ERA Task Force AZ Press Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PHOENIX — The ERA Task Force AZ will host a press conference on Wednesday morning to celebrate the introduction of Senate and House bills for Arizona to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and join the 38 states that have made the ERA the 28 th Amendment to the Constitution.

Please join us at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 21 at the Rose Garden at 1700 W Washington St., Phoenix. In addition to Senator Lauren Kuby and Representative Quantá Crews, Sterling Sourk from Unity Rising will speak along with longtime women’s activist Civia Tarmarkin. Virginia was the 38 th state to ratify the ERA on January 27, 2020, and with the two-year time period for states to bring their own laws in line, the 28 th Amendment went into effect on January 27, 2022. It is past time for Arizona to harken back to its founding days when they supported the equality of women, for example granting women the right to vote within one year of becoming a state. The ERA mandates no discrimination based on sex and thus protects both men and women. Arizona needs to stand up and say yes, we believe in equality.

Questions:
Dianne Post, postdlpost@aol.com, 602 271 9019
Anissa Rasheta, arrasheta@gmail.com 480 241 1752