Shari Temple at Democrats Abroad

Shari Temple

Global IT Team Chair; Global Womens Caucus Steering Team; Global ERA Task Force Chair; Germany Secretary; Germany DPCA Rep

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Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-18 04:40:05 -0400

I have Equal Rights in Germany but not when I'm in the U.S.

I've been an American living in Germany since 1972 and truly appreciate the democratic freedoms and standards that out protected under the German Grundgesetz or Basic Law. I fully support ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 16:55:29 -0400

It's that simple. And long overdue!

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.“ Pretty simple. As a young girl ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 16:55:03 -0400

The ERA From a Veteran's Perspective

Dear Member of Congress, Federal courts have ruled that the ERA cannot be included in our great nation's Constitution because the 1982 deadline has passed. This will go up to ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 15:28:34 -0400

For my children's future

I've recently gotten engaged, and it's made me think a lot about the kind of world that I want my children to grow up in. My mom was younger than ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 15:28:06 -0400

What Do We Want? Equality!- When Do Want it? NOW!

I live in Germany, but I spent most of my life in the country of my birth, the United States of America. In Germany, I have equal rights, and it ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 13:25:09 -0400

The Time Has Definitely Come!

Since studying the story of the ERA movement's history at the University of Southern Indiana, I have felt driven to contribute however I can to it's eventual addition to the ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 12:41:14 -0400

For my mom

This is a picture of my mom and me at the Women's March in D.C. on Jan. 21st, 2017, her 73rd birthday. We'd be planning our trip to Washington for ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 12:40:44 -0400

A New Yorker for the ERA

My mother aspired to be a doctor—but as an undergraduate at Northwestern just prior to World War 2, she was discouraged, because of her gender. America lost a great doctor. ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 12:40:16 -0400

Let's not "make the best" out of what we know we can do Better

In 1975 North Dakota ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. At about the same time, there is a picture of my Grandmother Helen at her college graduation. In her late 50s, ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 10:14:57 -0400

In honor of all those who have paved the way

Growing up in a household with a mother who was an early feminist always led me to believe that I could do anything I set my mind to. My mother ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 10:12:53 -0400

It's self-explanatory

The United States has for too long touted the ideals of equality, without actually practicing them. The ERA is a crucial step toward equality for all in the United States. ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 09:28:01 -0400

I don't want the ERA but...

It shocks me that we have to instill women's rights in a document. How is it possible that we still need to make special laws so that people treat women ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 09:23:33 -0400

Time to move forward

Happy women = happy society and we in the United States need to move forward and acknowledge women's equality to men. We as women - mothers, daughters, sisters and wives ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 09:22:42 -0400

Justice delayed is justice denied

The story of the Equal Rights Amendment spans most of my lifetime, and its delay is a milestone in the titanic shift in American politics, away from social justice and ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 09:21:15 -0400

Time for The Equal Rights Amendment to be part of the Constitution

The past year has certainly been an education for me as up until then I was one of the 85% of the US population who thought that the Equal Rights ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-17 02:22:41 -0400

Women's rights are everyone's rights, including our children's

When women are afforded the same rights are men, they thrive, their families thrive, their children thrive. As a latina born in the US, I have been fortunate to have ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-16 15:27:47 -0400

"The Only Job for You is a Woman's Career"

Equality is Important. I remember the first full time professional job I held, which was at a city in Southern New Mexico. My husband and I had been in New ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-16 14:05:03 -0400

Enough is enough

Here's a picture of my kids. They're standard teenagers. Yet one of these young people will have a much easier time throughout life simply because he was born male. Statistically, ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-16 13:21:19 -0400

It’s Been Too Long Coming, But a Change Needs to Come!

I was very active during the 1960s in the Civil Rights movement, and I can say that for most of my life I have been fighting for my Civil Rights. ...

Shari Temple tagged this with approved 2021-03-16 13:10:53 -0400