Equal Rights Amendment North Carolina Alliance
It's Time to Write Women Into the Constitution!
Several members of the ERA-NC Alliance attended the ongoing protest at the U.S. Department of Justice to encourage Attorney General Merrick Garland to remove former AG Bill Barr’s memo blocking the national archivist from publishing the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Here are a few photos from our days standing sentinel at the DOJ:
ERA-NC Alliance to stand vigil June 29-30 in D.C.
to protest AG Garland’s inaction on women’s rights
Washington, D.C. — Frustrated by Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden’s inaction on the long-awaited Equal Rights Amendment, members of the ERA-NC Alliance will stand vigil June 29 and 30 as Silent Sentinels outside the Department of Justice in protest. National organizers Equal Means Equal, which began the vigil June 10, have vowed to continue until Garland and Biden act on the ERA. Advocates nationwide have joined the vigil.
Garland has failed to order National Archivist David Ferriero to accept Virginia’s ratification of the ERA and to publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Join us on February 16th at 12:30 to learn about the inequities facing N.C. women, particularly women of color, both before and during the pandemic. The presentation by Executive Director, Mary Williams Stover, will focus on the research by the N.C. Council for Women highlighting the income, health issues and political participation inequality that has plagued N.C. women as well as their challenges during the pandemic. After the presentation, there will be a short Q & A featuring Mary Williams Stover, Adrienne Spinner and Sadie Blue as well as representatives from the ERA-NC Alliance.
North Carolina made the national news in US News after yesterday’s press conference on the planned re-introduction of ratification bills for the Equal Rights Amendment in the NC General Assembly! Here are links to a few of the articles, we are getting noticed across the country:
https://www.usnews.com/news/
https://www.newsobserver.com/
https://thedailyrecord.com/
https://www.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.
https://apnews.com/
NC will try once again to ratify the (ERA) Equal Rights Amendment, WXII
Thanks to all the Senators and Representatives who have signed on as sponsors and co-sponsors. Let’s work to make N.C. the second Southern state to ratify the ERA!
Lori Bunton
Co-President, ERA-NC Alliance
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.
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.
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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.
Join us on Women’s Equality Day to raise our voices with music & calls-to-action for racial and gender justice and to put gender equality into the US Constitution! ERA-NC Alliance is a proud co-sponsor of this event.
FaceTheMusic4ERA is a virtual music concert featuring an amazing line-up of artists and speakers from across the country celebrating how far the ERA has come and laying out concrete next steps to get the job done!
It’s an opportunity for organizations & activists to come together, celebrate our accomplishments and learn how you can help make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Stay tuned for artists and top ERA speakers to be announced soon!
Find the FB event page here: https://www.facebook.com/
For national co-hosts & sponsors and event details visit: https://www.eramn.org/womens-
EVENT DETAILS:
WHEN: August 26th, 2020
TIME: 5pm PST – 7pm CST – 8pm EST
WHERE: FaceBook Live & Online
WHY: Celebrate, educate, agitate & activate for the 28th Amendment, the ERA!
Note to Press: you can also download the press release for this event.
The ERA-NC Alliance, AAUW-NC and NC NOW are launching a statewide ERA awareness campaign in advance of Constitution Day. Billboards, installed strategically across North Carolina (see locations below), will call for state ratification of the ERA. During the weeks leading up to Constitution Day on Sept. 17, advocates will promote ERA ratification with a series of activities, including an Instagram challenge.
The presidents of the three statewide organizations will jointly announce the campaign at a press conference August 22nd at 2 pm in the NC Legislative Building Press Room with state Sen. Floyd B. McKissick, Jr., and Rep. Carla Cunningham, the primary sponsors of ERA bills SB184 and HB271, respectively. Additional primary sponsors of the bills are Sens. Erica Smith and Terry Van Duyn, as well as Reps. Susan Fisher, Evelyn Terry and Julie von Haefen. You can watch the full press conference. [Read more…] about Constitution Day and the ERA
Dear Members of the ERA-NC Alliance:
In advance of our Annual Meeting on October 5th, the Nominating Committee of the Alliance is seeking candidates for Directors for the 2020-2021 term (2 years). Any Individual Member or member of Lead Organizations who is in Good Standing according to the Bylaws may be eligible to be nominated as a Director.
You will find the Elections Process here, and if you need to update your membership status please visit our Membership Renewal or Join Us page. Please review these, share with anyone else who may be interested, and consider the following:
