FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: vochoa@eracoalition.org Washington DC - The abhorrent assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted assassination of another Minnesota State legislator John Hoffman strike at the heart of our community. Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman was a respected leader, public servant, and unwavering champion of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: vochoa@eracoalition.org Washington DC - We are deeply disturbed by the images and videos of Senator Alex Padilla—an elected official—being handcuffed and forcibly removed from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question. Silencing and physically restraining a U.S.…
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My name is Ruby Lerman, and I’m a teenager in Montgomery County, Maryland. I have my whole life ahead of me, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Ideally, I want to be an engineer or a climate scientist because those fields interest me. However, those fields are very…
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At every turning point in our nation’s history, change has come because people—especially women—refused to stay silent. Sojourner Truth stood up and asked, “Ain’t I a woman?” Shirley Chisholm ran for president as an unapologetic Black woman, declaring herself “unbought and unbossed.” Fannie Lou Hamer told the truth of voter…
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Young men today are growing up in a world full of noise about what it means to be a man.In the search for identity and belonging, many are turning to online influencers who package harmful ideas in the language of empowerment. What may begin as a desire for connection and…
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The House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act). This bill is based on a false fear that there is widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections. That fear has been used to create rules that make it harder for many eligible people to vote—like married women,…
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Today, the US House of Representatives passed the SAVE (Safeguarding American Voters Eligibility) Act—a deeply troubling piece of legislation that threatens the freedom to vote for millions, especially women. This legislation imposes strict ID requirements and unnecessary bureaucratic barriers that will make it harder—not safer—for people to cast their ballots.…
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Written by Halie Moses Last week, during the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., I stood alongside young women and activists from across the country who came to our nation’s capital to make a difference and have their voices heard. Looking around, it became clear that I was…
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Written by Halie Moses In our current political environment, where every hard-won movement–Civil Rights, Women's Suffrage, Reproductive Rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights–is being systematically unraveled, how can one maintain hope, determination, and momentum for achieving something that feels so out of reach, such as solidified equal rights through the law? It’s…
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Last week, we saw another blatant attack on dignity and respect when Rep. Keith Self deliberately misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride. In response, Rep. Bill Keating invoked a question that history will not forget: “Have you no decency?” This isn’t just about one person or one moment—it’s about a larger, dangerous…
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