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BIG!, HUGE!, ERA News Coming this Week
BIG!, HUGE!, ERA News Coming this Week
BIG!, HUGE!, ERA News Coming this Week.
Hop over the Virginiat ERA Network Blog: Pay close attention to your feminist news feeds and sources on Wednesday, around 12:30 pm EDT or so. Maybe tune in to C-Span or MSNBC. You might have to hunt around. It is the ERA after all, and the mainstream press is not hot on that particular trail.
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Make Senators and Delegates SAY IT: ERA YES!!!
Make Senators and Delegates SAY IT: ERA YES!!!
Dear Virginia,
I don’t know if all the members of the General Assembly believe everything they vote for and against on social policy and civil rights. I can’t. Often enough, they don’t get to vote on these issues to show us what they believe.
Take Delegate Cole for example, and the low-down, dirty story. We can be certain of his stance, but not his reasons. He refused to docket the ERA in the…
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The 1st Woman President Needs Equal Rights!!!
The 1st Woman President Needs Equal Rights!!!
Dear Virginia,
Happy ERA Monday, and Happy Presidents Day!! It’s a double day, and I have a double request of you.
First: Del. Mark Cole holds an open house at his office tomorrow, Feb. 17. Activists will be present as the weather allows, but snow can’t stop email, or phone calls!!! Click here for a post with a great email for Chair Cole and his contact information. Tell him the ERA MUST…
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ERA Vote is Monday -- Sample Email, 5 to Call NOW
Click here for the sample emails and contact info.
The Vote is Noon on Monday. We have very strong opposition, and we need this vote in order to move on to the House of Delegates — where we will need to double down.
Call today and Monday. Email and Tweet your hearts out over the weekend!
Thank you, Virginia!! For all the energy you have given, and all you will give. You are the ones we have been…
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The Senate as a whole, Sample Emails
Quick Update:
Tuesday, The Family Foundation were all over the place, arguing mostly that the ERA is a stealth abortion bill, and similar. It will blow your mind, but you can read their “reasoning” here in a blog post from last year(the most recent thing I could find). In case you want a clear sense of how hard our opposition is fighting, scan these missives from The Eagle Forum, The National…
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ERA, Make or Break Vote Tues 9am, then maybe at 4pm
ERA, Make or Break Vote Tues 9am, then maybe at 4pm Need all the email and tweets we can get! #EqualRightsAmendment #WomensRights #Equality #LetsRatify #ERAYesVA
CORRECTED!! ERA, SJ216 TO SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, 9 AM TUESDAY, THIRD FLOOR EAST CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE GA.
IF SUCCESSFUL, BILL WILL MOVE THROUGH TO P&E (as below) AT 4 PM.
BOTH COMMITTEES NEED CONTACT FROM US, FROM AS MANY EQUALITY SUPPORTERS AS POSSIBLE.
CORRECTED COMMITTEE AND CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW.
Progress! Hurray! The Senate Privileges and Elections Committeehas the…
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ERA Lobby Day on Wednesday, get clicking!!!
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Hey there, Virginia!
Last week, we asked you to get ready for this week. It’s BIG!
Today, ERA MONDAY, ratification will be a topic in the Senate P&E Committee. Please get in…
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Session opens this week: Turn The VOLUME UP!!!
Virginia's General Assembly 2015 Session opens Wednesday. Here's how to contact our representatives and let them know that this year is the year for women's equality.
“It isn’t over. There is much more to do.” Alice Paul’s last words
This past Sunday was Alice Paul’s 130th Birthday. Rights are never given, they are claimed and
When Alice Paul first introduced the ERA, this was the most popular phone in the US.
taken. Our foremothers worked for over 70 years for suffrage, and we are part of this great tradition of courage and grit. It’s in their spirit and…
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