(Fixed) An ERA Advocate On Why She’s Optimistic

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🗓️ 7 May 2019

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We got our files mixed up this morning! This is the corrected show for Tuesday, May 7. The proposed Equal Rights Amendment is simple: It would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. To become part of the U.S. Constitution, the ERA has to be passed not just in Congress, but in 38 state legislatures. In 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to pass it. Last year, Illinois became the 37th. And last week, Congress held a hearing on the plan. Guest: Carol Jenkins, co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So last week, Congress did something it hadn't done in 35 years.
0:09.2	It's up to committee on the Constitution, civil liberties and civil rights.
0:13.8	Now, session, we will come back.
0:15.8	Held a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment.
0:18.1	A blanket rule meant to assure women's equality.
0:20.9	We know that when women are treated with equal dignity and respect in the workplace and
0:24.3	the home, by our institutions of government and our society at large, all of the American
0:29.1	people stand to benefit.
0:31.3	And we know that a simple but fundamental guarantee of equality should be welcomed rather
0:35.3	than feared.
0:36.3	I watch the hearing and I have to say, if you've spent the last few months watching like Bill
0:42.3	Barr testify, my vibe was very different.
0:47.2	It was.
0:48.2	It was like a celebration.
0:49.6	It was.
0:50.6	This is Carol Jenkins.
0:52.1	She's the president of the ERA Coalition.
0:54.7	In C-SPAN, you could see her, front and center nodding and smiling.
1:00.2	She was a few seats down from a list of Milano, just behind Patricia Arquette.
1:04.3	We were there in white, that's suffragist white.
1:09.4	These are women who have been working for the Equal Rights Amendment.
1:11.9	They are entire adult lives.
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