Six Young Adults Arrested; OBU Students Take Up Banner Affirming LGBT Lives ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 15, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Shawnee, Oklahoma) — Six young adults were arrested on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus today as they attempted to deliver a tapestry […]
Oklahoma Baptist University
Equality Riders Arrested at Oklahoma Baptist University; Administration Reneges on Last Year’s Promise to Protect LGBT Students
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 15, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Shawnee, Oklahoma) — Yesterday, 5 Equality Riders were arrested for attempting to worship at chapel with students from Oklahoma Baptist University. The Soulforce Equality Ride is a nationwide journey of 50 young adults visiting […]
East Bus Route
2007 Equality Ride East Bus Route Stop Date School Location 1 March 8-9 Dordt College Sioux Center, IA 2 March 12 Central Bible College Springfield, MO 3 March 14-15 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, OK 4 March 19 Baylor University Waco, TX 5 March 22 Mississippi College Clinton, MS 6 March 26 Union University Jackson, TN […]
Oklahoma Escape
by Jacob Neal Oklahoma City, OK Our first day off! What a relief! The question looming in everyone’s mind after our mentally taxing days at OBU was how should we spend this glorious day off here in Oklahoma City, the thriving metropolis of the Midwest? Bill provided us with the clear answer: breakfast at IHOP. […]
Seeds Planted at OBU
by Kayla Bonewell and Pam Disel At every one of the Equality Ride’s 19 stops, two Riders were assigned to be the advance team. Pam Disel and I, both Oklahomans, were in charge of the Oklahoma Baptist University events. It was an amazing and daunting task to coordinate two days worth of activities between 33 […]
Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride, March 23rd & 24th, 2006
Equality Riders going to chapel at Oklahoma Baptist University Ryan Rolston tells her story of being dismissed from OBU Riders and community members listening to Ryan Rolston’s story Community members in Lions Club park Rider Jonathan Awtrey does “outreach” with a local resident Equality Riders (try) to get rhythm Equality Riders at Church of the […]