We build
power.
We don't
wait for it.
ERA-AF is the political and lobbying arm of Equal Rights Advocates — built to do what advocacy alone can't. We lobby. We campaign. We hold leaders accountable. We connect the real economic experiences of working women to the policymakers who can actually change them.
Build power.
Drive change.
Win.
ERA-AF builds the economic and political power of women and advances policy and system change critical to their progress.
Fifty years of ERA.
Now we have a C4.
Equal Rights Advocates has been driving system change for women since 1974 — through the courts, the legislature, and the streets. Over the past decade alone, ERA passed 66 new laws in partnership with progressive champions. Those wins now protect 18 million workers.
ERA-AF is what happens when you take fifty years of credibility, a California-proven policy playbook, and a C4 structure — and point it at the states where change is actually possible right now.
We didn’t start from scratch. We inherited a blueprint. Now we’re taking it national.
We can do what
C3s can't.
We can lobby.
Direct state-level lobbying for five proven policy tools — in the rooms where bills actually move. Model language, constituent data, and legislative champions in all six priority states.
We can campaign.
ERA-AF can engage directly in elections, support champions at the ballot box, and make affordability a defining test of political leadership heading into 2027 and 2028.
We can hold leaders accountable.
We name the legislators who carry this agenda — and the ones who won't.
You in?
ERA-AF is building the political infrastructure that makes women's economic security impossible to ignore — in statehouses, in newsrooms, and at the ballot box. We need people who are done waiting.