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DESCRIPTION:ERA: Strictly Speaking Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline \n\nCome join a 
 panel discussion on the ERA this Saturday, Aug. 29th. How close are we to 
 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? The question hangs anew over 
 Congress. And the courts. Come join a panel discussion on the 
 ERA.\n\nSaturday, August 29, 2020 @ 8 AM - 9 AM PT (10 AM -11 AM 
 CT)\n\nLivestream: https://www.youtube.com/user/kclibrary\n\nRSVP: 
 https://kclibrary.org/signature-events/strictly-speaking-equal-rights-should-have-no-deadline\n\nA 
 distinguished panel of officials, experts, and ERA activists from across 
 the nation assesses the decades-long effort to enact what would be the 28th 
 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, enshrining the principle of gender 
 equality in our founding charter.\n\nVirginia became the 38th state to 
 approve it in January, meeting the threshold for ratification, but the 1982 
 deadline set by Congress was long passed. The House voted in February to 
 repeal the deadline. That measure has gone nowhere in the Senate. 
 \n\nFurther, five state have acted to rescind their ratification? Can they 
 do that? \n\nErica Benson, the campaign coordinator for Project 28 MO, a 
 Kansas City-area organization working for ERA ratification, moderates the 
 discussion in conjunction with this week's observance of Women’s Equality 
 Day. This month also marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
 Amendment, granting women the right to vote.\n\nOn the panel: \n\n--Julie 
 Chi-hye Suk, a professor of sociology, political science, and liberal 
 studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center; author of "We 
 the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment" \n--Carol 
 Jenkins, co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s 
 Equality \n--Carrie N. Baker, professor of the study of women and gender at 
 Smith College  \n--Nevada state Sen. Pat Spearman, who was instrumental in 
 the state’s 2017 \nratification of the ERA  \n--Kate Kelly, an attorney 
 specializing in international human rights litigation and \nhost of the 
 podcast Ordinary Equality \n--Marco Gonzalez, Texas State Director for 
 Generation Ratify, the national youth-led movement to ratify the 
 ERA\n\nPanel speakers hosted by the Women's Equality Coalition on the 
 YouTube page \nof the Kansas City Public 
 Library\n___________________________________________________________\n\n#Vote2020 
 #BeAVoter\n\nVOTE: Register or Pre-Register (16-17 yrs) here: 
 https://registertovote.ca.gov/\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\n#2020Census 
 #BeCounted\n\nCENSUS: Have your household complete the census here: 
 https://my2020census.gov/\n___________________________________________________________\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/27/18836205.php
SUMMARY:ERA: Strictly Speaking Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/27/18836205.php
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