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Rise and Resist Commemorates
International Women’s Day
between Greene Street and Washington
Square East. Nancy Hagans,
who is on the board of the New York
State Nurses Association, delivered
remarks there, and marchers then
proceeded to Union Square, where
Pamela Sneed, a poet, performance
artist, actress, activist, and teacher,
recited two powerful poems.
The march came just days after a
federal district judge on March 5 issued
a ruling stipulating that the
ERA’s ratifi cation deadline “expired
long ago.” Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia,
which all recently ratifi ed the
ERA, had issued a complaint stressing
that the deadline to ratify the
ERA had not yet passed because the
amendment itself failed to specify a
deadline. A three-fourths majority
of states must ratify constitutional
amendments to fi nalize them.
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Sing Out Louise contributed vocals.
A c t i v i s m
Advocates step off from Washington Square Park during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Lieberman, who argued that New
York State must pass an expansive
state Equal Rights Amendment in
order to build a more equitable state,
emphasized that historic events like
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
can inform folks of the importance of
continuing to push for women’s rights
in the modern era.
“It’s always easier to see what was
so wrong in the past — but reckoning
with what’s going on in the present is
a lot harder,” Lieberman said in her
speech.
Local LGBTQ activists including
TS Candii and Cathy Marino-Thomas
both delivered remarks at Washington
Marchers made their way from
Washington Square Park to the site
of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory,
which is at 23–29 Washington Place
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Square Park, as well.
New York Civil Liberties Union’s Donna Lieberman
delivers remarks at Washington Square Park.
PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO
Members of Rise and Resist
gathered with hundreds
of folks at Washington
Square Park on
March 7 to recognize International
Women’s Day, which is on March 8,
and advocate for the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA) to be added to the
US constitution.
Donna Lieberman, the executive
director of the New York Civil Liberties
Union kicked off the march at
Washington Square Park, where she
invoked the horrifying story of the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, which
left 146 individuals dead — including
123 women and girls — this month
in 1911 after they were trapped inside
by doors that were locked due to inhumane
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working conditions.
Nancy Hagans at the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory.
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