By Aryana Goodarzi 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. “The California Women’s Law Center and the Feminist Majority thank State Senator Connie Leyva for carrying SCR 92 and…
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Equal Rights Amendment Coalition President & CEO Zakiya Thomas welcomed everyone to this month’s town hall discussion, supported by the Harnisch Foundation. Thomas acknowledged that roughly 80% of people in the U.S. think that we already have an Equal Rights Amendment. Thomas exclaimed, “for those of you on this call…
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) was launched nationwide in October of 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals & organizations working in regards to domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those complexities. Over the past 30+ years, a lot of progress has been made to support domestic…
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By Jennifer Tucker Making good on a campaign promise, this week the Biden-Harris administration announced that borrowers can apply for student loan debt relief. This is good news for women, who account for two-thirds of borrowers and their average debt is $30,000 for four years. According to the American Association…
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Carrie Chapman Catt, 1911Studio portrait of suffragist Carrie Lane Chapman Catt. View the original source document: WHI 3796 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…
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By Jenny Horn Indigenous Peoples’ Day has garnered more support, celebration, and recognition in recent years due to the increased awareness of the countless atrocities committed by colonizers against Native American and Indigenous communities across what eventually became the United States of America. Often acknowledged as a replacement for Columbus…
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Washington, DC –– The ERA Coalition announced the third slate of federal candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate who have been awarded the ERA Certification Stamp of Approval. Earlier this year, the ERA Coalition launched Elect Equality, a new campaign to provide voters with the opportunity to…
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By Jenny Horn The ERA Coalition, an organization led by women of color, represents millions of people and more than 260 allied organizations whose common mission is to see the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and implemented within the United States Constitution. As we continue our fight towards the constitutional protections…
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This November, the most important thing for equal rights anywhere in the country is happening in—Nevada! An inclusive ERA is on the ballot November 8th in the Silver State. The Nevada ERA goes way beyond protecting sex and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation,…
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Our freedoms are under attack and we won’t go back. A #WomensWave for equality is coming and on October 8 we march. The ERA Coalition is joining the Women's March in D.C. If you're planning to come to the nation's capital this weekend, join with other ERA supporters and march…
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