Thanks to the brilliance of American fore-mother,
Representative Bella Abzug(1920-1998), Women’s Equality Day will be celebrated across our land on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Abzug’s 1971 Joint Resolution of Congress proclaimed August 26 of every year an annual tribute to the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, and the 1970 nationwide Women’s Rights demonstrations to be commemorated by the President of the United States by proclamation every year.
Until the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is ratified, Women’s Equality Day is also meant to serve as a reminder of the continued struggle faced by American women and girls to obtain full equality under law.
The Equal Rights Amendment
Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Get Involved!
Women's Equality Day, August 26, 2015
Join in Celebrating Helene Swanson, Director of Katrina's Dream, who will be finishing up her 7,000 mile walk across America to advance ERA Ratification.
"Swanson, an aspirant for the priesthood of the Church of North India, co-founded Katrina’s Dream in memory of her late mother-in-law, the Rev. Katrina Martha Van Alstyne Welles Swanson. Katrina was one of the 11 women irregularly ordained to the priesthood in 1974, becoming the U.S. Episcopal Church’s first female priests. When the ERA failed to be ratified by the necessary 38 states, Katrina began to recite the Pledge of Allegiance 'with Liberty and Justice for SOME!' When questioned 'Why some?' she would reply, 'Because the ERA was voted down, retired women are more likely to live in poverty than men.'
The 15 non-ratifying states, in the order Swanson has walked through them, are Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Katrina’s Dream is active in working with the homeless, developing sustainable practices, prison law reform, education in Botswana, developing programs in India, and the full inclusion of women in all areas of life."
PRESS RELEASE AND SCHEDULE
What: ERA March to the US Capitol
Why: To Promote the Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment
When: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Where: St. Stephen and the Incarnation 1525 Newton Street, Washington DC, to the Upper Senate Area, National Mall, Washington DC
Contact: Ms. Helene de Boissiere Swanson, Co-Founder – Katrina’s Dream, <415-233-2048> mailto:helene@katrinasdream.org
Website: http://www.katrinasdream.org/...
WOMEN’S RIGHTS SUPPORTERS TO MARCH TO THE US CAPITOL
The Herstoric March on Women’s Equality Day will start at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, following the 8 a.m. blessing of the walkers by Bishop Joe Morris Doss, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, many will accompany Helene de Boissiere Swanson for the final four miles of this 7,000 mile spiritual pilgrimage to the U.S. Capitol to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The four-mile route passing the White House and on to the Upper Senate Park at National Mall where feminists and human rights activists will hold a press conference, and then rally for the ERA.
A statement from the Presiding Bishop and Primate Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA) will be read at the Press Conference.
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The day following the march and rally several groups in conjunction with Katrina’s Dream are coordinating a lobbying effort to call upon senators and representative to co-sponsor S.J. Res 15 and H.J. Res 51 respectively.
Can't make it to DC on Women's Equality Day? No Worries! There Are Plenty of Other Ways to Do YOUR Part to Advance ERA ratification!
Join ERA March To The US Capitol Facebook Group
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#ERANow Twitter Storm from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Hosted by: AAUW, ERA Coalition, Feminist Majority, National Congress of Black Women, National Organization for Women, National Women’s Political Caucus, Legal Momentum and the YWCA.
ERA Congressional Day of Action, August 27, 2015
We will call upon the elected federal officials in the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives who have not yet co-sponsored Senator Benjamin Cardin and Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s Joint Resolution to remove the time limit from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)—S J RES 15 and H J RES 51—to do so immediately. Only three states and an arbitrary deadline block ERA ratification. American women and girls deserve and expect unequivocal Constitutional Equality—remove the ERA deadline NOW!
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"Unless Women are prepared to fight politically, they must be content to be ignored politically." Dr. Alice Paul, Author of the ERA