{"id":2257,"date":"2014-09-18T08:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2257"},"modified":"2014-10-26T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T18:31:17","slug":"ntdo-october-meeting","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/ntdo-october-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"NTDO October Community Forum: Election Prep and the ERA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_2391\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/feminism1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/ntdo-october-meeting\/feminism1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/feminism1.jpg?fit=120%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"feminism1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/feminism1.jpg?fit=120%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/feminism1.jpg?fit=120%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2391\" class=\"wp-image-2391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/feminism1.jpg?resize=120%2C201\" alt=\"feminism1\" width=\"120\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ERA Opponent Phyllis Schlafly, back in the day<\/p><\/div>Looking for a way to get politically involved and participate in our democracy? Attend the next community forum of the Naperville Township Democratic Organization to be held at 7:30 PM on Thursday, October 30th, at the City of Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle Street, in Meeting Rooms B &amp; C on the lower level.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <strong>short presentations from various Democratic candidates<\/strong>, we will present <strong>poll watching instructions<\/strong> to our precinct committeemen\/volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll hear from NTDO leaders <strong>Dr. Stephanie Hughes<\/strong> and <strong>Karen Ide<\/strong>, on a topic we all wish had been addressed positively decades ago: <strong>The Equal Rights Amendment: If Not Now, WHEN?<\/strong> The Illinois Legislative Veto Session in November could hold the key to its passage!<\/p>\n<p>Some background on the Equal Rights Amendment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ERA passed out of Congress in 1972<\/li>\n<li>35 states subsequently ratified it<\/li>\n<li>It fell 3 states short and Illinois was among\u00a0the 15 states that failed to ratify it<\/li>\n<li>The ERA was approved by the Illinois House last spring (Lou Lang has been the leader on this issue)<\/li>\n<li>It has not come up for a vote in the Illinois Senate this year<\/li>\n<li>But, it could in the Veto Session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So that effort is what we&#8217;ll be hearing about.<\/p>\n<p>Need more info? 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