Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and our guest Tina Rogers on Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray and Bessie Coleman and our guest Allegra Wilson on the Webinar this Thursday 3/25 on the Role of the District Attorney in Criminal Justice Reform 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 3/22/2021 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 3/24/2021 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/WSA210322.html
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Influential Black American Women: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray and Bessie Coleman
Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of the District Attorney Webinar on Thursday 3/25
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz
2. Tina Rogers, Educator
3. Allegra Wilson, Co-Chair of the North Bay Organizing Project’s “Deep Democracy Civic” team
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1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz. Elaine opens the show with a prayer from the Mi’Kmaq people:
Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people.
Creator, open our hearts to provide and protect for all children of the earth.
Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people.
Creator, open our hearts to respect for the earth, and all the gifts of the earth.
Creator, open our hearts to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all.
Thank you for the gifts of this day and every day.
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Thank you all for helping me celebrate my birthday and to all those who attended the Zoom put on by the National
Organization of Women and to Lilith Rogers for allowing us to show her one woman show, “Rachel Carson Returns.” Rachel Carson was the author of “Silent Spring,”
which was one of the first warnings about the dangers of pesticides. An amazing presentation. Silent Spring, nonfiction book written by Rachel Carson that became one of the most-influential books in the modern environmental movement. Published in 1962, Silent Spring was widely read by the public and became a New York Times best seller.
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2. Tina Rogers talks about two inspiring black women in American history, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray and Bessie Coleman. Pauli Murray (1910-1985) is notable on many fronts as civil rights activist, lawyer, women’s rights activist, priest and author. Pauli’s book States’ Laws on Race and Color was considered by Thurgood Marshall the bible of the Civil Rights Movement. She is co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Ruth Bader Ginsburg named Pauli Murray as co-author in a brief to the seminal gender case Reed v. Reed. She later became the first ordained woman priest in the Episcopalian Church. Letters after her death revealed her struggle with gender identity before that was recognized by the general public. Bessie Coleman (1892 – 1926) is dear to Tina, as Tina is in training to be a pilot. Bessie was the first African American woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license, something she had to travel to France to achieve. She was even an aerial acrobat and called Queen Bess and Brave Bessie. She died in a tragic airplane crash at the age of 34.
About our Guest: Tina Rogers is a native of Sonoma County Tina Rogers has devoted her life in trying to understand this beautiful planet, the humans and the other species that share our world. A true humanitarian is what she represents, thorough research, education, and communication with other cultures allows her to see the “big picture.” While attending UC Davis, she turned her passion for the arts, fitness, and wellness into a popular example of master teaching not only to children but people of all ages. She is a role model who enjoys using arts education and fitness, as tools to “crack-the-code” in child development that lasts a lifetime. Tina has given presentations at the Sonoma County Juneteenth Celebrations.
Guest Links:
Tina Rogers: funkystylestreetdance@gmail.com
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3. Allegra Wilson announces an educational online workshop sponsored by North Bay Organizing Project, the Sonoma County ACLU and other organizations on Thursday March 25, 2021, 5 – 6:30 pm called Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of the District Attorney. Since Jill Ravitch, the first woman DA of the county has decided not to pursue a 4th term, the election to this office will surely face tough competition. How do we know what qualties to look for in a candidate for District Attorney? What is the job description of a DA? A panelist team of seasoned attornies will look at the the DA’s role in pursuing police accountability and the criminalization of homeless activities, and more.
About our Guest: Allegra Wilson is a long-time Santa Rosa resident. From a young age, she has been interested in political activism, and lately has become more involved and passionate about making change at a local level. Most recently, she volunteered for the passage of Measure P for Law Enforcement Accountability, and is Co-Chair of the North Bay Organizing Project’s, “Deep Democracy Civic” team, she also volunteers with the local Sister District Sonoma West chapter. She lives and works in Santa Rosa with her husband and two children.
Guest Links:
Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of the District Attorney, Thursday, March 25, 2021, 5-6:30 pm, Online webinar, Free and open to the public, RSVP at https://sonomaaclu.org/
North Bay Organizing Project: https://www.northbayop.org/
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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 of the National Women’s History Alliance:
In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, California by Molly Murphy MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett and Bette Morgan to broadcast women’s historical achievements.
The NWHP started by leading a coalition that successfully lobbied Congress to designate March as National Women’s History Month, now celebrated across the land.
Today, the NWHP Now the National Women’s History Alliance is known nationally as the only clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women’s history for educators, community organizations, and parents-for anyone wanting to expand their understanding of women contributions to U. S. history.
Herstory Events:
March 21, 1986 – Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship.
Herstory Birthdays:
March 20, 1925 (2018) – Romana Acosta Bañuelos, the thirty-fourth Treasurer of the United States, where she served from 1971 to 1974 as the first Hispanic in that role, owner of a multimillion-dollar business, Ramona’s Mexican Food Products, Inc.
March 23, 1908 (1997) – Dominique De Menil, collector of modern art, medieval art, and tribal artifacts, escaped Paris with her children and settled in Houston around 1942, strong supporter of civil rights, created Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation with former President Jimmy Carter.
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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
Blowing in the Wind sung byJulie Felix from the album Dylan Covers (2017 Warner Music Group x5)
By My Silence sung by Sonia and Disappear Fear from the album Splash (2008 Disappear Records)
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