THE ERA COALITION LAUNCHES “ELECT EQUALITY” SITE AHEAD OF NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTIONSJoined by the League of Women Voters US and the Center for American Women in Politics, the interactive tool informs voters if their candidates support the Equal Rights Amendment. For Immediate Release -- (September 15, 2020) New York,…
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For Immediate Release -- The ERA Coalition Joins Women’s Movement Amicus Brief in Support of the Equal Rights Amendment with 52 Women’s and Social Justice Groups including the Feminist Majority, TIME’S UP, YWCA, NOW, Black Women’s Roundtable, Voto Latino, League of Women Voters, Legal Momentum, Hadassah, Union Theological Seminary, and…
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CAMPUS ERA DAY ON APRIL 27TH TO BE VIRTUAL EVENT IN SUPPORT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT Actor Alyssa Milano, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and ERA Advocates from Around the Country to Join Panel For Immediate Release -- (April 23, 2020) New York, NY -- The fourth annual Campus ERA Day hosted by…
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For Immediate Release -- (February 12, 2020) Washington, D.C. -- Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on H.J. Res 79 to remove the so-called time limit that was included by Congress in the preamble to the Equal Rights Amendment when it was passed in 1972. Removing this time limit…
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For Immediate Release -- (February 4, 2020) Washington, D.C. -- The ERA Coalition, together with Coalition member Feminist Majority, has once again delivered hundreds of iconic green ERA YES buttons to members of the House of Representatives in time for the State of the Union address this evening. Be on…
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For Immediate Release -- (January 30, 2020) Washington, D.C. -- The ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality welcomes the legal action of Attorney General Mark Herring of Virginia, Attorney General Kwame Raoul of Illinois and Attorney General Aaron Ford of Nevada to support constitutional equality for women. The legislators…
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Embargoed for release until 12:45pm January 27, 2020 -- Richmond, VA -- Today Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA has now fulfilled the requirements of Article V of the Constitution to become an amendment. It is a momentous day for America, more than…
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For Immediate Release -- (December 18, 2019) New York, NY -- The filing of a lawsuit by Alabama’s Attorney-General to stop the Equal Rights Amendment is a shameful effort to keep women from gaining Constitutional equality. 94% of Americans support the ERA - 99% of millennials who all believe that…
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House Judiciary Committee Votes 21-11 to Remove the Time Limit Set in the Preamble of the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (November 15, 2019) Washington, D.C. -- The ERA Coalition applauds the decisive vote in the House Judiciary Committee on November 13 to remove the time limit set in the…
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