Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on the author Octavia Butler and Modern Feminism has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Feminism, Intersectionality

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz  and guest Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on the author Octavia Butler and Modern Feminism has been uploaded to the web archive.  The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 5/11/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 5/13/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200511.html

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 Octavia Butler and Modern Feminism

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New as of 1/1/2020: Subscribe for Podcasts of the Show
via  this link for iTunes or via this link for Podcasts.com

Featuring

1. Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams, Professor, African American Literature, Sonoma State University; Author

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Our Featured Presentations

 

1.  Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams shares her path to profess expertise on African American Literature and Multicultural Studies from Black sharecropping grandparents to being bused as a student in the 1970’s to integrate schools in Los Angeles County through hour-long rides from L.A. to San Fernando Valley, which enabled her to make friends with students with different backgrounds. The sacrifice of Dr. Hester Williams’ ancestors and the history of racism in this country drew her to study English Literature and the contributions of authors from different ethnic backgrounds. Kim talks about the impact on American Literature of Octavia Butler, considered to be the Grand Dame of American Science Fiction and a beacon in other literature realms, as well, who imagined worlds where African American women were heroes and helped build just communities. Dr. Hester Williams discusses Feminism and Intersectionality, which expands the mission of the Women’s Movement, embracing everyone in the community. Feminism addresses power and the fact that self-interest, possessive individualism and extractive capitalism belie the fact that we are interconnected.

About our Guest:  Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams is a Professor of English and American Multicultural Studies (AMCS) at Sonoma State University. She currently serves as Chair of American Multicultural Studies in addition to teaching nineteenth-century American literature, African American literature and culture. And is an affiliate faculty in Film Studies and Women and Gender Studies at Sonoma State University. She is co-editor, with LeiLani Nishime, of Racial Ecologies—a book collection of interdisciplinary essays on race and environment, published by the University of Washington Press in 2018. Her poetry is grounded in the long tradition of African American Womanist poetics. She is also currently an active member of the American Canyon So optimist Association, an organization that supports the economic empowerment and vitality of all women through education, training, and solidarity. Dr. Hester Williams takes great pride in merging her teaching, scholarship, and research about racial and gender equality with her commitment to community service, social justice, and enacting an equitable, sustainable society—in both personal and communal practice.

Guest Links: 

Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams, SSU site:  https://english.sonoma.edu/faculty-staff/kim-d-hester-williams

Racial Ecologies (2018) – The book collection includes a chapter Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams authored titled, “Earthseeds of Change: Post-Apocalyptic Mythmaking, Race, and Ecology in The Book of Eli and Octavia Butler’s Womanist Parables.”  https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295743738/racial-ecologies/

Octavia Butler site:  https://www.octaviabutler.com/

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 Herstory

A larger Compilation is at the National Women’s History Alliance

May 10, 1872 – Victoria Woodhull is nominated as the first woman candidate for U.S. president for the Equal Rights Party

May 12, 1968 – A 12-block Mother’s Day march of “welfare mothers” is held in Washington, D.C., led by Coretta Scott King accompanied by Ethel Kennedy

May 15, 1970 – Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so

Her Birthdays This Week

May 10, 1958 – Ellen Ochoa, engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center, the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served aboard the shuttle Discovery

May 11, 1875 (1912) – Harriet Quimby, first American woman to become a licensed airplane pilot (1911), first woman to fly across the English Channel (1912)

May 11, 1894 (1991) – Martha Graham, modern dance innovator and choreographer, first dancer to perform at the White House

May 11, 1906 (1975) – Ethel Weed, military officer in the Women’s Army Corp., promoted women’s rights and suffrage in Japan

May 12, 1900 (1994) – Mildred H. McAfee, first director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy during World War II, first woman commissioned in the U.S. Naval Reserve and the first woman to receive the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, first woman to serve on the boards of New York Life Insurance, the New York Public Library, and RCA, she served as president of Wellesley College, a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and co-chair of President John F. Kennedy’s Women’s Committee for Civil Rights

May 12, 1907 (2003) – Katharine Hepburn, actor, performed for more than 60 years, won four Academy Awards for best actress including The Philadelphia Story and On Golden Pond, named top American screen legend of all time by American Film Institute (1999)

May 14, 1890 (1983) – Margaret Naumburg, progressive educator, founded the Walden School in New York, early pioneer of art therapy, developed Dynamically Oriented Art Therapy

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponements or cancellations due to pandemic precautions.

August 26 – November 8, 2020, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum The Petaluma Museum Association’s suffrage exhibit has been rescheduled. This postponement has provided the opportunity to coordinate the exhibit’s opening reception with the national celebration of “Women’s Equality Day”. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 26th, 5 to 8 pm! The exhibit will be dedicated to our former Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and our former Mayor, Helen Putnam, and we are delighted to report that Mayor Barrett will be attending the opening to bestow the honors.
https://www.petalumamuseum.com/2020/04/18/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/

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Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

For The Mothers, sung by Betsey Rose and the Women’s Choir from the Album Welcome to the Circle (2006 Paper Crane Music)

Sending you Light sung by Betsy Rose and the Women’s Chorusfrom the album Welcome to the Circle (2006 Paper Crane Music)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B Holtz with guests Dorothy Battenfeld on SRJC Adapting for Student Safety and Hilary Moore of Off the Page Readers Theater has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Community College, women in theatre

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B Holtz  with guests Dorothy Battenfeld on SRJC Adapting for Student Safety and Hilary Moore of Off the Page Readers Theater has been uploaded to the web archive.  The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 5/4/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 5/6/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200504.html

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 SRJC Adapts for Students’ Safety

Off the Page Readers Theater

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New as of 1/1/2020: Subscribe for Podcasts of the Show
via  this link for iTunes or via this link for Podcasts.com

 

Featuring

1. Dorothy Battenfeld , Vice-President, Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Board of Trustees

2. Hilary Moore,  Co founder of Off the Page, a Sebastopol- based Readers Theater group

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Our Featured Presentations

1.  Dorothy Battenfeld shares her journey to be a leader in education, beginning with the mentoring of her mother who was active in politics and elected to  a public office, teaching Social Scence at Montgomery High School for 30 years and then succesfully elected to the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees. Dorothy talks of the recent changes made at the JC in responding the the CoronaVirus, having had to transform 95% of the classes to online platforms.  Over 300 laptops were loaned to students to accomodate those students without such devices.  Hot spots for WiFi access to the internet classes have been set up around the county for those with poor reception of internet.  The recent federal CARES Act allows for $500 emergency grants for students with Social Security Numbers suffering econmic hardship because of the pandemic . The SRJC Foundation has set up  a Student Crisis Fund, and  donations can be given through the SRJC Foundation’s website.  Dorothy reminds us that we are today building our future with education of our community members.

