We are growing our strength in numbers, John, but I still need your help!

Together, you and I, with tens of thousands of others from allied organizations across the nation have called on the U.S. Senate to end the filibuster and vote to remove the time limit blocking the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from being added to the U.S. Constitution.

It’s time, long overdue, to put this simple guarantee into the Constitution:

With MAJORITY support in the Senate (we know we have it!) to remove the time limit blocking the ERA — we must not let Mitch McConnell’s filibuster stand in our way.

It’s up to us to demand an end to the Senate filibuster — not only for the ERA, but for the preservation of our democracy, expansion of voting rights, raising the minimum wage, dealing with climate change, passing commonsense gun laws, providing a path to citizenship for Dreamers, reducing violence against women, passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and increasing access to reproductive rights and justice.

Many hurdles have been overcome, but one last hurdle remains — the fate of our equal rights lies with the Senate. We must not let them obstruct nearly 100 years of feminist work.

We’ve seen them use the filibuster already to obstruct the January 6th independent commission to investigate the insurrection, and trust me, they are planning to use it again (and AGAIN).

2021 can be the year we finally secure equal rights by adding the ERA into the U.S. Constitution. But we have to end the filibuster first.

We must not be silent. Please act now.

For equality,

Eleanor Smeal

P.S. Our supporters have already sent over 63,000 letters and email messages to ERA supporters in the Senate urging they end the filibuster and vote to remove the time limit blocking the ERA from being added to the U.S. Constitution. Add your name now.