FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 28, 2023Contact: chrisiw@eracoalition.org On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, the ERA Coalition released the following statement from our Legal Task Force chair and board member Linda Coberly, in response to the decision on Illinois v Ferriero: We’re disappointed in the court’s ruling. But we note that the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 22, 2023Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, announced a committee hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) scheduled for February 28, 2023. The hearing, an important milestone in the legislative process, comes as the equality movement…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 7, 2023Contact: 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 Zakiya Thomas released the following statement: “As President Biden prepares to deliver his State of the Union address, we urge him to…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 2, 2023Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Today, the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality announced that Carolyn B. Maloney, Equal Rights Amendment champion and former Congresswoman representing New York’s 12th Congressional District, is joining the organizations’ boards as Chair of the Fund for Women’s Equality.…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 31, 2023Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Following the news that Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives and Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the Senate to remove the time limit on ratifying the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 27, 2023Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, D.C. –– After a century of work, today, January 27, marks the one-year anniversary of the date the Equal Rights Amendment should have been added to the Constitution. To commemorate the day, ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Zakiya…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 20, 2023Contact: cwest@eracoalition.org Washington, DC –– Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling establishing a constitutional right to abortion that was overturned last summer, ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Zakiya Thomas released the following statement:…
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Washington, DC –– Following the final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in the Senate, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Zakiya Thomas released the following statement: Access to abortion was not the only issue to come under attack after the Supreme Court ruled to…
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Gloria Steinem, Julianne Moore, Rosanna Arquette and Aisha TylerAmong the A-List Advocates Supporting this Innovative Women’s Rights Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOVEMBER 17, 2022 – WOMAN Corp, in conjunction with the ERA Coalition, announces its founding board members today including political activist, Gloria Steinem, actors Julianne Moore, Rosanna Arquette, Aisha Tyler,…
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Washington, DC –– Following the first verdicts in the trials of Iranian protesters, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Zakiya Thomas released the following statement: “People from all walks of life and across the world are standing in solidarity with the Iranian people today after the…
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