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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POWR-PAC Formed to Unite Ladies Nationwide, Pass the ERA

May 7, 2012 - People Organizing for Womens Rights (POWR) was created with the goal of uniting women across the nation to encourage passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, Imani Gandy, president of POWR, announced today. Most people dont know that it is not unconstitutional to deny women equality under the law. But, as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia recently pointed out to us, the Constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, said Ms. Gandy. This is why we are seeing a flood of bills come out of state legislatures attacking women. This is why we have to struggle to protect what progress we have made every time election season rolls around. This is why it is still legal to pay women less than men, to discriminate against mothers seeking jobs, and restrict the availability of health care services for women. This is why our bodies become political footballs and bargaining chips whenever other issues are raised. Women are tired of this. We want better for the daughters of America, and we mean to give it to them, Ms. Gandy added.

About POWR
People Organizing for Womens Rights (POWR), is the first national political action committee (PAC) which leverages social media and other social action tools to combat gender discrimination and inequality at the state and federal level. Team Uterati (TeamU) is a broad-based online community initiative which maintains a complete database of crowd-sourced legislative and other information regarding reproductive rights and womens health issues nationwide. The Team Uterati Wiki Project (TeamU Wiki) is a community-driven social action tool used by grassroots and netroots activists to combat the ongoing Republican infringement of womens human rights, and it can also be used by the media to report upon such efforts.

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The website allows visitors to view legislation state-by-state, including the status of the legislation, its relevance, authors and sponsors, related activism and any organizations involved, giving unprecedented ease of access and transparency to empower ordinary citizens who are interested in this issue. Together, TeamU and the TeamU Wiki comprise the first major undertaking of People Organizing for Womens Rights (POWR), and can be found at http://www.teamuterati.com. More information about POWR can be found at: http://www.powr-pac.org. ###

Contact:
Imani Gandy igandy@powr-pac.org @AngryBlackLady (310) 927-2508 For a plain text version of this release, visit: http://powr-pac.org/press/

www.powr-pac.org | P.O. Box 480519, Los Angeles, CA 90048 | Tel. (310) 927-2508 | info@powr-pac.org
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