Adam Britt’s Equality Ride Journey

Cornerstone was a very interesting stop with a lot of confusion. The president is Rex Rodgers, who is not known for having very many pleasant things to say about Queer folk. We entered the campus knowing this and I think we always had to keep that in the back of our minds.

We got back to the school at 8:30 to find that a couple was there to meet us with doughnuts and coffee; it was very nice of them. We spent some time talking with students and then Matt and Stephen attempted to deliver a new cornerstone to Cornerstone, one that was inclusive of Queer people. We were not sure if they would be let on campus or not, as their were very few uniformed police people and they were all very far away, however the school did choose to arrest them. After the arrest, an administrator brought the cornerstone back in an attempt to give it back, however we said that he could keep it and told us that he would deliver it to the Student body, hopefully that will actually happen.

After more time of dialogue with students and forming a silent vigil, we left the school and went to a local Penara Bread Company and had lunch and talked with more students. From there, we went to a community dinner and Mary, a Calvin student I had been talking to, brought over a lot of Vegan food with the animal welfare group she is with and it was AMAZING. I am really excited about tomorrow to talk to her more and for our knitting group that I have put together. We are going to knit and talk about Gender, two of my favorite things!

As usual, photos can be found a here.

Love,

Adam

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