Women’s Spaces Radio Show of June 20, 2022 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Jasmine Palmer on Keeping Hope Alive: Save Athena House 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 6/20/2022 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 6/22/2022 at 11 AM.
—-
Visit the Show’s webpage to listen to the show:
www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA22/WSA220620.html
—-
Subscribe for Podcasts of the Women’s Spaces Radio Show
The shows since December 2019 are available by podcast. Subscribe by clicking the name of the service below and, once on the page, click the Subscribe button:
—-
Keeping Hope Alive: Save Athena House
—-
Featuring
Click the Name to access the Segment below
1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,Hostof Women’s Spaces
2. Jasmine Palmer, Alumna and Adocate, Athena House
—-
1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:
- Shout out to all those who participated on the Zoom Meeting to support Athena House. It was an inspiring meeting and folks can see it on the NOW Sonoma County Facebook page and on its YouTube Channel.
- MLK-Juneteenth Community Festival happened on Sat. June 18 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa. It was an amazing event. A shout out to Nancy Rogers and her team for creating such a great program, to all the sponsors, participants and of course all of you who came out to enjoy the event. This is the first Juneteenth Celebration as a National Holiday. A special shout out to Tina Turner, the emcee of the festival who kept the spirit high.
- Special Announcement: June 20-26, 2022, is Pollinator Week, and if you are wondering about that tune in next week, and I will be having two special guests who will be talking about that.
—-
2. Our guest Jasmine Palmer takes us on her journey of recovery from meth and it’s drug culture through a 6-month sentence received for treatment at Athena House in Santa Rosa instead of prison. She learned again to be responsible as a parent and holding a job and to rebuild relationships. She owes much to the mentoring of her counselor, who was kind but spoke directly on what she observed. The therapy groups practiced remembering gratitude and positive affirmations to help change the perspective for a healing transition. After the treatment there was the keeping up the contacts with her counselor and, eventually, she herself became a counselor. Today she is an advocate for Athena House. Jasmine joined the Board Directors of California Human Development (CHD), the non-profit agency that has had Athena House under its umbrella. She learned of CHD’s intention to drop its funding of Athena House and started to reach out for community support to save it. A Gofundme drive has begun and on Saturday July 23, 2022, a gala fundraiser Keeping Hope Alive will be held.
About our Guest: Jasmine Palmer is an alumna of Athena House and has stayed connected the past 10 years by volunteering, working as a counselor, and being on the board of directors.
For 20 years she been using meth and living the lifestyle that came along with it and on November 9, 2011, she was arrested and fortunately some of her sentence was 6 months in treatment at Athena House. This is where she learned how to live. We will be talking about that. She passionately believe in Athena House and what it offers to women and is working hard to keep it open.
She has worked in the field of drug and alcohol over the past 10 years in different treatment programs. For the past 3 years she has worked in the medical field doing care coordination with vulnerable populations, primarily homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals. Jasmine is a member of the Board of Directors of California Human Development (CHD). She is a proud homeowner and has personally helped build her with the support of Habitat for Humanity. She is a single mom of two beautiful teenage girls, Emma, and Maya.
Guest Links:
Athena House on CHD website: https://californiahumandevelopment.org/drug-free-living/
Keeping Hope Alive – Effort to Save Athena House https://www.gofundme.com/f/keeping-hope-alive-effort-to-save-athena-house
Guest Event:
Keeping Hope Alive -Athena House Fundraiser Gala, RSVP at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-hope-alive-athena-house-fundraiser-gala-tickets-363451401927
—-
Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
June 20, 1921 – Alice Robertson (R-Oklahoma) becomes the first woman to chair the House of Representatives.
June 21, 1997 – The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) plays its first game.
June 23, 1972 – Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is signed by President Nixon, one of the most important legislation initiatives passed for women and girls since women won the vote in 1920. This legislation guarantees equal access and equal opportunity for female and male students in almost all aspects of our educational systems.
Herstory Birthdays:
June 19, 1888 (1984) – Hilda Worthington Smith, labor educator and social worker, first Director of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry (1921).
June 22, 1929 (1990) – Rose Kushner, journalist, challenged the practice of radical mastectomy in the 1970s.
Announcements
—-
Monday, June 27, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be featuring guest Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters on our voting process and two guests talking about Pollinator Week. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live/
—-
Wednesday June 27, 11am, repeat of Monday’s show, will will be featuring guest Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters on our voting process and two guests talking about Pollinator Week.. Radio KPCA 103.2 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca/
—-
Ongoing Events:
June 2022, In recognition of Juneteenth, Sonoma County Library is highlighting resources and events celebrating the holiday. This year we are specially featuring recommended readings and websites about some traditions (cooking, art, and storytelling) associated with Juneteenth. Our resources also include current reflections and conversations about Emancipation and what it means with respect to Black farming, land tenure and contemporary concerns about reparations. https://sonomalibrary.org/blogs/news/juneteenth
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
Up Where we Belong, sung by Buffy St. Marie from the album The Best of Buffy St. Marie (1987 Vanguard Records A Welk Music Group).
We Are The Women, sung by Betsy Rose/Womansong Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle (Paper Crane Music)
—-
For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists:
Women's Spaces 