No matter who you are, where you come from, or who you love, you deserve to be respected. That means having the right to control and make decisions about our own bodies, lives, and futures – including the right to abortion. The New York Equal Rights Amendment (Prop 1) will make sure that every New Yorker can live in dignity. Four Freedoms is dedicated to making sure Prop 1 passes in New York. Look below to learn more and see how you can help!
JOIN US AS WE WORK TO PASS PROP 1 THIS NOVEMBER
We're taking to the streets on Sunday afternoons, Tuesday evenings, Thursday mornings, and Saturday mornings! You can sign up for a canvassing shift here.
We're phone banking from the end of September until Election Day. Sign up to phone bank with us here.
Can't make it to one of our scheduled events, but want more information and resources to share on your own? Email Erica at [email protected]
ABOUT PROP 1 (The New York ERA Ballot Proposal)
Right now, New York's State Constitution doesn't protect all of us – including pregnant New Yorkers, women, LGBTQ people, those with disabilities, older adults, and people from different countries and cultures. If these fundamental rights are not enshrined in our State Constitution, they could be rolled back at any time, and we've seen this happen in state across the country, and with the rollback of Roe v. Wade.
Adding to existing enumerated protections against discrimination based on race and religion, this amendment would explicitly prohibit discrimination based on a person’s ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and sex—including their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, reproductive healthcare and autonomy.
This Amendment ensures that New York’s founding document and our most vital legal protections extend to all New Yorkers the right to be free from discrimination, particularly those who have faced severe and pervasive injustice.
Join Four Freedom's Prop 1/NY ERA Working Group
Help Four Freedoms members and others advocate, educate, organize, and mobilize to protect the rights of all New Yorkers by getting this critical ballot proposal passed.
Contact Co-Chairs Amy Schwartz at [email protected] or Erica Vladimer at [email protected] to get involved. To keep up to date with our meetings don't forget to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page!
