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DESCRIPTION:The March on Women’s Equality Day will start at St. Stephen and the 
 Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. following a 8 a.m. blessing 
 of the walkers. 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 National Mall where top 
 feminists and human rights activists will hold a press conference, and then 
 rally for the ERA. \n\nThe Equal Rights Amendment will empower women and 
 provide protection for the LBGTQ community.\n\nIn addition to the blessing, 
 march, press conference & rally that day, there are several satellite 
 events planned in other locations in the United States and around the world 
 through our new Sisters in Solidarity program\n\nBACKGROUND\nThis ERA March 
 & Rally will culminate my one-year+ pilgrimage covering the 15 states that 
 have yet to ratify the ERA.  I left from the Golden Gate Bridge in San 
 Francisco on March 8th 2014 - in an effort to raise awareness of the 
 importance of passing the ERA, and to unite many individual factions to 
 make the ERA a reality.   I began my trek in honor of my late 
 mother-in-law, the Rev. Katrina Martha Van Alstyne Welles Swanson, an 
 impassioned ERA promoter who was one of the Philadelphia Eleven - the first 
 group of women “irregularly” ordained as Episcopal priests. It was her 
 dream to see women in America receive equal protections under the law, a 
 dream so many Americans of all faiths and backgrounds share.  \n \nThose 
 walking in solidarity represent a number of organizations from across the 
 country including: Equal Rights Alliance, ERA Action, ERA Coalition, ERA 
 Minnesota, Katrina’s Dream, National NOW, Unite Women, We Are Woman US, 
 Women-Matter and many more. They have nourished me as I made my way across 
 the U.S. Along this journey I stopped to meet with dozens of congressional 
 district offices, and leaders from these organizations above joined me via 
 conference call to senators and representatives, asking that they 
 co-sponsor the “The 3-State Strategy” joint resolutions in Congress 
 (SJRes.15/HJRes51).\n\nACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE\nYour support is needed. Please 
 help to build a national and global presence in support of the passage of 
 the Equal Rights Amendment.  Join the event to demonstrate your support, 
 Invite your friends, and share the event everywhere. Send an email to all 
 your friends and ask them to join in spirit. Hold a Sister in Solidarity 
 satellite event 
 \nhttp://www.katrinasdream.org/era/sisters-in-solidarity/\n#WALK4ERA 
 #DCERAMARCH #SIS4ERA\n\nThe Equal Rights Amendment will empower women and 
 provide protection for the LBGTQ community. Let's change the 
 world.\n\nSPEAKERS LIST (Partial)\n\nAlaina LaTourette​- We Are Women 
 \nBetty Folliard​ - ERA Minnisota\nCathy Paganelli Kaelin​  - ERA 
 Action\nCharles Clymer​ - Feminist &Writer for the Huffington Post\nDiana 
 Danis​ - When Women Come Marching Home \nEileen Davis​ - 
 WomenMatter.org \nErin L. Eddy​- Marcy's Law \nHelene de 
 Boissiere-Swanson​ - Katrina's Dream\nJacqueline Nantier-Hopewell​ - We 
 Are Women\nKaren Teegarden​ - UniteWomen.org\nLinda Miklowitz​ - 
 Untied4 Equality FL\nNicola Spence - \nSandy Oestreich​- Equal Rights 
 Alliance\nTammy Simkins​ - ERA Action\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/08/18774649.php
SUMMARY:ERA March to the US Capitol - Hold the Date!
LOCATION:St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church\n1525 Newton St NW, 
 Washington, DC\nto the \nReflecting Pool/West Front Grassy Area at the 
 National Mall, Washington DC 
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