Raven's Rainbow Realm~ "If You are Not Outraged, You are NOT Paying Attention!" This is a Place to Challenge our Sterotypical Thinking and Learn Tolerance! Namaste is our Anthem! “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

Prejudice and ignorance are globally pervasive, and even academic communities are subject to their grip. In 2006, during the inaugural Equality Ride, thirty-four participants traveled to eighteen schools and engaged students, faculty, and administrators in conversation about the destructive effects of doctrine and policy that label lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities as sick and sinful. And in 2007 two buses carried fifty young adults to thirty-four Christian colleges and universities with the same goal of dialogue.


In just two years, the Equality Ride has become a national forum wherein diversity is affirmed and discourse about faith, sexuality, and gender is effectively beholden to truth. And now, the journey continues once again. This fall, twenty-five young adults will visit schools in the South where there is a distinct legacy of religious, social and legal conservatism that further informs LGBT oppression. The expanding lineup will include new denominations, seminaries, and several faith-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities. For six weeks in October and November, young revolutionaries from all over will unite in the nonviolent pursuit of social justice. A movement in itself, the Equality Ride is set to empower a generation to challenge tradition and secure a brighter future for everyone.

What we hope to experience at every school is a time of scholarly dialogue. In the past we have planned schoolwide panel discussions, classroom visits, meals with students, informal discussions in coffee shops, shared Bible studies, and presentations. Unfortunately, not every school chooses to participate. The need for dialogue is so urgent, however, we come to every planned school with a message of hope and peace. Voluntary redemptive suffering in the form of civil disobedience may become our avenue toward progress if, and only if, a school rejects dialogue.