Submitted by tomski on 9 December, 2020 - 18:00.
The US Embassy in Poland invites you to a Q&A with Kate Kelly about the history and rebirth of the campaign for women's rights in the United States. Many people, including Americans, would be surprised to hear that equal rights for women are not enshrined in the U.S Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was designed to fill that gap by guaranteeing equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of gender. Although Congress passed the amendment in 1972, it fell short of the necessary ratifications by state legislatures. Now, a new movement is reviving the fight - lawyer and activist Kate Kelly is one of the people leading the charge.
WHEN: Thursday December 10 at 18:00
WHERE: ZOOM (a link will be sent to you soon)
A live Q&A session in English on ZOOM, moderated by Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of History, University of Gdansk and Anna Podciborska, Graduate Student at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, specializing in American Studies.
Registration required. To register please sign up at:
https://bit.ly/33OjJdZ
Number of participants limited. Registered participants will receive a link to the event by email by 12:00 on December 10. If you have questions for Kate Kelly, please include them on the registration form.
Kate Kelly is a zealous advocate and passionate activist. She has a JD from American University Washington College of Law, the only law school in the world founded by, and for, women. She graduated cum laude in 2012, and received the Class of 2012 Peter M. Cicchino Award for Outstanding Advocacy in the Public Interest. She is a vocal women’s rights champion in the U.S., and around the world. In her legal career she has had various incredible opportunities including working as an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights; a law clerk at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; a research assistant to the Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland; a post-grad fellow at the Women’s Refugee Commission; an attorney at the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights; Legal Advisor for Legal Action Worldwide working on sexual violence legislation in Somalia, and litigating before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; consultant for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees report Women on the Run; and Strategic Advocacy & Policy Counsel at the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah; Legal Fellow for the Human Rights in the U.S. Project at Columbia Law School; Human Rights Attorney at Equality Now. Kate believes the simple and popular adage that women’s rights are human rights, and is committed to legal advocacy and education for women and other marginalized groups. She is a nationally-known advocate for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and Host of the podcast Ordinary Equality. She has a forthcoming book (Spring 2022) called “Ordinary Equality” about the history of the women who have shaped the U.S. Constitution.
