Video: Equality Ride Returns to Brigham Young

March of 2007 marked the Equality Ride’s second visit to Brigham Young University. The administration again refused to negotiate on-campus dialogue. Stop organizers Matt and Kourt knew that students were ready and waiting to talk about issues of faith and identity that are literally life-or-death for many LDS people. They organized presentations, dinner meetings, and discussion groups for our three days in Provo, UT. I would estimate that over a hundred people participated in the events while we were there. The Equality Ride brings a much needed conversation to campuses unwilling to have such a conversation on their own.

On our last day there, we moved our events closer to campus: a six-hour march around campus to make ourselves readily available to students, a press conference at the main gates of the school to let the community know of BYU’s refusal to dialogue, and an evening rally in nearby Kiwanis Park to give a voice to the Brigham Young students.

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