By:   Daneene Monroe Rusnak
2^nd Vice President of Advocacy, NFBPWC 2020-2024

Priority on the ERA!

On Saturday, October 21^st, I had the pleasure of joining the California BPW affiliate’s Fall Board Meeting as part of an ERA Panel put together by Immediate Past President and California BPW member, Sandy Thompson. Many thanks to fellow panel members, Pattie Rayl, Nancy Werner, and Linda Wilson for their informative and inspiring contributions.

Emphasizing the importance of the ERA is nothing new for NFBPWC members and friends but I think we can all agree that there has been a greater focus on crossing the finish line recently. Likeminded organizations are concentrating efforts and these groups are

encouraging the ERA’s official inclusion in the Constitution in a variety of ways. Below are some helpful links and resources for you to use and share because…..

Equality Has No Deadline!

Take Action on the ERA! Equality Has No Deadline!

****One Click Politics landing page for NFBPWC****ERA Action on NFBPWC Website

Link to ERA virtual backdrop for download: Equality Has No Deadline Virtual Backdrop

• Increase support for the Discharge Petition:

• • a discharge petition is a way of bringing a billout of committeeand to the floorfor consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution. Read more about it from ERA Coalition here.

  • • There are 207 co-sponsors of H.J. Res 25. We want to focus on the remaining Democrats and the picking up 6 additional Republicans

    • The number of House Members signing the Discharge Petition increased by 14 new signers to 196 during the month of September. Keep the pressure on to reach the desired 218 signatures.

    • To reach out to Democrats please use list: Discharge Petition Outreach list of current cosponsorsand here's where to reach  Republican Cosponsor/Discharge Petition Targets

• House/Senate - H.J. Res. 82/S.J. Res 39 - ERA Now expresses the ERA has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment and calls on the Archivist to certify and publish without delay

All the best,

Daneene