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Steve Barchers has been an activist in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community for more than 10 years. He has served many organizations including Maryland's Free State Justice Campaign, the Gay & Lesbian Association of Silver Spring, Maryland (G.L.A.S.S.), Gay & Lesbian Interests Consortium of Montgomery County, Maryland (GLIC), and the Capital Area Log Cabin Club of Washington, D.C.
Over the past couple of years, Steve has been active with Soulforce, Inc., an organization led by the Rev. Dr. Mel White. Steve worked with Soulforce at its Lynchburg 200 dialogue with members of Jerry Falwell's church in October 1999, as well as its direct action in Washington, D.C. in November 2000 for the meeting of the National Council of Catholic Bishops. He served as a Soulforce representative doing volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity and area Christian churches in building housing in October 2000 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Also a scholar, Steve studied advanced hands-on non-violent civil disobedience in the manner of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. during the Soulforce University and Advanced Training in Non-Violent Civil Disobedience during a direct action at the United Methodist Church General Conference 2000 in Cleveland, Ohio, May 5-12, 2000. He will be attending the "Soulforce Institute for Nonviolent Change" and "24 Hours of Justice" in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, June 7-11, 2002.
