December 7, 2025<\/p>\n
Dear Friends and Family,<\/p>\n
Something beautiful is happening.<\/p>\n
Women from every corner of America \u2013 red states and blue, progressive and conservative, faith communities and secular activists \u2013 are locking arms for one shared truth: equality under the law should never be up for debate.<\/p>\n
We see it in the petition surging past new signatures every hour, calling on Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) \u2013 who has already co-sponsored S.J.Res. 38<\/a> \u2013 to circulate a powerful Dear Colleague letter and lead the final charge to make the Equal Rights Amendment the 28th Amendment.<\/p>\n We see it in living rooms, church basements, and statehouses where women who disagree on almost everything agree on this: no one should be treated as less because of sex.<\/p>\n And now, quiet miracles are unfolding on the streets \u2013 like at the corner of 72nd and Broadway on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side, once part of Carolyn Maloney\u2019s district. There, amid the subway hum and winter chill, Helene de Boissi\u00e8re-Swanson is taking a \u201cJane Goodall Approach\u201d: sitting with the herd, flying signs for the ERA, handing out postcards to the President, and collecting signatures. Survivors approach. Veterans pause. Dreamers stop.<\/p>\n In the very neighbourhood where former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney marched for decades and wore her iconic \u201cERA\u201d dress to the Met Gala, a mitzvah is blooming \u2013 breathing fresh life into the Equal Rights Amendment. What began as one woman is becoming a relay of radical presence and stubborn hope.<\/p>\n When Maloney saw the vision of the ERA finally becoming law in America\u2019s 250th year, her simple reply said everything:<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for sharing. I am as excited as you are.\u201d Hear their voices \u2013 and let these stories fuel yours:<\/p>\n \u201cHousing inequities do not check party lines or identities \u2014 they expose the gaps in our nation\u2019s promise. We must hold the banner high that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is not partisan; it is the bipartisan, intersectional tool we need\u2014the bite for all the rights fight\u2014to ensure every person has the right to stability, dignity, and a place to call home.\u201d Sharon spends her days on the front lines in Georgia, walking alongside single mothers, veterans, and seniors who are one missed paycheck from losing their homes. For Sharon, the ERA isn\u2019t theory; it\u2019s the constitutional backstop that would finally force every level of government to treat housing stability as a fundamental right, not a privilege.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s powerful, evocative, historically grounded, and emotionally compelling. It reads like a speech and a call to action\u2014bold, urgent, and deeply personal. My favorite part is the vision of the ERA finally passing during the 250th anniversary year of our nation and the imagery of the President putting that ceremonial signature on the 28th Amendment\u2014it\u2019s goosebumps good! This is the kind of future-casting that activates hope and commitment. And that final line\u2014\u2018The torch has traveled centuries to reach this moment\u2019\u2014that\u2019s perfect thematic closure. I loved every minute of reading it.\u201d Karen\u2019s words capture exactly why this moment feels electric: because for the first time in generations, we can actually see the finish line.<\/p>\n From the interfaith \u201cBubble of Love\u201d gatherings on Yom Kippur to conservative women across the America who passionately implore Senator Murkowski, \u201cWe\u2019re counting on you,\u201d and now these street-side sparks at 72nd and Broadway \u2013 the message is the same: this is our moment.<\/p>\n Right now, women across the political spectrum are adding their names to the same petition:<\/p>\n Sign here and stand with women everywhere: https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/urge-senator-murkowski-to-champion-the-era<\/a><\/p>\n And if you feel the fire, fuel the final push: Give $20 (or any amount) to Katrina\u2019s Dream \u2013 20 years of walking the talk for equality: https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-katrinas-dream-championing-equality-and-justice<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The torch has traveled centuries to reach this moment.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s in our hands.<\/p>\n Together \u2013 left, right, and center \u2013 we pass it forward.<\/p>\n Together, we make equality the law of the land.<\/p>\n We see you. We hear you. We stand with you.<\/p>\n Peace and Progress,<\/p>\n Helene de Boissiere-Swanson<\/p>\n #ERANow #SisterhoodRising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 7, 2025 Dear Friends and Family, Something beautiful is happening. Women from every corner of America \u2013 red states and blue, progressive and conservative, faith communities and secular activists \u2013 are locking arms for one shared truth: equality under the law should never be up for debate. We see it in the petition surging…
\n\u2014 Former U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2014Sharon J. Hill,<\/a> President of Cobb Faith Partnership, Georgia housing advocate and \u201cvoice for the voiceless\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u2014Karen Schutte<\/a>, Tucson researcher and publisher of Real Estate Daily News and the monthly Trend Report<\/p>\n
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