Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Debbie McKay on Voting and the League of Women Voters’ Candidate Forums and Delayshay Carmona Benson as a College Student To Be Part of the Change I Want in Society has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 9/7/2020 at 11 AM, repeats at 11 PM on KBBF, and then repeat broadcasts in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on the following Wednesday 9/9/2020 at 11 AM.
Read description of the show and bios of the guests, see links referenced on the show and the playlist, on its archive page at:
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200907.html
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LWV Santa Rosa District One Candidate Forum upcoming on Wednesday 9/16/20
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Featuring Guest
1. Debbie McKay, President, League of Women Voters – Sonoma County Chapter
2, Delayshay Carmona Benson, President of the Black Student Union at Santa Rosa Junior College, Vice-President of Uplifting Black Leaders & President of Advocacy Inclusion Diversity Equity (A.I.D.E).
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Featured Guests
1. Debbie McKay talks of the 100-year history of the League of Women’s Voters, coming into existence with the passage of the 19th Amendment. The Sonoma County Chapter is 60 years old. It is that time when the League offers candidate forums and debates, since Tuesday, November 3, is Voting Day for California and we have County Supervisor seats and City Council seats up for election. The League is also offering an event called Make Your Voice Count, where candidates hear from the public their desires. Check out the Leagues page event schedule at https://my.lwv.org/california/sonoma-county/electionsvoting. The League is co-producing some events with Community Action Partnership. Debbie informs us that the County Registrar of Voters has arranged for Tracking of the mail-in ballots at their website, with their program Where is my Ballot, where you can sign up for email or text notices for when the ballot was mailed, received and counted : https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Vote-by-Mail/ The Registrar of Voters has also arranged for 24-hour drop boxes at its office in Santa Rosa, as well as at the Santa Rosa Veterans Bulding and the Petaluma Veterans Building, which can be used after the mail-in ballots have been mailed by the Registrar’s office up to November 3.
About our Guest: Debbie Mckay is a lifelong resident of Sonoma County and has always been active in the community. Previously she served as the treasurer and president of the YWCA. Currently, she is the president of the League of Women Voters, and former Chair of the League’s Outreach Committee where she taught over 60 local community members how to register citizens to vote.
Guest Links:
League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates/forums for local races and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/ and at http://lwvsonoma.org/
Community Action Partnership has Registering to Vote and Tracking Your Ballot information on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/capsonoma/
Registrar of Voters of Sonoma County https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Vote-by-Mail/
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2. Delayshay Carmona Benson was raised in a mostly white neighborhood in Chicago and felt very much in the minority while attending schools, and realizes through her experience how important it is to have culturally relevant teachers. She homeschooled her 7 children and when her children grew up she decided that she had to be part of the change she wanted in society and enrolled back in school at the Santa Rosa Junior College with most students half her age, a generation she says is ready for change and Black Lives Matter. There are less than 2%of the JC’s students that are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Delayshay noted that homelessness among students is about 25% with many facing food insecurity, yet we live in a county rich with vineyards and wineries. Delayshay shares some of the activities she is engaged in and even demonstrationg leadership in, such as lobbying for the Family First Act and culturally competent staff at the Child Protection Services.
About our Guest: Delayshay Carmona Benson (She/ Her / Ella) is Afro- Latina who was born in Puerto Rico and raised outside of Chicago. She wears many hats in the community. She is Vice President of Uplifting Black Leaders, President of Black Student Union and the President of A.I.D.E. (Advocacy, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity).Delayshay sits as the Vice President of Finance on our Student Government at SRJC. She is lead on a committee that is fighting for CPS (Child Protection Services) reform by supporting The Family First Act.
A mother of 7 children which include twins, she I went back to school at the age of 50. She is majoring in Humanities and American Sign Language (ASL).
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Herstory
Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Herstory Events: Special for Labor Day
Francis Perkins: (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880[1][2] – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet to remain in office for his entire presidency.
During her term as Secretary of Labor, Perkins executed many aspects of the New Deal, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Public Works Administration and its successor the Federal Works Agency, and the labor portion of the National Industrial Recovery Act. With the Social Security Act she established unemployment benefits, pensions for the many uncovered elderly Americans, and welfare for the poorest Americans. She pushed to reduce workplace accidents and helped craft laws against child labor. Through the Fair Labor Standards Act, she established the first minimum wage and overtime laws for American workers, and defined the standard forty-hour work week. She formed governmental policy for working with labor unions and helped to alleviate strikes by way of the United States Conciliation Service. Perkins dealt with many labor questions during World War II, when skilled labor was vital and women were moving into formerly male jobs.
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Announcements
Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:
Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project’s
19th Amendment Centennial Series
has occured with live online presentations from
Tuesday, August 18 to August 26, 2020.
Visit the Project’s YouTube channel main site for the 19th Centennial Series recordings of online presentationss at www.youtube.com/channel/UCqynwJCqhLMtPtjdDdsdQdQ
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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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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. Participate via
this livestream which will be available on Zoom, YouTube and Facebook. For details visit
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January 25 through September 20, 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://lwvsonoma.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
Forever Young sung by Andrea Mae and the Forest Rangers from the album Sons of Anarchy North Countyr EP (2009 20th Century for TV Records). Bella Ciao sung by Betsy Rose and the Womansong Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle (2006 Paper Crane Music)
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