Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz with guests Sabryyah Abdulah on upcoming Juneteenth Celebration and Susan Lamont on Empowering Accountability of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 6/1/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 6/3/2020 at 11 AM.
Listen to the show on its archive page at:
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200601.html
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Juneteenth Celebration on June 20th
Law Enforcement Accountability in Sonoma County
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Featuring
1. Sabryyah Abdulah , Member, Planning Committee for the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa; Host and Producer, Rebel Blues Radio with Sisterfriend on Radio KWTF
2. Susan Lamont, Local Activist on Police Accountability; Member, Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective Iolero
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Our Featured Guests
1. Sabryyah Abdulah shares with us the history of the Juneteenth Celebration, marking when Black slaves were first notified they were free in Galveston, Texas a couple months before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army and ended the Civil War. She talks of the beginning of the celebration in Santa Rosa 50 years ago, and the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of celebrating Juneteenth in Santa Rosa this year under Shelter-in-Place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a ZOOM meeting on Saturday, June 20, 2020, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.
About our Guest: Sabryyah Abdulah is on the Planning Committee for the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa. She also is the host and producer of Rebel Blues Radio with Sista Friend at Radio KWTF 881 FM (Bodega Bay) and streaming live worldwide at https://www.kwtf.net/. Sabraraya is on the Board of Directors of Radio KWTF.
Guest Link:
Rebel Blues Radio with Sista Friend on Radio KWTF 88.1 FM in Bodega Bay and streaming worldwide at
https://www.kwtf.net/?shows=rebel-blues
Guest’s Event Link:
Santa Rosa Juneteenth 50th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, June 20, 2020, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Free, Register, and receive ZOOM meeting ID and password, by emailing Nancy Rogers at nr0000@aol.com
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2. Susan Lamont is a long time activist for police accountability. She shares some events occuring on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 honoring what would have been the 20th birthday of Andy Lopez, the 13-year old boy shot by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus on Moorland Avenue southwest of Santa Rosa. Since that killing, the empty lot where he was shot has been purchased by the County and transformed into a beautiful neighborhood park and named Andy’s Unity Park in his memory. Andy’s mother has invited all who loved Andy to meet there in his memory on Tuesday at 4 PM and she asks folks to practice social distancing and wear masks, and of course, non-violence. Another gathering to grieve Andy and the lack of police accountability and oversight will take place on Tuesday at the Dollar Tree parking lot in the Roseland district of Santa Rosa from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Susan also gives us an update on the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance to Support An Effective IOLERO (The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach), whose petition to place it on the November ballot was aborted due to the Shelter-in-Place orders. Now the emphasis is to encourage the County Board of Supervisors to pass the amendment to the ordinance for IOLERO or place it on the ballot in November, which would require no physical gathering of signatures, by means of an online Change.org petition. Listeners are urged to sign the online petition and also call their county supervisor to voice their support.
About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County’s Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She is also a writer, poet and photographer.
Guest Links:
Andy Lopez Community fb page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463022127256745/
Grief Gathering in the Memory of Andy Lopez, George Floyd, Brionna Taylor and Ahmaud Arberyy and too many to mention at the Dollar Tree parking lot at 777 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Masks required, 6’+ distancing, no touching, respect life.
Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective IOLERO link, information on the proposesd ordinance amendment:
https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/
Amending IOLERO Petition Link: Save Direct Democracy: Place Stronger Community Oversight of Law Enforcement on the Ballot Petition to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Change.org .
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A larger Compilation is at the National Women’s History Alliance
June 1, 1993 – Connie Chung becomes the second woman to co-anchor the evening news, 17 years after Barbara Walters became the first in 1976.
Her Birthdays This Week
June 2, 1907 (1998) – Dorothy West, writer, novelist during the Harlem Renaissance.
June 3, 1924 (1991) – Colleen Dewhurst, actress, winner of 4 Emmy Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Obie Awards, and 2 Gemini awards.
June 3, 1924 (1991) – Colleen Dewhurst, actress, winner of 4 Emmy Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Obie Awards, and 2 Gemini awards.
June 3, 1916 (1995) – Gloria Martin, socialist, feminist organizer who began Shakespeare & Martin Booksellers.
June 3, 1919 (1989) – Elizabeth Koontz, first African-American president of the National Education Association.
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Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions.
August 26 – November 8, 2020, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum The Petaluma Museum Association’s suffrage exhibit has been rescheduled. This postponement has provided the opportunity to coordinate the exhibit’s opening reception with the national celebration of “Women’s Equality Day”. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 26th, 5 to 8 pm! The exhibit will be dedicated to our former Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and our former Mayor, Helen Putnam, and we are delighted to report that Mayor Barrett will be attending the opening to bestow the honors.
https://www.petalumamuseum.com/2020/04/18/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/
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January 25 through September 13, 2020, From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County. Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/
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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/
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Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Project https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar
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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
Sojourner Truth sung by New Harmony Sisterhood Band e from the Album Ain’t I A Woman (Paredon Records 1977)
For What It’s Worth sung by Miriam Makeba from the album Keep Me In Mind (2017 Strut Records)
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