Equality Riders and members of Lynchburg community set off toward Liberty University Vigiling outside Liberty University Civil Rights activist Rev. Phil Lawson encourages the Equality Riders during their action at Liberty University Community member and straight ally Erin Neff is arrested in Lynchburg Community member from Lynchburg prepares to be arrested Bill Carpenter is led […]
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Soulforce Equality Ride Calls on Schools to Learn From History
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: February 27, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@equalityride.com Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Lynchburg, VA) The first ever Soulforce Equality Ride is set to begin in early March. During a 51-day bus tour, thirty-five young adults will confront nineteen religious colleges and military academies […]
Campus Access Refused By Liberty University: Soulforce Equality Riders Vow To Enter Grounds
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: February 25, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@equalityride.com Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Lynchburg, VA) The first ever Soulforce Equality Ride is set to begin in early March. During a 51-day bus tour, thirty-five young adults will confront nineteen religious colleges and military academies […]
Soulforce Equality Ride: This Discrimination Feels Familiar. We Can’t Ignore the Benefits of History.
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: February 16, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@equalityride.com Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Lynchburg, VA) The first ever Soulforce Equality Ride is set to begin in early March. During a 51-day bus tour, thirty-five young adults will confront nineteen religious colleges and military academies […]
Soulforce Equality Ride Students Announce Historic Itinerary
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: January 13, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.org Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Dallas, TX) With only fifty days till the wheels start rolling; Soulforce announces the historic itinerary of colleges and universities that have anti-gay admission policies. “Colleges and Universities don’t want to make this list! This […]
Washington Blade Reports on Equality Ride
Equality Ride to protest schools’ anti-gay policies By EARTHA MELZER May. 20, 2005 Recent non-violent protests at Liberty University and Focus on the Family headquarters are test runs for a new Soulforce project that will travel the country to demonstrate against religious and military schools that ban gay men and lesbians, organizers said. Soulforce, which […]