ERA in the News: October 11, 2025 - OCTOBER 24, 2025

NATIONAL

Oct. 13 Independent Lens: Ratified “Take a revealing look at the grassroots organizing and legislative maneuvering that helped make Virginia the pivotal 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in “Ratified.” The documentary feature traces the women-led legal, political, and deeply personal fight to enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution nearly a century after the ERA was first proposed, and over 50 years since the House of Representatives and Senate both passed it.” KPBS 65

Oct. 14 Stalsworth: Keep Women’s Rights, Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment “Most of us take for granted that women have equal rights as men. Most of these rights have only been granted within my lifetime. And until the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is ratified, women still don’t have the same rights as men.” The Seguin Gazette

Oct. 14 Former VA Delegate Hala Ayala Appointed National NOW PAC Director "The National Organization for Women (NOW) has appointed Hala Ayala as its new National Political Action Committee (PAC) Director to usher in a new era of bold leadership, strategic fundraising, and unapologetic advocacy for equity and representation for women.” NOW

Oct. 17 The Real History Behind ‘Liberation’ on Broadway "The basement of an Ohio rec center in 1970 doesn’t seem like the typical setting for igniting societal change and dismantling inequitable norms. But in Bess Wohl’s Liberation, a group of women find community, empowerment, and collective activism when they meet there for a weekly consciousness-raising group. Liberation, now in performances at the James Earl Jones Theatre after an acclaimed off-Broadway run earlier this year, is also a memory play: The daughter of the group’s founder, Lizzie, is looking back at this moment in her now-deceased mother’s past.” New York Theatre Guide

STATE NEWS

MINNESOTA

Oct. 20 Why the ERA Can’t Wait: Voices from the Minnesota Equal Rights Coalition Gender Justice

PENNSYLVANIA

Oct. 18 Voters Decide Fate of 3 PA. Supreme Court Justices in Nonpartisan Retention Election WTAE 4

Oct. 15 Vote! How Vote 4 Equality Advocates for Students Voting on Campus Her Campus