Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Attorney Gloria Allred on Empowering Women with Constituional Rights and Shekeyna Black on Peace and Justice updates, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 3/5/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Attorney Gloria Allred on Empowering Women with Constituional Rights and Shekeyna Black on Peace and Justice updates, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 3/5/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180305.html

Announcements  (See Links below)

March is Women’s History Month –  (see some tributes below)

Featured

1.Gloria Allred , Attorney for Women’s Rights; Founder, Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund

2. Shekeyna Black, Center Coordinator, Peace and Justice Center, Sonoma County

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1. Gloria Allred shares her journey from teacher to attorney advocating for women’s rights for 40 years. Gloria talks of what sustains her in her committment to social change.  Her hope is that this year will be known as the Year of Empowerment for Women, and she certainly is a mentor as she confronts rich and powerful men Harvey Weinstein, Judge Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson and even the President of the United States as she represents courageous but hurt women.

About our Guest:  Gloria Allred was born n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. with honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her M.A. from New York University and her J.D. cum laude from Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles. She was also awarded an honorary J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. Ms. Allred is a founding partner of the law firm Allred, Maroko & Goldberg(AM&G). Her firm handles more women’s rights cases than any other private firm in the nation and has won hundreds of millions of dollars for victims. Ms. Allred also founded and is currently president of the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund (WERLDEF). in 2017 Netflix announced “Seeing Allred” an original documentary about Ms. Allred and her battles for justice which launched globally on Netflix in February 2018 after its world premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to being an attorney, Ms. Allred holds California life credentials in secondary school education and supervision. She taught in public schools for 6½ years and was a lecturer at the University of Southern California for several years. Ms. Allred is the author of Fight Back and Win: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Injustice — And How You Can Win Your Own Battles

Guest Link: www.gloriaallred.com

Link to new Netflix Film: Seeing Allred

SUMMER ZERVOS V. DONALD TRUMP CASE FUND Gloria Allred’s legal services on this case shall be fully donated by her at no compensation and no legal fees will be charged for her time.

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2. Shekeyna Black gives us an update on the Peace and Justice Center activities in Sonoma County. Shekeyna supplied us with the list of events around the county for Women’s History Month.

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Announcement Links 

Women’s History Month in Sonoma County

Next Week’s Women’s Spaces Show on March 12th features Molly Murphy MacGregor. on the 40th Anniversary of the National Women’s History Week,.which led to the celebration of National Women’s History Month in March, Tune in at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) to Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the North Bay or streaming online at that hour at www.kbbf.org.

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**Celebrating Women’s History Month: Extraordinary Women are Ordinary
Tuesday, March 6, 5:30-8:00 PM
Petaluma Community Relations Council & Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women to Host: “Nevertheless, She Persisted”. In recognizing achievements of women, the Petaluma Community Relations Council is partnering with the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women to co-sponsor a public forum celebrating Women’s History Month. Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women will hold its public meeting at 5:30 pm, which is open to the public. The Women’s History forum hosted by both SCCSW and PCRC will begin at 6:30 pm.
Claudia de la Peña, Petaluma Social Justice Advocate, will serve as moderator. Scheduled Speakers/panelists will include: 1. Lynn Woolsey, former U.S. Representative for California’s 6th congressional district 2. Dmitra Smith, Vice Chair of Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights 3. Molly MacGregor, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) The co-sponsored March forum is free and open to the public. Free childcare provided!
For more info, contact Erica Stuart at (559)676-9905 or Ericas@Petalumacrc.org
B’nai Israel Jewish Center – 740 Western Avenue, Petaluma
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**Women in Sonoma County Politics: First Wave
Thursday, March 8, 3-5:00 PM
A panel discussion in honor of former Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, welcoming her congressional papers to Sonoma State University. Join us for a conversation moderated by columnist, Gaye LeBaron, featuring Lynn Woolsey, Deb Fudge and Teresa Barrett. This event is free and open to the public. For a complimentary parking pass for this event only, email library@sonoma.edu.
Sonoma State University Library – 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park
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**“Las Adelitas” Talk by SRJC History Instructor Laura Larqué
Monday, March 12, 1-3:00 PM
“Adelitas” were women who served as cooks, cleaners, scouts, and nurses during the Mexican Revolution. If their male relatives died in battle, these women took their place and started fighting in the army as Soldaderas. Larqué will share some of the untold stories of these valiant women and how their contributions to the revolution have been overlooked by historians because they were poor Indigenous or Mestiza ethnic background. For more info, visit:https://pr.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2018
SRJC – Doyle 4245, Santa Rosa
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**Together at the Table: Women’s Rights
Monday, March 12, 7-8:30 PM
Join us for a community conversation with experts from local organizations working on women’s rights and history in Sonoma County. Learn how you can get involved, and share your voice on this important topic.
For more info visit: sonomacounty.libcal.com/event/3851012

