Friday, August 16, 6:00 p.m. | RATIFIED follows a multi-racial, multi-generational coalition of activists and politicians taking up the mantle of the 100-year struggle to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States Constitution by pushing Virginia to become the 38th and final state needed to ratify the ERA. Introduced by Amy Jo Conroy, Co-lead, ERA Illinois. 

Dialogue: Jay Young, Common Cause, Senior Director of Voting & Democracy and Emily Best, RATIFIED Co-Creator, moderated by Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago.

Docs for Democracy: Kicking off a cross-country roadshow in Chicago on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Docs for Democracy is a two-night screening series of films about America at a crossroads. Designed to be positive gatherings for audiences who are interested and engaged in the political process—or want to be—both films in the series are paired with robust post-screening discussions with filmmakers and subjects in attendance. Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu