Monday, March 13, 2017
2-4 PM
Highland United Methodist Church, Raleigh

REGISTRATION FORM BELOW

Join us as we honor Alliance members for their advocacy work for the civil rights of women and the ERA. Celebrate with us and welcome our special guest speaker. Alliance business will include elections and adoption of bylaws.

The business meeting will be from 2pm to 4pm at:

Highland United Methodist Church
1901 Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-787-4240
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Keynote Speaker

Terry Schooley began her feminist career in 1971 at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary by forming a NOW chapter with several seminary wives instead of joining the Divinity Dames – the group to teach one how to be a minister’s wife.    After successfully suing the Jefferson County School District for pregnancy discrimination in 1972 she moved to Indiana, working on the successful ratification of the ERA.   Moving to Fayetteville, NC, in 1977 she became active in the local NOW chapter, eventually serving as State President and then the Coordinator of the North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign   Her first office was in her laundry room and she carried all her work in a laundry basket.

Terry and her husband moved to Delaware in 1983 where she worked for 14 years as Director of Public Affairs and Development, formed a Pro-Choice PAC and worked extensively with the General Assembly.   She was elected to the Christina Board of Education in 1996 where she served as President and also President of the Delaware School Boards Association.   She also became Director of KIDS COUNT in Delaware, housed at the University of Delaware – a child advocacy organization.  In 2003 she was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives with much help from her Women for Schooley fundraising group and then- Senator Joe Biden.   She served in the House for 8 years, chairing the House Education Committee, forming a Kids Caucus of the General Assembly, and sponsoring many bills supporting children, women and their families.    Terry has now retired and moved to Greensboro with her husband, Kit.   One daughter and family live in Durham and a second daughter and family reside in Atlanta.  They spend their time traveling and babysitting.

Celebrate with Us!

We will recognize Alliance members for their hard work and the General Assembly members who have introduced the ERA this year and gathered co-sponsors: Senator Floyd McKissick, Jr., of Durham introduced SB 85 and Representative Carla Cunningham of Charlotte introduced HB 102.

Elections

We will elect Executive Committee officers and board members for 2017-2019. Open positions are:

• 2 Co-Presidents
• 1st Vice Chair (Fundraising)
• 2nd Vice Chair (Public Relations)
• 3rd Vice Chair(Membership)
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Board members: up to 14 members, who will serve on specific committees (Fundraising, Public Relations, Membership, Nominating, Legislative, plus ad hoc committees as appropriate)

Click here to read about the candidates. We will also accept nominations of eligible candidates for Executive Committee and Board positions ‘from the floor’ at the meeting.

You can read our proposed organizing by-laws here.

Organizations and individual members with memberships on file by March 1st, 2017 will be eligible to vote at the meeting.

Accomodations

We have a block of rooms for one overnight stay on March 13th at Comfort Inn & Suites Crabtree Valley, 6209 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC, 27612, (919) 782-1112. The rate is $81.18 (including tax, etc.) for less than 10 rooms. If the group picks up 10 or more rooms by March 1, that rate will drop to $77.80 for all reservations. Unused rooms will be released after that date. Each person will be responsible for making their own reservation with the hotel and cancelling if necessary by 4: 00 pm on March 13 to avoid penalty.

Registration Form:

Join us for our formal launch event and panel discussion!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016
3:30 – 5:30 pm

Panel Discussion: “Why the ERA? Why now?”
followed by Reception

Wake Forest University
DeTamble Auditorium (Tribble Hall)
Winston-Salem, NC

We’re celebrating the formal launch of the Equal Rights Amendment North Carolina Alliance with a panel discussion featuring:

• Dr. E. Faye Williams, National President and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women
• NC Representative Evelyn Terry, District 71 (Forsyth County), co-sponsor of the ERA in the NC General Assembly 2015 term
• Michael C. Pisapia, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University and author of the upcoming book, Educating a Nation: Gender, Federalism and the Rise of Women’s Political Authority
• Marena Groll, Founder of NC 4 ERA

Immediately following the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the Tribble Hall Foyer. You can also buy a signed copy of “Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now” by Jessica Neuwirth, President of the ERA Coalition.

We are extremely grateful to the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at Wake Forest University for sponsoring and hosting this event!

While the event is free and open to the public, seating in DeTamble Auditorium is very limited, so please fill out this form to reserve your seat!

You can download the event flyer here – please feel free to share and post widely!

If you are unfamiliar with the Wake Forest University campus, here is a link to the campus map (Tribble Hall is #13). Use this map to help locate where to park (General parking lots are pale orange).

If you register but then are unable to attend, we would appreciate it if you would let us know, just drop us an email at alerts@era-nc.org.

Thanks, and we’re looking forward to seeing you on April 12th!