Women’s Spaces Radio Show of June 6, 2022 with host Elaine B Holtz comments on Saving Athena House and guest Nancy Rogers on the upcoming MLK-Juneteenth Community Festival and guests Anne Warren Clark and Shekeyna Black on the June production of the musical “9 to 5” at 6th Street Playhouse, and Shekeyna on upcoming benefit concert for the SoCo Peace & Justice Center 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 6/6/2022 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 6/8/2022 at 11 AM. .
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MLK-Juneteenth Community Celebration on 6/18/22
9 to 5 the Musical at the 6th St. Theater in June
Peace & Justice Center Benefit on 6/18/22
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,Hostof Women’s Spaces
2. Nancy Rogers, Co-Producer, 52nd Annual MLK-Juneteenth Community Festival
3. Shekeyna Black, Public Relations Coordinator, 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa
3a. Annie Warren Clark, Managing Director, 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa
4. Shekeyna Black, (wearing her other hat)Executive Director, Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have three special guests this morning. Joining me in the studio is, Annie Warren Clark is the Director of the acclaimed Bay Area Children’s Theatre and starting June 2 to June 36 she is playing, Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5, The Musical at the 6th St. Playhouse here in Santa Rosa. This is the part that Dolly Parton played in the original movie, 9 to 5.
Also joining me in the studio is Shekeyna Black who is the Public Relations Coordinator for the 6th St. Playhouse and the Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa. I must add she is a dear friend.
Joining me on the phone this morning will be Nancy Rogers who is the Chair for the June 18th Celebration of Juneteenth at Martin Luther Jr. Park in Santa Rosa. We will be talking about their 52nd Year of doing this event. I am proud to report I am on their board, and we are going to have a wonderful, safe event.
My heart is still aching when I think of that horrible shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children were killed, the oldest being 10 years old plus two teachers. I was at Costco and every time I saw a child, I cried thinking of those poor children with that mass murder and fifteen police officers outside the door who did nothing
The trauma these children must have felt as they called 911 pleading for help. I can only imagine what the families, the community is feeling. I cannot believe of the incompetence of the leadership in that town, in that state and to think the NRA convention was several miles away and they held it despite of what happened. I guess guns and the Fetus have become more important than those children living. Just look at the news. Child after child being killed, be it in a school or in a war.
Many of us feel powerless and that in my mind comes from fear, fear of standing up and ladies if we do not stand up for our children and their future around this gun control legislation and the potential of taking choice away from us, better said dominion over our own bodies we are going back to the dark ages
The Athena House, a residential program which for 33 years has helped women with addiction avoid prison, will be closed by its parent company California Human Development. A special zoom meeting has been called by NOW Sonoma County Chapter for June 13, 2022, 6:00 to 7:30 pm to resolve this issue. See NOW’s website for details at http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html#1
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2. Our first segment guest Nancy Rogers announces the 52nd Annual MLK-Juneteenth Community Festival on Saturday, June 18, 2022, from 10 AM to 6 PM in Martin Luther King, jr, Park in Santa Rosa. Nancy shares some of the history of this event in Sonoma County.
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.
Come with your whole family. There will be a march this year to honor the life of Community Activist Vince Harper, who recently passed away. The march begins at Juilliard Park at 10 AM and will be led by the HubBub Ensemble, and the march continues to Martin Luther King, jr, Park. There will be bands, food, basketball, and plenty of fun for all.
Guest Event Link:
https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/
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3. Our second segment guests Shekeyna Black and Annie Warren Clark talk about the musical 9 to 5 being presented at the 6th Street Playhouse the month of June. Annie plays Doralee Rhodes, the part that Dolly Parton played. The play empowers women in the workplace. In September 2020 Annie became the Managing Director at 6th Street Playhouse and has introduced the Education Summer Camps for aspiring young actors. Shekeyna has become the PR Coordinator to spread the word of the professional theater productions of 6th Street Playhouse.
Guest Event:
9 to 5 the Musical: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/show/9-to-5-the-musical/
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4. Our third segment guest Shekeyna Black, now puts on her Peace and Justice Center hat as its Executive Director, to announce a couple of friendraisers/fundraisers for the Center. On June 18, 2022, from 3 to 8:30 PM at Moonlight Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, a Benefit Concert with Lindalou and Michael and Friends. See Below for details. On August 13, 2022, a Benefit Concert with Mumbo Tumbo is planned and when more details are know we will post them under Announcements.
Guest Link:
Peace and Justice Cente of Sonoma County: www.pjcsoco.org
Guest Event:
Saturday June 18, 2022 from 3 to 8:30 PM Benefit Concert for Peace and Justice Center with Lindalou and Michael and Friends at the Moonlight Brewing Company, 3350 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. Free or Donation and Ticket RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/benefit-concert-for-peace-justice-center-at-moonlight-brewing-co-tickets-331231591607
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Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
June 9, 1949 – Georgia Neese Clark confirmed as the first woman treasurer of the United States.
June 10, 1963 – Equal Pay Act enacted: “To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.” (PL 88-38).
June 11, 1913 – Women in Illinois celebrate passage of a state woman suffrage bill allowing women to vote in presidential elections.
Herstory Birthdays:
June 7, 1917 (2000) – Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1950).
June 8, 1900 (1981) – Estelle Griswold, birth control advocate and pioneer, defendant in the Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut which legalized contraception for married couples in 1965.
June 9, 1921 (1993) – Phyllis Wallace, economist, first African American woman full professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, pioneer in the study of sex and race discrimination in the workplace.
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Announcements
Monday June 13, 2022 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Save Athena House, a residential program which for 33 years has helped women with addiction avoid prison, will be closed by its parent company California Human Development. A special zoom meeting has been called by NOW Sonoma County Chapter to resolve this issue. See NOW’s website for details at http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html#1
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Monday, June 13, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be featuring guest to be announced. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live/
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Wednesday June 13, 11am, repeat of Monday’s show, will will be featuring guest to be announced. Radio KPCA 103.2 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca/
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Saturday, June 18,10 AM to 6 PM, 52nd Annual MLK Juneteenth Community Celebration, Live and In-Person at Martin Luther King, Jr, Park, 1671 Hendley Street, Santa Rosa. New this year, March from Juillard Park to MLK Park in honor of the life of community activist Vince Harper, that will be led by the fun and lively HubBub Ensemble, beginning at 10 AM at Juillard Park. Free and open to the Public.
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Saturday June 18, 2022 from 3 to 8:30 PM Benefit Concert for Peace and Justice Center with Lindalou and Michael and Friends at the Moonlight Brewing Company, 3350 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. Free or Donation and Ticket RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/benefit-concert-for-peace-justice-center-at-moonlight-brewing-co-tickets-331231591607
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Ongoing Events:
Meet our candidates for Superintendent of Sonoma County Schools, Amie Carter, Brad Coscarelli, and Ron Calloway!
For details of this past event of April 18, 2022 see http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html
Post Event Viewing: For video of event https://youtu.be/VAjoQDwgoBI
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January 22 – June 5, 2022, Exhibition, Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Sonoma County Museum, for more information visit: https://museumsc.org/exhibitions/
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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 at .
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
Dark Testament, spoken word by RaShad and Courtney Reid Eaton from the album Conversations with Pauli Murray (Single Hip Hop Rap).
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