Sebastopol Regional Library – 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol
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**History of Women at SRJC: By the Numbers
Wednesday, March 14, 12:30-1:30 PM
SRJC Director of Institutional Research, KC Greaney will present the 100-year history of women as students, instructors, administrators, trustees, and more at SRJC. This session is held in conjunction with the celebration of SRJC’s 100th Anniversary. Free and open to the public.
For more info, visit: https://pr.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2018

Parking permits are required, cost $4 and are available on campus lots.
Santa Rosa Junior College – Frank P. Doyle Library, Room 4245, Santa Rosa
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** Recognizing 38 Years: The National Women’s History Project
Thursday, March 15, 6:30 PM Reception, 7:00 PM Talk
Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Chair of the National Women’s History Project (NHWP) Board of Directors will give a talk about the History of NWHP, its impact on women, and its future. at the Sonoma County Museum, located at 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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**Sonoma County N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, March 21, 1:00 PM
Mission: to bring women into full participation in American society. Monthly meeting on feminist issues and goals. For more info visit: www.nowsonoma.org  or call (707)545-5036 or email sonomacountynow@yahoo.com
Round Table Pizza – 1791 Marlow Rd., Santa Rosa
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**“Las Adelitas” Talk by SRJC History Instructor Laura Larqué
Tuesday, March 27, 9-10:30 AM
“Adelitas” were women who served as cooks, cleaners, scouts, and nurses during the Mexican Revolution. If their male relatives died in battle, these women took their place and started fighting in the army as Soldaderas. Larqué will share some of the untold stories of these valiant women and how their contributions to the revolution have been overlooked by historians because they were poor Indigenous or Mestiza ethnic background. For more info, visit: www.facebook.com/events/1986491074951737/

SRJC Petaluma – 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Jacobs Hall PC 116, Petaluma
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**“What if Women Built a Community College – and EVERYbody Came?”
Thursday, March 29, 12:00-1:00 PM
As the Santa Rosa Junior College campus and local communities reflect upon the College’s 100th anniversary, various historical events and demographic trends serve as a meaningful backdrop. Acclaimed local historian and journalist Gaye Le Baron will provide an insightful historical overview of Sonoma County shedding light on the role and legacy of Santa Rosa Junior College. In partnership with Arts and Lectures, and SRJC’s 100th Anniversary Committee.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, visit: https://pr.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2018

Parking permits are required, cost $4 and are available on campus lots.
Santa Rosa Junior College – Lawrence A. Bertolini Student Center, Santa Rosa
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**Film Screening: The Rape of Recy Taylor
Thursday, March 29, 6-9:00 PM
Reception 6pm. 7-8:30pm Screening to benefit Verity. 8:30 Panel Discussion with District Attorney, Jill Ravitch, Verity Executive Director, Christine Castillo and Sonoma county National Organization for Women (NOW) President, Elaine B. Holtz. For more info, visit: www.facebook.com/events/247384775802412/

Rialto Cinemas – 6868 Mckinley St., Sebastopol

The Petaluma Museum has some great events for Women’s History Month:
www.petalumamuseum.com

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March is Women’s History Month

To kick off Women’s History Month joining me on today’s show on the phone from her office in Los Angeles is Women’s Rights attorney, Gloria Allred and we will be talking about her career and importance of Women’s Rights and the contribution she has made. In watching the documentary, “Seeing Allred I just love this quote and in my mind gives one insight into who she is. The question that was asked was, “What do you consider to be your most outstanding feature?” Gloria Allred’s answer, “”I feel it’s my commitment, my commitment to making social change. I feel that if each one of us made that sort of commitment to other women; support other women that we would have social change very quickly,”

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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

Rise Up sung by Andrea Day from the Single: Rise Up -Mr. Rodgers Remix
(2016 Warner Brothers Records)

We Are Singing for our Lives sung by Holly Near from the album  And Still We Speak Out Spoken Collection  (Calico Tracks Music)

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Leslie Graves updating on the Women’s Rally, Cerrissa MacNichols and Estela Martinez on $5M Wildfire Immigrants grant. and DA Jill Ravitch on Family Justice Center, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 1/22/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Law enforcement, Santa Rosa, service organization, Sexual Abuse, Vote, women in public service, women's rights, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Leslie Graves updating on the Women’s Rally, Cerrissa MacNichols and Estela Martinez on $5M Wildfire Immigrants grant. and DA Jill Ravitch on Family Justice Center, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 1/22/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180122.html

