Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 6/14/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guests Nancy Rogers and the 51st Annual Juneteenth Community Celebration and Zakiya Hooker on Singing and Songwriting to Keep It Real 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 6/14/2021 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 6/16/2021 at 11 AM.
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51st Annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Celebration on June 19th
Zakiya Hooker on Singing and Songwriting to Keep it Real
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Featuring
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Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
1.Nancy Rogers, Chairperson, Sonoma County Juneteenth Committee
2. Zakiya Hooker, Singer, Appearing at Sonoma County Juneteenth
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Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Today, Monday, The Sunrise Youth complete their 266-mile march from Paradise to Pacific Heights in San Francisco with rallies before the houses of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senator Diane Feinstein for meaningful legislation to enact the New Green Deal. Also June 14th is Flag Day and Elaine gives a little history lesson on its origin.
1. Our first guest, Nancy Rogers, talks about the 51 years of celebrating the Juneteenth Festival in Sonoma County and announces the 51st MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival Celebration on Saturday from 1 to 3:30 pm, June 19th via Zoom online meeting.
About our Guest: Nancy Rogers is the chair of the Juneteenth Festival that has been happening at the MLK Park in South Park Santa Rosa for the last 50 years. She is a board member of the black Orem and Black Chamber of Commerce and Pres. of entrepreneurs of tomorrow a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for young people of color and co-owner, red Rose catering with her husband Harold Rogers she is a mother and a grandmother and a great neighbor. We have lived across the street from one another for over 30 years.
Guest Links:
MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival Celebration webstite: https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/
RSVP for Zoom information on the 51st MLK/Juneteenth Celebration: https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/zoom-registration
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2. Our second guest, Zakiya Hooker, will make a special appearance at the Sonoma County Juneteenth and MLK Celebration on Saturday, June 19th, and joins us today to share a bit about her life as an accomplished Blues Singer. Zakiya attributes her rhythm to that of her father, the legendary Blues singer John Lee Hooker, who gave her first guitar at age 13. He told her “To keep it real, be true to yourself.” She made her debut at age 40 with her father onstage. She describes how tense she felt walking up to that stage, but she was determined. Zakiya describes the mission and work of the John Lee Hooker Foundation, established in 2001 by Hooker Family Estate for underprivileged and at-risk youth.
About our Guest: Zakiya Hooker is the daughter of the legendary Blues artist John Lee Hooker and is considered his living legacy with her songs and singing, carrying her father’s seminal blues torch confidently into the future. Zakiya will take you in and out of songs like “Hey Lady”, “Baby You Busted”, “New Orleans Rain”, “Protect Me from The Blues”, “Crossroads”, “Stones In My Passway” and many more to entertain you.
Zakiya has been the recipient of numerous awards in her career. She has received awards from numerous Blues Societies in and out of California for her innovative style of music. She has been on the cover of several well-known trade magazines including Billboard Magazine. Zakiya’s voice can also be heard on advertisements for LEXUS and AIWA, and on the soundtrack of the movie Chalk, which has won the Camera d’Or at Cannes and Grand Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in San Francisco.
Zakiya and her band can perform for you and your masses at: Blues Society Events, Casinos, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Fairs, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnics, Private Parties, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Studio Sessions, TV Soundtracks and more.
Guest Links:
Zakiya Booker’s website: www.zakiyahooker.com
John Lee Hooker Foundation website. Please consider supporting this: www.johnleehookerfoundation.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 Events:
June 17, 1873 – Susan B. Anthony’s trial starts for illegally voting in Rochester, New York, on November 5, 1872
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Announcements
Thursday, June 17, 2021, Sonoma County Chapter of NOW monthly meeting via Zoom. Guest speakers include Nancy Rogers, Chair of the MLK/Juneteenth Committee, and Karen Schneider, Dean of the Library at Sonoma State University, and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, who will speak about Pride Month and women’s activism for that community. There will also be time for Q&A. See the NOW Sonoma chapter website for details. http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html
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Saturday, June 19, 2021 5ist Annual MLK/Juneteenth Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Sonoma County, this year by zoom. Before the pandemic it has been held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa. Singer, Zakiya Hooker, the daughter of the legendary John Lee Hooker. The zoom event is free, family oriented and open to the public. RSVP for zoom information at www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com
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Music Selections
The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced – Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 at and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021 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
Human Family, poem of and read by Maya Angelou from the album Caged Bird Sings (Released 2014 Smooth Music, Inc.)
Keeping it Real, sung by Zakiya Hooker from the album Keeping it Real (2009 Boogie With the Hook)
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