FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 16, 2022 Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC - “The ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality stand in solidarity with the Asian-American and Black communities that have been so terribly impacted by gun violence this past weekend just trying to worship and go about their everyday life. Our…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2022Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC - “We’re grateful to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), and the other cosponsors on the Women’s Health Protection Act. The vote on this important piece of legislation would codify an essential…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 3, 2022 Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Following media reports of a draft United States Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe. v Wade ruling, ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins released the following statement: “Right now Roe v. Wade…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2022Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– In a recent interview, U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero claimed that “the time limit has expired” for the Equal Rights Amendment to be enshrined in the Constitution. In response, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality (FFWE) President and CEO…
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Free Rally For Women to Celebrate In Times Square’s Father Duffy Square, April 27th at Noon, With Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Suzy Nakumara, Julie White, and Partners April 25, 2022 - (New York, NY) - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, the…
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Washington, DC –– Following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins released the following statement: “Black women have contributed significantly to American democracy, and yet we have never been represented in an…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2022Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Carol Jenkins: “The fate of the ERA now lies in the hands of the Senate.” Washington, DC –– Yesterday, to mark the last day of Women’s History Month, the ERA Coalition wrote to Majority Leader Schumer urging him to, without delay, schedule a floor…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2022Contact: Seth Nelson for Fund for Women’s Equalityseth@frontwoodstrategies.com “No Time Limits On Equality” honored Rep. Jackie Speier, NV St. Sen. Pat Spearman, VA St. Sen. Candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy, and Carol Jenkins Los Angeles, CA –– Last night, the Fund for Women’s Equality hosted a cocktail party…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 11, 2022Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– After Congress passed the federal spending bill, which included a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins issued the following statement: “We applaud Congress for passing a reauthorization of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 5, 2022 Contact: cwest@eracoalition Washington, DC –– On Friday evening, the Department of Justice filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case by the states of Illinois and Nevada seeking to force U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero to publish…
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