ERA March to the US Capitol - Hold the Date!

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.

The Equal Rights Amendment will empower women and provide protection for the LBGTQ community.

In 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

BACKGROUND
This 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.

Those 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).

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE
Your 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
http://www.katrinasdream.org/era/sisters-in-solidarity/
#WALK4ERA #DCERAMARCH #SIS4ERA

The Equal Rights Amendment will empower women and provide protection for the LBGTQ community. Let's change the world.

SPEAKERS LIST (Partial)

Alaina LaTourette​- We Are Women
Betty Folliard​ - ERA Minnisota
Cathy Paganelli Kaelin​ - ERA Action
Charles Clymer​ - Feminist &Writer for the Huffington Post
Diana Danis​ - When Women Come Marching Home
Eileen Davis​ - WomenMatter.org
Erin L. Eddy​- Marcy's Law
Helene de Boissiere-Swanson​ - Katrina's Dream
Jacqueline Nantier-Hopewell​ - We Are Women
Karen Teegarden​ - UniteWomen.org
Linda Miklowitz​ - Untied4 Equality FL
Nicola Spence -
Sandy Oestreich​- Equal Rights Alliance
Tammy Simkins​ - ERA Action