Lisa “ERA” Sales

A bold graphic reads "March is Women's History Month" in colorful, prominent letters. The background features a pattern of geometric shapes and flowers in various colors.

This March, APS proudly celebrates Women’s History Month. The theme by the this year is is Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future.

We encourage our APS community to engage with the diverse stories of women who have made history and those who continue to shine.

#WomensHistoryMonth

Women's Rights are Democratic Rights: The Global Authoritarian Backlash to Gender Equality, by Hillary Rodham Clinton

I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.

As I argue in a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:

Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

[LIVESTREAM] Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage Join the Women’s Initiative at the IGP for the launch of our new report, Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage

We're at a pivotal moment in the fight against child marriage

Join the Columbia IGP Women’s Initiative for the launch of a new report, Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage, incl. an analysis of the economic cost of inaction prepared by @cgdev.org

www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream...

Rubin: "On Jan. 4, Deputy AG Blanche wrote a memo instructing DOJ officials reviewing the Epstein files to flag 302 memos -- the form the FBI uses to memorialize interviews. That's the exact kind of document we reported yesterday was missing with respect to Trump's accuser."

Justice Dept. Sues U. of California After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine

Justice Dept. Sues U. of California After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...

MIKE LAWLER: As a long-term mechanism, I don't support tariffs

KATZ: But didn't you vote for tariffs? You say Congress should be a check, but you haven't done it. This is the problem with the GOP

LAWLER: Respectfully, I've pushed back on numerous things

Brilliantly pulled together and a more than worthy read for all!

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Here’s a sample of why wretched old pedo Trump would rather incinerate the planet than release the Epstein files.
#Epstein
#Justice4KatieJohnson

Trump isn’t de-escalating or lowering the temperature. He wants public pressure to lessen before he starts it all up again … in all blue states. The massive budget he set aside for ICE is burning a hole in his pocket. He can’t afford the truth in the Epstein files to come out.

You're paying for this.

Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.

Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.

Wonder Woman defends herself from a Nazi as portrayed by Lynda Carter.

Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.

Sexual assault is the most silent #epidemic & an ultimate betrayal. It is normalized but many of us are working around the clock to change this culture. You can check out my #MsMagazine piece below.

#ERANow #silencednomore #SAAM #sexualassault

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YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

As I was saying…

Today is 32nd anniv of NC “Making Marital Rape Illegal” (link👇🏼). B4 July 5th 1993, husbands who raped their wives prior to separating from them could NOT be prosecuted for raping them. Sexual abuse is a type of Domestic Violence #DV. I founded & co-led the NC coalition. arlainerockey.com/experience

A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from cutting #EPA grants from a $600 million #pollution program for underserved communities. thehill.com/policy/energ... @lisasales.bsky.social

The United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service, #MI6, is getting its first female chief thehill.com/policy/inter... #women @lisasales.bsky.social

This amounts to approximately $1.24B in social costs.

IPV/DV = Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

#IPV #DomesticViolence

Abortion Restrictions and Intimate Partner Violence in the Dobbs Era Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

“Abortion restrictions
measured by increase in travel distance & by presence of a near-total ban increased the rate of IPV for repro-aged women in treated counties on the order of abt 7-10%, implyg 9K add’l incidents of IPV among women in the treated “trigger ban” states

tinyurl.com/NberAbortionIPV

The Cost of Silence: Power, Retaliation, and the Fight to Speak Out Join Lift Our Voices co-founders Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky for a much-needed, powerful conversation about how institutions use retaliation and secrecy to silence the truth. They’ll be joine...

I'm joining Lift Our Voices for a conversation about how NDAs, retaliation, and defamation lawsuits are used to silence survivors, and what we can do about it.

DARVO, institutional betrayal, courage too

Join us on June 2, 1 PM ET, 10 AM PT

RSVP here ➡️ streamyard.com/watch/7k3Wn7...

They are, and I’m so sorry! I got fired for telling my story to the press.

HHS guts sexual violence prevention division, leaving local efforts adrift The CDC teams that supported local sexual assault prevention groups were 'wiped out' in RFK Jr.'s overhaul of the Department of Health and Human Services.

#April is of #SexualAssaultAwarenesMonth and to “celebrate” the Department of Health & Human Services fired the teams that work on #sexualviolence prevention.

So, amid the HHS layoffs, the #sexualassault prevention division is completely gutted!

#SAAM

www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

#YouAreNotAlone and there are always #survivors at the ready to help you along at your pace. I’m but one.

Also:
🔥NAT’L HOTLINE🔥
(800) 656-4673

#SAAM #SexualAssault #April #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #ERAYes #ERAis28A

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Sexual assault is the most silent #epidemic & an ultimate betrayal. It is normalized but many of us are working around the clock to change this culture. You can check out my #MsMagazine piece below.

#ERANow #silencednomore #SAAM #sexualassault

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🙋‍♀️ Raise your hand if you’ve suffered #sexualassault or know someone who has

🙋🏾‍♀️ Raise your hand if you’ve been unable to report it

No judgment

➡️ 50%+ women experience sexual assault
➡️ 1 in 4 women have experienced completed or attempted rape
#SAAM #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #ERANow #ERAYes

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Whatever.

Murkowski and Colleagues Reintroduce Resolution Affirming Support for the Equal Rights Amendment | U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska

Murkowski and Colleagues Reintroduce Resolution Affirming Support for the Equal Rights Amendment www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/releas...

#ERANow

💯💯💯

This is absurd!

#FortyTwo #Dodgers
#Trump #DEI #DEIPurge
#JackieRobinson #Pentagon #CivilRights

This breaks my heart. We fought so hard to get EPA to look at environmental justice issues in an area of Birmingham called Collegeville hit, faced, massive health challenges. I’m sure there are similar areas all across the country. archive.epa.gov/epa/north-bi...