Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 8/9/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on International Indigenous Peoples Day and guest Shekeyna Black on Submitting Nominations for the Peace and Justice Center’s Award, 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 8/9/2021 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 8/11/2021 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:
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International Indigenous Peoples Day
Peace & Justice Center Awards’ Nominations Due August 31st
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Featuring
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Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
1. Shekeyna Black Executive Director, Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County
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Producer’s Note: The recording of the live show failed to record the interview with Shekeyna Black after her biography was read. It did not affect the live broadcast, but it does affect the recording uploaded to this site, as well as the repeat broadcasts, in that the last 20 minutes of the show is an added recording of Elaine presenting the main points of the interview with Shekeyna Black and the playing of more Becky Hobbs music in honor of International Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Elaine announces the Braver Angels of the Bay Area Debate on the Recall of Governor Newsom on August 11th. Braver Angels is a nationwide movement to encourage folks with differing viewpoints to come together and air those viewpoints while trying to understand opposing viewpoints of the participants. The debate is a structured conversation in which a group of people think together, listen to one another, and allow themselves to be touched and perhaps changed by each other’s ideas. https://braverangels.org/ See the Announcements below for this event.
Elaine announces that the NOW Sonoma County Chapter monthly meeting is meeting this month on the 4th Thursday (instead of the normal 3rd Thursday) on Equality Day August 26, 2021 6 to 8 PM by zoom. There will be special guests. See the Announcements below for this event.
We celebrate on August 9th each year the International Indigenous Peoples Day to raise awareness and protect their rights. There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5% of the world’s population, but account for 15% of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s
estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. To honor this day Elaine reads the Native American Ten Commandments (source unknown from this website).
1. Treat the Earth and all the dwells therein with respect.
2. Remain close to the Great Spirit.
3. Show great respect to your fellow beings.
4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.
5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
6. Do what you know to be right.
7. Look after the well-being of mind and body.
8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
9. Be truthful and honest at all times.
10. Take full responsibility for your actions.
She also reads a poem of Chief Seattle (1786-1866), who was Chief of the Suquamish and Duwamish Nations, after whom the City of Seattle in Washington State is named. Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
-Chief Seattle, 1854
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1. Our guest, Shekeyna Black, returns to give us an update on the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County. The Center sees as top issue the houseless persons of our county and has a long running Donation Drive for the Houseless, with collections of items at their office on Tuesdays from 3 to 5 PM. Shekeyna announces that nominations are due by August 31, 2021 for their annual Peace and Justice Awards in November. There are 5 categories:
• Peace & Justice Activist of the Year Award – An individual with a passion for working for peace and social justice, who makes a significant contribution that makes a difference to the Sonoma County community and beyond.
• Russ & Mary Jorgensen Courage of Commitment Award – A person from Sonoma County with a passion for working for peace and social justice, who performs acts of courage to make a difference, often at their own personal risk.
• Unsung Hero Award – A person from Sonoma County who works diligently for peace and social justice, but stays in the background, out of the limelight.
• Community Organization Award – A local group whose activities have a significant beneficial effect on the well-being of the people of Sonoma County.
• Youth Peace & Justice Activist Award – This award is granted to someone from Sonoma County, 13 – 22 years old who has a passion for working locally for peace and social justice and has made a significant contribution to making our community more just and peaceful.
Nominations can be submitted on the Center’s website.
-report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer
About our Guest: Shekeyna Black has been the Executive Director of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County for 2 years, and before that its Community Coordinator. She grew up in Los Angeles County and moved to Sonoma County in 1986 to attend Sonoma State University where she earned a degree in Theatre Arts.
She went on later to earn another Bachelors in Organizational Management and a Masters in Entertainment Business. She is passionate about music as a way to connect people from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, she has her own business called A Miracle Production that produces bands, concerts, festivals and events. She does bookings and publicity for shows at Redwood Cafe in Cotati. She is a mother to four adult kids.
Guest Links:
Peace and Justice Center Annual Award Nominations due by August 31, 2021: https://www.pjcsoco.org/nominations-for-annual-awards.html
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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:
August 8, 1969 – Executive order 11478 issued by President Nixon requires each federal department and agency to establish and maintain an affirmative action program of equal employment opportunity for civilian employees and applicants.
August 9, 1995 – Roberta Cooper Ramo becomes the first woman to hold the office of president of the American Bar Association.
August 10, 1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as the second woman and 107th Justice to serve on the US Supreme Court
Herstory Birthdays:
August 12, 1889 (1981) – Zerna Sharp, author, called the “Mother of Dick and Jane,” helped create the popular reading series with bright action picture stories and one new word on each page.
August 13, 1818 (1893) – Lucy Stone, suffragist, and supporter of rights for women and African Americans, boldly kept her own name when she married.
August 13, 1893 (1986) – Eva Dykes, first African American woman to earn a doctoral degree (in English from Radcliffe College in 1921), professor at Howard University, and Chair of the English Dept. at Oakwood College.
Annnouncements
Braver Angels Bay Area Online Debate on Recall of CA Governor
Mon, August 11, 2021, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Free, RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-debate-ca-governor-recall-bay-area-and-socal-super-alliances-registration-162623614609
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Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Members and Guests Meeting Event, Thursday, August 26, 2021 6:00-8:00 pm PDT. On this Women’s Equality Day and 101st Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Sonoma County Supervisors are making a Gold Resolution that our chapter’s Centennial 2020 Woman Suffrage Calendar for being an historical document that played a key role in our county’s remembrance of women’s suffrage. Special Guests will speak on their vision of what NOW can do and they include Molly Murphy MacGregor – Founder of the National Women’s History Alliance, Jill Ravitch – Sonoma County District Attorney, Gaye LeBaron – Historian and journalist with the Press Democrat, and Lynn Woolsey – Former U.S. Representative (1993-2013). Join us by Zoom or on our new Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonomacountynow
Zoom Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/i/82846374496?pwd=WIA0cE5CaFczUUtqa1Nkc2tYQXkydz09
Meeting ID: 828 4637 4496
Passcode: 035853
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Peace and Justice Center Annual Award Nominations due by August 31, 2021: https://www.pjcsoco.org/nominations-for-annual-awards.html
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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
Played on Live show on Monday 11 AM only:
Pale Moon sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanheyi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (2011 Becky Hobbs)
The Times They Are a Changing sung by Carlile from the album Serve 2 (Fighting Hunger and Poverty) – Various Artists (2007 Hard Rock International and the Orchard)
Played on Repeat Shows on Monday 11 PM and Wednesday 11 AM:
Pale Moon sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanheyi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (2011 Becky Hobbs)
Let There Be Love sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanheyi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (2011 Becky Hobbs)
Nanheyi, sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanheyi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (2011 Becky Hobbs)
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