We were very excited to participate in this Town Hall on January 21st, as we prepared for the re-introduction of bills to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in the NC General Assembly.
If you missed it, you can still watch it right here!
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Publish the ERA!
ERA-NC Alliance Board Member, Adrienne Spinner, along with her daughter, Vivienne, urge President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris to certify the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Equality Tour
ERA-NC Alliance teams up with VoteEqualityUS for North Carolina Equality and Voter Tour
The ERA-NC Alliance has partnered with the non-profit VoteEqualityUS (VEUS) and the League of Women Voters NC for a multi-city tour across North Carolina through Election Day 2020.
The tour will launch in Rocky Mount on Sunday, Sept. 27, at Ebenezer Baptist Church on 702 W. Raleigh Rd. from 8:30-12.
VEUS is traveling the state in a colorful RV to talk about the importance of voting and the impact it will have on equality in the U.S. Constitution. It will be an open, outdoor forum where volunteers will answer voting questions, give out election information and have conversations about candidates and their stances on the Equal Rights Amendment, all done in keeping with COVID guidelines.
Vote Equality!
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
Der Tagesspiegel Interview
Recently, ERA-NC Alliance co-president Lori Bunton and former co-president, Roberta Madden, were interviewed by Judith Langowski, a transatlantic media fellow reporting on issues in the United States for Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin’s largest daily paper. One of the topics she is researching is the fight for the ERA. She wants to show Tagesspiegel readers the richness and persistence of women’s movements in the US, and their decades-long coalition-building efforts. The story was published earlier this fall, as the election brought more attention to US political topics in general. Below is Lori’s translation from the original German.
2020 Annual Meeting
Register Today!
Saturday, October 17th, 10 AM – 12:30 PM
Online Annual Meeting via Zoom
Virtual “doors” open at 9:45 AM
Our co-presidents, Lori Bunton and Jimmie Cochran Pratt, will share what we’ve accomplished this year, outline our plans moving forward toward North Carolina being the 39th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and what you can do to help us gain Constitutional Equality for all Americans.
Keynote Speaker, Steve Andersson
Ste
ve Andersson is a Commissioner of Human Rights for the State of Illinois appointed by Illinois’ Governor JB Pritzker. He is also a retired member of the Illinois House of Representatives. During his tenure, he was floor leader for the House Republican Caucus and oversaw all debate on the House floor.