Please join our call for equality!
United for Equality coalition members will be lobbying in the Senate Wednesday and Thursday this week. We need your support! Your calls will help raise awareness for the visits. Click here to make your calls (between 9 AM and 5 PM). See below for background information, and tips for a successful call, or read the helpful information at the link.
PDA stood up for equality with several other organizations. PDA National Director Tim Carpenter said, "We strongly endorse Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin's Resolution [HJ Res 47] to 'remove the deadline for ratification and clarify that upon ratification by three additional states, the Equal Rights Amendment will be added to the United States Constitution.'"
PDA National Board Member Rep. Woolsey said: "It is with great pride that I stand with this bipartisan group in support of the long-overdue Equal Rights Amendment..... Here’s the text of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, 'Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.' Replace the word 'sex' with 'race', and there would not be a single dissenting vote in the entire United States Congress."
Please call during working hours Today through July 1st. You can call again to follow up next week as well, and ask if your Senators have made any decsion yet.
For a direct line to your Senators, use this action alert. To use the switchboard, dial 877-762-8762 or 202-224-3121, and ask to be transferred to your state's Senators.
We're calling Senators now, but will call the House in the near future. If you want to call your Representative, you can use PDA's get active link, and scroll down past the alerts for contact info. Note: you can send an email using this link. Scroll way down.
Tips for a Successful Call
Ask to speak with the Senator's staffer working on constitutional and/or women's issues. If that person is unavailable, ask to leave a message on their voicemail. Note: It's critically important to stress that you're calling to support a resolution removing the time limit from the ERA, not the "start over" new ERA legislation. Please limit your remarks to this issue only. Include your own experiences which pertain to the ERA.
MORE INFORMATION: See: United4Equality.com and U4E's Facebook page.