It is our hope that Biden includes the ERA as the means to solving women’s inequality in tonight’s State of the Union Address. We hope that in Wednesday’s analysis of his speech, we will write about his use of the Equal Rights Amendment in women’s equality, rather than when he should have used it.
Author: ERA Coalition
ERA Coalition Statement Ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address
As President Biden prepares his State of the Union address, we urge him to clearly and forcefully call on the Department of Justice to clear the way for the U.S. Archivist to publish the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. The ERA is now in effect across the country. This 28th Amendment must be recognized by inclusion in the document that dictates our rights.
ICYMI: Voting Rights Town Hall Recap
A discussion on voting rights – the history and future of voter protections and expansion of access.
BREAKING: Biden has nominated a Black woman to the Supreme Court!
You may have already heard, but President Biden just nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever elevated by a President to join the Supreme Court of the United States!
Few Black women have served on the federal bench, and of course none have ever served on the highest court in the land. This historic nomination will change that.
ERA Coalition Responds to Virginia AG Ending Support for the Equal Rights Amendment
“AG Miyares and the Youngkin Administration are turning their backs on the voters of Virginia, who resoundingly support the ratification of the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.”
Happy birthday, Audre Lorde!
A Black lesbian woman, Audre Lorde’s writing has been very formative in political thought and queer theory. She is most known for her quote, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”
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