Women’s Rally Update
CHDC $5M Wildfire Grant for Immigrants
Family Justice Center

Featured

1. Leslie Graves , Co-Organizer, Women’s Rally

2. Cerrissa MacNichols, Program Planner, California Human Development Corporation (CHDC)

3. Estela Martinez, Bilingual Case Manager, California Human Development Corporation (CHDC)

4. Jill Ravitch, District Attorney, Sonoma County, Family Justice Center

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1. Leslie Graves updates us on the size and energy of the Women’s Rally in Santa Rosa.  5,000 is her estimate as an experienced event organizer at the Old Courthouse Square.  Congratulations all those who showed up at the marches or rallies for raising your voice and registering to vote.

About our Guest:  Leslie Graves began coordinating local events in Santa Rosa in 1996 while working at a local non-profit community organization and then moving onto managing events at other non-profits and corporate retailers. Currently she is the Market and Event Manager for the Wednesday Night Market in Downtown Santa Rosa. Leslie mixes a background of Health/Fitness, Marketing and Community Development,

Discussion of Event of January 20th in Sonoma at noon Link: Women’s March Sonoma Valley fb page

Link: Sonoma County Registrar of Voters

2. Cerrissa MacNichols and 3. Estela Martinez talk about the services of the California Human Development Corporation (CHDC) in Sonoma County and 30 other Northern California Counties.  Headquartered in Santa Rosa, CHDC has been fighting the war on poverty for 50 years, inspired by the farmworkers they serve.  They share some exciting news that needs to be acted on by February 7, 2018.  $5 Million in Emergency Wildfire Federal Aid for Immigrants has been grantedfor the California counties of Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada, Napa, Sonoma, Orange, Yuba and Solano. CHDC has been named as the dispensing agency, and it subcontracts with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, On The Move, UpValley Family Centers of napa, Abode and UndocuFund Steering Committee that includes the North Bay Organizing Project, Graton Day Labor Center and North Bay Jobs with Justice. CHDC offers confidential and safe counselling for immigrants, documented or undocumented.  The deadline to apply is February 7, 2018.

About our Guest: Cerrissa MacNichols has been working for nonprofits that serve immigrants for over 20 years. She currently works as the program planner and grant writer for CHD. Cerrissa immigrated from Korea when she was 14 months old and has spent all of her adult life advocating for immigrant rights.

About our Guest:  Estela Martinez  worked as a case manager for seniors before coming to CHD. She has been employed as a bilingual case manager for CHD’s One-Stop Wildfire Relief and Resource center since December of last year.

Guest Link: https://californiahumandevelopment.org/

Wildfire Grant CDHC Tel. (707) 523-1155 x4740

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4. District Attorney Jill Ravitch discusses the Family Justice Center (FJC), which serves as a one-stop agency addressing the needs of surviving victims of family violence to protect them and restore hope.  FJC is committed to helping survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse, and Stalking.  No police report is required unless agreed to.  Immigration status is not requested.
About our Guest:   Jill Ravitch is the first woman to serve as District Attorney in Sonoma County. She took office in 2011, and is now serving her second term. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Ms. Ravitch attended the University of San Francisco Law School, and upon graduation in 1987 began her prosecutorial career at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Ravitch moved to Sonoma County in 1990 and joined the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office where she earned recognition for her prosecution skills, handling many complex and high profile sexual assault, domestic violence, gang violence and homicide cases. During Ms. Ravitch’s first term she opened the Family Justice Center, dedicated to providing wraparound services to victims of family violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and child abuse.

Guest Link: Family Justice Center: www.fjcsc.org

(707) 565-8255    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Mon – Fri

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Announcement Links 

 

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

Imagine sung by the Glee Cast from the Album: Glee the Music Vol. 2 (209 Twentieth Century Fox Television)

Singing for our Lives by Holly Near from the Album: And Still We Sing (Calico Tracks Music)

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Marjorie Favuzzi on EFT Tapping for PTSD, and our guests Christine Castillo and Catelin Quinn on Verity 24/7 Crisis Hotline on abuse, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 12/4/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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EFT Tapping, PTSD, Self esteem, Sexual Abuse, Sexual predation, Sonoma County, Violent Abuse, women in public service

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Marjorie Favuzzi on EFT Tapping for PTSD, and our guests Christine Castillo and Catelin Quinn on Verity 24/7 Crisis Hotline on abuse,  broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 12/4/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA171204.html

Announcements  (See Links below)

Featured Guests

1. Marjorie Favuzzi, Director, Success In Hand,  Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping

2.  Christine Castillo, Executive Director, Verity, 24×7 Crisis Hotline

3. Catelin Quinn, Communications Coordinator, Verity, 24×7 Crisis Hotline

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1.   Marjorie Favuzzi shares her path to her present healing work with EFT Tapping.  She has recently held a couple of free workshops to help residents of Sonoma County with the post trauma stress from the October Wildfire Disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and hundreds of business structures in Santa Rosa. Marjorie helps folks turn challenges into strength.  Learn about this fascinating and simple procedure to help yourself and others.

