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“It's not the BATTLE of the sexes, it's the BALANCE of the sexes. We share our strengths, our privilege, our work. And we make Peace.” —Jennifer Schumaker (November 17, 2009)

Website Status:
At this time, the Walk for Togetherness website is being maintained with occasional updates. This site's main focus archives Jennifer Schumaker's Walk For Togetherness from San Diego to San Francisco in 2006.

The secondary purpose of this site archives Jennifer's Letters from the Lesbeyond, a column she wrote for the Update, a gay newspaper in San Diego, which has since gone out of business.

Lastly, this site showcases Jennifer's recent marriage equality work in the fall of 2008 to defeat Proposition 8 in California.

What Jennifer is Doing Now
Jennifer has settled back into her “regular life” as mom to four, including two in high school. Jennifer continues her activism as the "Lesbian Soccer Mom" of Escondido, California. She works with Marriage Equality USA and the North County LGBT Coalition, in addition to her full-time job as the mom of four highly active and involved children.

Jennifer is also currently accepting speaking engagements. Jennifer has spoken at colleges, organizations, and other groups.

San Diego Magazine article, September 2009
Bob Rowland interviews Jennifer's 10 year old son for a feature article in the September 2009 issue of the San Diego Magazine. See article: www.sandiegomagazine.com

What is Walk for Togetherness?

"In many ways, it is easier to walk 500 miles than to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender in America."
—Jennifer Schumaker

Jennifer Schumaker—writer, lesbian, and single soccer mom of four— walked 500 miles from Balboa Park in San Diego beginning on April 8th, 2006 to Crissy Field in San Francisco ending on June 3rd, 2006. The Walk was a success!

During her walk, Jennifer spoke with many Californians to encourage dialogue that recognizes that people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) and their families, friends, and allies are fully interconnected. She believes that our private and public discourse can and should continue to grow in reflecting this reality.

Jennifer hopes that allies of people who are LGBT will show their support and LGBT folks themselves will show their pride by wearing and displaying the Walk's symbolic “Togetherness Ribbon.”

Jennifer greeting the kids in San Francisco, June 3, 2006. Youtube.com Videos
• Jennifer completing her walk on Youtube.com.
• Watch Jennifer's finale speech on Youtube.com.

Articles about The Walk
Read the articles about the Walk in the San Diego Union Tribune, Bay Area Reporter, the Santa Barbara News-Press (The Santa Barbara News-Press has an article titled, “Long Walk for Awareness” dated May 4, 2006; however, their site requires registration then a search can be made.), Gay & Lesbian Times (San Diego). Zenger's Newsmagazine has an article.

(Gay.com, Planet Out and the Advocate had articles on their sites but have since been removed or moved and these articles can't be found.)

What Jennifer is Doing Now
Jennifer has settled back into her “regular life” as mom to four, including two in Junior High! She is also currently accepting speaking engagements. Jennifer has spoken at colleges, organizations, and other groups.

Other uses for this site:
If the opportunity presents itself, Jennifer will use this site to highlight other timely activism for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) issues she is involved with.

Got Hope? Harvey Milk video.
(Click on image below to go to video.)

Webmaster note:
Consider reading the About the Walk page, as this page explains—in an easy to read fashion—the reason and need for Jennifer's Walk for Togetherness.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence
of our friends." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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