Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 12/20/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and first guest Celeste Austin on Tribute to Vince Harper and Lament for County Black Leadership Exodus; and second guest Susan Jensen on Small Businesses Coping with Covid and Reining in Holiday Gift-Giving, has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was broadcast in the North SF Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 12/20/2021 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 12/22/2021 at 11 AM.
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Featuring
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1a.Celeste Austin, Local Activist and Community Leader
1b. Linda Jackson, Registered Nurse
2. Susan Jensen, Co-Owner, Economy Plumbing in Santa Rosa
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1. Our first guest Celeste Austin is accompanied by her partner Linda Jackson. Celestereads a tribute she wrote for Vince Harper, the beloved Sonoma County community leader who just passed away, and who worked almost 30 years for Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County. Celeste also reads a piece called We Are Here, which she wrote as a statement of her feelings about racism and the fact that black members of our community in vital leadership positions are leaving our community.
About our Guest Celeste Austin: Celeste is a local activist in Sonoma County, especially in helping women and children from entering homelessness. She has worked many years at The Living Room in Santa Rosa, Celeste is presently employed by the InterFaith Shelter Network (IFSN) in Sonoma County. She is a member of Sonoma County Blacks United.
Guest Links:
InterFaith Shelter Network website: https://www.ifsn.org/
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County website: https://www.capsonoma.org/
About our Guest Linda Jackson: Linda is a Registered Nurse in Sonoma County.
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2. Our second guest Susan Jensen, as a small business owner, gives her perspective on how the small businesses are doing coping with the pandemic restrictions. Susan and her mom Elaine talk a bit about some of the changes the family is making this year to celebrate Christmas and the joy of giving without being overwhelmed in consumerist excesses.
About our Guest Susan Jensen: Susan is a partner in the ownership of Economy Plumbing in Santa Rosa. She is the daughter of our host Elaine B. Holtz, and the mother of two children and grandmother to two more. Susan is an avid Soccer player and plays with a local team. She lives with her husband David Jensen in Santa Rosa.
Guest Link:
Economy Plumbing website: http://economyplumbingsr.com/
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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 Birthdays:
December 24, 1951 (1998) – Marsha Gomez, activist, used pottery and sculpture from her Choctaw ancestry to teach and further demand rights for indigenous women of many cultures, achieved NGO status for indigenous women in the United Nations, began the Foundation for a Compassionate Society with a group of about 20 artists.
December 25, 1806 (1875) – Martha Wright, called the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848 with her sister Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Stanton and others, president of women’s conventions in 1855 in Cincinnati, Saratoga, and Albany, a founder of the American Equal Rights Association in 1866, continued working for equal suffrage during Civil War.
December 25, 1821 (1912) – Clara Barton, founder and president of American Red Cross, 1881-1904.
Announcements
The 2021 Peace & Justice Center’s Annual Awards Online Ceremony of 11/13/2021 can be viewed online at the Center’s youtube channel: https://youtu.be/cwoTmx6CjRE
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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
Swing Low Sweet Chariot, sung by Etta James, from the album All American Gospel ( 2012 X5 Music Group).
Happy Xmas, The War is Over. Sung by: Sarah McLachlan, from the album Winter Song (2006 Arista Records LLC A Unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment).
Let there Be Peace by Becky Hobbs from the album Songs from the Road of Life (2011 Beckaroo Records)
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