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ERA Support in the NCGA

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Below is a list of the NC General Assembly Members who have indicated past support for a bill to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (either through past co-sponsorship or positive response to the 2018 ERA-NC Alliance survey of candidates’ positions). The lead sponsors of past ratification bills are noted in bold italics.

Please thank them for their support, and talk with them about ways to expand support for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment among their fellow legislators during the 2019-2020 Legislative Session!

You can also view the responses to our 2018 Candidates Survey here.

Senator/Party/District Representative/Party/District

Sen Erica Smith-Ingram D 3

Sen Terry Van Duyn D 49

Sen Valerie Foushee D 23

Sen Kirk DeViere D 19

Sen Floyd McKissick, Jr D 20

Sen Mike Woodard D 22

Sen Paul Lowe Jr D 32

Sen Mike Woodard D 22

Sen Don Davis D 5

Sen Gladys Robinson D 28

Sen Joyce Waddell D 40

Sen Natasha Marcus D 41

Sen Harper Peterson D 9

Sen Dan Blue D 14

Sen Jay Chaudhuri D 15

Sen Wiley Nickel D 16

Sen Sam Searcy D 17

Rep Edward Goodwin R 1

Rep Deb Butler D 18

Rep Susan Fisher D 114

Rep John Ager D 115

Rep Brian Turner D 116

Rep Graig Meyer D 50

Rep Robert Reives II D 54

Rep Marvin Lucas D 42

Rep William Richardson D 44

Rep Evelyn Terry D 71

Rep Howard Hunter III D 5

Rep Terry Garrison D 32

Rep Ashton Clemmons D 57

Rep Cecil Brockman D 60

Rep Mary Price Harrison D 61

Rep Joe Sam Queen D 119

Rep Chuck McGrady R 117

Rep Garland Pierce D 48

Rep Mary Belk D 88

Rep Chaz Beasley D 92

Rep Christy Clark D 98

Rep Nasif Majeed D 99

Rep John Autry D 100

Rep Carolyn Logan D 101

Rep Becky Carney D 102

Rep Rachel Hunt D 103

Rep Carla Cunningham D 106

Rep Kelly Alexander Jr D 107

Rep Verla Insko D 56

Rep Kandie Smith D 8

Rep Charles Graham D 47

Rep Harry Warren R 76

Rep Allison Dahle D 11

Rep Rosa Gill D 33

Rep Julie von Haefen D 36

Rep Ms. Sydney Batch D 37

Rep Yvonne Lewis Holley D 38

Rep Darren Jackson D 39

Rep Joe John D 40

Rep Gale Adcock D 41

Rep Cynthia Ball D 49

Rep Jean Farmer-Butterfield D 24

Let’s Make History! ERA 2019

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North Carolina has a historic chance to be the 38th — and final! — state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Join us as we bring that message to our legislators. We need them to know that North Carolina wants equal rights for all – women and men!

One more state. Not one more genERAtion.
#ALLforERA

Event: Let’s Make History: ERA 2019
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: North Carolina General Assembly, 16 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC

Join our Facebook event and let us know you are coming!
Click here: Let’s Make History: ERA 2019 

Details:
9:30 am – Gather on the 1st floor, in the 1300 quadrant to the left as you enter the building, Jones Street entrance. You’ll receive instructions.

10:00 am – 12:30 pm – We’ll distribute 170 copies of ERA advocacy cards and DVDs to legislators (120 House, 50 Senate).

Colors: Alliance T-shirts or other green and white apparel or lapel ribbons if you are able, but not required.

Security: You must pass through a security check at entrances.

Information about directions, parking and dining at the legislature can be found here: General Information

Please share this invitation widely with your friends, family and acquaintances!

Our Keynote Speaker

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Carol Robles-Román

Co-President and CEO, ERA Coalition / Fund for Women’s Equality

Carol Robles-Román is the Co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality where she leads national efforts to advocate, educate and organize to ensure constitutional equality for women in the United States.

The ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality are sister organizations, founded in 2014 to work respectively for passage and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and for greater public understanding of the need for comprehensive, fair and equal treatment of women and girls under the law.

Carol was formerly President and CEO, Legal Momentum – The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund Legal Momentum. She worked with big cities and organizations in gender justice, personal safety and access to justice reform. She is featured in the recent documentary about efforts to eradicate the sexual exploitation of women in “I am Jane Doe.”

She co-chairs the NYC Council Young Women’s Initiative Advisory Council, is on the National Organization for Women Advisory Board, is on the boards of the Women’s Forum of New York, and Veteran Feminists of America. She is a member of the National Football League Domestic Violence Working Group, and is a former member of the Board and Executive Committee of the City University of New York. Her recognitions include the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence 2017 Sharon L. Corbitt Award, the National Women’s Political Caucus 2015 Women of Courage Award, the SmartCEO 2014 Brava Award, and designation as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine.

As Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs and Counsel to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for 12 years, she spearheaded public-private partnerships in judicial administration, domestic violence, enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and human trafficking. She led the city’s efforts to combat domestic violence and human trafficking by creating Family Justice Centers and the Let’s Call an End to Human Trafficking citywide initiative. As a top executive for the NYS judiciary, she served as its first Special Inspector General for Bias Matters appointed by Chief Judge Judith Kaye and later as Special Counsel to the Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman. She served as a NYS assistant attorney general for civil rights.

Carol holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, and a B.A. from Fordham University at Lincoln Center.

Press Release 6/2/18

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Illinois becomes 37th state to ratify the ERA
Will North Carolina be the 38th?

Durham, NC – On May 30, 2018, the Illinois House of Representatives voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, making it the 37th of 38 states need to guarantee women in the United States full protection under the Constitution.

Efforts have been underway in North Carolina to ratify the ERA as well, with bills introduced in the 2015-16 and 2017-18 sessions. On May 31st, additional ratifying bills were introduced in both the NC House and Senate. Senators Floyd McKissick and Terry Van Duyn are primary sponsors of S782, which explains why the ERA is still viable for ratification today, and allocates $10,000 to educate the public about the act. In the House, Representatives Carla Cunningham, Susan Fisher, Evelyn Terry and Deb Butler are primary sponsors of the companion bill H1072.

Links to new bills:
S782: www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v1.pdf
H1072: www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1072v1.pdf

A 2016 poll found nearly universal support (94%) for guaranteeing women equal rights under the Constitution. Nearly 80% of those polled mistakenly believed that was already the case. However, the late Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, made it clear that justices following a constitutionalist philosophy believe that women are not protected under the Constitution, and that the founders did not intend that they be protected under the document.

The ERA-NC Alliance is conducting a statewide educational campaign about the need for the Constitutional amendment, which is anticipated to eventually guarantee equality for men and women under the law and in the workplace, and strengthen protection against gender-based violence.

ERA-NC Alliance Co-Presidents Marena Groll and Roberta Madden are available for interviews.

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About the ERA-NC Alliance:

The ERA-NC Alliance (www.era-nc.org) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization seeking ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. constitution. Membership is open to individuals and organizations committed to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Lead organizations include the American Association of University Women of NC, Democratic Women of NC, League of Women Voters of NC, NC4ERA, NC Business and Professional Women, NC National Organization for Women, NC Women United, Ratify ERA- NC the Women’s Forum of NC and the YWCA of Asheville. The Alliance operates in direct collaboration with the national ERA Coalition (www.eracoalition.org).

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”.