About our Guest:  Dorothy Battenfeld, elected to the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees in 2014, currently serves as Board Vice-President. She lives in Santa Rosa and represents the Santa Rosa-Rohnert Park area on the seven-member Board. She serves on the California Community College Advisory Committee on Legislation and on the Affordability, Food and Housing Access Taskforce. Dorothy chairs the Santa Rosa Board of Trustees Finance Committee and is a member of the Scholarship Committee. A Social Science teacher at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa for 30 years, Dorothy coordinated Montgomery’s highly regarded International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, which she helped to found in 1995. In 2012, she was named International Baccalaureate Teacher of the Year by the California Association of IB World Schools, and has been awarded two Fulbright fellowships. She is a strong supporter of community colleges and public education and promoting better access and equity for all students.

Guest Links: 

SRJC Foundation Student Crisis Fund:  https://foundation.santarosa.edu/home

Santa Rosa Junior College: https://www.santarosa.edu/

SRJC Board of Trustees: https://trustees.santarosa.edu/

 Information for Students of SRJC
eg. CARES Act funds, Remote Classes, Social Distancing:  https://pr.santarosa.edu/faqs-students

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2.  Hilary Moore shares her journey to co-founding the Off the Page Readers Theater (OTPRT) in Sebastopol.  Also a bit of background, just before Hilary came on we heard  the song No Sin to Be Poor sung and composesd by Pi Jacobs, who is Hilary Moore’s daughter. Hilary talks of the putting out the call for essays and writings from local authors on a certain theme, making selections from these submissions for the final script, and then presenting this at venues around the county.  Hilary reads a piece she has written for the show Detour, originally scheduled for June but postponed indefinitely to be announced via the OTPRT’s website or Facebook page.  Her essay recalls her “detour” delivering mail for the US Postal Service.

About our Guest:  Hilary Moore is co-founder of Off the Page, a Sebastopol based Readers Theater group that is dedicated to supporting the works of local writers and actors. Performances span a wide range of material from comic, tragic, dark, light, and beautiful.  Hilary had humble beginnings; her early roots were in Hunter’s Point Housing Project in San Francisco. After several moves and upgrades, the family moved to Corte Madera…..quite a change! After graduating high school, she lived in Mexico City for 5 months, became bilingual, and started a lifelong love of Latino culture. Hilary married at age 20, had their daughter at 21. She worked as a waitress, mail carrier, and teacher while raising her daughter as a single mom in SF, and later in Graton. Her acting performances began in Improv in 1983. She moved to Redding, to Port Townsend WA., and finally back to Sonoma Co. Since retirement she’s been teaching Spanish at home, and producing, directing, and acting in Off the Page Readers Theater.

Guest Links:

Off the Page Readers Theater page https://www.facebook.com/OTPRT/

OFTPRT website: https://www.offthepagetheater.com/

Contact Hilary to be added to a list of folks wishing to be informed of show dates and for submissions: sonomacountyoffthepage@gmail.com

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 Herstory

A larger Compilation is at the National Women’s History Alliance

May 1, 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, named Library of Congress’s Consultant in Poetry (later called Poet Laureate) in 1985

May 5, 1938 – Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen presents results of her medical research identifying the disease cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association

May 6 – 12 Nurses Week

May 8, 1914 – President Woodrow Wilson signs a Proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day
May 10, 1872 – Victoria Woodhull is nominated as the first woman candidate for U.S. president for the Equal Rights Party

Her Birthdays This Week

May 1, 1830 (1930) – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, labor leader and organizer

May 1, 1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American University (Yale, 1949)

May 3, 1898 (1987) – Septima Clark, educator, civil rights activist, called “The Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement”

May 3, 1901 (1981) – Estelle Massey Osborne, first African-American nurse to earn a master’s degree, integrated the American Nurses Association and served on its board of directors (1948-52)

May 3, 1912 (1995) – May Sarton, prolific writer, poet, and memoirist, published in Poetry magazine at 17 years of age, she also taught at several universities including Harvard and Wellesley

May 5, 1921 (2008) – Del Martin, lesbian rights pioneer, who along with her wife Phyllis Ann Lyon founded the Daughters of Bilitis in San Francisco (1955) the first social and political organization for lesbians in the U.S., they were the first same-sex couple to be married in California (2004 and 2008)

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponements or cancellations due to pandemic precautions.

