On April 27th, we did what not a lot of New York locals are willing to do…spent more than an hour in Times Square. The ERA Coalition spent Wednesday supporting our new partners, the POTUS Coalition, at their Time Square Rally for Women. With the opening of POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive, Broadway is now putting the issue of gender inequality at center stage.
Tag: Equal Rights
ERA Coalition Statement on Draft SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
“Right now Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land. Abortion is legal. The potential for a full overturning of Roe would irreparably damage the civil rights of all. The concept of the right to privacy stems from Roe and its legacy.
ICYMI: town hall on gender-based gun violence
The ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality continued it’s town hall series in April with a discussion on gender-based gun violence, supported by the Harnisch Foundation.
Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Please join us in sharing your public support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. We’ve made it easy for you by posting click-to-tweet options below. If you’re not on Twitter you can copy and paste this text straight to your Instagram and/or Facebook pages. Download one of the graphics below to draw more attention to your post.
The Accidental Activist
In The Accidental Activist podcast, we hear from cultural icons on the moment they decided to get involved with social movements ranging from gun control to racial equity. Check out episode 2 starting April 1, with our very own Alyssa Milano talking about gun violence!
Looking back on the history of the ERA
In 1923, the ERA was first brought to Congress by National Woman’s political party. Versions of the amendment were brought to the floor every session of Congress between 1923 and 1970. The official ERA reads, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
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