[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/students-to-march-across-america-for-marriage\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/students-to-march-across-america-for-marriage\/","headline":"Students to March across America for Marriage","name":"Students to March across America for Marriage","description":"By Katherine Dean Six graduate students from the University of Southern California\u2019s School of Cinematic Arts will cross the country on foot to bring attention...","datePublished":"2010-11-23","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/students-to-march-across-america-for-marriage\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":295,"articleBody":" By Katherine Dean Six graduate students from the University of Southern California\u2019s School of Cinematic Arts will cross the country on foot to bring attention to same-sex marriage and gay rights beginning Feb. 1, according to the University\u2019s newspaper, the Daily Trojan.  The group\u2019s goal is to engage in open dialogue about gay marriage and gay civil rights with people along the route as they film their entire journey.  \u201cProbably a lot of people who are out there in the [United States] in rural communities, for example, haven\u2019t met a lot of gay people. Just coming face to face I think would give them an opportunity to level with someone on a human, basic level,\u201d said A.J. Goodrich, the third-year graduate student who developed the idea for the march and will direct the film.   Goodrich\u2019s faculty supervisor, Jed Dannenbaum, applauds the students decision to walk, remarking on the historic significance of marching for a cause. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting, compelling combination of personal journey and exploration of America and at the same time reminiscent of the great civil rights marches of the past,\u201d Dannenbaum said. Goodrich has said that the group intends to highlight gay marriage as one of the talking points along their route, but, in the interest of gaining equal civil rights for gays and lesbians, they will address other issues that plague homosexuals. \u201cThe greater acceptance and more awareness we have of the real damaging effects that [things like] bullying can have, or not having equal rights can have\u2014if people were aware of that, I think we could make strides towards achieving equality,\u201d Goodrich said. The students will begin their seven-month, 4,000 mile journey in San Francisco on Feb. 1 and finish in Boston in early September."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Students to March across America for Marriage","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/students-to-march-across-america-for-marriage\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]