And we are hoping you will join us in the effort to ratify ERA in Florida.
Here are EASY, NO-cost ways

We are the only ERA organization committed solely to Florida’s ratification.

We are:	Family-oriented	Nonprofit	Nonpartisan
Nonsexist	Single-issue	All-religion	All-ethnicity

Our Purpose is to engage all citizens of the State of Florida in the ratification effort. ERA reflects the simple moral American value of equality for all regardless of sex. It is always the right time to do the right thing. The right time is RIGHT NOW — FLORIDA, RATIFY ERA!

Composition of the Equal Rights Alliance

Begun by the Equal Rights Alliance in 2001, the Florida ERA movement is sweeping the state. Allied groups (see Links) are now working alongside. The Equal Rights Alliance, Inc., (ERA Inc., or The Alliance) now comprises:

7 - Florida newspapers
5 - Florida College and High School ERA Action Teams
58 - ERA Action Teams with actions in all regions of Florida
67 - Florida County Commissions (All of Florida)
16 - Members of the Board of ERA Central, the Pinellas County headquarters
49 - ERA bill cosponsors from both the House and the Senate, out of 160 total legislators
24 - Equal Rights Alliance Advisory Board members (see below)
844 - ERA Volunteers
294,567 - Signed supporters-Members
391 - Member-Organizations, from Florida Nurses Assn.; from American Association of University Women; Florida Women's Consortium; Commissions on the Status of Women, churches, business groups, and The Federation of Business & Professional Women, to Leagues of Women Voters around the nation
88% of the public (vs. only 61% the first ERA effort, 1972-82)
An experienced Board of Directors; Sandy Oestreich, Founder and President

What does ERA, Inc. do?

Relocates to Tallahassee, our Florida capital, annually for the Legislative Session during March and April to lobby for the reintroduced ERA bills, one in the Florida Senate and an identical one in the House.

The rest of the year, ERA Inc. manages the efforts of the Florida-wide Teams:
· Providing the most current, accurate ERA information available
· Updating 34 databases
· Tabling and speaking at conventions and regional meetings
· Holding ERA rallies; writing Letters to the Editors
· Speaking before county Legislative Delegation Hearings
· Lobbying in the local legislators’ Home Districts, and creating legislator profiles
· Collaborating with and speaking before allied ERA organizations.
academic, civic, church, business, fraternal groups and law schools
· Collecting ERA petitions signed by individuals and ERA Resolutions signed by leaders of organizations.
· Obtaining Proclamations from Florida’s Governor Charlie Crist (Women’s Equality Day and Women’s History Month)

President / Founder 2001 Sandy Oestreich Professor Emerita, Adelphi U., NY, USF Advisory Board; Former elected official; Honored by biography in the new FEMINISTS WHO CHANGED AMERICA, 1963-75; Nurse practitioner; Author; Windsurfer; Wife and Mother of two

Advisory Board
Chair, Pat Schroeder, Former U.S. Congresswoman, Spearheaded the previous ERA effort
Marcia S. Cohen, Esq.
Faye Culp. State Rep, ERA bill cosponsor
Joynce Cusack, State Rep, ERA bill sponsor
Helen Gordon Davis, fmr. State Sen.
Carmen Elias-Levinson, Fmr. Pres., Womens’ Chambers of Commerce, Miami-Dade
Frank Farkas, former State Rep. and bill cosponsor
Kathleen Ford, Esq.
Pat Frank, fmr. State Sen., Current Hillsborough  County Clerk
Anne Gannon, fmr. State Rep.
Nancy Hurlbert, fmr. pres. BPWUSA and of FL Womens Consortium
Arthenia Joyner, fmr. State Rep. now State Senator.; fmr. ERA Bill Sponsor; cosp.
Eva Krzewinski, Pres., FL Business & Prof. Women
Susan Latvala, Pinellas County Commissioner
Gwen Margolis, State Sen., ERA Bill Sponsor
Les Miller, Fmr. FL Rep. and Senator; fmr ERA bill Cosponsor
Carol Newnam, frmr. Pres., Florida AAUW
Katie Nichols, businesswoman
Sallie Parks, fmr. Chair, Pinellas County Commission
Dr. Dorie Rothman, national ERA Campaign Network; Pres., ERA Education
Rachel Sieg, Pres-elect., BPW/FL 
Alex Sink, FL State Chief Financial Officer
Don Sullivan, fmr. State Senator and Representative
Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti, Pres., LWVoters FL