Senator Mary Kunesh speaking at The People's March Jan 2025 in St Paul MN

At #ThePeoplesMarch in St. Paul on January 18th, 2025, our first speaker was MN State Senator Mary Kunesh (39, DFL). Mary is an Indigenous women’s advocate, chief author of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and a champion for gender equality under law. The ERA must be passed to protect the rights of ALL Minnesotans, especially the marginalized communities that Trump is targeting with his cruel executive orders.

The proposed ERA language states: All persons shall be guaranteed equal rights under the laws of this state. The state shall not discriminate against any person in intent or effect on account of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, or sex, including but not limited to pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive freedom, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

Take Action:

Call your state legislators and tell them that you want them to champion the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) this session. Then, call leadership in both the House and Senate and say it’s high time they allowed the ERA to get through the finish line in the Minnesota legislature.

It’s critical that all our legislators (Republican and Democrat) hear from their constituents on this issue. They need to know that we will hold their feet to the fire on the ERA!