National Tour of Christian Colleges Advocates Safety for Gay and Transgender Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 10, 2008 For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin MacIntyre, Equality Ride Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138 caitlin@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Jackson, TN) — Today the Soulforce Q Equality Ride visited Union University in hopes of engaging students and faculty in dialogue about […]
Archives for November 2008
Associated Press, "Equality riders arrested at Union University"
Equality riders arrested at Union University Monday, November 10, 2008 Uncredited, The Associated Press JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Three people were arrested Monday while trying to speak to Union University students about equality for gay and transgender students. The Soulforce Q Equality Riders, a social justice organization that visits colleges to encourage discussions on the […]
Riders Sow Seeds of Change at Ouachita Baptist University
National Tour of Christian Colleges Advocates Safety for Gay and Transgender Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 6, 2008 For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin MacIntyre, Equality Ride Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138 caitlin@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Arkadelphia, AR) — Wednesday, the Equality Ride, a national bus tour of Christian universities that promotes fairness and safety for lesbian, gay, […]
Statement from Soulforce Executive Director Jeff Lutes
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 5, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** Statement from Soulforce Executive Director, Jeff Lutes: Today is a day of blessing seasoned by loss. For even as America’s historic presidential election ushers in a new dawn of fairness and inclusivity, a majority of voters in Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Florida […]
KARK 4 News, "5:50 p.m. – Equality Riders" (on Ouachita Baptist and Central Baptist stops)
5:50 p.m. – Equality Riders Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 05:55pm CST By Mallory Hardin, KARK 4 News A group of young people are arrested on a college campus in Conway earlier this week for trespassing. Wednesday, the same group stopped at an Arkadelphia college to let their message be heard. The Soulforce Equality Riders […]
Riders Arrested at Central Baptist College in Arkansas
National Tour of Christian Colleges Advocates Safety for Gay and Transgender Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 4, 2008 For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin MacIntyre, Equality Ride Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138 caitlin@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Conway, AR) — Yesterday, the Equality Ride, a youth-organized bus tour that travels to faith-based universities to create a dialogue about faith […]