****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: October 18, 2005 Contact: Jacob Reitan, Equality Ride Director Office: 434-384-7696 Cell: 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com Contact: Robyn Murphy, Soulforce Communications Cell: 314-712-7431 Soulforce, PO Box 3195, Lynchburg, VA 24503 www.equalityride.com/navy ****************************************** Annapolis, MD. October 18, 2005: When the Soulforce Equality Riders arrive this Friday at the U.S. Naval Academy to protest the […]
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Soulforce’s Equality Ride to go to the Naval Academy
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: September 21, 2005 Press Advisory: Equality Ride to go to the Naval Academy Contact: Jacob Reitan, Equality Ride, Director Soulforce, PO Box 3195, Lynchburg, VA 24503 Office: 434-384-7696 Cell: 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com www.equalityride.com/navy ****************************************** Annapolis, MD – On October 21, concerned citizens from around the Washington, D.C. area will arrive by bus […]
Soulforce’s Equality Ride Sends Letter to Naval Academy
Vice Admiral Rodney P. Rempt Office of the Superintendent U.S. Naval Academy 121 Blake Road Annapolis, MD 21402-5000 August 18, 2005 RE: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Dear Vice Admiral Rodney P. Rempt, I am the Director of the Equality Ride, a nationwide movement of young adults seeking to bring understanding about gay, lesbian, bisexual and […]
Why Go To The Naval Academy
First, the Equality Ride to the Naval Academy supports gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender midshipmen who are suffering silently in closets of fear. In going to the academy, we say to those closeted students, “we support you and salute your service.” Second, the Equality Ride to the Naval Academy creates a forum where GLBT issues […]
2006 Soulforce Equality Ride
The Soulforce Equality Ride kicked off for its first nationwide tour in 2006, after two test runs in 2005 at Liberty University and the US Naval Academy. Thirty two young adults spent two months on the road visiting colleges and universities across the United States which discriminate against LGBTQ people. Today, the Equality Ride remains […]
Equality Ride: Naval Academy
On October 21, the Soulforce Equality Ride, along with concerned citizens from around the Washington, D.C. area, will arrive by bus at the United States Naval Academy to take a stand against the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, banning the enlistment of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender midshipmen. The direct action at the […]