Partner update curated by AJ Conroy Advocates and leaders are working hard to review the state statutes in North Carolina! The General Statutes of North Carolina runs approximately 47,000 pages long. An initial report by the law firm Winston and Strawn recommends edits to all but about 2,000 pages of…
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Partner update curated by AJ Conroy Arizona advocates and supporters like our friends at ERA Task Force AZ have been hard at work reviewing statues and celebrating January 27, 2022 - what we're calling ERA Day! Arizona lawyers reviewed their state statutes and produced a 652-page report of recommended changes…
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By Jenny Horn Carol Jenkins, President & CEO of the Equal Rights Amendment Coalition & Fund For Women’s Equality, introduced this month’s town hall regarding Black Maternal Health. The need to look for solutions to the crisis of Black women and babies dying is only becoming more crucial as the…
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By Aryana Goodarzi This MLK day, we should talk about all that he did, along with all that still needs to be done. Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act We want to think about how we can continue MLK’s momentum, specifically through voting rights. The newly combined Freedom to…
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By Jenny Horn Earlier this week, Maya Angelou became the first Black woman on the U.S. quarter – the start of the rollout of the American Women Quarters Program, a four year endeavor in which the Mint will release five new quarter designs per year. This year’s other quarter honorees…
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By Aryana Goodarzi Two years ago this January 27th, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. What does this mean exactly? That we should have had equal rights to that of men two years ago. It was not until the 19th amendment, which gave (white) women…
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By Jenny Horn Not everyone can place Hattie W. Caraway’s name at first glance, and not many today could tell you of her accomplishments, but her tenure as the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate remains a crucial point in our history today. Winning a special election to the…
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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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Advocates File Amicus Brief in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Nevada, Illinois, Virginia State Attorneys General Case to Force Archivist to Publish ERA Washington, DC –– Today, the ERA Coalition and advocates representing 52 organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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The State Law Audit Project is an initiative of the ERA Coalition to review state statutes and administrative code for compliance with the 28th Amendment. To prepare for 2022, states are reviewing state statutes and administrative code for unnecessary distinctions on the basis of sex. The 28th Amendment prohibits discrimination on the…
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