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Video from the News Conference to launch the ERA-NC Alliance is available on our YouTube channel:
- Comments by Roberta Madden
- Comments by Dr. E. Fay Williams
- Comments by Gailya Paliga
ERA-NC Alliance Launch News Release, April 6, 2016 – [media-downloader media_id=”1071″ texts=”Download”]
Guest Column
Background sheet on the Equal Rights Amendment and ERA-NC Alliance – [media-downloader media_id=”1072″ texts=”Download”]
ERA-NC Alliance Launch Flyer – [media-downloader media_id=”1073″ texts=”Download”]
News Conference and Panelists
 | Dr. E. Faye Williams - Williams is National President and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women and former Counsel to the U.S. Congress District of Columbia Sub-Committee on the Judiciary and Education. She is a former Professor of International Law at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She previously served as Legislative Counsel and Chief of Staff for a District of Columbia Council member. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1WkjBsz |
 | NC Representative Evelyn Terry (D) - Terry represents District 71 in the NC House. She was first elected to the chamber in 2012. She is the Chair of the Forsyth County Department of Social Services Board of Directors and previously served as a Council Member for the City of Winston-Salem, NC. Terry was a co-sponsor of ERA bill H166 in the 2015 session. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/23swkvl |
 | Dr. Michael Pisapia - Pisapia is a Wake Forest University Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs. His dissertation, Public Education and the Role of Women in American Political Development, 1852-1979, won the American Political Science Association’s 2011 William Anderson Award, and is being revised into a book manuscript. He won a 2013 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for scholarship on women and politics, in support of his research. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1N1qjRV |
 | Marena Groll is a grassroots activist and community organizer in her native battleground state of North Carolina. She is a feminist speaker and writer, advocating for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendments (ERA) and protection of the 19th Amendment. She is one of the architects of the re-introduction of the ERA into the NC General Assembly in the 2015-2016 session. Marena is Co-Chair of the ERA-NC Alliance and Chair of NC4ERA. For more information, visit www.nc4era.org |
 | Roberta M. Madden is a social action organizer for gender equality, racial equality, and an end to homophobia and discrimination against the LGBT community. Roberta is Co-Director of Ratify ERA NC, and Co-Chair of the ERA-NC Alliance. For more information, visit www.ratifyera-nc.org Photo Credit: Kirk Ross/Carolina Public Press |
 | Audrey Muck is a former radio reporter, producer and host. She is president of the Triad chapter of the National Organization for Women. For more information, visit www.triadnow.org |