FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary, 28, 2022Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins released the following statement: “As President Biden prepares his State of the Union address, we urge him to clearly and…
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You may have already heard, but President Biden just nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever elevated by a President to join the Supreme Court of the United States! Ketanji Brown Jackson (2016-2022) Headshots and cocktail hour with overseers at Loeb House at Harvard University. Rose Lincoln/Harvard…
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Yesterday, 12 briefs were filed in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Court of Appeals. And it's not just advocacy groups supporting this issue, there is a real groundswell here, including constitutional scholars, corporations, and others! Business and Corporate Entities (86 companies) Constitutional Accountability Center Constitutional Law…
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By Jenny Horn Human Rights Day is observed every year on the 10th of December, marking the date that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in 1948. The milestone document proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human…
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By Aryana Goodarzi Today is the birthday of the legendary Stacey Abrams! Abrams really brought to light how Black people in the U.S. are systematically deprived of their right to vote through racism and voter suppression laws. Evenwel v. Abbot established “one person, one vote” as the basis of voting…
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The House Oversight and Reform Committee is hosting a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment tomorrow, October 21, and it's the first full committee hearing in Congress since the 1970s! We're grateful to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and the committee staff for putting this hearing together and keeping the momentum…
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As promised, the invitation to our upcoming event on September 30th. We are looking forward to having you join us--to meet the new leadership of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality--to see Heidi Schreck perform from her Broadway smash What the Constitution Means to Me as well as Actors/Activists Patricia Arquette and Alyssa…
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As the Republican National Convention gets underway we want to make note of the great efforts of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), who is a committed leader in the removal of the time limit on the ERA. She is lead co-sponsor on SJ Res 6 with Maryland Senator Ben Cardin (D). Senator Collins…
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Yesterday was a huge day for the ERA! Our event -- Electing Equality: The Final Push for the Equal Rights Amendment -- had almost 2000 people pre-registered or watching live on Facebook. Our virtual allied organization event at the DNC, co-sponsored with our lead organization the Feminist Majority, had a…
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We are thrilled to announce our new special guests for next Tuesday’s allied organization virtual event at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), co-hosted with Feminist Majority. In addition to the lineup we announced last week, we will be joined by SJ Res 6 lead co-sponsor Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Tammy Baldwin, HJ Res…
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