CBA Record September 2017

PROTECTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AMERICA Is it Time for the ERA? By Sharon Nolan, CBA Marketing Director

O n September 26, join us for a free screening of Equal Means Equal, the definitive film about the status of women in America. Equal Means Equal makes the case for the need to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. A pre-film panel will address risks to women’s rights without the ERA, as well as the potential impact of eventual ERA ratification. Pre- film panelists include: Mary Kay Devine, Director of Community Initiatives, Women Employed; Anne Houghtaling, Executive Director, HOPE Fair Housing Center; Professor Ann Lousin, The John Marshall Law School; and Judge Daniel Biss, Illinois State Senator (moderator). After the film, Illinois State Represen- tative Ann Williams will make remarks

on the status of Illinois approval of ERA ratification, and Annie Williams, policy director for Indivisible Illinois, will speak on action plans. The event will take place from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the CBA Building, 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604. Attendees need to pre-register on Google form at https://goo.gl/forms/F5f8fBkd- PLG9Woi43 (link is also available at www. chicagobar.org). Co-sponsoring organizations include: American Association of University Women (AAUW), AAUW-IL Gender Equity Fund, American Constitution Society (ACS), Black Women Lawyers Association (BWLA), The Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Indivisible Illinois, Women’s Bar

Association of Illinois (WBAI), CBA/ YLS Women in the Law Committee, and Southern Illinois University School of Law.

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