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ERA Postcard Drop

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We’re collecting postcards to deliver to the NC House and Senate Rules Committee chairmen urging them to hold a hearing on the ERA ratification bills currently sitting idle in their committees!

Download the cards below (they come 4 to a page, landscape), print them out and invite your friends and family, work colleagues and acquaintances to sign on! We’re collecting the cards and will deliver them en masse to the Chairmen personally in the coming weeks.

Congressional District 10 Action Team leader, Jimmie Cochran Pratt, and ERA-NC Alliance Board Member, Anne Von Brock, recently made a night of it, printing the cards out and getting them ready to distribute!

You can also make phone calls now, we have the phone numbers and suggestions for what to say when you call here: “The NCGA is Back in Session”.

 

Wisdom of Women

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Critical Issues Seminar: Wisdom of Women 
Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Guilford College United Methodist Church
1205 Fleming Road, Greensboro

The NC Council of Churches’ 2018 Critical Issues Seminar will focus on women. The theme will cover topics such as the Equal Rights Amendments, sexual harassment and work place policy, elected office, health care, and public education. Be sure to check out ERA workshop!!

The seminar will begin with opening worship led by the Rev. Dr. Donna Coletrane Battle. Donna is a native of Yanceyville, NC and currently serves as the chaplain at Meredith College. Following worship, Anita Earls will deliver this year’s keynote address. Anita is a civil rights attorney with 30 years’ experience litigating voting rights and other civil rights cases in partnership with community-based organizations. She was the founder and Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, but recently left that position to run for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. 

Registration information and a list of available workshops can be found at the link. General admission is $25, but a discounted price of $15 is available for students. http://bit.do/NCCCWow

 

CD 11 Action Team

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We so appreciate the fine turnout at the RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) film screening on May 17, 2018, in Asheville, NC, and are grateful for the good work that our friends at Women AdvaNCe are doing.  A reminder that the movie is still playing at Asheville’s Fine Arts Theater if you missed the event with panel discussion last week.

ERA Ginsburg screening

 
Because folks are going in many different directions, ERA-NC Alliance Action Teams 10 and 11 have decided to focus this summer on visiting our rural WNC counties and heading up a postcard campaign.  We’d love to have your help with postcards in particular.  We have created these postcards to deliver to the North Carolina House and Senate Rules Committee chairmen urging them to hold a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratification bills currently sitting idle in their committees.  You can download the cards at the link below (they come four to a page in landscape), print them out on card stock, and invite your friends and family, work colleagues, and neighbors to sign on.  Please mail to the address on the card by May 31.  
 
 
Thanks so much,
Jimmie and Ellen
Action Teams 10 and 11

The ERA and the #MeToo movement

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Connecting the Dots

If your New Year’s Resolution was to get active in getting the Equal Rights Amendment ratified by North Carolina this year, here’s your chance to get involved in upstate action! The first planning meeting for the Action Teams for Congressional Districts 10 & 11 is January 25th in Asheville. Feel free to print the flyer and share!


2017: ERA-NC Alliance’s busy year!

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Several of our members marched with the national ERA Coalition at the Women’s March in Washington, DC on January 21st!

Reintroduced the ERA Ratification bills in both the NC House and Senate. We held press conferences and actions like the I Love the ERA “Cookie Drop” at the statehouse, but the bills still languish in committee.

The Outer Banks Beacon ran an online poll over the summer that showed the majority of their readers support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Congressional Action Teams were established for many of the state’s congressional districts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11!

Participated in events around the state, including:

  • Women’s Summit
  • 5k Run

Screened the film, “Equal Means Equal” in major theaters for Women’s Equality Day, on multiple campuses for Constitution Day, and held many – many! – screenings and discussions in homes around the state.

Held a post-screening panel at UNC-Chapel Hill featuring Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority, Nevada State Senator, Pat Spearman and Jessica Neuwirth, author of the book, Equal Means Equal and President of the National ERA Coalition.

Several of our members took part in the Equal Means Equal Silent Sentinels at the nation’s capital.

More municipalities and counties passed resolutions in support of state ratification of the ERA, especially on the coast! The Outer Banks Beacon ran an online poll and revealed that folks on the coast are on fire for the ERA!!

Held our first Board Retreat.

Traveled to speak before audiences across the state about the need for the ERA.

 

ERA-NC Alliance 2017 Fall Retreat

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YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO THE ALLIANCE’S
FIRST FALL RETREAT!

The ERA-NC Alliance Board Retreat will be held at Kunuga Conference Center near Asheville

October 14-15
at the beautiful Kanuga
Conference Center in the
Mountains south of Asheville
www.kanuga.org

Schedule of Events:

October 13, 6PM-9PM

  • Dinner and a Movie for early arrivals
  • Equal Means Equal, movie by Kamala Lopez

October 14, 9AM-5PM

  • General session, breakout groups
  • Review of work done to date by the Alliance
  • Generate new ideas for closing in on ERA ratification!
  • Special luncheon speaker, Hon. Carla Cunningham, lead House sponsor of ERA bill

       6PM-9PM

  • Special dinner speaker, Melinda Lowrance, President, Henderson County NAACP, District 1 Supervisor, NAACP of NC and ERA champion
  • 7:30, Wine and Beer Reception, Cash Bar
  • Silent Auction throughout day to raise funds for ERA-NC (bring items, gift baskets, with lists and values, please) 

October 15, 9AM-11AM
            • ERA-NC Alliance Board Meeting, open to all
 
Room Rates
          $125/night per person in shared room, meals included
          $160/night single, meals included
          $50.48 Saturday only (lunch & dinner included)
          Register early!  Space is tight! $5 registration fee

Register online at https://registration.kanuga.org/4849

SEE YOU THERE!

The Alliance at the Feminist 5K

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On June 17, 2017, the annual Feminist 5K was held at John Chavis Memorial Park in Raleigh, NC.

Kennedy and Marge, State Action Team Facilitators, set up a table to represent the Alliance and displayed brochures, flyers, and Equal Means Equal by Jessica Neuwirth. They volunteered with Gailya Paliga, the president of one of our lead organizations, NC NOW, during the event. They spoke with activists, runners, and volunteers to educate them about the ERA ratification movement in North Carolina and our recent mobilization efforts.