Action Alert

Urgent Action NOW!

November 23, 2024 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

Write a Postcard to President Biden

Write a postcard to President Biden. Ask him to instruct the Federal Archivist to PUBLISH our fully ratified Equal Rights Amendment, the 28th Amendment!!

Address:

President Joe Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

You can also call the White House at (202) 456-1111, or text (302) 404-0880.

Time is short! President Biden must do this before January 20th!

Time left for President Biden to publish the ERA:

From the national ERA Coalition:

Gender equality shouldn’t wait any longer! We’ve met all requirements for the Equal Rights Amendment to be part of the Constitution. Now it’s time for President Biden to cement his legacy as a champion for gender equality and do everything he can to make sure it’s published before the end of his presidency. You can also help us spread the word about this campaign via social media. We need everyone who cares about gender equality to rally for the ERA.

You can also use these reminders from ERA-NC Alliance member and attorney, Gina Collias:

The American Bar Association (ABA) agrees Biden must publish. U.S. Senator Gillibrand agrees Biden must publish.

1. No 7 year deadline is in the text of the ERA, so this ‘7 years’ business is GOP disinformation.

2. No state can ever rescind an amendment under Article V. Think prohibition. It came in with an amendment, and it had to be repealed by a separate amendment.

#PublishTheERA ASAP!

UPDATE: U.S. Senate Vote at 12:30 p.m. Thursday

April 26, 2023 by Audrey Muck 1 Comment

The U.S. Senate IS set to affirm that the ERA is the 28th Amendment this Thursday

Floor speeches to begin at 6 p.m. TONIGHT on the Equal Rights Amendment’s rightful place in U.S. Constitution

It’s been:
• 175 years since the ERA was first proposed,
• 100 years since it was introduced in Congress,
• 50 years since Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendments to the states,
• 3 years since the final state necessary ratified,
• 1 year since the ERA went into effect.And now finally. Finally.

The U.S. Senate votes Thursday to affirm that, yes, they agree that the Equal Rights Amendment is the enshrined 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Be there for this historic moment.

The ERA Coalition will live-stream the Senate floor speeches on Wednesday and the vote and press conference on Thursday, so tune into the Coalition on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to watch.

Times are estimates and subject to change based on Senate schedules:
• Wednesday, 6 p.m. ET — Speeches on the Senate floor
• Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET — Vote on Senate Joint Resolution 4
• Thursday, 3 p.m. ET — Press conference

Make Your Voice Heard

Please urge Tillis and Budd to support Senate Joint Resolution 4!

Sen. Thom Tillis
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6342
https://www.tillis.senate.gov

Sen. Ted Budd
B85 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3154
https://www.budd.senate.gov/share-your-opinion/

Action Alert: Sign4ERA Petition

April 24, 2023 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the year Alice Paul first introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Seneca Falls seeking to codify the prohibition of sex-based discrimination in the United States Constitution. For a century lawmakers, activists and grassroots organizers have been fighting to pass the ERA and we have never been closer. While the ERA has fulfilled all Article Five requirements, the last hurdle is removing an arbitrary deadline placed upon its ratification when it successfully passed Congress in 1972.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring the ERA up for a vote on the Senate floor this week.

A petition drive, Sign4ERA, just launched today to raise the groundswell of support we need to push the ERA over this last hurdle.

Sign the ERA Petition

Please sign the petition, and call in your friends and family to sign, too!

The more signatures, the better – it will show that equality of rights under the law is the will of the American people. The ERA is the most permanent protection possible, safe from the whims of anti-choice, anti-women, anti-equality courts and politicians. Only the ERA will provide the constitutional basis to stop the attacks on abortion and birth control. The ERA would enable passage of stronger laws for survivors of gender-based violence to hold their abusers accountable. And the ERA is essential for achieving economic equality for women.

In the days ahead we’ll keep you posted with progress reports, action alerts and other steps you can take to put the ERA in the Constitution. But right now:

Sign the ERA Petition

We don’t have a moment to lose. Now is the time we must count on each other. Now is the time to act.

Rise Up for ERA!

November 26, 2021 by Audrey Muck 2 Comments

Watch our latest video campaign in partnership with the national ERA Coalition!

Let’s Speak Up
Let’s Step Up
Let’s refuse to shut up until the ERA is no longer held up
Let’s Ramp up and Sister Up for the change we deserve
And the Equality we should have been born into
So that our daughters and their daughters will be
Let’s Shake Up
Let’s Stand Up
Let’s Woman Up
Let’s do it Right Now!
Rise Up for ERA

Action: Rescind Barr Memo

November 7, 2021 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

Urge the Office of Legal Counsel to rescind Barr memo to Archivist

Take action! The ERA-NC Alliance urges everyone to immediately ask Christopher Schroeder, left, the newly appointed Assistant Attorney General overseeing the Office of Legal Counsel, to rescind the 2020 memo to the National Archivist. That memo, sent during U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr’s tenure, effectively stopped National Archivist David Ferriero from publishing the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA met all constitutional requirements when Virginia became the 38th and final state needed to ratify on January 27, 2020.

Women’s (IN)Equality Day

July 29, 2021 by Audrey Muck 5 Comments

August 26th is typically when we commemorate the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That was the date it was formally published to the Bill of Rights in 1920. However, we recognize that simply achieving the right to vote was not enough to ensure that women have equal protection under the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1923, and is still not part of the Bill of Rights, even after Virginia became the 38th and final necessary state to ratify in January, 2020. That’s why we’re calling this August 26th Women’s (IN)Equality Day!

House Passes ERA Bill

March 17, 2021 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

The ERA-NC Alliance is celebrating the bipartisan U.S. House vote today at 1:58 p.m. on House Joint Resolution 17 to lift the arbitrary time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment. The final vote was 222 to 204, with four Republicans and 218 Democrats voting yes. It is now up to the U.S. Senate to take up the companion bill, Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Precinct Resolutions

March 11, 2021 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

It’s precinct meeting time! Here is a non-partisan resolution in support of North Carolina’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment for you to use this to introduce at your precinct meetings toward getting the Equal Rights Amendment into your party’s platform. You can also download the resolution here.

A Resolution Calling for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (2022)

WHEREAS, women, who constitute over 51% of the population of North Carolina (N.C.), play an essential and irreplaceable role in society, contributing to our economy and advancing our nation in both public and private realms; and

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NCGA Bills Filed!

January 27, 2021 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

It’s GO TIME for the ERA in the NC General Assembly!

Bills have been filed in both the House and Senate on January 27th for the state to ratify the amendment!

HOUSE BILL 8: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H8

SENATE BILL 15: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S15

ACTION ALERT

Please call or email your legislators right away! There’s a very short window for them to co-sponsor the bill: just 24 hours in the Senate and 48 in the House.

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Vote Equality!

September 15, 2020 by Audrey Muck Leave a Comment

The ERA-NC Alliance has joined forces with VoteEquality.us to highlight equality-minded candidates in 2020. Below you’ll find North Carolina voter resources and tips.

This year we’re urging voters to be especially mindful to make a voting plan – COVID-19 has raised the urgency of secure absentee voting and how to stay safe while voting in person. We’ve also conducted our 2020 Candidates Survey to find out which candidates will support North Carolina’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, so voters can know which candidates have an equality mindset.

PRIORITY ACTION:
Check your voter registration; is everything is still correct?
www.ncsbe.gov

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