Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guest Molly Murphy MacGregor on the National Women’s History Project, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 3/12/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180312.html
Announcements (See Links below)
March is Women’s History Month – (see some tributes below)
Featured
1. Molly Murphy MacGregor , Executive Director and Co-Founder, Chair of the NWHP Board of Directors
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1. Molly Murphy MacGregor talks about the birth of the National Women’s History Project in Sonoma County and her lobbying efforts to first have President Carter proclaim National Women’s History Week and then Congress to pass legislation declaring March to be National Women’s History Month. Every year there is a luncheon on the East and West coasts to celebrate the achievements of special women, deceased and living. This year the theme is Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Molly discusses how Me,Too and the Black Lives Matter Movement influenced the theme.
About our Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor is a former high school social studies teacher who has worked for over 35 years in the field of gender equity and women’s history. MacGregor conducts women’s history workshops and women’s historic sites tours throughout the country. She also works with state and national agencies on strategies and programs to help acknowledge and recognize the historic contributions of women. Her work in the field of multicultural women’s history has been widely recognized including awards from the National Education Association, the US Department of Education, the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Leadership.
Guest Link and List of 2018 Honorees of the NWHP: www.nwhp.org
Event Link: NWHP Honoree Luncheons
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Women’s History Month in Sonoma County
**History of Women at SRJC: By the Numbers
Wednesday, March 14, 12:30-1:30 PM
SRJC Director of Institutional Research, KC Greaney will present the 100-year history of women as students, instructors, administrators, trustees, and more at SRJC. This session is held in conjunction with the celebration of SRJC’s 100th Anniversary. Free and open to the public.
For more info, visit: https://pr.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2018
Parking permits are required, cost $4 and are available on campus lots.
Santa Rosa Junior College – Frank P. Doyle Library, Room 4245, Santa Rosa
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** Recognizing 38 Years: The National Women’s History Project
Thursday, March 15, 6:30 PM Reception, 7:00 PM Talk
Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Chair of the National Women’s History Project (NHWP) Board of Directors will give a talk about the History of NWHP, its impact on women, and its future. at the Sonoma County Museum, located at 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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**Sonoma County N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, March 21, 1:00 PM
Mission: to bring women into full participation in American society. Monthly meeting on feminist issues and goals. For more info visit: www.nowsonoma.org or call (707)545-5036 or email sonomacountynow@yahoo.com
Round Table Pizza – 1791 Marlow Rd., Santa Rosa
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**“Las Adelitas” Talk by SRJC History Instructor Laura Larqué
Tuesday, March 27, 9-10:30 AM
“Adelitas” were women who served as cooks, cleaners, scouts, and nurses during the Mexican Revolution. If their male relatives died in battle, these women took their place and started fighting in the army as Soldaderas. Larqué will share some of the untold stories of these valiant women and how their contributions to the revolution have been overlooked by historians because they were poor Indigenous or Mestiza ethnic background. For more info, visit: www.facebook.com/events/1986491074951737/
SRJC Petaluma – 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Jacobs Hall PC 116, Petaluma
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**“What if Women Built a Community College – and EVERYbody Came?”
Thursday, March 29, 12:00-1:00 PM
As the Santa Rosa Junior College campus and local communities reflect upon the College’s 100th anniversary, various historical events and demographic trends serve as a meaningful backdrop. Acclaimed local historian and journalist Gaye Le Baron will provide an insightful historical overview of Sonoma County shedding light on the role and legacy of Santa Rosa Junior College. In partnership with Arts and Lectures, and SRJC’s 100th Anniversary Committee.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, visit: https://pr.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2018
Parking permits are required, cost $4 and are available on campus lots.
Santa Rosa Junior College – Lawrence A. Bertolini Student Center, Santa Rosa
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**Film Screening: The Rape of Recy Taylor
Thursday, March 29, 6-9:00 PM
Reception 6pm. 7-8:30pm Screening to benefit Verity. 8:30 Panel Discussion with District Attorney, Jill Ravitch, Verity Executive Director, Christine Castillo and Sonoma county National Organization for Women (NOW) President, Elaine B. Holtz. For more info, visit: www.facebook.com/events/247384775802412/
Rialto Cinemas – 6868 Mckinley St., Sebastopol
The Petaluma Museum has some great events for Women’s History Month:
www.petalumamuseum.com
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March is Women’s History Month
The Statue was named “Liberty Enlightening the World” was a joint effort between America and France. The Statue of Liberty’s torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the The statue’s official name represents her most important symbol “Liberty Enlightening the World.” Housed in New York is one of their top tourist attractions.
Emma Lazarus’s famous lines captured the nation’s imagination and continues to shape the way we think about immigration and freedom today. Written in 1883, her celebrated poem, “The New Colossus,” is engraved on a plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
As a Jewish American woman, Emma Lazarus faced the challenge of belonging to two often conflicting worlds. As a woman she dealt with unequal treatment in both. The difficult experiences lent power and depth to her work. At the same time, her complicated identity has obscured her place in American culture.
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless,
Tempest-tossed to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning,
And her name, Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome;
Her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor
That twin cities frame.
“Keep, Ancient Lands, your storied pomp!”
Cries she with silent lips.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless,
Tempest-tossed to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
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Music Selections:
The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor sung by West Los Angeles Childrens Choir from the Single: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor (Mrs. Music)
Hey Mr. Politican for our Lives sung by Ellen Bukstel from the album Daddy’s Girl
(2008 Ellen Bukstel)
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