DECEMBER 8, 2022 is Latina Equal Pay Day. For every $1 a white man makes in the U.S., a Latina woman (on average) makes around 54 cents. This means that to make the same amount as their white male counterparts do in one calendar year, a Latina must work another 342 days. That’s almost two full years.
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Gold Stars to the Golden State
Earlier this Summer, the California Legislature passed two measures in response to the Equal Rights Amendment. SCR 92 directs the California Law Revision Commission to analyze the State’s laws for sex discrimination.
ICYMI: ERA 101 town hall recap
What is the Equal Rights Amendment? What could it do for women and LGBTQIA+ people? And do we still really need it today? Find out more in our ERA 101 discussion!
Updated ERA High School Curriculum
In recent years, Karen M. Kedrowski, the Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, took notice of, and concern in, a gap in the public knowledge surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment, its standing in the legislative process, and its importance in advancing women’s rights today toward an equal future.
Inclusive equality for the Empire State
The New York Assembly took a first step this summer toward adding an Equal Rights Amendment to the state Constitution when New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the State Legislature into an Extraordinary Session.
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2022
Wage justice is racial justice.
Wage justice is gender justice.
#BlackWomensEqualPay #BlackWomensEqualPayDay
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