ERA in the News: MAR 7-13, 2020
UPDATES ON S.J. RES 6 IN THE SENATE
It's working! Congrats to everyone for their calls and contacts with the senators on our list (below). Welcome Sen. Manchin and Sen. Leahy to the list of co-sponsors signing on to the joint resolution to remove the time limits.
View the full resolution HERE .
Co-Sponsors = 48 (+2 from last week - YAY!!)
KIND CAMPAIGN COVERAGE
The KIND Snacks EQUALITY Bar and Bot campaign is going great! We're getting great coverage in the media, and our followers have shared with us how fast (!!) their bars were delivered. Thanks to everyone showing their support for the ERA and helping us raise awareness and money to support our work! Scroll down for more info!
March 6 Campaign Trail: Kind taps limited-edition packaging as purposeful creative, Marketing Dive
March 7 Apple, Absolut Vodka and Reebok: What brands are doing for International Women's Day, CNBC
March 8 24 Brands Giving Back for International Women's Day, E! News
March 8 How Google, Netflix And Other Brands Are Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020, Forbes
March 10 Kind racks up 1M views for 'Mini' digital campaign, Mobile marketer
March ? What to Know About KIND's NEW Equality Bars, Spoon University
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE KIND CAMPAIGN
28 states this week!
NATIONAL
March 7 Three Activist Superstars Join Forces to Drive Women to the Polls in 2020 , Rolling Stone
March 8 The US hasn't signed the world's foremost women's rights treaty. Activist have gotten local versions passed instead , Washington Post
March 11 Equal Rights Amendment Supporters Fight Red-State Opposition , Courthouse News Service
March 11 Sophia Bush Toasts the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment with Johnnie Walker , Just Jared
STATES
ALASKA
March 9 Alaska League of Women Voters' officials mark anniversaries on Action Line , KINY Radio
ARIZONA
March 8 March for equality in Tempe to celebrate International Women's Day , ABC15
CALIFORNIA
March 11 Letters to the Editor: Women who didn't vote for Elizabeth Warren passed up an important opportunity , Los Angeles Times
CONNECTICUT
March 6 Opinion: Wearing white casts deep shadows , Greenwich Time
March 7 General Assembly takes flurry of historic legislation down to wire , TheHour.com
FLORIDA
March 11 Kuehn: Don't just sit there. Do something , Gainesville Daily Register
March 12 'Donna's Law' could spur prosecutions of sexual crimes against minors , Florida Phoenix
GEORGIA
March 6 VSU Students Work to Build Searchable History Women's Struggle for Equality , Valdosta University
March 8 Letters to the editor Monday: Moral decline part of a 'Satanic strategy' , Savannah Morning News
IDAHO
March 8 'Does anyone know Alice Paul?', Coeur d'Alene Press
ILLINOIS
March 10 Congressional primaries in Illinois set up highly anticpated general elections in some cases , Chicago Tribune
INDIANA
March 10 Local women celebrate International Women's Day , Kankakee Valley Post News
KENTUCKY
March 12 Bill Straub: Good ideas come and go-- but for the Equal Rights Amendment, it's an idea log past due, Northern Kentucky Tribune
MAINE
March 11 Statehouse rally will push for passage of bills advancing women's economic rights, Maine Beacon
March 12 Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos seeking re-election for House District 91 , PenBayPilot.com
MARYLAND
March 9 Democrats put historic stamp on laws to reshape Virginia, Delmarva Daily Times
MASSACHUSETTS
March 6 An Equal Rights Amendment is our best hope to safeguard legal protection , The Boston Globe
MINNESOTA
March 6 The push for an Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota , Minnesota Public Radio*
March 6 'It's just so bleak': Minnesota women reel after female candidates leave 2020 race , Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 12 Twin Cities podcast celebrates on International Women's Day at Crooners during live show , ECM Publishers
MISSOURI
March 10 Jack Beuchner, former US House member from Kirkwood, dies at 79 , STLToday
MONTANA
March 8 When women were Republicans , Daily Inter Lake
March 9 Nuggets from Helena: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment , Helena Independent Record
NEBRASKA
March 9 Equal rights amendment forum highlights women's week at UNO, The Gateway
March 13 Letter 3/13: Sasse is hiding from real issues, Lincoln Journal Star
NEW JERSEY
March 8 In Opera and Classical Music, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves, WQXR
NEW YORK
March 11 The Intersectional History of Women's Voting Rights Brought to Manhattan , The Quadrangle
March 11 One Scholar's Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, CUNY SUM
March 13 Kellenberg student starts feminism group project, Garden City News
OHIO
March 6 Local women celebrate the suffragist who helped make the 19th Amendment possible , Times Bulletin
OKLAHOMA
March 8 You've come a long way, baby, but you have far to go , Enid News & Eagle
March 11 Policy Matters: Recognizing Oklahoma's trailblazing women , Journal Record
March 13 Ginnie Graham: What are lawmakers doing now for women to celebrate in 100 years? , Tulsa World
SOUTH CAROLINA
March 11 SC lawmakers renew push for amendment ensuring women have same legal protections as men , Charleston Post Courier
TENNESSEE
March 9 Pleasant Hill Ramblings: Fuller shares stories of Equal Rights Amendment struggle , Crossville Chronicle
TEXAS
March 9 The US hasn't signed the world's foremost women's rights treat , Bryan-College Station Eagle
VIRGINIA
March 6 Raising a fist for the ERA , Richmond Free Press
March 7 How Virginia has moved in a more progressive direction, from the bills it has passed , WICZ
March 7 'The feel empowered to take this democracy by the reins': Hundreds speak up during Women's March on Roanoke , WSLS 10
March 8 ERA supporters march to Virginia Capitol on International Women's Day, WTVR
March 8 Lawmakers wrap 'historic' General Assembly session, WTVR
March 9 Equal Rights Amendment, Style Weekly
March 9 Democratic lawmakers reflect on General Assembly session, Henrico Citizen
March 9 Marijuana decriminalized in Virginia as Democrats put historic stamp on laws , WJLA
WISCONSIN
March 9 The historic struggle for the ERA continues , Beloit Daily News
WYOMING
March 12 Archives on the Air 181: Wyoming's First Woman Secretary of State , Wyoming Public Media
*This article appeared in several other news sources
OBITUARIES
March 10 Jack Beuchner, former US House member from Kirkwood, dies at 79, STLToday
OPPOSITION
March 11 ERA: What to know about the Equal Rights Amendment, Fox News