By Ava Lee-Green I was born in 2005, around 80 years after the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced. I was fourteen when Virginia, the 38th and final state, ratified the amendment. To this day, the ERA has yet to be enshrined in the United States Constitution. In just the…
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By Aryana Goodarzi The 46th State of the Union Address will be given by the 26th President of the United States, Joe Biden. It is a live speech given to Congress about the status of the nation. Governor R-Kim Reynolds is giving the Response Speech. There has been much hope…
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By Jenny Horn Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights and board chair of the ERA Coalition, opened this month’s town hall by welcoming all of the speakers and attendees and thanking the Harnish Foundation and John J. Harnish for sponsoring the town hall, and then reiterated the importance of the…
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You may have already heard, but President Biden just nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever elevated by a President to join the Supreme Court of the United States! Ketanji Brown Jackson (2016-2022) Headshots and cocktail hour with overseers at Loeb House at Harvard University. Rose Lincoln/Harvard…
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By Aryana Goodarzi As 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." This quote has never been more applicable than it is today, with Senators…
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By Jenny Horn Correction: The post below was edited to correct the mission of the Ruth Project, which had cited the mission of the Ruth Project Ministries in error. The ERA Coalition, an organization led by women of color, represents millions of people and more than 200 allied organizations whose…
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By Aryana Goodarzi This month is Black History Month; and our latest edition of “books to add to your To Be Read (TBR) list” includes 5 must-reads by Black women. Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by bell hooks is a collection of essays on how the oppressed use words…
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By Aryana Goodarzi Since it's Black History Month, we must talk about how we talk about the rights of Black people. When Black people are talked about, it is about what they are doing for each other and their histories, not what they are going up against. In doing so,…
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Partner update curated by AJ Conroy, blog post written by Aryana Goodarzi Per Section 3 of the Equal Rights Amendment, women are equal under constitutional law as of January 27th, 2022 and State Senator Melinda Bush of Illinois is leading the way to have her state get in line with…
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Partner update curated by AJ Conroy Utah activists like our friends at the Utah ERA Coalition are getting ready to host an “ERA Day” at the capitol to move the bi-partisan resolution for ratification of the ERA forward. “Equality of gender was emblazoned into our state's constitution in 1896. It…
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