "Would you serve with me?" Jarrett Lucas leads the rally at Texas A&M Equality Riders on the way to lunch at Corps Dining Hall Jake reviews the […]
Grateful for Abilene
by Robin Reed Sunday night, after a long day of travel from Oklahoma City to Abilene in a stuffy bus with no Freon (thus no air conditioning), we arrived at Abilene Christian University in time for a nice dinner sponsored by the university. This is the first school to offer us an official welcome and […]