Equal Rights Amendment – There is ALWAYS Something Going on

Advocacy –Equal Rights Amendment. Part 1 - “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.”

1. Give Congress the power to force the ERA through legislation.

2. The amendment takes effect two years after its ratified.

The ERA Coalition continues to meet regularly and discuss the Equal Rights Amendment.

Latest news-

Women's Equality Day Social Media Toolkit - “It’s our Era: Claim the 28th Amendment”

By connecting Women’s Equality Day to the fight for the ERA, you are helping to claim the 28th Amendment and  make  clear  that  equality  belongs  in  the

Constitution. Your posts and voices amplify the truth: the ERA is the 28th Amendment. Together,wecansecure constitutional equalityfor everyone.

ERA Coalition has a video that will be released at 9 am EST.

There will also be a YouTube link. ERA Coalition

1. Our rights are being pushed back — from our bodies to our paychecks to our dignity. That’s why we pledge our belief in the Equal Rights Amendment — the 28th Amendment to our Constitution.

2. Equality isn’t just a women’s issue — it’s for everyone!

Campaigns you should know about.

Equality Now: This toolkit is designed to support civil society organizations (CSOs), grassroots groups, and human rights amplifiers in advocating for gender equality and closing protection gaps in the United States, in the lead-up to the review of the United States during the 50th Universal Periodic Review. It centers on the findings and recommendations from a joint submission by Equality Now and partners on gender equality and human rights violations.

https://equalitynow.org/resource/toolkits-for-csos/civil-society-organisation-toolkit-gender-equality-protection-gaps-in-the-united-states/

We Persist National Day of Action is a campaign to encourage groups and organizations to do something to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The media will be looking for stories to do on that day so this a great opportunity to get earned media about how the current regime is eroding women’s rights.

#WePersist https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6BEGaqS95QtHVYfEUOe4L4NexMgOEOP9nCehjms3OE/edit

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Congressional Updates from the Alice Paul web site: The Equal Rights Amendments were introduced in the House and Senate during March-Women’s History Month. Representative Pressley’s Bill HJ Resolution 80 dropped on March 24 and now has 179 co-sponsors. There are 4 more added since the last count. The goal to surpass the 215 bipartisan list of cosponsors from the 118^th Congressional session is still being sought.

Senator Murkowski’s Bill SJ Resolution 38 dropped March 25^th on Equal Pay Day. Senator Mazie Hirano is the co-lead. The Senate bill is a companion bill to the House Resolution and the two bills share the same name: a joint resolution establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During the last Congressional session, the ERA Caucus was established with Representatives Pressley and Jennifer McClellan as the co-chairs. The Caucus is planning to host an event later this summer with Congressional members and ERA advocates to restart the Caucus with new co-chairs.

I am still exploring the AI business into our ERA. AI is having a way of distorting information as we know it. Please be careful if googling ERA for any presentation materials.

My last item to share is a paper on talking points –The ERA IS THE LAW OF THE LAND. Three Key Points to share: 1. The Era is the 28^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is a formality, not something needed to make it valid. President Biden’s action confirmed what we already knew-the amendment fully met all the constitutional requirements with Virginia’s ratification on January 27, 2020.

1. Time limits are arbitrary. Time limits are not mention as part of the amending process in the Constitution.

2. The fight is now about Awareness and Education. We must ensure that people know the ERA is the law of the land, protecting people from gender-based discrimination in all aspects of life, from reproductive healthcare to workplace equality.

We need to continue to talk about the ERA and keep it in our conversations.

Hard to believe that it was two years ago, that Denice Robinson and I traveled to Seneca Falls of for the 100^th Anniversary of Alice Paul’s reading of her Equal Rights Amendment. But still harder to believe how time flies, as we visited her home, Paulsdale, in July of 2024 as part of the Biennial Conference.

We have to keep marching. 

Nancy Werner
Advocacy Team ERA Lead
2022-2026