{"id":1737,"date":"2021-06-04T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/katrinas-story-2\/lets-pass-the-era-3\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2022-05-01T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T16:37:27","slug":"era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"ERA Supporters Adopt a Strategic Pivot; It&#8217;s Their Final Push to Make the Amendment a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"container release-header\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-lg-offset-1 col-sm-5 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<p class=\"meta\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-sm-5\">\n<div class=\"social-share-circle pull-right hidden-xs\">\n<div class=\"social-links\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 col-xs-12\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"release-body container \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 16, 2021<\/span>\u00a0\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality-301270484.html#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20April%2016%2C%202021%20%2F,strategic%20pivot%20to%20surmount%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRNewswire<\/a>\/ &#8212; Having successfully shepherded the Equal Rights Amendment through ratification by the remaining three states and approval of House Joint Resolution 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 17, 2021<\/span>, ERA supporters have now adopted a strategic pivot to surmount the final hurdle approval by the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pull-right inline-gallery-container col-md-8 col-sm-7 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"gallery inline-gallery\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 clearfix\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image lightbox-item \" data-src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=publish\" data-asset-type=\"photo\" data-asset-id=\"Life_After_Debt_Aug_17_Event.jpg\" data-asset-label=\"General\" data-sub-html=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" data-tweet-text=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" data-facebook-share-text=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" data-linkedin-text=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" data-download-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=publish\" data-pinterest-text=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" data-twitter-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=twitter\" data-linkedin-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=linkedin\" data-facebook-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=facebook\" data-pinterest-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=facebook\"><a class=\"tabfocus\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality-301270484.html#\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imageid_2\" class=\"gallery-thumb img-responsive\" title=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489047\/1.jpg?p=publish&amp;w=650\" alt=\"Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that to Nevada's ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.\" \/><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Helene de Boissiere addresses the Florida press in May 2015 on her historic 7000 -mile pilgrimage that led to Nevada&#8217;s ratification first state in over 35 years to ratify. Photo Credit Linda Miklowitz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image lightbox-item \" data-src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=publish\" data-asset-type=\"photo\" data-asset-id=\"Life_After_Debt_Aug_17_Event.jpg\" data-asset-label=\"General\" data-sub-html=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" data-tweet-text=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" data-facebook-share-text=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" data-linkedin-text=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" data-download-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=publish\" data-pinterest-text=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" data-twitter-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=twitter\" data-linkedin-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=linkedin\" data-facebook-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=facebook\" data-pinterest-share-url=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=facebook\"><a class=\"tabfocus\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality-301270484.html#\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imageid_2\" class=\"gallery-thumb img-responsive\" title=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1489048\/2.jpg?p=publish&amp;w=650\" alt=\"Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina's Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues statement urging US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown\" \/><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Anglican Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, a board member of Katrina&#8217;s Dream and candidate for president of Zambia issues a statement urging the US Senate to Pass the ERA. Photo Credit: Unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are recruiting supporting senators one by one, asking each supporter to recruit a hesitant colleague,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Helene de Boissiere<\/span>, chief executive of Katrina&#8217;s Dream, Inc., one of the key ERA backing groups. &#8220;We&#8217;re focusing first on the six Republican women senators who have not announced support.&#8221; The joint resolution was introduced in the Senate by Sens.\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Lisa Murkowski<\/span> (R., AK) and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Ben Cardin<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0(D., MD). Assuming that all 50 Democratic senators are ready to vote in support of the resolution, ERA backers still need at least 10 Republican votes to shut down any possible filibusters. So far, they have only two announced Republicans, Murkowski and Sen.