About our Guest:  Marjorie Favuzzi, Director of Success In Hand, is a Certified Coach, and contractor for the State of California. As an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping, Matrix Practitioner, and coach, Marjorie has empowered clients to calm PTSD, release roadblocks, increase personal peace, improve relationships and channel their power into success for more than 28 years. Marjorie’s signature system, Turning I Can’t Into I CAN! ® provides real practical tools to focus, tap into potential and take action. Marjorie loves working with teens, and volunteering with the Alternatives to Violence Project, taking heart-expanding workshops into prisons.

Guest Link: https://successinhand.com/

Guest Suggested Links on EFT Tapping:

http://www.eftuniverse.com/

http://tappingthematrix.com/

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2. & 3.  Christine Castillo and Catelin Quinn talk about their paths leading them to work at Verity, helping female and male victims of abuse.  Christine has worked for the organization when it was called United Against Sexual Assault and led a rebranding and focus on the mission of Verity working in cooperation with the community:  Verity facilitates healing and promotes the prevention of violence by providing counseling, advocacy, intervention, and education in our community. Caetlin joined Verity and speaks with the passion of a “Me, too” Wounded Healer, as she shares her story of abuse at Sonoma State University, where this abuser of multipler women students was shielded by the Professors and Administration and allowed to graduate with enough recommendations to enter Harvard Law School. The Verity 24×7 Crisis Hotline and counseling are strictly confidential.  Since those younger than 18 years old are in guardianship and the law mandates reporting, Verity first informs the youth not to give any identifiers before counseling them.on the phone and lets clients know if a next step would require breaking the confidentiality to allow free choice in the decision.

About our Guest: Christine Castillo is the Executive Director for Verity earned her Bachelor’s Degree in psychology from Sonoma State University, with external work for her Master’s Degree in psychology. Chris has over 35 years of experience with nonprofit organizations in Sonoma County, working with diverse populations and cultures. She is committed to eliminating myths and stereotypes surrounding sexual assault and bringing our community together to become better informed, educated and able to speak out against sexual abuse. Chris will continue to pursue her passion for community collaboration.

About our Guest: Catelin Quinn is the communications coordinator: for Verity. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a minor in public policy. While studying at Cal, she was involved with the student organizing, government affairs, and nonprofit work for a variety of progressive causes in the Bay Area and Washington, D.C. After a year of getting reacquainted with what Sonoma County has to offer, Caitlin decided she wanted to do meaningful work in the community where she grew up, and joined the Verity team in July 2016.

Guest Link: www.ourverity.org

24 X 7 Crisis Hot Line: (707) 545- 7273

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Announcement Links 

Sonoma Strong Healing Fair, Saturday, Dec.9, 10 am – 5 pm fb event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/338111636599291/

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Link of FOSNA event that Elaine attended:

www.fosna.org/event/challenging-oppression-working-justice-palestine-usa

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Migrant Education Family Fund Donation 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

Brother Warrior sung by Sherry Austin from the Album: Love Still Remains ((Barking Topiary)

The Times They are A Changing sung by The Brothers and Sisters from the Album: Dylans Gospel (Epic Records)

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Misti Harris the new Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Liaison and Lilliana Gallelli on the new DACA rules, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 9/11/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Immigration, Law enforcement, Sonoma County, women in public service, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Misti Harris the new Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Liaison and Lilliana Gallelli on the new DACA rules, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 9/11/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170911.html

Announcements

Featured Guests

1. Misti Harris,  Community Engagement Liaison, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

2. Lilliana Gallelli, Immigration Attorney with Kerosky, Purves and Bogue on
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

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1.  Misti Harris began her role as the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Liaison in March 2017. Her duties include building community relationships, expanding outreach, and providing education about the Sheriff’s Office policies. Misti shares how she builds bridges of understanding with the community through face-to-face interactions, traditional media, and social media. The office came through the work of the Community and Local Law EnforcementTask Force formed by the Board of Supervisors after the klling of 13-year old Andy Lopez by a Sheriff Deputy.in October 2013.

