Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 9/20/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the failed Recalls and guest Janet Reynolds on the planned Women’s Rally October 2nd and guest Vesta Copestakes on Vacation Rentals Ordinance in West Sonoma County 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 9/20/2021 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 9/22/2021 at 11 AM.
We took a week off. The Previous show was on September 6, 2021.
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/WSA210920.html
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
2. Janet Reynolds, President, Santa Rosa Democratic Club
3. Vesta Copestakes, Lower Russian River Advisory Council to the County of Sonoma, Representing Forestville
1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: The voters decided last week: No Recall of California Governor Newsom and No Recall of Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch. I am glad Sonoma County voters rejected the revenge recall campaign of a disgruntled land developer.
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2. Our first guest, Janet Reynolds, announces that the Santa Rosa Democratic Club (SRDC) has stepped up to the plate to organize a rally for the national call for a Women’s March/Rally to Mobilize and Defend Our Reproductive Rights on Saturday October 2, 2021, from 10 AM to Noon. The city has granted a permit. Volunteers are needed to collect signatures for the two petitions and to be Peace Ambassadors (crowd monitors). Congress will be petitioned to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act,and the Senate will be petitioned to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. Put it on your calendar and consider volunteering at the Sonoma County Democratic Club website. Masks will be required for prevention of Covid.
About our Guest: Janet Reynolds is President of the Santa Rosa Democratic Club – the oldest and largest Democratic club in Sonoma County. Janet currently serves as the Volunteer Coordinator for Sonoma County Democratic Party’s 2020 Campaign Headquarters. Her club duties include the club’s Facebook page, website, monthly dinner announcement and the club’s newsletter, The Donkey Tale. Her focus as a Democratic Activist has been in voter registration.
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3.. Our second guest, Vesta Copestakes, shares the work of the Lower Russian River Advisory Council of the 5th District of the County of Sonoma, on which she represents Forestville. The county is reviewing changes to be made to the Vacation Rental Ordinance. Some neighborhoods are complaining that the character of the neighborhoods suffer from the non-residential ownerships and the guests from out of the area. The way emergencies are handled and how vacation renters are apprised of the emergency response in Sonoma County, especially with the increased danger of wildfires due to Climate Change, will be expressly stated in the revised ordinance. There is a possibility that vacation rentals will be taken out of land use under Permit Sonoma and changed to business licenses. By February the Advisory Council plans to submit this to the Board of Supervisors. Your input is welcome, especially if you live in the 5th District. Visit the County website at https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/River-Municipal-Advisory-Council/ .
About our Guest: Vesta Copestakes is the former publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette, a community-building publication both in print and online at SonomaCountyGazette.com. Her mission was, and Sonoma Media also believes in the mission, to connect people to share knowledge, experiences, and love of our home. In 2020 Vesta realized her retirement dream to sell the Gazette so she can head into her next adventure, exploring creative pursuits. Sonoma Media Investments purchased the Gazette and by 2021 will be carrying on the tradition of citizen journalism the gives readers a vehicle to share their ideas, opinions, and passions. Vesta presently serves as representative of Forestville on the Lower Russian River Advisory Council of the 5th District of the County of Sonoma.
Guest Links:
Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council, County of Sonoma website: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/River-Municipal-Advisory-Council/
Vesta Copestakes’ email: vesta@sonic.net
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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 Birthdays: September 20, 1899 (1979) – Anna Strauss, League of Women Voters national president from 1944 to 1950, believed in simplicity, brevity, and consensus building, Truman named her to the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights in 1951.
September 21, 1898 (1987) – Frances Albrier, disciple of Marcus Garvey, expanded his vision to include black women, organized waiters in Pullman Company, declared “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work,” one of first black women welders in 1942.
September 22, 1899 (1990) – Elsie Allen, preserved and revitalized the culture of the northern California Pomo Indians who made exquisite baskets from native plants. We have a High School named after her in Sonoma County.
September 23, 1838 (1927) – Victoria Woodhull, feminist, first woman candidate for U.S. President (1872) for the Equal Rights Party, first woman, with her sister Tennessee, to become members of the NY Stock Exchange (1870’s).
September 23, 1863 (1954) – Mary Church Terrell, outstanding speaker, first president of National Association of Colored Women (1896), picketed in Washington D.C. for woman suffrage and desegregation.
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 .
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Saturday, October 2, 2021, 10:00 AM to Noon, Women’s Rally, to Mobilize and Defend Our Reproductive Rights; Local Action in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County: Santa Rosa Plaza, organized by the Sonoma County Democratic Club (SCDC) and announced during today’s show with guest Janet Reynolds of SCDC. 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. Contact https://sonomademocrats.org/volunteer/a> <
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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
Love and Justice, National Women’s Anthem, performed by Victorian Women’s Choir,from the single Love and Justice, National Women’s Anthem (2008, Victoria Women’s Trust, Victoria, Australia). Extract from the Victorian Women’s Trust websute https://www.vwt.org.au/projects/womens-anthem/ : In 2008, the Victorian Women’s Trust commissioned Melbourne-based songwriter and musician Kavisha Mazzella to compose a women’s anthem. In October 2008, we brought together over 450 women from different parts of Victoria to rehearse the anthem in preparation for its first performance in late November. See the innaugural performance on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6HpCmdLRuF8
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