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/

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Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Shed a Little Light sung by Diana Jarkuff from the Album All Around the World in One Bloody Night (2006 ATS – Records)

No Sin to Be Poor sung by Pi Jacobs from the album Two Truths and A Lie (2020 That Crazy Chick Music /ASCAP)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Leslie Graves on the Rosie Rally this Sunday 3/8, Molly Murphy MacGregor on the Story of the National Women’s History Month, and Jenny Chamberlain on Rising from the Comfort Zone, has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Author, Rally, Women's History, women's rights

Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Leslie Graves on the Rosie Rally this Sunday 3/8, Molly Murphy MacGregor on the Story of the National Women’s History Month, and Jenny Chamberlain on Rising from the Comfort Zone, has been uploaded to the web archive.  The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 3/2/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 3/4/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200302.html

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Upcoming Rosie Rally on Sunday

National Women’s History Month

Rising from the Comfort Zone

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New as of 1/1/2020: Subscribe for Podcasts of the Show
via  this link for iTunes or via this link for Podcasts.com

Featuring Guests

1. Leslie Graves,   Organizer, Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020 on March 8th; and Steering Committee member of Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage 2020 Project

2. Molly Murphy MacGregor, National Women’s History Alliance Executive Director and Co-Founder, Chair of the NWHA Board of Directors

3. Jenny Chamberlain, Author of The Comfort Zone, and Chief of Staff of District 3 Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore

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Our Featured Guests

1. Leslie Graves give us a hint of the festivities to happen this Sunday March 8th at the Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020 on the Courthouse Square from  11 AM to 2 PM. The free event also recognizes International Women’s Day. Leslie encourages us to bring the whole family and your “We Can Do It” Spirit, dress up as Rosie the Riveter or as any groundbreaking female in history who inspires you.  Special Guests include two sisters who were original Rosie the Riveters during World War II, just 2 of the 19 million women who worked the factories during that national crisis.

“We Can Do It!” by J. Howard Miller was made as an inspirational image to boost worker morale

About our Guest:  Leslie Graves is the Coordinator of the Women’s March in Santa Rosa and a member of the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project steering committee. This is a year-long project to celebrate the centennial of the 19th amendment and create programs which explore the complex long history and continuing fight for inclusion of all women. They are a chapter of the California 2020 women’s suffrage project which was created by the national women history alliance which was founded in Sonoma County, in order to support all 58 County California in creating celebration and educational opportunities for the public to engage in this historic moment.

Guest Event Link for the Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020: https://www.facebook.com/events/2361861343850914/

Rosie the Riveter on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter

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2. Molly Murphy MacGregor shares the history of the effort, beginning in Sonoma County, to proclaim National Women’s History Month.

About our Guest:   Molly Murphy MacGregor is a former high school social studies teacher who has worked for over 35 years in the field of gender equity and women’s history. MacGregor conducts women’s history workshops and women’s historic sites tours throughout the country. She also works with state and national agencies on strategies and programs to help acknowledge and recognize the historic contributions of women. Her work in the field of multicultural women’s history has been widely recognized including awards from the National Education Association, the US Department of Education, and the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Leadership. Molly is accessible via email at nwhp1980@gmail.com

Guest Link: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/

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3. Jenny Chamberlain shares her path as a Chicana from a 5th generation Texas family to become a leader in our Sonoma County community,  She mentions some of the women mentors who inspired her. Jenny reads some passages from her autobiographical story The Comfort Zone published in the book Destiny Talks – The Women Empowerment Edition.

About our Guest:  Jenny Chamberlain has made it her lifelong passion to serve her community and encourage people to go beyond their expectations setting the path forward for others to follow. She is the Chief of Staff to Sonoma County 4th District Supervisor James Gore, Past President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Sonoma County and currently serves on the Executive Board of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. She also served as past Vice-President of Los Cien Latino Leaders and former Human Rights Commissioner. Jenny was honored to be nominated by Assemblymember Jim Wood for the 2017 California State Assembly “Woman Of The Year” Award representing District 2. She has also received the 2018 New York Life Community Service Award and a recipient of the 2019 North Bay Business Journal’s Community Philanthropy Award. Jenny is one of the authors featured in Destiny Talks – The Women Empowerment Edition with her autobiographical story The Comfort Zone. She also writes two lifestyle blogs: www.writeyourstory707.com  a motivational blog and www.singlefabulousfostering.com  sharing her journey of becoming a single foster parent.

Guest Links:

Write Your Story:  www.writeyourstory707.com

On Becoming a Single Foster Parent: www.singlefabulousfostering.com

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This Week in Herstory

A larger Compilation is at the National Women’s History Alliance

March 1, 1978 – Women’s History Week is first observed in Sonoma County, California.

March 1, 1987 – Congress passes a resolution designating March as Women’s History Month.

March 3, 1913 – Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, where over 8000 women gathered to demand a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote.

March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of of Congress.

March 4, 1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.

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Announcements

March 8, 2020 Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020 is celebrating International Women’s Day and kicking off National Women’s History Month on Sunday, March 8th. Bring your “We Can Do It” Spirit, dress up as Rosie the Riveter or as any groundbreaking female in history who inspires you… all are welcome at this FREE community event – bring the whole family! Music, food, fun and more.
Featuring The Swingin’ Blue Stars Singers – a trio known for their 3-part harmony of the songs of the WWII era– especially those made famous by The Andrews Sisters and groups like the McGuire Sisters and Sonoma County’s Legendary DJ Rob Cervantes spinning tunes. https://www.facebook.com/events/2361861343850914/

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Sunday, March 15, 2020, 1 to 6 PM, It’s Up to Us – 2020 Sonoma County Climate Activist Community Summit, Odd Fellows Hall, 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa, https://www.facebook.com/events/895959717487236/

 

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The NOW 2020 Woman Suffrage Centennial Calendar is available. Suggested donation $15. Contact NOW Sonoma at info@NOWSonoma.org

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/

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Sonoma County Women’s Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar—

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

I Am Woman sung by Pink Martini from the album I Am Woman – Single (Audiogram)

No More War sung by Becky Hobbs from the Album Songs From the Road of Life (2004 Beckaroo Records)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guest Daisy Pistey-Lyhne on the Green New Deal Town Hall Meeting on May 15th and Dr Harriet Fraad on patriarchy and child care, recorded on 5/13/19, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Child Care, Children, Green New Deal, Patriarchy

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guest Daisy Pistey-Lyhne on the Green New Deal Town Hall Meeting on May 15th and Dr Harriet Fraad on patriarchy and child care,  recorded on 5/13/19, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 5/13/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 5/15/19 at 11 AM.

