Police presence greeting Equality Riders at Oral Roberts University Two community members come out in support of the Equality Ride Pam Disel stands holding a photo of a victim of religion-based discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people Equality Riders Carl Millender and Angel Collie stand together prior to Angel’s arrest on the campus […]
Archives for March 2006
A Day to Reflect
by Dawn Davridge Hello all, Okay, so we spent today on the bus driving from Memphis TN to Tulsa OK. Not exactly a thrilling day but for me this was particularly tough because of several things, the first being that I have pneumonia. Not exactly the fun thing to get on a bus ride where […]
Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride, March 19, 2006
Equality Riders at Lorraine Motel and National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN Jake Reitan at the Lorraine motel with the Equality Ride bus in the background. David Coleman leads Equality Riders in prayer on “Mount Justice” on the outskirts of Union University. Police stand in background blocking entrance to the main part of campus. […]
Good-bye Lee University; Queers in the Wilderness
by Jamie St. Ledger For most riders, today was a bittersweet departure from Cleveland, TN, where we have spent the past two days meeting and befriending Lee University students. I always suspected that I would be engaged in deeply stimulating conversations on the college campuses we visit, but underestimated the possibility of making friends. Lee […]
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Former Union Student Delivers 蔘ヨSermon on the Mound蔘サ
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: March 18, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Richard Lindsay, 646-258-7193 richard@equalityride.com ****************************************** JACKSON, TN – The Soulforce Equality Ride pulled into Jackson, TN accompanied by a police escort starting at the county line. Despite requests from the Equality Ride to meet at the clock tower in the center of the Union […]
Lee University: Day 2
by Alexey Bulokhov First thing in the morning we had students come up to us and apologize for the graffiti on our bus. A group of students offered to clean it up and later came by our hotel to do so. The act of defacing our bus was a symbolic gesture by some Cleveland residents. […]