#equalrightsamendment

(hour 4 - latenight): The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart (COM), Comics Unleashed (CBS)

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Dozens of women and their male supporters including FIST members helped organize a candlelight vigil and rally on March 8th 2023 for International Women's Day in downtown San Diego. The demonstration highlighted women's demands for restoration of women's right to abortion nationally, the registration of the ERA into the Constitution that has already been ratified by 38 states and is being held up by the Biden administration, and an end to male violence against women and girls. Ann Menasche. a co-coordinator of FIST, spoke at the rally urging that women should utilize their own voices and mobilize in the streets, rather than rely on politicians or judges.  Menasche said, "We have the power to change the world, sisters, and there is no better time than now", and led the crowd in a chant made popular by Iranian feminists, "Woman, life, freedom." Andrea Gabay a grassroots feminist activist and organizer for Femme Fight Club, also spoke and was interviewed by a local TV station. The coalition of local feminist groups plan to organize other protests in defense of women's rights in San Diego. Read the full article

We’re getting closer to the Equal Rights Amendment becoming a part of the U.S. Constitution. With 38 states having already ratified (shout out to Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia) there is nothing standing in the way of women’s equality (aside from some arbitrary date given in the past). But since we know better, we’re gonna do better, right? This is major! Listen…

We’re almost there!