\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Collins<\/span> of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Maine<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Joint Resolution 1, which like its House-passed companion would lift the time limit on ratification of the ERA, is currently awaiting consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u00a0 Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Diane Feinstein<\/span>\u00a0(D., CA), a long-time supporter of the ERA and member of the committee, told de Boissiere, &#8220;I look forward to considering it [the resolution] with my colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The seven-year time limit was set in an accompanying joint resolution Congress adopted in 1972 when it sent the amendment to the states for ratification. Congressional adoption of the 2021 joint resolution will complete the task of adding the ERA to the U.S. Constitution, ERA supporters believe. Some legal experts, in fact, argue that the Constitution does not permit Congress to limit the time the states have to ratify pending amendments in any case and that the Archivist of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>\u00a0should add the language of the ERA to the Constitution now.<\/p>\n<p>A collaborative effort to move ahead utilizing <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3131277-1&amp;h=1850851921&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katrinasdream.org%2Fkatrinas-story-2%2Flets-pass-the-era-3%2F2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c%2F2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c%2Fsaturday-national-weekly-e-r-a-call%2F&amp;a=The+Call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Call<\/a> and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3131277-1&amp;h=4015875606&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katrinasdream.org%2Fkatrinas-story-2%2Flets-pass-the-era-3%2F2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c%2F2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c%2Fpowerof10%2F&amp;a=Power+of+10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Power of 10<\/a> programs emerged out of the League of Women Voters of Chillicothe-Ross (OH). Program <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3131277-1&amp;h=4154708704&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lwvchillicothe.org%2Fera&amp;a=ERA+%26+Familes%3A+What%27s+at+Stake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ERA &amp; Families: What&#8217;s at Stake<\/a><\/u> was held on March 23, 2021.\u00a0 Teleconferences are coordinated by de Boissiere with US Senators.\u00a0 Regular participants advocating for the removal of the deadline include <span class=\"xn-person\">Philip Bennett<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Bevan<\/span>, Bishop <span class=\"xn-person\">Joe M. Doss<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Betty Folliard<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Sharon Hill<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Kobby Hoffman<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Cathy Kaelin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Denise Parrish<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Nevada State<\/span> Senator Patricia Spearman,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Tammy Simkins<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Julie Suk<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jean Sweeney<\/span>, and constituents from the respective US Senators&#8217; districts.<\/p>\n<p>That the ERA might soon become part of U.S. basic law has already begun to attract favourable notice abroad. Long time women&#8217;s empowerment and supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3131277-1&amp;h=4228056619&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fkatrinas-dream-urges-international-community-to-call-upon-us-congress-to-pass-the-equal-rights-amendment-300821322.html&amp;a=Anglican+Bishop+Trevor+Mwamba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anglican Bishop <span class=\"xn-person\">Trevor Mwamba<\/span><\/a>, a board member of Katrina&#8217;s Dream, who is a candidate for president of <span class=\"xn-location\">Zambia<\/span>, said he welcomed &#8220;ecstatically&#8221; the U.S. House of Representatives action in January. &#8220;It is a historic act,&#8221; he said, &#8220;redressing a moral evil which has long denied gender equality to women in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> of America. I believe equality for women is equality for humankind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Helene de Boissiere<\/span>, Chief Executive<br class=\"dnr\" \/>Organization: Katrina&#8217;s Dream (<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3131277-1&amp;h=794876911&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.katrinasdream.org%2F&amp;a=www.KatrinasDream.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.KatrinasDream.org<\/a>)<br class=\"dnr\" \/>Email: <a href=\"mailto:307578@email4pr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">307578@email4pr.com<\/a><br class=\"dnr\" \/>Telephone: (415) 233-2048<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Katrina&#8217;s Dream<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem;\">Related Links<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linkOnClick\" title=\"Link to http:\/\/www.KatrinasDream.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-include=\"\">http:\/\/www.KatrinasDream.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem;\">Update:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meetings with Offices of Senators Brown&#8217;s &amp; Portman\u00a0 May 19, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Meetings with the Offices of Senators Ernst &amp; Grassley scheduled<\/p>\n<p>Meeting with others in progress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Having successfully shepherded the Equal Rights Amendment through ratification by the remaining three states and approval of House Joint Resolution 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 17, 2021, ERA supporters have now adopted a strategic pivot to surmount the final hurdle approval by the U.S. Senate&#8230;.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/era-supporters-adopt-a-strategic-pivot-its-their-final-push-to-make-the-amendment-a-reality\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,5,16,3,15,13],"tags":[477,337,77,401,475,342,461,240,32,476,478,340,474,24],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-era","category-gay-lesbian","category-injustice-to-women","category-racism","category-sexual-abuse","category-take-action","category-women-justice","tag-bishop-musonda-mwamba","tag-civil-rights","tag-equal-rights-amendment","tag-equality","tag-equity","tag-era","tag-helene-de-boissiere","tag-human-rights","tag-katrinas-dream","tag-lbgt-rights","tag-president-of-the-united-national-independence-party","tag-us-constitution","tag-us-senate","tag-womens-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}