FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2022Contact: Seth Nelson for Fund for Women’s Equalityseth@frontwoodstrategies.com “No Time Limits On Equality” honored Rep. Jackie Speier, NV St. Sen. Pat Spearman, VA St. Sen. Candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy, and Carol Jenkins Los Angeles, CA –– Last night, the Fund for Women’s Equality hosted a cocktail party…
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By Aryana Goodarzi Two years ago this last January, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. However, as Ellie Smeal said, had Congress given us the ERA in 1968, women wouldn’t have the power we have now. In 1923, the ERA was first brought to Congress…
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By Jenny Horn The ERA Coalition, an organization led by women of color, represents millions of people and nearly 250 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 of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 11, 2022Contact: cwest@era.orangestatic.net Washington, DC –– After Congress passed the federal spending bill, which included a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins issued the following statement: “We applaud Congress for passing a reauthorization of…
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By Aryana Goodarzi This March 8th, International Women's Day, let’s talk about these last few months in women’s rights. On January 27th, the day the ERA officially became law, Biden asked Congress for a resolution officially stating the constitutionality of the ERA. That same Thursday, House Democrats Jackie Speier and…
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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 5, 2022 Contact: cwest@eracoalition Washington, DC –– On Friday evening, the Department of Justice filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case by the states of Illinois and Nevada seeking to force U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero to publish…
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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary, 28, 2022Contact: cwest@era.orangestatic.net Washington, DC –– Ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality President and CEO Carol Jenkins released the following statement: “As President Biden prepares his State of the Union address, we urge him to clearly and…
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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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