Visit the show’s web archive page to listen to the audio recording:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190513.html

 

Green New Deal Town Hall in Santa Rosa May 15th

Mother’s Day Reflection on Patriarchy and Child Care

Featuring Guests

1. Daisy Pistey-Lyhne, Executive Director, Sonoma County Conservation Action, Green New Deal Town Hall

2. Dr. Harriet Fraad , Mental Health Counselor, Author, Pioneer of the Feminist Movement

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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 Our Featured Guests

1. Daisy Pistey-Lyhne, announces the Green New Deal Town Hall coming to Garret Hall at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Wednesday May 15, from 6 – 8:30 pm, and featuring Leaders in urban systems, labor, agriculture, climate science, economics, students from the Sunrise Movement, with special messages from Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson. Daisey represents Sonoma County Conservation Action,  a 29-year old organization, in placing environmental concerns before elected officials in the county and keeping them accountable to those issues, and which has organized the Green New Deal Town Hall.

About our Guest:  Daisy Pistey-Lyhne is the Executive Director of Sonoma County Conservation Action.

Guest Links: www.conservationaction.org

Guest  Event Link: Green New Deal Town Hall,  Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 6:00 – 8:30 pm, Garret Hall at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds

http://www.conservationaction.org/gnd/

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2. Dr. Harriet Fraad talks about the effect of patriarchy on women and on the economy.  Dr. Fraad gives examples of child day care expenses becoming too high for most couples or single moms to afford with today’s compensation for employment. Gender bias is still evident in compensation, as well. Dr. Fraad encourages support of progressive forces in Congress and in state goverments that call for less spending on the Pentagon and more for child care.

About our Guest:  Dr. Harriet Fraad is a mental health Counselor and Hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She speaks regularly and writes about the intersecting crises in US relationships personal life, politics and economics. She was a founding member of the Second Wave women’s movement and has remained an activist for her entire life. She appears regularly on the radio for Economic Update, The Julianna Forlano Morning show, MK Mendoza, and Women’s Spaces. Her very latest written work appears in Knowledge, Class and Economics :Marxism, Without Guarantees ( Routledge, 2019).

Guest Link: www.harrietfraad.com

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Announcements

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 6-8:30 pm, Green New Deal Town Hall, Garret Hall, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Hosted by Sonoma County Conservation Action. Speakers will include: Leaders in urban systems, labor, agriculture, climate science, economics, students from the Sunrise Movement, with special messages from Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson. http://www.conservationaction.org/gnd/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Mother’s Day Proclamation: by Julia Howe recited by Ghizela Rowe from the album Mother’s Day Volume 2  (Portable Poetry)

For The Mothers  by by Betsey Rose and the Women’s Choir from the album Welcome to the Circle  (Paper Crane music)

Simple Gifts, sung by Earth Mama from the album Love Large (Rouse House LLC)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guests Dr.Jacqueline Lawrence on Racial Discussions and Cynthia Leung on Black History Month events at the Museum of Sonoma County, recorded on 2/11/19, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Black History, Chinese Americans, women in theatre

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guests Dr.Jacqueline Lawrence on Racial Discussions and Cynthia Leung on Black History Month events at the Museum of Sonoma County, recorded on 2/11/19, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 2/11/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Wednesday 2/13/19 at 11 AM.

The Recording of the show is archived at   http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190211.html

Black History Month Activities in Sonoma County

Chinese New Year of the Pig

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Featuring Guests

1. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence,  Founder, Legacy Showcases; Facilitator, Unshackled racial discussion group

2. Cynthia Leung, Director of Public Programs and Tours, Museum of Sonoma County

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Announcements (Click for links below)

Faith Ross, curator of the Petaluma History Museum Black History Month activities happening in Petaluma and listed below under Announcements.

Nancy Wang reminds us of the Chinese Year of the Boar (Pig) celebrations this month and listed below under Announcements.

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1. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence talks about her play The Spirit of Us, A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop, that she will direct at the Museum of Sonoma County with her theatre troupe Legacy Showcases on Saturday February 23.  Dr. Lawrence also leads the monthly racial  discussion group Unshackled and shares some of the insights gained.

About our Guest:  Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence, Founder and CEO of Legacy Showcases: grew up in Santa Rosa, California, she graduated from Tuskegee University in Alabama in 1983 with a B.S. degree in Business Administration, and from the Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College with a Master of Theology and Doctorate of Christian Counseling. She is Passionate about empowering, uplifting, and freeing people from issues that hold us captive through her books, plays, performances, discussion groups, and social media, Lawrence is a minister, author, actress, and songstress. Jacqueline is also the founder and facilitator for the monthly free racial discussion group, “Unshackled.”

 Guest Link:  http://legacyshowcases.com/

February 23, 2019 Saturday 7:30 to 9:30 PM, The Spirit of Us: A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop, directed by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence of Legacy Showcases, Museum of Sonoma County, 505 B Street, Santa Rosa, CA, https://museumsc.org/events/?eid=4951

Unshakled Racial Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/pg/IamUnshackled/posts/

Racial Justice Allies of Sonoma County hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/117922674922883/

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2. Cynthia Leung talks about the collections of art and history at the Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, especially about the exhibits and events relating to Black History Month. Cynthia and Jacqueline talk about their collaboration in presenting The Spirit of Us: A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop.

About our Guest: Cynthia Leung has worked at the Museum of Sonoma County since 2013. She has worked as a Visitor Services and Volunteer Coordinator, and presently is now working as the Museum’s Director of Public Programs and Tours. Cynthia manages the educational arm of the Museum, which includes our school and private adult tours, the Museum’s outreach programs, including our Art4Kids program, and the Museum’s public programs. She also organizes the Museum’s annual Dia de los Muertos exhibit.

 Guest Link:  Museum of Sonoma County: hhttps://museumsc.org/

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Announcements

February 7  through March 23, 2019, Exhibit: The Great Black Migration 1910 to 1970.  Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. FREE Open to the public.

