Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Susan Lamont on the Board of Supervisors Opting to Place the More Effective IOLERO on the Ballot and Molly Murphy MacGregor on this month’s Celebrations of Womens Suffrage Centennial 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 8/10/2020 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 8/12/2020 at 11 AM.
Listen to the show on its archive page at:
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200810.html
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More Effective IOLERO Placed on the Ballot
Women’s Suffrage Centennial
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Featuring Guests
1. Susan Lamont, Member, Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective Iolero; Local Activist on Police Accountability
2. Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director of the National Women’s History Alliance and Co-Founder, Chair of the NWHA Board of Directors
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Featured Guest
1. Susan Lamont reports on the action taken by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Thursday August 6th to place the proposed Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance with amendments made by the Director of IOLERO its Community Advisory Council on the November ballot after an intense 9-hour online meeting that fielded over 300 email and live comments by the public. Susan encourages folks to get the word out to pass this ordinance. Sheriff Mark Essick has voiced his opposition and is asking the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to increase the budget for the Sheriff’s Office by $50,000 to pay for an outside attorney firm to represent the Sheriff’s Office as it fights the placement of this ordinance on the ballot in the courts.
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 Link:
Proposed Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/
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2. Molly Murphy MacGregor has the benefit of overseeing the Women’s Suffrage Centennial “clearing house” as women’s organizations around the country contact the National Women’s History Alliance about the events they are putting on this year in celebration. Molly mentions some of the events happening this month, including the placement of a bronze stature of Harriet Tubman in Central Park and an upcoming 19th Amendment Centennial Kickoff hosted by the Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Centennial Project on August 18, 2020.
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, and the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Leadership.
Guest Links:
To be Added to the National Women’s HIstory Alliance newsetter list contac Molly Murphy MacGregor at: NWHP1980@gmail.com
National Women’s HIstory Alliance https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/
Related Link:
The Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative is a collaboration of women-centered institutions, organizations, and scholars from across the US, works to ensure that this anniversary, and the 72-year fight to achieve it, are commemorated and celebrated throughout the United States. www.2020centennial.org/.
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Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Birthdays:
August 13, 1818 (1893) – Lucy Stone, suffragist and supporter of rights for women and African Americans, boldly kept her own name when she married.
August 13, 1893 (1986) – Eva Dykes, first African American woman to earn a doctoral degree (in English from Radcliffe College in 1921), professor at Howard University, and Chair of the English Dept. at Oakwood College
Herstory Events:
August 10, 1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as the second woman and 107th Justice to serve on the US Supreme Court
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Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 from 6:30 to 8 PM, NOW Sonoma County Chapter presents a Special Members and Guests Online Zoom Meeting featuring speakers Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on African Women in the Suffrage Movement and Kolieka Seigle, NOW California President and Chair of the legislative arm of the CA NOW Political Action Committee who will give an update on NOW. To participate via the Zoom app, enter the
Meeting ID: 875 8875 3750
Passcode: 520289
PHONE IN NUMBERS:
One tap mobile
+16699009128,,87588753750# US (San Jose)
Note: Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams was a guest on Women’s Spaces in a
3-part series on Feminism and Black Lives Matter on the shows of
May 11, 2020,
June 8, 2020 and on
July 6, 2020.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 5:30 to 6:30 PM, 19th Amendment Centennial Kick-Off, Online Zoom event hosted by Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Project, featuring Molly Murphy MacGregor of NWHA and Paula Freund, Curator of Women’s Suffrage Exhibit at the Petalulma Museum. Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1674022199412318/
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Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project’s
19th Amendment Centennial Series
Tuesday, August 18 – August 26, 2020
Download the pdf with the list of events.
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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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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
Bad Romance, Women’s Suffrage by Sooma from the album Sooma Parodies (Released 2012 Sooma Publishing).
Standing on the Shoulders sung by Earth Mama from the album Love Large (1966 Rouse House, LLCC)
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