Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 9/27/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on on NOW and the Women’s Rally planned for this Saturday October 2nd and guest Christian Nunes, the President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) on its new holistic advocation for women’s rights 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 9/27/2021 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 9/29/2021 at 11 AM.
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National Organization for Women (NOW) –
New Holistic Advocation for Women’s Rights
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
2. Christian Nunes, President, National Organization for Women, Washington DC
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1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me on the phone this morning will be Christian Nunes who is the President for the National Organization for Women. Christian will be joining me from Washington DC. As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1966, 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. It is an honor having Christian Nunes as my guest and to bring her to the airways of Northern California.
On August 26th, 2021, the Sonoma County chapter of the national organization for women celebrated Women’s Equality Day via zoom and the Board of Supervisors presented the chapter with the gold resolution honoring the 19th amendment Centennial calendar 2020 produced by the group. Supervisor Lynda Hopkins read the Gold resolution. Since she read it so beautifully, I wanted to share it with my listeners by playing it for the first segment of the show. You can click the image to the left of the Gold Resolution to open the NOW Sonoma webpage featuring it.
Can you believe it, this is the last show of the month for September? Where did the month go? We will be doing the Women’s Spaces Pledge today.
A reminder: on Saturday October 2nd, there will be a Women’s March/ Rally happening at Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa from 10 to noon. I am honored to be one of the speakers and if you come up and say hi to me, I will be happy to give you a copy of the Women’s Spaces Pledge. This is a very important event as much is happening all across the country in protest of the Texas Abortion Ban. People will be urged to sign two petitions:
- For the passage of H. R. 3755 Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021.
- For the passage of the John Lewis voting rights bill, H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2021
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2. Our first guest Christian Nunes shares her path to national leadership of the National Organization of Women (NOW). Christian describes the changes NOW has gone through since its founding 55 years ago. NOW is taking a holistic approach to Women’s Rights, realizing the intersectionality of other issues affecting women, like racial inequality, sexual orientation, and disability. Christian said that NOW is offering workshops Run NOW to train the new generation of feminists on how to run political campaigns as a candidate and campaign staff. Another series of workshops for NOW Chapters to achieve new heights is Level-Up, with practical trainings on fundraising and enhancing engagement. The NOW website now.org is becoming an even greater resource. Christian encourages us to gather on Saturday October 2 for the Women’s March/Rally locally for this national event. Many organizations have signed on to sponsor this March. Some pressing issues were discussed, like the pandemic affecting women in the service industries, and NOW is encouraging you to contact your Federal representatives to pass the Pay Check Fairness Act. The national issues for feminists to be active on can be found on the NOW website at https://now.org/nap/ .
About our Guest: Christian Nunes, MBA, MS, LCSW, became NOW president in August 2020. She was previously appointed Vice President by the board in May 2019. As the second African American president in the organization’s history, the youngest person of color, and the youngest president in more than 40 years, Nunes is leading the organization through an intersectional lens, bringing a diverse coalition of grassroots activists to work against structural sexism and racism.
Christian is a former NOW board member and committee chair, as well as a licensed clinical social worker, consultant, and woman-minority business owner. She is an active community organizer and public speaker, regularly featured at events such as the March for Black Women, Women’s March Events, and rallies around the country in support of the Equal Rights Amendment and immigration rights. Along with her activism for mental health, Christian has more than 20 years of experience advocating for children’s and women’s issues.
Guest Links:
NNational Organization for Women website: https://now.org/
Level-Up NOW Training for NOW Chapters https://now.org/level-up/
Run NOW press release: https://now.org/media-center/press-release/now-announces-the-launch-of-run-now/
NOW’s National Action Campaigns: https://now.org/nap/
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Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Herstory Events:
September 25, 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the firstwoman U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
September 26, 1971 – Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-New York) announces she will enter the Democratic presidential primaries.
Herstory Birthday: September 29, 1839 (1898) – Frances Willard as president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the largest organization of women in the U.S. in the 19th century, turned the organization into a political force working on a broad array of social reforms including women’s rights, social justice, and world peace.
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Announcement
Saturday, October 2, 2021, Women’s March/Rally to Mobilize and Defend Our Reproductive Rights. Nationwide.The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes on October 4th, so the Women’s March and more than 90 other organizations, including National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Planned Parenthood, SHERO Mississippi, Mississippi in Action, Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, The Frontline, Working Families Party, and SisterSong, are organizing a national call to mobilize and defend our reproductive rights. Check the link for events in your area, and if none, you and your friends organize an event at https://womensmarch.com/mobilize .
Saturday, October 2, 2021, 10:00 AM to Noon, Santa Rosa Old Courthouse Square, Women’s Rally, to Mobilize and Defend Our Reproductive Rights; Local Action in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, sponsored by the Sonoma County Democratic Party (SCDP) and announced during today’s show with guest Janet Reynolds of SCDP’s Santa Rosa Democratic Club. Women’s Spaces host Elaine B. Holtz will be one of the featured speakers. Volunteers are needed to collect petitions and to be Peace Ambassadors to monitor the crowd. To volunteer apply at https://sonomademocrats.org/volunteer. Download the Press Release Here.
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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
Blood of the Ancients, sung by Betsey Rose and the Women’s Choir, from the album Welcome to the Circle (2006 Paper Crane Music)
Gather the Women sung by Earth Mama, from the album Herstory (2019 Rhm)
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