For further Black History Month Activities in February of the Petaluma Blacks for Community Developmentt (most are free and open to the public) download the pdf of the brouchure (Click Here for pdf) or check out https://www.facebook.com/pb4cd/

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February 14, 2019 Thursday  4:30 – 9:00 PM, The Mentor Me Center, 426 8th St, Petaluma, CA, One Billion Rising and The Vagina Monologues (English & Spanish) Tickets available to purchase for TVM https://www.facebook.com/events/201532364128702/

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February 23, 2019 Saturday 5:00 PM Chinese New Year of the Boar Celebration, hosted by the Redwood Empire Chinese Association,  at the Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Rosa http://recacenter.org/

 

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February 23, 2019 Saturday 5:30 PM, 41st Annual Black History Program, Theme of the Black Migration 1910-1970 with special tribute to Arethra Franklin, the Queen of Soul. Auditorium of New Life Christian Fellowship, 1310 Clegg St., Petaluma.  Free and Open to the Public

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February 23, 2019 Saturday 7:30 to 9:30 PM, The Spirit of Us: A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop, directed by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrencem of Legacy Showcases, Museum of Sonoma County, 505 B Street, Santa Rosa, CA, https://museumsc.org/events/?eid=4951

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Febrruary 24, 2019,Sunday 4 PM, Annual Gospel Hour, Petaluma Christian Church, 1160 Schuman Lane, with participation of local churches. Free and Open to the Public

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March 3, 2019 Sunday 2f PM, Lecture by Dr. Martha C. Taylor, author of From Labor to Reward. No other author has chronicled the rich religious experiences of black church beginnings in the Bay Area from 1849 through 1972. Dr. Taylor captures the joys, frustrations, and unity of black people who left the segregated Deep South, came to the Bay Area seeking freedom only to face similar adversities of segregation, racism and other social-political barriers. Free and Open to the Public

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March 30-31, 2019, Founding Convention of the California Progressive Alliance (CPA)  https://californiaprogressivealliance.org/2019-founding-convention/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer

Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

 I Shall Be Released sung by Nina Simone from the album Sugar in my Bowl, The best of Nina Simone 1967-72 (1988 BMG Entertainment International)

Keep Your Eye On The Prize sung by Barbara Dane and Lighting Hopkins from the album Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me (2016 564490 Records DK

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For music purchasing opportunity:

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Caitlin Quinn and Zach Neeley on Parent Child Talks on Consent and Sex and Georgia Kelly on Conflict Resolution plus Pumpkin Fairy Godmother visit, recorded on 11/5/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Conflict resolution, consent, education, Sexual Abuse

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Caitlin Quinn and Zach Neeley on Parent Child Talks on Consent and Sex and Georgia Kelly on Conflict Resolution plus Pumpkin Fairy Godmother visit,  recorded on 11/5/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 11/5/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 11/6/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA181105.html 

Verity Training for Parents and Children on Consent and Sex

Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution

Featuring Guests:

1. Claudia Levin, Pumpkin Fairy Godmother

2. Caitlin Quinn, Communications Coordinator, Verity

3. Zach Neeley, Prevention Specialist, Verity

4. Georgia Kelly, Founder and Executive Director of Praxis Peace Institute

Announcements (See links below)

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1. Claudia Levin swoops in as the Pumpkin Fairy Godmother to start the show with a blessing.

About our Guest: Claudia Levin presents the Pumpkin Fairy Godmother.

Guest Link: PumpkinFairyGodmother@gmail.com

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 2. Caitlin Quinn and 3. Zach Neeley talk about the need for parents to talk to their children about sex at appropriate times.  Especially the role of consent in sexual activity needs to be discussed. This is  relevant given the recent mass killings by men obsessing over their frustration with their relationships with women. The whole Verity team is passionate about ending sexual violence in Sonoma County and all over the world. Both Caitlin and Zach will be facilitating a workshop for Parents and their teenagers How to Talk about Consent on Monday November 12th at the Sonoma County Library Santa Rosa Central Branch, 211 E St, at 7 – 8:30 PM.

Parent/Child Workshop: How to Talk About Consent Event Link:

Email Zach for information: zneeley@ourverity.org

Verity Rape Crisis Hotline 100% Confidential:  (707) 545-7723

About our Guest: Caitlin Quinn was raised in Sonoma County and attended UC Berkeley, where she became involved in anti-sexual violence work and was one of 31 students who filed a Title IX complaint against the university in 2013. Caitlin handles all of Verity’s communications work while supporting the administrative side of things.

About our Guest: Zach Neeley was raised in Texas and earned his JD from Fordham University in New York. He practiced law in New York and California before joining the Verity team. Zach provides prevention education throughout the county to kids, teens, and adults in classrooms and community groups all over.

Guest Link:  http://www.ourverity.org

www.ourverity.org/services/prevention to arrange for workshop

Verity Rape Crisis Hotline 100% Confidential:  (707) 545-7723

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4. Georgia Kelly talks about her work in Conflict Resolution by Effective Communication.   Realizing the role of pride and overcoming its often immediate reactions is a big consideration, as are setting boundaries.  Georgia will be givng a workshop this coming Saturday, November 10th at the Sonoma Community Center from 12 noon to 5 PM. RSVP at the event link below.

