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Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz Commenting on Black History Month, V-Day, and Reading of her Poem Friends and Lovers with her partner and co-producer Ken Norton 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 2/15/2021 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 2/17/2021 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/WSA210215.html
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Featuring
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1. Elaine B. Holtz, Host and Co-Producer, Women’s Spaces, Commentary on Black History Month
2. Ken Norton, Co-Producer of Women’s Spaces, Reading with Elaine of her Poem Friends and Lovers
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Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
1. Elaine talks about Black History Month and some women that are inspirational in their struggle for freedom: Harriet Tubman, as portrayed in the film Harriet, is credited with freeing over 90 Blacks from slavery, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper, who after discovering at the age of 44 of the right to vote joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the struggle to register to vote. We play a recording of Fannie Lou Hamer and commentary done by Peoples TV.
V-Day (Februry 14th) and annual reading of the Vagina Monologues will be online this year.
Remember, this Thursday February 18th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm via Zoom is the County Chapter’s NOW meeting with a special presentation on Black History Month and talks by the newest City Councilwomen elected in November in Sonoma County. See the Announcements below for further description.
Links:
Harriet Tubman Historical Society: http://www.harriet-tubman.org/
The True Story Behind the Harriet Tubman Movie –
“Harriet,” a new film starring Cynthia Erivo, is the first feature film dedicated solely to the American icon – Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/true-story-harriet-tubman-movie-180973413/
How Fannie Lou Hamer Fought For The Rights Of Black Americans, Story, PeopleTV: https://youtu.be/xNMvNRPKA3k
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Dauntless Fight for Black Americans’ Right to Vote, Smithsonian Magazine: hhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie-lou-hamers-dauntless-fight-for-black-americans-right-vote-180975610/
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Vagina Monologues by Eve Ansler takes place annually on or about V-Day (February 14th). We play the Break the Chain sung by1 Billion Rising during this show. Check for events online this year: https://www.onebillionrising.org/ .
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2. Special Reading for Valentine’s Day by Ken and Elaine of Elaine’s Poem Friends and Lovers
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3. Closing Reading by Elaine of her Poem For Max
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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 Birthdays:
February 14, 1904 (1988) – Jessie O’Connor, journalist, Smith College magna cum laude (1925), reported textile strikes in North Carolina and coal strikes in Harland Co., Kentucky, helped those accused of communism, Vietnam anti-war opposition, and anti-Reagan protests.
February 15, 1921 – The Suffrage Monument, depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, sculpted by Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated at the U.S. Capitol.
February 15, 1820 (1906) – Susan B. Anthony, inspirational leader of 19th century women’s right movement, national suffrage strategist, lecturer, activist
February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019, Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993.
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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 by a 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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Celebrating Familiy Portraits Project in downtown Petaluma from January 29 – March 15, 2021. https://pbcd4us.com/celebrating-family/
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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
Break the Chain sung by 1 Billion Risingfrom the Single Break the Chain (2012 Tena Clark Productions)
What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love, sung by Broadway for Orlando from the album from the album Broadway for Orlando (2016 Broadway Records).
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou in a public reading whose recording is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qviM_GnJbOM
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