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Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Debbie McKay on the upcoming League of Women Voters’ Candidate Forum for Santa Rosa City Council District One 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 9/14/2020 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 9/16/2020 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/WSA200914.html
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Featuring
1. Debbie McKay, President, League of Women Voters – Sonoma County Chapter
2. Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces, reads one of her poems and plays songs relevant for today.
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Featured Guest
1. Debbie McKay continues the discussion on voting, November 3, Tuesday, is Voting Day for California and for the first time there will be a District One election for a City Council seat, for which three candidates are running: Duane De Witt, Jorge Innocencio and Eddie Alvarez. On Wednesday, the League of Women Voters is offering an online candidate forum on September 16, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 pm through the League’s facebook live video streaming page at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/live_videos/
Next week the candidate forum for Rohnert Park’s first time District Election races for City Council for Districts One, Three and Four on Monday September 21, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, via the League’s facebook live video stream page. If you miss the live events, this page also has past events listed for you to view the video.
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 http://lwvsonoma.org/.
LWV facebook announcing events https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/
LWV 2020 Candidate Forums live stream https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/live_videos/
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. Elaine B. Holtz reads her poem:
I Am Of the Old School
I’m from the old school
I believe in doing onto others, as you would have them do unto you.
Where are the voices that answered the phone?
As I sit and listen to a recorded voice say, “Press One,”
I miss real voices, I miss having someone ask me, “How is your day?”
Where are the young men who washed my windows, checked my oil and tires?
Back then it seemed there were human beings who showed they cared about me.
I miss Plotkins grocery store where I could find candy and gum galore.
I miss the time when I had limited choices
When there were only five stations on that mystical box that put new and exciting images in front of me.
I miss the sounds of children playing in the street.
Life seemed so simple back when gasoline was
29-9/10 cents a gallon.
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Herstory
Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Herstory Events:
September 12, 1910 – Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA).
September 14, 1964 – Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 4 other women: Dr. Lena Edwards, Lynn Fontainne, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Leontyne Price
September 14, 1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized and becomes the first American-born saint, founded the first U.S. Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph.
September 14, 1830 (1910) – Emily Edson Briggs, became first woman White House correspondent during Lincoln’s administration, first president of Women’s National Press Association (1882).
September 14, 1879 (1966) – Margaret Sanger, pioneer in birth control and sex education, founded predecessor to Planned Parenthood.
September 14, 1917 (1994) – Joyce Chen, cookbook author, emigrated to Massachusetts from China in 1944, opened authentic North Chinese restaurant in 1958 with immediate success, taught, published the Joyce Chen Cook Book, and hosted the television program “Joyce Chen Cooks”.
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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
Keep a Song in Your Soul, sung by Mamie Rapp from the album Crazy Blues – The Best of Mamie Rapp (Originally recorded 1921 & Released in 2004 Sony Entertainment).
Pale Moon, sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanyegi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (2011 Becky Hobbs)
Prayer of St. Francis sung by Elira-Hari from the album Open Hand (2000 Elira-Hari)
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