Effective Communication and Conflict Transformation Workshop Event Link:  www.praxispeace.org/events

About our Guest: Georgia Kelly has a certificate in Conflict Resolution from Sonoma State University and has continued studies in the field with cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien and Norwegian peace negotiator Johann Galtung. She has been deeply influenced by the inspiring work and writings of Jonan Fernandez, Director of the Department of Coexistence and Human Rights in the Basque Parliament in Spain. Georgia has directed think tank projects for Praxis and teaches conflict resolution workshops. In 2013, she edited and co-authored a cooperative book, Uncivil Liberties: Deconstructing Libertarianism, that is available online and through Praxis. She also writes a blog for the Huffington Post. Prior to founding Praxis, Georgia was a professional musician (harpist, composer, and recording artist). She is a member of TRANSCEND International, a Peace Development Environment Network. She is Founder and Executive Director of Praxis Peace Institute

Guest Link: www.praxispeace.org

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Announcements:

Tuesday, November 6, Election Day, Polls open at 7 AM – 8 PM. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked before or on Election Day and delivered to the Registrar of Voters office via USPS or a bona fide private mail delivery company no later than three days after Election Day.  http://vote.sonoma-county.org/

Saturday, November 10,  Effective Communication and Conflict Transformation Workshop with Georgia Kelly at the Sonoma Community Center from 12 noon to 5 PM. RSVP (FEE) at www.praxispeace.org/events

Monday November 12 Parent/Child Workshop: How to Talk About Consent at the Sonoma County Library Santa Rosa Central Branch, 211 E St, at 7 – 8:30 PM. FREE

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

The Times They Are a Changing sung by The Brothers and Sisters from the Album Dylans Gospels (1969 Ode Records)

Vote sung by the Citizens Band from the Album Grab A Root and Growl (2012 The Citizens Band)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Megan Kaun and Nichole Warwick on City Pesticide Bans, and Osprey Orielle Lake on the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, recorded on 9/10/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Climate Change by Humans, ecology, Pesticides, Self esteem, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Megan Kaun and Nichole Warwick on City Pesticide Bans, and Osprey Orielle Lake on the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, recorded on 9/10/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 9/10/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 9/11/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180910.html 

Banning Toxic Pesticides in Sonoma County Cities

Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice at the Global Climate Action Summit

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guests

1. Megan Kaun , Member, Board of Directors for Sonoma County Conservation Action and leads the Toxic Free Future Campaign

2.Nichole Warwick , Co-Founder and Executive Director of Families Advocating for Chemical & Toxics Safety (FACTS); Environmental Health Program Manager for Daily Acts

3. Osprey Orielle Lake  , Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

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1.  Megan Kaun and 2. Nichole Warwick share their path into becoming activists in removing toxic pesticides from the schools and public spaces, where they got their strength to speak out against the use of pesicides linked to causing cancer, and persist against the resistance of entrenched establishments, and how folks can join their organizations in addressing this issue at the local level.  Also, some new good news: Nichole and Megan were part of a group that convinced the Town of Windsor last week to ban all synthetic pesticides!  All of the Cities (with City Councils) in Sonoma County, except Cloverdale, Sonoma, Cotati, and Rohnert Park, have some sort of partial or full ban on synthetic pesticides. Megan an Nichole would like to find community members in those mentioned Cities to champion new campaigns. There is also a need to make much traction to ban toxic pesticides with the County of Sonoma Agencies (like Regional Parks, Water, Department of Public Works, Fairgrounds, Libraries, etc.).

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About our Guest:  Megan Kaun has a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology, Stanford University, and B.S. Environmental Engineering Northwestern University. She serves on the Board of Directors for Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA) and Leads the Toxic Free Future Campaign. She is a Consulting Engineer and Previously Vice Chair of the Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities and worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers for nearly 10 years. She is the Mother of two children who became involved in toxic free advocacy and policy change in an effort to protect her children from toxic pesticides in public spaces.

Guest Link: http://www.conservationaction.org/

SCCA Campaign updates – get involved – link:

http://www.conservationaction.org/news/toxicfree/

Megan Kaun discusses the recent toxic pesticide bans in California cities with last month’s guest Zen Hunnicutt of Moms Across America at the National Heriloom Expo, September 13, 2018, Santa Rosa, California (7 minutes):

https://www.facebook.com/MomsAcrossAmerica/videos/25681266

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 About our Guest: Nichole Warwick has her Master of Arts Degree in Psychology, Saybrook University, B.A. History, Sonoma State University. She is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Families Advocating for Chemical & Toxics Safety (FACTS) and Environmental Health Program Manager for Daily Acts. She serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Ceres Community Project and Educator at the Reach Charter School in Sebastopol. As a Breast cancer survivor, mother of two, and grandmother of two she became involved in environmental health after she fell down the rabbit hole of environmental toxicants while researching potential causes of her cancer in order to better protect her children and grandchildren from environmental diseases.

Guest Link: FACTS https://www.familyacts.org/

Daily Acts https://dailyacts.org/

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3. Osprey Orielle Lake talks about her organizational efforts to gather women to take action against the environmental degradation.  She calls from San Francisco where she and WECAN International members have come to march in the Rise for Climate March this past Saturday and to hopefully this week influence the The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) called by California Governor Jerry Brown, which will be happening in San Francisco starting Wednesday 9/12 and ending Friday 9/14. WECAN International  will host the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice this week in San Francisco with live streams and videos on WECAN International’s facebook page.

About our Guest: Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International. She works nationally and internationally with grassroots and Indigenous leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a clean energy future. Osprey serves on the Executive Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and is the visionary behind the International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit, which brought together 100 women leaders from around the world to draft and implement a Women’s Climate Action Agenda. She is Co-Director of the Divest, Invest, Protect Campaign and oversees WECAN’s advocacy work in areas such as Women for Forests, Rights of Nature and UN Forums. Osprey is the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature.

Guest links: https://wecaninternational.org/

WECAN International SF Event video of 9/11/18, Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change: https://www.facebook.com/WECAN.Intl/

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Announcements

Elaine and Ken are great grandparents to a healthy baby girl Satori Trinity Jensen born on September 6, 2018 to Ryan and Amber Jensen.

Birth of Satori Trinity Jensen with Parents Ryan and Amber and Great Grandmother Elaine, September 6, 2018. – Photos by Ronnie Carrillo.

Birth of Satori Trinity Jensen with Parents Ryan and Amber and Great Grandmother Elaine, September 6, 2018. Photos by Ronnie Carrillo.

