By: Nancy Werner, NFBPWC Advocacy Team ERA Lead 
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT  100^th ANNIVERSARY MARCH  

Advocacy –Equal Rights Amendment.  “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex” needs to be placed into our Constitution. While most states have laws prohibiting discrimination of any kind based on sex, proponents of the E.R.A. say laws can be reversed or eliminated. Having a Constitutional Amendment would cement those rights.  

The latest news on the Equal Rights Amendment would be with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand-D New York. She has placed into the Senate bills - SJRes 39 calling for the Archivist to publish the ERA. On March 3, she spoke at a luncheon for the need for the ERA because of its ability to protect repro rights. She was wearing the “Biden Publish the ERA” button for the second half of the luncheon. 

She has shared that she is working very carefully to have President Biden instruct the Archivist to publish. Publication needs to happen ASAP to stem the flood of cases rolling back women’s rights. 

The Archivist is Collen Joy Shogan, and she took office on May 17, 2023. She succeeds Mr. Ferrerio upon his retirement in 2022. We need to be sending our messages to our President Biden encouraging him to tell our Archivist to sign the ERA amendment as our 28^th amendment to the Constitution. 

SIGN4ERA– May I encourage you AGAIN to take the time 

RIGHT NOW to sign onto this link. http://www.sign4ERA.org When you visit this site, there is much information given to you from the history to the current work and why it is so important to all of us. 

I just received my correspondence from this group as they share the urgency of telling all our families, neighbors, coworkers to sign on. Presently there are 91,000 signatures but we need more! Lots more. 

Please keep in touch with your Senators using the NFBPWC “One Click.”