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@sophiabush : I'm teaming up with @INTERMIXonline, @rockthevote, and some incredible women that I truly admire to celebrate IWD and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. We're asking women everywhere to stand up and register to vote this year by texting the word INTERMIX to 788-683! • Our vote is our power. And this year it’s more important than ever. So much is at stake. When we think back on the progress that’s been made because people have shown up to the polls, I’m amazed. And I’m fired up for what we’ll do next. But let’s look back for a moment ... 100 years ago (mostly white) women won the right to vote. Women voting was of course a milestone, but women of color had to keep fighting discrimination, and laws like Jim Crow, for years to come. In 1972, the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) was placed for before state legislatures with an initial 7 year deadline to acquire ratification in 38 states. It was ONLY ratified in its 38th state (Virginia) in January of 2020!! 86% of Americans polled have believed (for years!) that there’s a law in place requiring employers to pay men and women equally, but we’ve only just ratified the law, and we have to keep our eyes on the process to make sure it goes into effect! • I say all of this to remind us (and myself too) that forward progress can be long road, but if we commit to showing up for each other time and time again, we can ALWAYS get better at taking action, do better for our communities and this planet. So? Let’s make 2020 our best year yet. Let’s make that spinning wheel of progress go a little (or a lot!) faster. Let’s #RockTheVote #Intermix #InternationalWomensDay #Sponsored ♥️✌🏼🇺🇸