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Forever Young sung by Andrea Mae and the Forest Rangers from the Album Sons of Anarchy North Country EP (2009 20th Century For TV Records)

We Are Here sung by Sharon Burch from the Album Eongs Of Native American Women
(2014 Canyon Records)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Gaye LeBaron on local Sonoma County history, recorded on 7/30/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Santa Rosa, Self esteem, Sonoma County, Sonoma County History, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Gaye LeBaron on local Sonoma County history, recorded on 7/30/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 7/30/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 7/31/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180730.html 

Gaye LeBaron’s Eye on the Local History of Sonoma County

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guest

1. Gaye LeBaron , Columnist of The Press Democrat, Author, Teacher, and Local Historian of Sonoma County, California

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1. Gaye LeBaron shares how she entered journalism and the challenges she faced as one of the few women journalists in newspaper when she joined the Press Democrat, and later how she mentored women entering the field of journalism as a professor at Sonoma State University. Gaye takes us back 150 years as we commemorate Santa Rosa receiving its city charter.this year.  Gaye reminds us of the heritage of the Pomo and Coast Miwok tribes, and the importance of the history of Sonoma County that shapes our present.

About our Guest:  Gaye LeBaron is an American newspaper columnist, author, teacher, and local historian of Sonoma County, California. She wrote for The Press Democrat here in Sonoma County from 1961 until her semi-retirement in 2001. She also co-authored two books on the history of Santa Rosa, California.  Producing more than 8,000 columns for The Press Democrat, ranging from human interest to cultural events to ethnic history to local politics. At one point she published six columns a week. And was considered the “premier columnist” of the paper, and a readership survey confirmed that hers was “the most popular feature in the paper”. She became a local celebrity. Gaye taught Sonoma County history at Santa Rosa Junior College and at the Lifelong Learning Center at Sonoma State University. In 2001 LeBaron gifted her interview notes and research material to the Sonoma State University Library, which entered the material into its special collections department. In 2003 the library added the Gaye LeBaron Collection to its online catalog and also opened a Gaye LeBaron website for the use of students, researchers, and community organizations. Mike Thompson named her Sonoma County Woman of the Year in 2015. In 2016 LeBaron received the California Community College Distinguished Alumni Award from the Community College League of California.

Guest Links: Contact Gaye LeBaron through the Press Democrat  www.pressdemocrat.com

 The Gaye LeBaron Digital Collection at Sonoma State University Library includes materials selected from the Gaye LeBaron Collection, a special collection held in the University Library. Digital objects include letters, photographs and newspaper columns that chronicle the history of the region. New objects are added each week. Printed versions of these images can be viewed by appointment. To view LeBaron newspaper columns from 1995 to the present, go to The Press Democrat website. More about the Gaye LeBaron Collection.

 http://northbaydigital.sonoma.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Lebaron

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Announcement Links

Radio KBBF Annual Low Rider Car Show Fundraiser Event

August 28, Saturday, 1 pm – 6 pm at the Carpenter Union Campus, 1700 Corby Ave, Ste B, Santa Rosa, CA

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Santa Rosa’s Sesquicentennial Celebration

September 8, Saturday, 3 pm -10 pm, Old Courthouse Square

https://santarosacity150.com/event/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Happy Birthday sung by: Madacy Kids  from the Album 100 All Time Kids Favorite (2001 Madacy Kids)

The Ones Who Have Gone Before Us by Bev Grant from the Album We Were There – Women in the Labor Industry (2002 Human Condition Music)

What a Wonderful World sung by LeAnn Rines from the Album:What a Wonderful World  (2004 Curb Records Inc.)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Wei-Ling Huber on Hospitality Workers and Erin Brockovich on holdng PG&E accountable for wildfires, recorded on 7/9/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

Community organizing, living wage, Self esteem, Wildfire, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Wei-Ling Huber on Hospitality Workers and Erin Brockovich on holdng PG&E accountable for wildfires, recorded on 7/9/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 7/9/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 7/10/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180709.html

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guests

1.  Wei-Ling Huber , Presidemt – UNITE HERE Local 2850,
North Bay Hospitality Workers

2.  Erin Brockovich, Author, Consumer Activist

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1. Wei-Ling Huber shares her road to activism that began in the university to  clamor for Ethnic Studies. Wei-Ling’s research helped her to realize the best way to bring people of color to more equitable living conditions was through the labor movement. Wei-Ling talks about the plight of hospitality workers in Sonoma County where hotel rooms are expensive yet the hospitality workers often make just over minimum wage with heavy work loads in unsafe conditions. Wei-Ling announces a rally in support of hospitality workers at the Hyatt Vineyard in Santa Rosa on Friday at 1:30 pm.

About our Guest: Wei-Ling Huber is a lifelong activist for justice,and has worked to improve and expand economic opportunities for Alameda, Contra Costa and Sonoma County workers since 1995 through her work with UNITE HERE 2850, the East Bay hospitality workers union. She has been the President of UNITE HERE Local 2850 since 2006 and a General Vice President of her international union since 2014.

Guest Links: www.facebook.com/UniteHere2850

Related Link: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/business/7311579-181/hyatt-vineyard-creek-workers-vote

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2.  Erin Brockovich shares her story on becoming one of the most successful consumer activists in taking on PG&E in Hinkley, CA, in 1993, about which a movie was made called Erin Brockovich. Erin encourages us to break free from the box of other’s expectations and to develop the self-esteem needed for the long and persistent fight for justice.  Erin comes to Sonoma County to help those who were victims of last October wildfire storm that appears to have been sparked by PG&E’s negligent behaviour in protecting their equipment from nearby brush and trees as required as a public utility. Erin warns of legislation that would shield PG&E from accountability in future wildfire disasters in California, inspite of the corporation’s vast wealth.

