I know you’ve been hearing a lot from me recently since we’ve got some big deadlines coming up -- but I wanted to send a message about something else today.

The Equal Rights Amendment protects Americans from being discriminated against on the basis of sex -- but it was never actually passed and added to the Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution require 38 states to ratify them, but only 35 states had.

In the last few years, a new generation of women began to run for office. We began to win elections. We demanded equality. And we took on the fight of the women who came before us to finish what they started.

In 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

In 2018, Illinois became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

And in 2020, I led the fight for Virginia to become the 38th and FINAL state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

Yesterday Congress voted to eliminate the expired ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment, removing one more barrier to making equal rights the law of the land. I’ve spent today reflecting on the role I’ve gotten to play in getting us to where we are, following the work of Angela Davis, Ellie Smeal, Jennifer Neuwirth, Gloria Steinem, Carol Jenkins, and so many more, refusing to suffer in silence as we are discriminated against, paid less, and subjected to gender-based violence.

Leading the fight to ratify the ERA in Virginia was one of the proudest moments of my life. I’m ready to take my lifelong fight for gender equality to the Governor’s mansion -- but I’ll only get there with your help.

I need you, John. Donate now.

Let’s keep pushing for true equality, together.

Jenn

Jennifer Carroll Foy was born and raised in Petersburg. In 2017, she flipped a Republican district as a first-time candidate pregnant with twins. During her time as Delegate, Jennifer championed the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, helped expand Medicaid to 400,000 Virginians, and advocated for the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable communities.

She has a career of public service and it started long before 2017. As a public defender, Jennifer helped give a voice to the often voiceless — children, people suffering from addiction, those experiencing homelessness, those with mental illness, and the poor.

Now she’s running to be the first woman elected Governor of Virginia and serve as the first Black woman to be governor nationwide. Help her make history. Donate now.

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