Ƙungiyar Ƙananan Ƙasa ta Biyu

Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens kungiya ce ta siyasa ta mata masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da aka kirkira a farkon shekarun 1980 don aiwatar da dabarun ayyukan da ba na tashin hankali kai tsaye ba don wayar da kan jama'a game da bukatar Gyaran Hakki daidai .  Ƙungiyar ta kuma ba da shawarar haƙƙin haifuwa kuma ta dade a cikin 1980s. 

 Ayyuka a Gidan Jihar Illinois 
Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens an san su musamman don ayyukansu na kai tsaye a gidan gwamnatin Illinois a 1982. Ɗaya daga cikin kakanin wanda ya kafa, Mary Lee Sargent, ta kasance mai neman zaɓe .  Sargent ya kafa wannan rukunin yayin koyarwa a Kwalejin Community Parkland a Illinois.  Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi nau'i-nau'i masu yawa daga Sue Yarber mai shekaru goma sha takwas zuwa Berenice Carroll wanda ya kasance a cikin marigayi 40s.  A cikin 1982, an saita ERA don ƙarewa kuma duka ƙungiyoyin pro da anti-ERA sun sauko kan Capitol a Illinois don yin ra'ayin 'yan majalisar dokoki.  Membobin Ƙungiyar Grassroots na Jama'a na Biyu ana yawan kiransu da ƙungiyar sarƙoƙi saboda sun ɗaure kansu tare a cikin babban birnin tarayya. 

 Ranar Tawaye don ERA 
Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ayyukan da ƙungiyar Grassroots ta Jama'a na aji na biyu ta yi an san su da Ranar Tawayensu ga ERA a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1982. A wannan ranar, mata 17 sun ɗaure kansu a cikin Babban Birnin Jihar Illinois .  A cewar Macon Telegraph, "Lokacin da aka tambaye su ko sun damu cewa zama a cikin zai iya kawar da magoya bayan ERA, Mary Lee Sargent ... ya ce, "Ya yi latti don haka ... muna nan don ƙara haɓaka."  Sargent ya lura cewa wannan matakin yana da alaƙa da ayyukan tsageru na ƙungiyar zaɓen mata .  Ta ce: "Yinmu ne mu fitar da jikinmu a nan, mu zama abin kallo kuma mutane su yi dariya ... amma mu fuskanci mutane kai tsaye." 

Ƙungiyar Grassroots ta Jama'a na aji na biyu sun ƙi barin Capitol kuma mambobin sun shafe dare hudu a gidan yari.  An nakalto Anne Casey-Elder, mamba a kungiyar tana cewa, "Babu wanda ya taba mamaye ginin babban gida irin wannan."  Hoton matan da ke sarka ya fito a mujallar Life a 1982. 

 Zubar da jinin dabba 
Daga nan sai kungiyar ta fesa jinin dabbobi a cikin babban birnin tarayya domin nuna alamar mutuwar ERA.  An umarce su da su biya fiye da $2,000 na kudaden tsaftacewa.  Mary Lee Sargent ta ji cewa tarar ba ta dace ba kuma ta ce, "Ana neman mu biya dubban daloli don zanga-zangar. Da na ji daɗin biyan kuɗin tsaftacewa. Amma bai kashe $ 2,300 don tsaftacewa ba. 

 Mata Yunwa Don Adalci 
Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens sun kasance siyasa a lokaci guda da kuma wuri lokacin da wani rukuni na mata azumi domin ERA a Illinois a 1982. Wannan taron da aka sani da Mata Yunwar Adalci .  Kungiyoyin biyu sun bayyana hadin kai ga juna a cikin manema labarai.  Masu azumi sun hada da masu fafutukar kare hakkin mata da suka dade suna Zoe Nicholson da Sonia Johnson .  

 Bayan shekaru 
Bayan gazawar yaƙin neman zaɓe na ERA, Ƙungiyar Grassroots don Jama'a na aji na biyu sun ci gaba da kasancewa cikin siyasa yayin da suke ba da shawara ga wasu dalilai na mata da suka haɗa da haƙƙin zubar da ciki. A shekara ta 1982, kungiyar ta dauki wani mataki inda suka nuna a matsayin "mayu" yayin da suke gudanar da shari'ar izgili ga 'yan majalisa.  A cikin 1984, Sargent ya nemi kujera a Kwamitin Amintattu na Jami'ar Illinois-Champaign .  A ƙarshe ƙungiyar ta watse a cikin 1993. 

 Membobin Rukunin Grassroots na Jama'a Na Biyu 

 Berenice Carroll 
 Anne Casey-Dattijo 
 Kari Alice Lynn 
 Loretta Manning 
 Shafin Mellish 
 Joyce Meyer 
 Caroline Plank 
 Mary Lee Sargent  
 Alice Weber 
 Marlena Williams 
 Sue Yarber 

 Manazarta 

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