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Billboard UPDATE!
ERA billboards are popping up across Minnesota! ERA MN in coalition with MN NOW are excited to announce the second billboard in their ERA billboard campaign! This billboard, as pictured above, can be found on Highway 10 just south of Elk River. The billboard campaign was created to raise awareness and educate about the need for an Equal Rights Amendment to be included in the Minnesota state constitution as well as to continue support for ratification into the US constitution. Locations of these billboards were chosen as they are within districts currently represented by legislative leadership that did not support the ERA this previous legislative session. As we grow closer to November and the general election, we want to make sure all candidates running, as well as those who are not currently up for re-election, are required to take a position on the ERA. We will be tracking these responses on our website so that every supporter of the ERA knows exactly where all candidates stand! WANT TO SEE MORE? Do you want to see an ERA billboard near you or in a district you feel needs to put pressure on its legislator? Are you a group that wants to get involved in this exciting initiative? We need your help to be able to keep this campaign going! Visit our GoFundMepage to learn more and contribute! We urge all supporters of the ERA to contact their legislators to find out exactly where THEY stand on the ERA. If you need help finding your legislator visit our site HERE and be sure to let us know what you hear from them so we can update our site with their stance!
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 How great is this?! This is the first ERA Billboard and it's up along I-94 south of St. Cloud, there will be another going up in July on Hwy 10. We would love to put more billboards up around town but need money to do it. Each billboard costs about $3,000. Can you help? $100? $50? Even $10 would be great! If YES - please go to our Go Fund Me page. [more detailed info below] We'll soon have a post on our FB page so you can share! But you can also post to your FB from Go Fund Me. Can we make this go viral? From our press release May 31, 2018:
ERA MN Coalition Launches Educational Campaign on the Equal Rights Amendment [Clearwater, MN] – Minnesota NOW and ERA Minnesota have launched a five month campaign to raise awareness about the lack of an equal rights amendment (ERA) in the Minnesota Constitution. Their first billboard went up over the weekend on Interstate 94 south of Clearwater, east of the highway 24 exit, on the border of Stearns and Wright counties. “Current Senate and House leadership have told us they don’t hear enough from the people of their districts to pose this constitutional amendment to the people of Minnesota.” stated Kathleen Murphy, a co-founder of the ERA Minnesota Coalition. “So many people are unaware that women’s rights are not specifically guaranteed by either the Minnesota or U.S. Constitutions. With two more states recently ratifying the federal ERA, we would like to help raise awareness of the issue and why it is still needed.” Minnesota was the 26th state to ratify the federal ERA in 1973, but that effort was cut short in 1982 because not enough states ratified the amendment by the arbitrary deadline Congress imposed on its passage. An equal rights amendment to the Minnesota Constitution has been introduced in every session since 1983. It has never been voted on by full bodies of either the Minnesota House or Senate. This educational campaign hopes to change that for next year. The location of the first billboard was chosen to correspond with districts where there was resistance from state GOP leaders to act on the issue during the recent legislative session. A second billboard will be going up next month in a district along Highway 10, with more awareness going up in additional districts as fundraising allows. The billboards will run through the November elections. |
AuthorERA Minnesota (ERAMN) is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to secure an Equal Rights Amendment to the State and Federal Constitutions. Archives
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