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Critical Issues Seminar: Wisdom of Women
Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Guilford College United Methodist Church
1205 Fleming Road, Greensboro
The NC Council of Churches’ 2018 Critical Issues Seminar will focus on women. The theme will cover topics such as the Equal Rights Amendments, sexual harassment and work place policy, elected office, health care, and public education. Be sure to check out ERA workshop!!
The seminar will begin with opening worship led by the Rev. Dr. Donna Coletrane Battle. Donna is a native of Yanceyville, NC and currently serves as the chaplain at Meredith College. Following worship, Anita Earls will deliver this year’s keynote address. Anita is a civil rights attorney with 30 years’ experience litigating voting rights and other civil rights cases in partnership with community-based organizations. She was the founder and Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, but recently left that position to run for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Registration information and a list of available workshops can be found at the link. General admission is $25, but a discounted price of $15 is available for students. http://bit.do/NCCCWow
ERA Resolution for Republican Precincts
For those of you active in the Republican Party, here’s a resolution to take to your precinct meetings to gain the support of your county for ERA ratification by North Carolina!
Download the resolution as a Word document: 2018 ERA Resolution Republican Precincts
Text of the resolution:
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR HEARINGS AND RATIFICATION OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, Women, who constitute over 51% of the population of North Carolina, continue to confront workplace discrimination; health care inequities; disparate rates of poverty; rape and domestic violence assaults; a lack of political parity; and
WHEREAS, Anti-discrimination state laws are not uniform and federal laws are not comprehensive; additionally, these laws can be repealed or reduced; and
WHEREAS, The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is needed to help correct systemic sex discrimination, since the US Constitution does not explicitly guarantee that all the rights that it protects are held equally by all citizens without regard to sex; and
WHEREAS, The ERA was proposed in 1923, passed by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 35 of the 38 states necessary to put it into the Constitution as of a June 30, 1982 time limit; and
WHEREAS, Irrespective of a time limit for ratification, the Nevada Legislature ratified the ERA with a bipartisan vote on March 22, 2017, becoming the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment; and
WHEREAS, Congress can alter time limits in the proposing clauses of amendments, and the deadline for the ERA appeared only in the preamble and not in the text of the amendment; and
WHEREAS, Fifteen municipalities across North Carolina have adopted resolutions of support for the ERA in 2017; and
WHEREAS, ERA bills were introduced into both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly in 2015 and 2017; were assigned to Judiciary and/or Rules Committees, but were not considered in hearings; and
WHEREAS, The North Carolina Republican Party believes in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Republican Party will prioritize advocating that the General Assembly hold committee hearings upon like ratification bills and all Republicans will pursue ratification of the ERA to the US Constitution as proposed by Congress on March 22, 1972.
Submitted to the _________________ County Republican Party by (name)_________________________________, Precinct #_____, _________________ County February __, 2018. E-mail address: ________________________________________
CD 11 Action Team
We so appreciate the fine turnout at the RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) film screening on May 17, 2018, in Asheville, NC, and are grateful for the good work that our friends at Women AdvaNCe are doing. A reminder that the movie is still playing at Asheville’s Fine Arts Theater if you missed the event with panel discussion last week.
Because folks are going in many different directions, ERA-NC Alliance Action Teams 10 and 11 have decided to focus this summer on visiting our rural WNC counties and heading up a postcard campaign. We’d love to have your help with postcards in particular. We have created these postcards to deliver to the North Carolina House and Senate Rules Committee chairmen urging them to hold a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratification bills currently sitting idle in their committees. You can download the cards at the link below (they come four to a page in landscape), print them out on card stock, and invite your friends and family, work colleagues, and neighbors to sign on. Please mail to the address on the card by May 31.
Thanks so much,
Jimmie and Ellen
Action Teams 10 and 11
Action Teams 10 and 11
ERA Resolution for Democratic Precincts
For those of you active in the Democratic Party, here’s a resolution to take to your precinct meetings to gain the support of your county for ERA ratification by North Carolina!
Download the resolution as a Word document: 2018 ERA Resolution Democratic Precincts
Text of document:
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR HEARINGS AND RATIFICATION OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, Women, who constitute over 51% of the population of North Carolina, continue to confront workplace discrimination; health care inequities; disparate rates of poverty; rape and domestic violence assaults; a lack of political parity; and
WHEREAS, Anti-discrimination state laws are not uniform and federal laws are not comprehensive; additionally, these laws can be repealed or reduced; and
WHEREAS, The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is needed to help correct systemic sex discrimination, since the US Constitution does not explicitly guarantee that all the rights that it protects are held equally by all citizens without regard to sex; and
WHEREAS, The ERA was proposed in 1923, passed by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 35 of the 38 states necessary to put it into the Constitution as of a June 30, 1982 time limit; and
WHEREAS, Irrespective of a time limit for ratification, the Nevada Legislature ratified the ERA with a bipartisan vote on March 22, 2017, becoming the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment; and
WHEREAS, Congress can alter time limits in the proposing clauses of amendments, and the deadline for the ERA appeared only in the preamble and not in the text of the amendment; and
WHEREAS, Sixteen municipalities and/or counties across North Carolina have adopted resolutions of support for the ERA; and
WHEREAS, ERA bills were introduced into both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly in 2015 and 2017; were assigned to Judiciary and/or Rules Committees, but were not considered in hearings; and
WHEREAS, The North Carolina Democratic Party Platform calls for a renewed effort to ratify the ERA; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Democratic Party will prioritize advocating that the General Assembly hold committee hearings upon ratification bills like those introduced in 2015 and 2017, and all Democrats will pursue ratification of the ERA to the US Constitution as proposed by Congress on March 22, 1972.
Submitted to the _________________ County Democratic Party by (name)_________________________________, Precinct #_____, _________________ County February __, 2018. E-mail address: ________________________________________
Informative Sources: ERA-NC Alliance era-nc.org; ERA equalrightsamendment.org; US Census Bureau census.gov/quickfacts/NC; ERA Coalition eracoalition.org; NCDP Platform Preamble tinyurl.com/ya3f5rfc
Join the Alliance at HKonJ!
8:30 a.m. Begin gathering corner of Wilmington and South Streets near Shaw University in front of Duke Energy Center. Look for the ERA-NC Alliance Banner.
9:00 a.m. Pre-Rally/Speakers 10:00 a.m. March begins followed by Rally
Consider staying in Raleigh and visiting your legislators to explain why we need the ERA!!
Download the flyer here: 