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Legislative Democrats held a news conference Monday to call for North Carolina to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a 1972 constitutional amendment on equal rights for women. North Carolina was among 15 states that didn’t ratify the amendment in the 1970s after it passed Congress, and because it needed 38 states to be added to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment failed. Bills filed in both the House and Senate this year would give the legislature a chance to ratify the amendment. Democrats argue that the amendment would address issues like equal pay for women. Read More Here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article141072973.html
Register today to join DWWC as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Unity Breakfast on June 8th! Sponsorships are available. The first Unity Breakfast featured a fashion show, and we will give a nod to those founding sisters with our own version of a fashion show. But this will be like no other fashion show you have seen. Our surprise models are being asked to wear something that they feel powerful in. You won't want to miss it! Please be sure to share our event on social media and on email so that your friends will know to get signed up to join you!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Plaintiffs in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina (LWVNC) will be represented by Allison Riggs, senior voting rights attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, when the case is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26. This will be Ms. Riggs’ second oral argument before the Court. She previously argued Abbott v. Perez in April 2018, a racial gerrymandering case out of Texas.
In North Carolina women make up more than 54% of registered voters yet hold less than 25% of elected and appointed offices. Democratic Women of Wake County is working to change this through voter education, direct support of candidates and fundraising.
Together we encourage women to seek public office. Together we make a difference.