“In my culture we have people who dress half-man, half-woman. Winkte, we call them in our language. If you are Winkte, that is an honorable term and you are a special human being and among my nation and all Plains people, we consider you a teacher of our children and are proud of what and who you are.”
Category: Blog
Books to read for Trans Awareness Week
This week is Trans Awareness Week; and our latest edition of “books to add to your To Be Read pile (TBR)”, includes A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Dunham and Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, two must-reads on queerness and transgender identity.
Sustainability within Indigenous history and communities & what we can learn
For Native American History Month, we’ll be highlighting some of the issues the indigenous communities of the United States are dealing with, how we can support them, and how we can learn from them.
On the founding of our country: books TBR
In our latest edition of “books to add to your To Be Read pile (TBR)”, we want to recommend three books that talk about some of the founding aspects of our country. And let’s face it, with all the talk about trying to keep Critical Race Theory and our country’s true history out of schools, books like these are not only appreciated but needed!
An announcement from the Board of Directors on the leadership of the ERA Coalition/FFWE
Following eight years as the leader of the effort to codify the Equal Rights Amendment into the U.S. Constitution, Carol is stepping aside from her position at the end of March 2022, while continuing to support our work as a member of our Board of Directors.
How the pandemic has disproportionately affected Indigenous communities
For Native American History Month, we’ll be highlighting some of the issues the indigenous communities of the United States are dealing with, how we can support them, and how we can learn from them.
ERA Coalition Blog 