Palo Alto: Women's Rights Sidewalk Rally - We Demand the ERA Now!

INTERNATION WOMEN'S DAY - Nationwide Weekend of Action

Women's Rights: Palo Alto Sidewalk Rally for Demanding the ERA Now!

The women and men of the Palo Alto branch of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom vigil silently every Friday, noon to 1 on the public sidewalk at the corner of El Camino and Embarcadero, outside Palo Alto’s Town and Country shopping center.

On FRIDAY 6th MARCH we will focus on women gaining full equality in an early celebration of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY on 8th March.

Our signs will call for the adoption of the EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA); equal pay for women for equal work; the return of Roe Vs Wade protections; to eliminate discrimination against women in employment and ensure the right to work and to family benefits; to eliminate discrimination in the public and political spheres, ensuring women’s right to vote, participate in policymaking, and hold public office.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex.

We must work on modifying social and cultural patterns so as to eliminate prejudices and customary practices based on the idea of the inferiority of the female sex. Our signs (and bring your own) will remind the people in the thousands of passing vehicles that women deserve to have equal rights to men.