Driving the Vote for Equality
Driving the Vote for Equality is a 25-state national tour to secure Congressional recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment. Inspired by the 1916 suffrage drive of Alice Burke and Nell Richardson, the campaign deploys the restored Golden Flyer II — a replica of their original Saxon roadster — to collect one million petition signatures and demand that Congress act now. An initiative of
ERA-NOW.org and Sign4ERA.org, led by former Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney. Zonta International USA Caucus is a sponsor.
Saturday, May 9th, the Saxton roadster came to Portland, Oregon. Leslie Melnkl (Zonta Club of Victoria living in Portland), Helen Garber (Zonta Club of Corvallis) and Rosa Colquitt (President of NOW Portland) with the virtual help of Katherine Cleland (Zonta Club of N Puget Sound) helped organize the visit.
In the morning, we collected signatures for the petition at the PSU Farmers’ Market. We then met the travelers at city hall where the Portland Mayor, Keith Wilson signed the petition. The Saxton roadster then parked at the entrance to the Moda Center for the 1st home game of the Portland Fires, WNBA team. Later, the members of Zonta and NOW convened at the Sports Bra Bar to gather signatures and to watch the Fires game.
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ZONTA'S MISSION
Zonta International is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women and girls.
VISION
Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.
In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men.
In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.