Draft:ERA Coalition

The ERA Coalition is an advocacy organization, founded in 2014 to renew focus on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States, The coalition, consisting of over 290 member organizations is dedicated to amending the US constitution to eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex. The ERA Coalition is a partner organization with the Fund for Women's Equality.

Early work of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality focused on education, polling and awareness. In 2016 they released a ground breaking poll that showed 94% of Americans support the Equal Rights Amendment, and that 80% believe equal rights are already guaranteed. The ERA coalition engaged Patricia Arquette to testify at the DNC.

In 2018, the Coalition was focused on the "three state strategy", identifying and supporting the "final three states" that needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to reach 3/4 of the states per Article V of the US Constitution.

In 2020, the ERA Coalition was supportive of the legislative and advocacy work that brought about the 38th and final state (Virginia) needed for ratification and subsequently the US House of Representatives vote to dissolve the time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment.

Even after the 38th state ratified the ERA, the US Archivist, under instruction from AG. William Barr would not Publish the Amendment. The ERA Coalition coordinated a letter writing campaign for then newly elected president Biden and his Attorney General to rescind the Barr memo, and publish the ERA. The Campaign to push President Biden to Publish the ERA is ongoing.

The ERA Coalition has worked with the law firm Winston and Strewn LLP to file amicus briefs on behalf of coalition members in support of the states of Virginia, Illinois and Nevada lawsuit against David Ferriero as Archivist of the United States

In 2023 the ERA Coalition is collaborating with the newly formed ERA Caucus in the US House of Representatives, led by Rep. Pressley and Rep. Bush to increase the focus on the Equal Rights Amendment to broaden protections for all Americans on the basis of sex.

The ERA coalition helped build momentum for the 2023 Congress to take joint action on the ERA. Bi-partisan, bi-cameral bills SJRES4 and HJREs25 were introduced on January 31, 2023, to affirm ratification and remove the deadline for the ERA

In early 2023, The ERA Coalition advocated with Sen. Cardin, Sen. Murkowski and Sen. Schumer to hold a vote on the ERA in the US Senate. For the first time in 40 years on April 27, 2023, the Senate held a historic vote on the ERA (SJRes4 ). 51 Senators voted in favor, 47 against. With the filibuster, the GOP effectively blocked the ERA.

Elect Equality
The Fund for Women's Equality and the ERA Coalition maintain an interactive website and campaign encouraging voters to "Elect Equality" and check their candidates voting records on the ERA and equal rights bills.

Woman Corp
In 2022 ERA Coalition launched Woman Corp, a campaign with Oglivy, to call out sexism with a new approach to gender equality. The campaign starred Stranger Things actor Gabriella Pizzolo who demonstrates that corporations have more rights than women in the United States. Woman Corp

President Emerita

 * Jessica Neuwirth (2014–2018)
 * Carol Jenkins (2018–2022)