Equality Ride 2007

Soulforce Equality Ride BEGINS!!!!

The Soulforce Equality Ride takes off from Minneapolis, MN, with the West Bus heading to University of Notre Dame and the East Bus heading to Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. Learn about the Ride at: http://www.equalityride.com

Vandalism and Intimidation in the Heartland

On the day the East Bus arrived at their first destination, Dordt College in Sioux Center, IA, the hotel was circled by three cars harassing the riders staying there. The morning after the riders awoke to find the bus defaced with hate speech and vulgarisms. The pictures are below. The President of Dordt College publicly apologized for the community's behavior.

from the Soulforce blog

Last year, the Equality Ride received a similar welcome in Cleveland, TN. There community members wrote "fags-mobile" on the side of the bus. Katie Higgins, co-director of the Eastbound bus and a rider from last year commented, "This is the reality created by fear and misunderstanding. It saddens me that people have such hatred in their hearts, but this just demonstrates why we feel called to spread our message of the inherent worth and dignity of all human beings."

You can read more about the ride in this Soulforce press release and in the Soulforce blog.