Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 10/4/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Women’s Rally to Defend and Mobilize for Reproductive Rights held in Santa Rosa where she spoke and had the crowd recite the Women’s Spaces Pledge, and guest Jill Ravitch, District Attorney of Sonoma County, on Persisting past the Recall Vote and guest Marsha Lucien, the new Executive Director of the Family Justice Center announcing its 10th Anniversary Open House this Wednesday 10/6/21 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 10/4/2021 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 10/6/2021 at 11 AM.
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DA Jill Ravitch on Persisting Past the Recall Vote
Family Justice Center’s New Executive Director
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
2. Jill Ravitch, District Attorney, County of Sonoma
3. Marsha Lucien, Executive Director, Family Justice Center, County of Sonoma
1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me in the studio this morning, our first guests in the studio since March 2020, will be Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, the first woman District Attorney in Sonoma County and we will be talking about the recent recall and the Family Justice Centers which she supported.
Joining Jill will be Director of the Family Justice Center, Marsha Lucien. She will be sharing information on the services available at the Center and how they were able to provide services during these challenging times.
Here is a bit of trivia for you animal lovers, October 4 the Blessing of the Animals Day – (Also known as Feast of St. Francis of Assisi).
On Saturday October 2nd, there were nationwide events answering the call of the Women’s March to Defend and Mobilize for Reproduction Rights. Much was happening all across the country in protest of the Texas Abortion Ban and in support of the John Lewis voting rights bill, “For The Peoples Act, “ Shout out to the Santa Rosa Democratic Club President Janet Reynold and Sonoma County Democratic Party Chair, Pat Sabo and all of those who helped put the local Women’s Rally in Santa Rosa together. Special recognition for the National Organization for Women (NOW) Sonoma County Chapter for being out there helping and getting folks involved. It was an amazing event. I had the honor of speaking at the event, got to do the Women’s Spaces Pledge, and was well received. My co-producer Ken Norton filmed the speech and has uploaded it to our Youtube channel for Women’s Spaces.
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2. Our first guest Jill Ravitch, our District Attorney for Sonoma County,opens up on how the Recall campaign funded by one rich resident affected her and why her capturing 80% of the vote is good news that Sonoma County residents could recognize the costly revenge. Jill remembers that on her first run for DA against the incumbent she won by only 1,700 votes, so yes, every vote does matter. She is now serving her third term as District Attorney. Jill put her full support behind the Family Justice Center, newly founded in August 2011, as a wraparound interagency effort to simplify for the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking to receive help from the various programs. Ten years later the same partners are still offering services to these survivors. There is no cost to the victims for meeting with the advocates for needed clothes, food, transportation, safe houses, vouchers for housing and fuel. Jill recently was in Zambia, invited to help them set up Child Advocacy Centers. Jill announced that she will not run for a fourth term but will spend her remaining time serving the needs of justice in our county.
About our Guest: Jill Ravitch, the Sonoma County District Attorney, is the first female D.A. in our county and has served in that capacity since 2011. She is now completing her third term. Jill has had many successes during her tenure:
She opened the Family Justice Center to help victims of abuse, whether they be children, elders, or other family members. Jill’s office leads the human trafficking task force, and she serves in an advisory role on a number of boards. Jill Ravitch is an adjunct professor teaching criminal law to first year students at Empire Law School.
She attended add UC Berkeley, and in 1987 received her Law Degree from University of San Francisco Law School.
Guest Links:
Sonoma County District Attorney website:
https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/District-Attorney/
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3. Our second guest Marsha Lucien is the new Executive Director of the Family Justice Center. Marsha shares her path to this leadership position. Her years as a probation officer impressed upon her the need to help families. She believes in treating the victims coming to the center as wholistic person, not just one facet. All residents of Sonoma County, documented or not, are eligible for services, that are confidential and free of cost. Marsha already has led a group of children of survivors of domestic abuse on a camping trip to help with their relationship building. Marsha announces that this Wednesday, October 6, 2021, from 3 to 6 pm, the Family Justice Center will be having an Open House at their physical location at 2755 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Providing an Umbrella of Hope. This is free and open to the public and all are invited.
About our Guest: Marsha Lucien is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Family Justice Center. Marsha is a seasoned non-profit professional who has worked with many of our community’s most vulnerable populations. Before switching to the nonprofit sector, Lucien worked as a Probation Officer for about a decade in Solano and Alameda counties.
Ms. Lucien holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and is using her experience in philanthropy and the public sector to lead the FJC into a new and dynamic period in service for survivors upholding the simple but impactful message, “We Believe Survivors.” Ms. Lucien is a California native and mother of two who has recently made Santa Rosa her home and is committed to making sure the survivors of Sonoma County are protected and heard.
Guest Links:
Family Justice Center website: www.fjcsc.org/
Phone during office hours 8:30 am – 4:30 pm M-F: (707) 565-8255
If you need to talk to someone after-hours, please call the appropriate hotline below:
YWCA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE:
707-546-1234
VERITY RAPE CRISIS HOTLINE:
707-545-7273
HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES TEAM:
1-855-707-4678
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Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
October 4, 1976 – Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news (at ABC).
October 4, 1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins the U.S. Supreme Court as its second woman Justice.
October 8, 1993 – Toni Morrison becomes the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Herstory Birthdays: October 5, 1959 – Maya Lin, artist, and architect of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. (1980-82) and other public sculptures, author of Boundaries (2000)
Announcement
Wednesday, October 6, 3 – 6 pm, Family Justice Center Open House, Celebrating 10 years of Providing an Umbrella of Hope, 2755 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Free and open to the public. https://www.fjcsc.org/events/ Video invitation: https://youtu.be/zrO-zB64P2o
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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
She Will Rise, sung by Sandy Rapp, from the single She Will Rise (2014 Sandy Rappc)
A’int Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, sung by Lydia Violet, from the album Already Free (2016 @2016 Lydia Violet)
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