Erin Brockovich

About our Guest: Erin Brockovich was born in Kansas in 1960. While working as a file clerk at a Los Angeles law firm in 1992, Brockovich uncovered documents that ultimately led to more than 600 residents of Hinkley, California, filing a lawsuit against utility giant PG&E. The $333 million settlement they received was the largest of its kind in the history of the United States. The story of Brokovich’s life and involvement in the case was the subject of the 2000 film Erin Brockovich, which starred Julia Roberts in the title role. Since the film’s release, Erin Brockovich has continued to work as a consumer advocate and environmental activist.

Guest LInk: wwww.brockovich.com

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ErinBrockovichOfficial

Related Links: Erin Brockovich joins legal team suing PG&E over October wildfires http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8449965-181/celebrity-environmental-advocate-erin-brockovich

http://pgelawsuit.com/erin-brockovich/

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Announcement Links

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (BOS) cutting staff funding for the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women and for the Commission on Human Rights

 Really Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (BOS)! You are cutting staff funding for the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women at a time when women’s productive rights are in jeopardy and there is an effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. A good example of that is on the federal level: Trump and his fellow Republicans are still trying to defund Planned Parenthood. With a majority of women on the Board, how was this allowed? Have they forgotten whose shoulders they are standing on and the continuous struggle to have a significant place at the table?
In addition the BOS is cutting the staff funding for the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission (HRC) at a time when The United States has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, with Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley calling it “a mockery of human rights” for allowing China, among other countries, to join, and for a statement that scrutinizes Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people. In cutting county staff support, in my mind, they are degrading both commissions thus creating a high potential to fail. I encourage you to call your supervisor and let them know this is not acceptable to you.

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors: (707) 565-2241

https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Board-of-Supervisors/

https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Commission-on-the-Status-of-Women/

https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Commission-on-Human-Rights/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Standing on the Shoulders  by Earth Mama  from the Album Love Large (Rouse House)

 I’s Political by Shannon LaBrie from the Album: War and Peace ( LaBrie Records and BUTR Records LLC)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Noreen Evans on PGE Wildfire Litigation and Christine Pelosi on local Democratic Party strategies, recorded on 7/2/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

Wildfire, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Noreen Evans on PGE Wildfire Litigation and Christine Pelosi on local Democratic Party strategies, recorded on 7/2/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 7/2/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 7/3/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180702.html

Wildfire Litigation Against PG&E

San Francisco Area Democratic Party Strategie

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guests

1.  Noreen Evans, former California State Senator, Litigation Attorney on Tubbs Wildfire of October 2017.

2.  Christine Pelosi, Author, Campaign Bootcamp; Democratic Party strategist

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1. Noreen Evans shares what sparked her interest in law and in politics, and as a woman navigated her way through the halls of power. Since the wildfire disaster that struck Sonoma and surrounding North Bay counties in the Fall of 2017, Noreen has been in the forefront to represent victims of the fires in litigation against the utility power company PG&E. Noreen explains the issues before the court and the mounting evidence against PG&E for neglecting to maintain the power lines properly in wooded areas and keep them free from interfence from brush and trees as mandated by the Public Utilities Commission. Noreen announces the addition of Erin Brockovich to her team, as Erin led the charge against PGE in HInckley, California, of which a film as been made. Noreen gives this advice when facing injustice: “Bear witness – make a fuss!” Noreen did just that when as a state senator and leader of the State Commission on the Status of Women she led the fight to keep the funding when it was challenged.

About our Guest: Noreen Evans is a California native,and has been practicing law in Sonoma County since 1982. She served in the California State Legislature for a decade and is responsible for numerous pieces of legislation relating to the administration of justice and California’s wine industry. Noreen received her BA degree in Government (with honors) in 1978 from California State University, Sacramento. She graduated from University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1981. In 1996, Noreen was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council, and re-elected in 2000. She served until 2004, when she was elected to represent the 7th Assembly District in the California State Assembly and served until 2010. She was elected to represent the 2nd Senate District of California in 2010 and served until 2014 when she decided to return to law practice. Noreen became the first (and only) woman to receive the Judicial Council’s Stanley Mosk “Defender of Justice Award.” She currently works at the law firm, O’Brien Watters & Davis LLP.; and on the wildfire litigation works at Mauro, Archer, and Associates LLC.

Guest Link: http://pgelawsuit.com/

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2. Christine Pelosi shares her insights on the Families Belong Together rallies, local Indivisible groups and other democratic groups for people to join to prepare for the November elections to win more seats for progessive Democrats.

About our Guest: Christine Paule Pelosi is an American Democratic Party political strategist from California and author of Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 (2012) and Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders’ (2007), books used in her leadership trainings for candidates and causes.
Since 2005 she has directed the AFSCME PEOPLE Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, which prepares Democrats for campaigns and has helped over 40 challengers get elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the nation’s largest and fastest growing public services employees union with more than 1.6 million working and retired members. She holds a JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.[1] In addition, Pelosi has served as volunteer board member for the National AIDS Memorial Grove and the New Leaders Council. Pelosi has also served as a board member and the Interim Executive Director of the Young Democrats of America (2011). Christine is the daughter of San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives since 2011 and before that the first and only woman to serve as the House Speaker.

Guest LInk: www.christinepelosi.com

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Announcement Links

Last week’s guest Leslie Graves wrote on Facebook about the Families Belong Together Rally of Saturday June 30:

“Hung out with 3000+ friends, family and community yesterday ….
So many moments touched my heart – from the individual stories of each of our amazing speakers to those who came and told me their stories afterwards. Courthouse Square was made for events like this where the community comes together to affect change. We are all connected and now thanks to great front line community groups we have the resources to take action in that change. Thank you again to everyone for coming out and standing together! #familiesbelongtogether”

Families Belong Together Rally in Courthouse Square fb event page

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Prayer Of Saint Francis sung by Elira Hari  from the Album Open Hand  (2000 Elira Hari)

We Are The World sung by the Countdown Kids from the Album: You’ve Got a Friend ( 2002 Madacy Kid)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show