Join the ERA-NC Alliance on Thursday, August 26th from 10 a.m. to noon at the N.C. Statehouse to demand ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. August 26th is typically when we commemorate the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. However, we recognize that simply achieving the right to vote was not enough to ensure that women have equal protection under the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1923, and is still not part of the Bill of Rights.

The Statehouse is located at 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601.

Speakers include:

• ERA ratification bill lead sponsors, Reps. Julie Von Haefen and Susan Fisher, and Sens. Natalie Murdock and Natasha Marcus,

• Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley,

• Mandy Carter, co-founder of Southerners on New Ground and the National Black Justice Coalition,

• Adrienne Spinner, Board Advisor with NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement,

• NC Secretary of Commerce, Machelle Sanders, and

• Barbara Lau, Executive Director of the Pauli Murray Center.