Maryland ERA/Seneca Falls organizers were thrilled to meet — for the first time — many young and older feminists in Seneca Falls who were from Maryland and who we hope to involve in Maryland NOW work! Many of them made considerable sacrifices to get to the convention and we would like to help them out.
We were able to puchase three bus seats for Maryland Generation Ratify members, and have helped others out with contributions of money for food, van transportation, and lodging. We would also like to make an additional contribution to the VA NOW Bus! Your donations will STILL help us — in case you didn’t notice, none of these young women appear to be finished working on the ERA and we need to support their efforts. Please consider a donation to help us make sure that we can compensate some of these young women for some of their expenses. Go here to make a donation. It will be much appreciated.
Vote Equality! Ruthless Vote Getter Van Leaving Hagerstown
Hagerstown Sendoff: Barbara Hays, President and Mary Ann Gorman, ERA Task Force Chair - Maryland NOW
Cars and riders: L-R Alice Crenshaw, Equal Means Equal (North Carolina), Tracy Lantz, AAUW-Maryland, Cheryl Menke, AAUW-Maryland, Mary Ann Gorman, Maryland NOW Task Force Chair, and new Maryland NOW ERA Task Force member Ann McAlpin
Lauren Perl, Rockville, Maryland and Lola DeAscentis, Rochester, New York lead the convention in declaring the collective values that form the basis of the convention
Claudia Nachega, Deputy Executive Director, Generation Ratify speaks during the Gounding Ceremony opening the convention. She is an intern at the Feminist Majority from Rockville, Maryland
Phoebe Wood (center), Kent County
Grace Sarafidis and Liliana Katz=Hollander. Grace is Maryland State Director for Gereration Ratify in Maryland and entering college in the fall. Liliana is active in Maryland NOW's Campus Action Group at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville.
"Esme", aged 10, in discussion about how to build coaltions. She's not from Maryland but we wish she were!
Claudia Nachega, Deputy Director, Generation Ratify, Rockville and Grace Sarafidis, Maryland State Director, Generation Ratify, Bethesda leading a breakout session "Intergenerational and Cross Movement Coalition Builidng.
Maryland Feminists of all ages meet to discuss state issues and priorities specific to Maryalnders
Liliana Katz-Hollander, Kensignton, and Grace Sarafidis, Bethesda anchor a banner declaring "WE DEMAND #ERA NOW - PUT US IN THE CONSTITUTION" at the Rally held following Saturday's March!
Liliana Katz-Hollander talks with Aahana Ketkar and Sahasra Ramreddola, both from Gaithersburg
Intergenerational Panel Discussion led by Carolyn B. Maloney, Pres NY NOW and former Member of Congress NY-D12; Ellie Smeal, Feminist Majority; Rep. Cori Bush, Co-Chair of Congressional ERA Caucus; Rose Coutre, Co-Founder of Generation Ratify and a Harvard University student; Ting Ting Cheng, Director of Columbia Law School ERA Project. Panel Moderator, Kate Kelly, Author "Ordinary Equality"
Maryland Feminists at Seneca Falls!
Virginia NOW sponsored an ERA Bus to Seneca Falls
Christine Valerian, Baltimore; Jeannette Felder and Holly Joseph, Montgomery County
Ellie Smeal and Carolyn Maloney
