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Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 16
Christopher Belter Jr.: A Case Study of Misogyny, Privilege and How the Courts Fail Women
November 16, 2024. In our blog, “ Not Again ” we explored the case of Christopher Belter Jr., a young man from Niagara, New York, who...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 6
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
As you know, we have been urging President Biden to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to, among other things, stop...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Oct 27
And the Project 2025 Hits Just Keep On Coming
October 27, 2024. This week, the Alliance Defending Freedom (“ADF”), who, along with the Heritage Foundation, utilize aggressive legal...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Oct 19
Sports Imitating Life - Part 2
(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) There is no denying when the final buzzer rang on the 2023 Women’s March Madness Championship Game,...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Oct 16
Sports Imitating Life - Part 1
Women’s basketball is on fire! Just think, it was a mere three years ago when Sedona Price’s TikTok , highlighting the differences...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 6
The Train’s Left the Station and is Coming Off the Tracks
June 6, 2024. What many don’t realize is that, regardless of the outcome of the 2024 elections or who is in the White House, we likely...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 1
Pride Takes on New Meaning
June 1, 2024. Pride Month is not only a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community, it is recognition of the painful past. For more on the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
May 3
Is A National Abortion Ban Inevitable?
May 6, 2024. Is a national abortion ban inevitable? Unfortunately, it is. Unless of course, President Biden publishes the Equal Rights...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Apr 2
Red Wine & Blue - Additional Information and How You Can Help!
April 2, 2024. This presentation is a follow-up to our December 19, 2023 presentation "What's Up With the Equal Rights Amendment?" There,...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Mar 7
No More Politics
March 6, 2024. It was hard to miss the decision issued three weeks ago in Alabama, which ruled that an embryo is a child. A tragic...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Feb 18
Allyship - Modern Day "Battle of the Sexes"
Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated February 18, 2024. If you didn’t catch the 3-point contest between the WNBA’s Sabrina Ionescu and the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Feb 12
UPDATE: Our Fight For Mifepristone and More Continues
February 12, 2024. Last summer, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that mifepristone may remain on the market, but the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jan 6
Actions Speak, Not Words.
January 6, 2024. Today is January 6th, a day Americans will never forget. Many are thinking back three years to the day when the US...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Dec 9, 2023
84 Organizations Call on President Biden to Publish the Equal Rights Amendment
On December 5th, 84 organizations, led by Shattering Glass, called on President to instruct the US Archivist to publish the Equal Rights...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 28, 2023
#GivingTuesday - How You Can Help!
Ready to join Shattering Glass in the fight for gender equity and gender equality? I hope that you will consider a donation to support...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 27, 2023
Still Working?!!
November 30th is Native and Indigenous Women’s Equal Pay Day. This marks the day the average Native and Indigenous woman must work until...
Trista Lara
Aug 15, 2023
Bias Against Mothers
August 15, 2023. Today is Mothers’ Equal Pay Day – a time for bringing awareness to the harmful biases that gender roles play in the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jul 27, 2023
207 Days - Black Women's Equal Pay Day 2023
July 27, 2023. Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Marking the day the average Black woman working full-time must work until to earn...
Trista Lara
Jul 16, 2023
The Unrecognized Women of the Early Suffrage Movement
Since the beginning of our nation’s history, women’s voices have been suppressed despite being some of the most influential. With the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jul 9, 2023
Neutralizing SCOTUS
July 9, 2023. The country is still reeling from the recently issued US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decisions. Wondering which rights are next...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 30, 2023
Women Already Earned the 28th, Governor Newsom
June 30, 2023. Governor Gavin Newsom, through his “Campaign For Democracy,” recently announced a proposed “28th Amendment” to the...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 21, 2023
Can't "Codify Roe" Without The ERA
June 20, 2023. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision,...
Emily Sklodosky
Jun 14, 2023
Happy Pride Month!
June 14, 2023. Happy pride month to everyone! This month is not only about celebration and support for the LGBTQIA+ community, but also a...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
May 9, 2023
Shattering Glass Launches #PublishTheERA Campaign
Equality and democracy are at a critical juncture. The attacks against women, girls, LGBTQ+ people and our democracy are escalating and,...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Apr 29, 2023
What Was That All About?
