Dear John,

Lillian’s List Foundation recruits and trains North Carolina women who are interested in running for office at all levels. And we help amplify the voices of the amazing women already serving in the North Carolina General Assembly.

To celebrate these incredible legislators, we are featuring one each week in our #WomanCrushWednesday spotlight. This week, our #WomanCrush is Senator Valerie Foushee!

FAST FACTS

Name: Valerie Foushee
District: 23 (Chatham & Orange)
In the NCGA since: 2013
Key Committees: Appropriations - Education/Higher Education; Appropriations - Base Budget; Commerce & Insurance; Education/Higher Education; Finance; State & Local Government
Previous office: Orange County Board of Commissioners

FEATURED BILL: NC ADOPT ERA
North Carolina is one of just 12 states that have not yet ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) . The ERA [[link removed]], first approved by Congress in 1972, would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution, thus protecting women and other marginalized genders from discrimination on the basis of sex.

To rectify this, Sen. Foushee, along with her colleagues Sens. Marcus and Murdock, and Reps. von Haefen, Cunningham, Fisher, and Terry, introduced the NC Adopt ERA [[link removed]] bill this January.

The bill [[link removed]] would ratify the ERA to the U.S. Constitution and appropriate $10,000 to educate the public about the act.
The ERA would help end gender-based discrimination [[link removed]] in employment, property, divorce, and other areas. It's beyond time for women and other marginalized genders to have equal rights under the law.

In solidarity,

Pia Nargundkar
Communications Director

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