Carol Jenkins
Carol Jenkins Carol Jenkins is Co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality, sister organizations dedicated to the passage and enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment. A board member since the beginning in 2014 and an active participant in all of its initiatives, she joined the leadership team in December of 2018. The Coalition is comprised of over one hundred organizations and leaders across the country, representing millions of people working for equality for women. It provides research, education and advocacy on the issues of constitutional equality, working on the state and federal levels with advocates and legislators. In April of 2019 the Coalition was instrumental in bringing about the first hearing in Congress on the ERA in 36 years, working with Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler and Congresswomen Jackie Speier and Carolyn Maloney. It presents briefings in the House and Senate on ERA bills before them, and continues to work to achieve the necessary ratification by 38 states—just one state away now from equality. A women’s rights activist, author and Emmy Award-winning former television journalist, Carol Jenkins hosts the three-time NY Emmy-nominated interview show, Black America, on CUNY TV, now entering its fifth season. She is also executive producer, writer and correspondent of its documentaries, including the PBS-aired “More Than a Building, A Dream Come True,” an award-winning film detailing the creation of the new African American Museum in Washington, DC and "Conscience of America: Birmingham's Fight for Civil Rights, a special on the Birmingham National Civil Rights Monument, which won a national Telly award in 2018 and was nominated in the Best Documentary category by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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