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MINNESOTA ERA: HOW TO PASS IT!! 

An important message from Jackie Falk, AAUW Duluth’s Public Policy Officer

 

 

 

 

 

At the national, state, and local level, AAUW is partnering with many other organizations—including the League of Women Voters–to bring the Equal Rights Amendment to fulfillment. (Find a summary of talking points here: https://eracoalition.org/uploads/2023/05/General-TPs-January-2023.pdf )

Nationally, 38 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment to our United States Constitution. But a difficult problem remains: 80% of Americans believe that women already have equal rights. WE DO NOT.

We never give up on our own value or the value of all, and so we buckle up to continue the work.

We will not have full citizenship rights in this country, I believe, until we can enter the courtroom with full standing. 

We won’t have full standing until we are written into the Constitution, Federal and State. 

National AAUW is in a coalition with other organizations to pursue amending the Federal Constitution. 

AAUW, Duluth Branch is in a coalition with ERA MN to pursue amending the Minnesota Constitution. 

Below is ERA MN’s statement of our recent gains toward a Minnesota ERA. Watch for plans for how we continue.

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Update in fall 2025 

The ERA MN expanded to create a  new coalition called Minnesotans for Equal Rights and will hold a big rally on the first day of the session, 2/17/2026, at 1 pm, in the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda. Our state protections are our best opportunity.