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Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, TAKE ACTION for equality now, Tennessee, Texas
 From SoulForce… Hailing from across the country, and one from Cyprus, the 2010 team brings a multitude of unique experiences and backgrounds, bound by a common desire to make campuses and communities safe, welcoming and affirming for people of all identities. The Riders will board the bus on March 4th to begin their two-month long journey – stopping at 16 campuses in the Northeast, South, and Midwest – all with policies that are discriminatory to LGBTQ students. Soulforce is placing a special focus on community work this year, and are hoping to engage not just with the campuses we visit, but with the communities they live in. This means partnering with communities in volunteer work, hosting activism/organizing forums, linking students with community members, and offering our support for the justice work that is already happening in the places we are visiting. Check out where the 2010 Equality Ride is heading, and find out how YOU can get involved! Stop Date School Location http://www.soulforce.org/equalityride
 (No Ratings Yet) Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana is concerned about supporting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act because of potential impacts on In my research for this article this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see a new report by the United States General Accounting Office, dated October 1, 2009, specifically looking at the stats on ENDA’s litigation potential based on state statistics. There’s been a lot of back and forth on the web about whether Senator Lugar would or would not be supportive about ENDA. But he did vote in favor of the hate crimes bill on several occasions, and was one of five Republican Senators who voted last week to stop the Republican filibuster on that bill. That’s key in terms of bringing ENDA to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor, where we only need 50 votes (which we now have). Even if he ultimately finds that his convictions lead him to vote against ENDA because of the small business issue, the question is whether he will allow a Republican filibuster to defeat the democratic will of the majority. But I think Senator Lugar should know this: No small businesses will be harmed in the passing of this law. Please call Senator Lugar and tell him that S1584, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, will not harm small businesses for two reasons. Those two reasons, and contact info, by clicking here: http://bit.ly/1I33hz
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