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SUMMARY:Enshrining Equality: The Push for the Minnesota Equal Rights Amen
 dment
DESCRIPTION:Minnesotans know how to stand against threats to our freedoms
 . But we also know that progress can be undone. In a time of escalating n
 ational threats\\, we must enshrine equality\\, fairness\\, and freedom d
 irectly into the foundation of our state laws.\\nJoin us for a discussion
  on the future of our civil rights\\, where we will share information abo
 ut Minnesotans for Equal Rights — a cross-sector coalition fighting to 
 cement a comprehensive Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the Minnesota St
 ate Constitution. We will lay out the long-term strategy for the 2028 bal
 lot and discuss how passing one of the nation’s most inclusive ERAs wil
 l offer the strongest possible protections against discrimination\\, no m
 atter who is in power. Learn how we can make Minnesota a state where equa
 lity isn’t just a hope—it’s a constitutional promise.\\nMonica Meye
 r\\nPolitical Director\\, Gender Justice\\nshe / her / hers or they / the
 m / theirs\\nMonica Meyer has been leading and organizing activism\\, fun
 draising\\, and doing policy advocacy on behalf of issues of equity and j
 ustice since 1992. Monica’s most recent job was working for LGBTQ liber
 ation as the Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota. During Monica’s 
 twenty years at OutFront Minnesota\\, she loved getting to work with thou
 sands of justice-loving people fighting to make Minnesota more loving and
  equitable. During this time\\, OutFront was involved in securing some ke
 y victories advancing LGBTQ equity including helping to form and lead Min
 nesotans United for All Families\\, the campaign to defeat a constitution
 al amendment banning same-sex couples from the right to marry\\, and to s
 ecure marriage equality through the Minnesota legislature. They also work
 ed to pass one of the country’s strongest anti-bullying laws\\, a polic
 y to secure trans inclusion in sports\\, and to elect pro-equality candid
 ates up and down the ballot.\\nSome of Monica’s recognitions includes t
 he Humphrey Institute’s Public Leadership Award\\, the Lynx’s Inspiri
 ng Women Award\\, HRC’s Brian Coyle Award\\, the Charlotte Striebel Awa
 rd from MN NOW\\, and the MN School Social Work Association’s Friend of
  Social Work Award.\\nMonica received her master’s degree in public pol
 icy from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota\\, and her
  undergraduate degree from Hamline University.\\nLauren Himiak\\nCommunic
 ations Director / MN4ER Campaign and Coalition Manager\\nshe / her / hers
 \\nLauren Himiak is a strategic communications leader who started her car
 eer as a journalist and has spent more than 20 years building communicati
 ons infrastructure\\, storytelling strategy\\, and stakeholder trust for 
 organizations working on the front lines of social justice\\, global heal
 th\\, and reproductive rights.\\nLauren has led communications strategy a
 t both the international and grassroots level. Early in her career\\, she
  led communications for global health organizations including Population 
 Council and Women Deliver\\, shaping strategy and messaging for global he
 alth and advocacy initiatives. She later brought that same strategic inst
 inct to reproductive rights work in the U.S. At the Center for Reproducti
 ve Rights\\, she created a new storytelling initiative that wove abortion
  storytelling into litigation\\, national campaigns\\, and policy advocac
 y\\, and at the Women’s Equality Center\\, she helped launch UnRestrict
  Minnesota\\, building trust and alignment among a wide range of stakehol
 ders to advance reproductive rights in the Midwest — work that gave her
  deep\\, firsthand ties to Minnesota that she has maintained ever since.\
 \nMost recently\\, Lauren served as Associate Vice President at Fenton Co
 mmunications and Senior Director at Metropolitan Group\\, where she led c
 ommunications strategy and supervised staff across a range of social just
 ice clients. She holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs\\, Gover
 nance & Human Rights from The New School and a Bachelor of Arts in Profes
 sional Writing & Communications from SUNY Cortland.\\nhttps://www.gayout.
 com/usa-canada/united-states/minneapolis/events/enshrining-equality-the-p
 ush-for-the-minnesota-equal-rights-amendment-2026-11-21
LOCATION:Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities Minneapolis (ELCA)\\, 4100
  Lyndale Ave S\\, Minneapolis\\, MN 55409\\, USA\\, Minneapolis\\, MN\\, 
 Minneapolis\\, MN\\, us
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/minneapolis/events/enshrining-equality-the-push-for-the-minnesota-equal-rights-amendment-2026-11-21
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