Building Equality – Discussing an Inclusive Equal Rights Amendment for Vermont

Is now the time to Amend the Vermont State Constitution, with an Equal Rights Amendment that not only establishes equal rights for women with men, but also equal rights for people of any race, sex, age, religion, creed, color, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin?  What would be included in such an Equal Rights Amendment?

Panel Discussion

Panelists

Senator Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, sponsor for the proposed amendment

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Michelle Farkas, Esq., Gravel and Shea, who served on the initial committee that developed the Equal Rights Amendment resolution in 2018 (S.R. 11)

Ella Spotswood, Deputy Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General’s Office, who has worked on drafting the proposed amendment to be introduced in the 2019 Legislative Session.

Presented by Champlain Valley League of Women Voters

Hosted by Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center