Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz commenting on the Battle in Palestine and guest Eris Weaver on the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition’s Memorial Ride of Silence and guest Tyra Benoit on the Sonoma Climate Mobilization has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 5/17/2021 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 5/19/2021 at 11 AM.
Read description of the show and bios of the guests, see links referenced on the show and the playlist, on its archive page at:
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210517.html
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Bicycle Coalition’s Annual Memorial Ride in Silence on May 19th
Sonoma Climate Mobilization
Featuring
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1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz
2. Eris Weaver, Executive Director, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition
3. Tyra Benoit, Environmental and Social Justice Activist, Cofounder of Sonoma County Climate Mobilization
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1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz: The armed conflict in Israel with its apartheid treatment of native Palestinians in favor of Jews has erupted again. If War was the answer we would have had peace long ago. Our 2-1/2 year old granddaughter Satori recently was in the middle of a temper tantrum when her mother Amber asked her to use words. Satori muttered “angry”. Her mother then asked, “Why are you angry” Satori replied, “Daddy won’t let me play with my toy.” Satori’s Dad was then approached by Amber with Satori, and Satori talked with her Dad Ryan and they worked things out. Of course there are other forces at play in the Mideast and hopefully international and USA pressure will rise to the occassion for peace.
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2. Our first guest Eris Weaver talks about what led her to accept the leadership of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) and its mission to make the roads safer for bicycling and increase bicycle ridership in the county. Individual choices intersect with policy, and the Bicycle Coalition advocates at the county and city government level as a voice to temper the faster roads goals with safety for bicycle riders. This Wednesday evening is the annual Memorial Ride of Silence for those bicyclists who have been killed riding bicycles, which is observed nationally and globally. White Ghost Bikes are featured at each event to honor individual fallen cyclists. Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma Valley are organizing such Rides of Silence and information and registration to join the ride is available at the Coalition’s website at www.bikesonoma.org/ride_of_silence/ .
About our Guest: Eris Weaver spent sixteen months as the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition’s (SCBC) Outreach & Events Coordinator before stepping up to lead the team as director. Driven by her lack of tolerance for boredom, her patchwork career path has included newspaper deliverer, medical librarian, organic bread baker, health educator, mediator, college professor, newspaper columnist, graphic recorder, kayaking instructor, meeting facilitator, corporate trainer, dancer, and organizational development consultant.
She holds a BA in Environmental Studies & Planning from SSU and two master’s degrees from UC Berkeley (Library & Information Studies and Public Health).
In addition to working at SCBC, she serves on the Cotati Design Review Committee and is a member of the Sonoma County Search & Rescue team. She lives with her wife at Frog Song, a cohousing community in Cotati.
Guest Links:
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition https://www.bikesonoma.org/
Memorial Ride of Silence on Wednesday May 19, 2021. Information and preregistration for the event in 1of 3 locations, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, or Sonoma Valley: www.bikesonoma.org/ride_of_silence/
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3. Our second guest Tyra Benoit experienced the first Earth Day as a teenager and has been a dedicated environmentalist ever since. Climate Change touched her dramatically in the Tubs Fire in which she lost her home, though she is one of the fortunate climate migrants who had insurance and able to move into another home in the county. Tyra talks about how the those of color or of lower economic class suffer more proportionately to Climate Change. Twice as many Black children suffer from asthma due to industrial air pollution than White children. And new diseases are arising from the global warming, especially those transmitted from other animals, as the animals lose their habitats to deforestation, drought, and wildfires. Tyra encourages us to be carbon farmers, even if we live in the cities, and to seek out the knowledge on Climate Change by joining a local group, such as the 350 groups, o r Arm-in-Arm For Climate and/or support the Sunrise Movement of the youth.
About our Guest: Tyra Benoit holds an MA in History and taught about world civilizations at the community college and middle school levels for more than forty years. She has been an activist for social justice and the environment her whole adult life. In 2019, after retiring from a position as a dean at SRJC, her ongoing concern for the survival of her own civilization led her to the Climate Reality Project where she was trained as a Climate Reality Leader. Very recently, she helped to co-found both the Sonoma County Climate Mobilization and a local hub of Arm-in-Arm For Climate. She lives in Healdsburg, moving there after losing her home in the Tubbs Fire in 2017.
Guest Links:
Sonoma Climate Mobilization https://rcpa.ca.gov/projects/sonoma-climate-mobilization/
Arm-in-Arm For Climate https://arminarm4climate.org/
Sonoma County Climate Action https://350sonoma.org/
Sunrise Movement Sonoma County https://www.sunrisesoco.org/
Imagine Sonoma County http://imaginesonomacounty.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:
May 17, 1912 (2006) – Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, African American inventor most noted for her development of the sanitary belt.
May 19, 1921 (2014) – Yuri Kochiyama, civil rights, and political activist, influenced by her Japanese American family’s internment and her association with Malcolm X, she advocated for many causes, including Black separatism, the anti-war movement, Maoist revolution, reparations for Japanese American internees, and the rights of people imprisoned by the U.S. Government.
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Announcements
Wenesday May 19, 2021, gather at 6:45 pm for ride beginning at 7pm, Memorial Ride of Silence in 3 separate locations: Santa Rosa, Petaluma or Sonoma Valley: www.bikesonoma.org/ride_of_silence/
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 5ist Annual MLK/Juneteenth Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Sonoma County, this year by zoom. Before the pandemic it has been held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa. The zoom event is free, family oriented and open to the public. Registration will occur at www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com
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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 (2010 Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com
Save The Earth sung by: Beathiefrom the album Tied to the Earth in Love (Beth Martin Lichter)
Earth Song sung by India Carney from the single Earth Song Performance (India Carney)
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