MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
STATE of CONFLICT:
North Carolina
The Bill Moyers Documentary Film
Thursday, February 27, 2014
6:30 PM
(Doors open at 6:00 PM)
At the Lord Auditorium
In the lower level of Pack Library
67 Haywood St., Downtown Asheville
Panel Discussion of Action to Follow
Sponsored by:
Common Cause/North Carolina
Asheville AAUW • Asheville PARC * Ratify ERA-NC
The Mountain People’s Assembly • Democracy-NC * Mountain Voices Alliance
Move to Amend of Buncombe County
On February 8, 2014, tens of thousands of people will gather at Shaw University on Wilmington St. between South St. and MLK Jr. Blvd. at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Raleigh. The march to Fayetteville Street will begin at 10:30 a.m., after which we will begin the mass people’s assembly on the doorstep of the State Capitol.
For the past seven years, a fusion movement has been growing in North Carolina. In 2006, the Historic Thousands on Jones St. (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition was formed under the leadership of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and the North Carolina NAACP. It has grown to include over 150 coalition partners, including NC Women United. Each year this fusion movement comes together on the second Saturday in February to hold a mass people’s assembly to reaffirm its commitment to the 14 Point People’s Agenda and to hold lawmakers accountable to the people of North Carolina.
Don’t miss this critically important opportunity to unite and send a message: we’re moving forward, and we’re doing so together.
(from Tara Romano, President, NCWU)
North Carolina women started 2013 with a detailed research report on our status, reflecting the results of years of advocacy for policies recognizing our rights as full, valued citizens of this state. The report showed how far our advocacy had taken us, but also gaps where we could do better. Instead of using this data as a road map toward full equality for all women of North Carolina, however, many in our government and communities instead presented us with their narrow vision of womanhood – one in which we never need assistance raising our families, always have a husband to support us economically, never experience sexual/domestic violence or unplanned pregnancies, and have nothing but time on Election Day when we want to cast our ballot. [more…]
Moral March on Raleigh, Saturday, Feb. 8th
Senate Joint Resolution 15
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] (introduced 5/9/2013) Cosponsors (34)
S.J.Res.15 — 113th Congress (2013-2014)
House Joint Resolution 43
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 5/9/2013) Cosponsors (105)
H.J.Res.43 — 113th Congress (2013-2014)
“To Form a More Perfect Union”—Now Is the Time for the Equal Rights Amendment is Topic of January 18 Meeting in Chapel Hill
From the American Association of University Women, Chapel Hill
Roberta Madden is on a mission—before her time is up on this earth, she wants to see the Equal Rights Amendment ratified. A woman of conviction and courage, Roberta served as Director of Racial and Social Justice at the YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge where she directed racial justice programs. She lobbied for the ERA in the 1970’s and testified before legislative committees. Since moving to the area in the fall of 2009, Roberta has organized the Stand Against Racism in Black Mountain and subsequent Dialogues on Race. As co-director of RATIFY ERA-NC, she is helping to organize a statewide grassroots movement for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Florry Glasser
Throughout her life, local ERA activist Florry Glasser has worked tirelessly to promote family-friendly personnel policies in public, private and non-profit workplaces across the state. Florry spent a decade in state government working as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of Policy and Planning, NC Department of Administration. In 1997, she retired from her position as Director of the Work and Family Center at NC Equity. Florry has written numerous publications on the subjects of workplace equity, childcare, gender balance on boards and commission, and needs of women and children.
We are very fortunate to have these two exceptional women who were both involved in the earlier effort to pass the ERA speak to us. Both Roberta and Florry will help us understand the importance of this law for the women of our country.
Don’t forget—we are meeting in the Chapel Hill Public Library, which is on 100 Library Dr. right off N. Estes Drive.
Cosponsoring the program is the League of Women Voters of Orange-Durham-Chatham. The public is welcome to attend.
