Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Theresa Rodriquez on Verity’s Support for Victims of Human Trafficking 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 2/1/2021 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 2/3/2021 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/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210201.html
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Verity – Crisis Support for Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse
Featuring Guest
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1. Theresa Rodriquez, Lead Bilingual Human Trafficking Victim Case Worker, Verity
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Discussion with Featured Guest:
1. Theresa Rodriquez, the lead bilingual Verity case worker for victims,discusses human trafficking in the North Bay. Verity works together with the Human Trafficking Taskforce with include the county district attorneys, law enforcement and social services agencies. If the victim is under the age of eighteen years old, multiple agencies respond. Besides offering Safety, Compassion and Support for victims Verity has a 24-hour Crisis Hotline and a mission to educate the community on the reality of the Human Trafficking problem, encouraging parents to talk to their children on the dangers. Immigrants and undocumented residents are the most vulnerable in being exploited by human traffickers. Volunteers are given background checks and 40 hours of training before they are certified in volunteering for taking calls on the 24-hour hotline. All interactions with Verity are confidential.
About our Guest: Teresa Rodriguez is the lead bi-lingual Human Trafficking Victim Caseworker and helps coordinate the Human Trafficking Program for Verity in Sonoma County. Theresa joined Verity in 2018. Verity serves people of who have been affected by sexual violence. Her passion is to help the most vulnerable community and underprivileged population. Growing up in Sonoma County she received her formal education from local schools and received an AA degree in Liberal Arts from Santa Rosa Junior College. Bachelor’s from Sonoma State University in Psychology.
Guest Links:
Verity www.ourverity.org
Verity Crisis Hotline (707) 545-7273
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Herstory
Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Herstory Events:
February 1, 1978 – First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC.
Herstory Birthdays:
February 4, 1913 (2005) – Rosa Parks, “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” Her arrest after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a boycott of the bus system, which eventually led to the Supreme Court decision to integrate buses.
February 3, 1874 (1946) – Gertrude Stein, poet, author, art critic, famous for her phrase, “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.”
February 4, 1921 (2006) – Betty Friedan, author, and activist, wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963), cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966
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Annnouncements
Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:
February 18, 2021, Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. via Zoom, National Organization for Women (NOW)-Sonoma County Chapter, 30 minute membership meeting followed bya Special Program Honoring Black History Month and the Newly Elected City Councilwomen of Sonoma County with presentations and Q & A. Our Presenters are:
- Tina Rogers – Overview of Black History Month
- Jackie Elward – Vice Mayor – Rohnert City Council
- Natalie Rogers – Vice Mayor – Santa Rosa City Council
- Skylear Palacios– Council Member Healdsburg City Council
NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. Come join our chapter serving California North of San Francisco!
Free and open to the public: Join Zoom Meeting on 2/18/2021 6:30-8:00 pm, Click here.
Meeting ID: 875 8875 3750 Passcode: 520289
No internet device? Join by Phone +1 669 900 9128 (San Jose)
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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 (2010 Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com
Lift Every Voice and Sing sung by the Joslin Grove Choir from the album 100 Best Loved Hymns (2004 Medacy Christian).
Singing for Our Lives sung by Solidarity Sing Along from the album This Is What Democracy Sounds Like (2012 Solidarity Sing Along).
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