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Action: Rescind Barr Memo

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

Christopher Schroeder is the new Assistant Attorney General overseeing the Office of Legal CounselTake 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.

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Statement on Texas SB8

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ERA-NC Alliance condemns actions
of Texas Legislature and Supreme Court

The ERA-NC Alliance condemns members of the Texas Legislature who supported passage of Texas Law SB8 and the US Supreme Court for failing to stop implementation of that law, which effectively strips women of their constitutional right to make private, personal decisions regarding their reproduction and health care choices.

Women have been denied full autonomy for centuries.  It has only been in the last 50-plus years that women have been able to serve on juries, get credit, apply and get most jobs, earn a living wage (although not an equitable one compared to their male counterparts) and control when and if they have children.

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2021 Annual Meeting

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ERA-NC Alliance Annual Meeting

Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Online via Zoom

Our keynote speaker for the annual meeting is Allison Titman, Executive Director of the Alice Paul Institute. She has held leadership, curatorial, and exhibit management roles at several historic house museums in the Washington, D.C. region, as well as the Women’s Memorial at Arlington Cemetery. You can learn more about the excellent work the Alice Paul Institute is doing at their website; they also have lots of background information and photos of Alice Paul herself there as well.

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2021 Board Elections

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2021 Elections Process

1. ELIGIBILITY: Any Individual Member or designated representative of Lead Organizations who is in good standing according to the Bylaws, (Article IV, Section 5. – GOOD STANDING) may be eligible to be nominated for election as an Officer or Director of the Board.  This means the member must meet all membership eligibility requirements and be duly registered by the Alliance.

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Women’s (IN)Equality Day

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Women's (IN)Equality DayAugust 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!

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