Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz presenting Commentary, Music and Poetry on Santa Rosa Police Response to Protesters for Black Lives Matter by host Elaine B Holtz has been uploaded to the web archive.

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz  presenting Commentary, Music and Poetry on Santa Rosa Police Response to Protesters for Black Lives Matter by host Elaine B Holtz 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 7/20/2020 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 7/22/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show on its archive page at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200720.html

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Commentary: Santa Rosa Police Response to Protesters for Black Lives Matter

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Featuring

1. Elaine B. Holtz,  Co-Producer and Host, Women’s Spaces

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Commentary

1. Elaine B. Holtz originally planned for Dmitra Smith, Chair of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sonoma County, to speak on the Commission’s recently released report on the county’s website, Human Right Violations in Santa Rosa California—Policing the Black Lives Matter Protests. Unfortunately we had trouble with connecting by telephone.   Elaine resorted to Plan B and played more songs interspersed with poetry, including some of her own. She comments on how similar the reaction to Black Lives Matter protests was what the women suffragists suffered in parades and demonstrations for the women’s right to vote one hundred years ago, which was recently documented on a PBS special The Vote. The recent HRC report comes 20 years after the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report Community Concerns About Law Enforcement in Sonoma County, on which Elaine interviewed Mary Moore on last week’s show. It is frustrating to see how little was done in the county to address this issue, as Santa Rosa Police fired tear gas cannisters and rubber bullets at protesters exercising their First Amendment right to free speech and assembly. It is through expression of greivances that our country grows in equal rights under the law.

Poetry Recited

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 Herstory

Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance

July 19-20, 1848 – The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York Women’s Rights Movement

Born July 22, 1849 (1887) – Emma Lazarus, poet, wrote “The New Colossus,” (1883), which was later inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:

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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/ and at http://sonco.ca.lwvnet.org/

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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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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

Standing on the Shoulders sung by Earth Mama from the album Love Large (Rouse House, LLC).

By My Silence sung by Ellen Buckstell and Nick Annis from the single By My Silence (2009 Ellen Bukstell and Nick Annis)

Please Peace by Linda Ferro from the single Please Peace (2009 Linda Ferro)

We Shall Overcome sung byMahalia Jackson from the album We Shall Overcome (2006 Charly Records)

No More War sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Songs from the Road of Life (2004 Beckaroo Record)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women’s Spaces Show