Equal Rights

Equal Rights

Support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and efforts to bring laws into compliance with the goals of the ERA. Support equal rights for all under state and federal law regardless of race, color gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

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49th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet (NAACP Montgomery Co - Radford City - Floyd Co)

2005 49th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner (NAACP Montgomery Co - Radford City - Floyd Co)

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in May 2025.

Event Date: 
09/27/2025 - 6:00pm
Event location: 

The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

Save the Date

The NAACP of Montgomery Co - Radford City - Floyd Co 49th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet will be held on September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.

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NAACP MRF Meeting with Guest Speaker Carolyn Rude

NAACP March 2025 Meeting featuring Carolyn Rude

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in March 2025.

Event Date: 
03/23/2025 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Event location: 

Old Hill School

 

The NAACP Montgomery Co. - Radford City - Floyd Co. Branch welcomes our very own Carolyn Rude as their credo speaker this month!

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Equal Pay Day Event at MTU by the Husky Statue

Submitted by Copper Country in February 2025.

Event Date: 
03/25/2025 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Event location: 

Michigan Tech Husky Dog

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Demand Equal Rights

Action Alert - League of Women Voters (Protestors with US flag)

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

Action Alerts

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, the federal government has still not consistently recognized the constitutional right to sex and gender equality. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) constitutionally protects the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex.

Add Your Name to the Petition.

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Update on the Equal Rights Amendment

ERA Equal rights Amendment LWV

Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

Blog Post

The League of Women Voters has been a steadfast advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and is committed to continuing this fight until equal rights is enshrined in the United States Constitution. Although the required 38 states have ratified the ERA, it has not yet been published in the US Constitution, thanks to an arbitrary time limit imposed by Congress in the 1970s. Read this update to understand the status of the ERA as of January 9, 2025, as well as the conflicting views about how to finally get it published.

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The President Must Immediately Publish the Equal Rights Amendment

Submitted by Frederick County in December 2024.

Action Alerts

In the United States, women are still not guaranteed equal rights. We have seen the devastating consequences of this reality.

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Pass the ERA

Believe in Feeedom

Submitted by Orange Coast in December 2024.

News

Pass the Equal Rights Amendment

by Anne Stone

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Our Bodies Our Choice: Moving to Action

Our Bodies Our Choice 2024-12-8

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in November 2024.

Event Date: 
12/08/2024 - 2:30pm
Event location: 

Blacksburg Community Center

Learn about proposed legislation and ways to make your voice heard to legislators about reproductive health issues. Connect to other local, state, and national organizations with a reproductive rights or social justice agenda.

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The President Must Immediately Publish the Equal Rights Ammendment

Submitted by Virginia in November 2024.

Action Alerts

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Tell President Biden to Publish the Equal Rights Amendment

Submitted by Bucks County in November 2024.

Action Alerts

Send an email urging President Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify and publish the ERA in the Constitution! 

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