April 30, 2023. Last Monday, one day before the President emphasized the need to protect freedom and equality for all and declared he...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Apr 23, 2023
Our Fight For Mifepristone And So Much More
April 23, 2023. Following the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, anti-choice, anti-equality...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Mar 14, 2023
Equal Pay Day 2023
March 14, 2023. Today is Equal Pay Day. Marking the day the average woman working full-time must work until to earn the same amount that...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Feb 1, 2023
National Girls And Women In Sports Day 2023
February 1, 2023. It’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day. One of our favorite days of the year. A day to celebrate girls and women...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Dec 31, 2022
How You Made a Difference
December 31, 2022. Thank you to all of you who have generously supported Shattering Glass and our work to secure gender equality and...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 28, 2022
Join Us This #GivingTuesday
November 29, 2022. It’s #GivingTuesday. Ready to join Shattering Glass in the fight for gender equity and gender equality? Shattering...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 28, 2022
Using the ERA to Save Reproductive Rights
November 28, 2022. As discussed in detail in our blog “The ERA – How to ACTUALLY Save Roe for All Americans,” the Equal Rights Amendment...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Sep 29, 2022
Is This Really Happening?
September 24, 2022. Biden’s Administration will be in Court this week. To defend and continue Trump’s attack on women and the ERA? Why is...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Sep 13, 2022
AMWA Calls on Biden to Publish ERA
Drew Angerer/Getty Images September 13, 2022. As you know, we have been working tirelessly since November to secure the publication of...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Aug 30, 2022
The ERA – How to ACTUALLY Save Roe for All Americans
August 30, 2022. Yesterday, I was asked about codifying Roe v. Wade and the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”). The ensuing conversation led...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates and Jean Sweeney
Jun 25, 2022
Democrats Have Key to Unlock Equality for All and Save Roe
May 18, 2022. The country is reeling from the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion of the Supreme Court ("SCOTUS") in Dobbs v. Jackson...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
May 14, 2022
Strategy to Save Reproductive Rights & Equality
2022 Strategy to Save Reproductive Rights: Publication of the Equal Rights Amendment 1. President Biden immediately directs...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Mar 22, 2022
Can The ERA Save Our Democracy?
March 22, 2022. March is Women’s History Month. A time to celebrate generations of women’s contributions to history, culture and society....
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Mar 15, 2022
Equal Pay Day 2022
March 15, 2022. Today is Equal Pay Day. The day the average full-time woman worker must work until to earn the same amount her white,...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Mar 8, 2022
LET'S GO!
March 8, 2022 – Today is International Women’s Day, a day to promote and celebrate the achievements of women; to raise awareness of...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jan 26, 2022
Put Away The Pens
January 18, 2022. Contrary to popular belief, driven by a small but loud minority, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is not dead. It is...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Nov 22, 2021
NOT AGAIN
Photo Credit: Phillip Gambini, Niagara Gazette November 22, 2021. Time and time again, we see women treated as second class citizens....
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Oct 21, 2021
Stop Blaming Women For the Problem
October 21, 2021. Today is Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks the day the average Latina woman must work to earn the same amount that her...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Sep 26, 2021
Little League: Let Women Coach!
September 26, 2021. As many of you who follow the Shattering Glass blog know, sports have played an important role throughout my life. My...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Sep 18, 2021
How RBG Inspired Me.
We all can remember where we were when certain major, oftentimes unexpected, public events occurred. I remember hearing my parents and...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 17, 2021
I Wish It Was Me.
June 17, 2021. There are Equal Pay Days, which mark the extra days in the following year women need to work just to catch-up to what...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Jun 10, 2021
WHAT DISCRIMINATION?
Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman, via Associated Press June 10, 2020. Last week, the widespread gender discrimination in college sports made...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
May 5, 2021
Mothers' Pain
May 5, 2021. Today is Mother’s Equal Pay Day. Being a mom is unequivocally the greatest gift. Yet, as detailed in our recent blog “The...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
May 3, 2021
The Unspoken Economics of Motherhood
May 3, 2021. Becoming a mother should be one of the most joyous occasions in a woman’s life. Sadly, this momentous occasion comes with...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Apr 23, 2021
$956 Billion Reasons We Must Address the Gender Pay Gap Immediately
April 20, 2021. Barely a day goes by without seeing media coverage of the gender pay gap, which is highly likely to worsen as a result of...
Nicole Vorrasi Bates
Apr 8, 2021
What's in a Name?
April 6, 2021. As I was perusing Twitter this morning, I discovered that the amazingly talented Thandie Newton isn’t actually Thandie...
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