About our Guest:  Misti Harris  was born and raised in Truckee, California. She moved to Sonoma County in 2001 to attend Sonoma State University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Planning with a minor in Spanish. She worked as a land use planner at the City of Cotati and Sonoma County for 13 years before working at the Sheriff’s Office. Her professional experience includes land use planning, public policy, and community outreach. She focuses her volunteer efforts at the Food For Thought food bank as a board member and serving clients in English and Spanish. Misti’s favorite activity is riding her motorcycle, especially when she’s on an adventure with her husband
Guest Link: www.sonomasheriff.org

Email Contact: sheriff-outreach@sonomacounty.org

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2. Lilliana Gallelli comes from immigrant parents and now serves immigrant clients as an immigrant attorney in meeting the legal challenges to their status to work or live in the USA. She updates on the latest executive order of  President Trump to rescind DACA, the  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, and offers a list of suggestions for the “Dreamers” .

About our Guest:  Lilliana Gallelli  has been practicing law since 2004. Her experience includes immigration law, estate planning, closely-held businesses and non-profit organizations. Before joining Kerosky Purves & Bogue, Ms. Gallelli practiced transactional law at Toews Law in San Luis Obispo, CA and later joined her brother at the Gallelli & Gallelli, Inc., law firm in Beverly Hills, CA. Gallelli earned a Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature from California State University Northridge and a Juris Doctor degree from University of La Verne Law School. Affiliations include membership in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the advisory council of the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission, and for the Sonoma County Latino Service Providers, Board Member of My American Dreams Foundation, and past Board Member of Help A Life Foundation, Inc. Ms. Gallelli speaks fluent Spanish and French and speaks conversational Italian, Portuguese and Lithuanian.

Guest Link: www.kpbimmigrationlawfirm.com

Guest Email Contact: Lgallelli@kpblawyers.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 (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Get Together performed by Indigo Girls from the Album: Strange Fire  (Epic)

Hold On – Keep Your Eye on the Prize by Barbara Daneu and Lightening Hopkins from the Album: Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me
(1966 @ 1996 Arhoolie Productions)

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Lisa Maldonado and Maddy Hirschfield on Labor Day and Unions, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 9/4/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

Community organizing, fair employment, living wage, service organization, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Lisa Maldonado and Maddy Hirschfield on Labor Day and Unions, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 9/4/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

 

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170904.html

Announcements

Featured Guests

1. Lisa Maldonado,  Area Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)1021

1a. Maddy Hirschfield, Political Director, North Bay Labor Council

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1.  Lisa Maldonado and Maddy Hirschfield join us in the studio, where outside the North Bay Labor Council was finishing its annual Labor Day breakfast at the Carpenter’s Union in Santa Rosa to talk about the origins of Labor Day and their personal journeys into the firght for labor rights. Lisa shares how her immigrant parents were able to get an opening to joining the Middle Class through her dad’s struggle to join and to keep his union job. The 8-hour day and 40-hour week are common today because of workers orgainizing to bargain as a collective unit with the employers leveraging power with their wealth profiting off the labor. Lisa and Maddy also discuss the lobbying efforts around the bill being debated in the State Assembly AB1250,  Project Labor Agreements,and the the trhreat of the “Right To Work” movement to destroy union solidarity in the workplace.

About our Guest:  Lisa Maldonado is the Area Director at SEIU1021 a public employee union representing working people in the North Bay. SEIU1021 represents over 4500 city, county, non-profit and municipal workers and is a strong force for social justice for all working people, leading on campaigns to fight for increased wages, pensions and paid sick leave for all. Lisa is an attorney and has previously worked as Field Director of the ACLU of Northern California where she coordinated field campaigns on issues such as racial profiling, the death penalty, marriage equality and immigrant’s rights. She is also a member of the Board of Directors at KBBF.
Guest Link: SEIU1021 www.seiu1021.org/category/where-we-work/counties/sonoma-county/

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About our Guest:  Maddy Hirschfield  has lived and been active in public life in Sonoma County for more than thirty years. Maddy has a long record of involvement in progressive politics at the local level, having served as manager and/or consultant to dozens of Sonoma County candidate and ballot measure campaigns to protect the environment, health care services, worker rights, transportation and equal rights for all. In 2002 she was voted Sonoma County Democrat of the Year and is Former Chair of the Sonoma County Democratic Party. Over 12 years she served two state legislators as primary speech writer and District Director. She is currently the Political Director for the North Bay Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, that reprepresents over 70 unions.

Guest Links:

North Bay Labor Council
https://unionhall.aflcio.org/nblc

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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

We Were There performed by Bev Grant from the Album: We Were There: Songs of Women Labor History  (Human Condition Music)

Bread and Roses by Bobbie McGee from the Album: Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways  (2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Which Side are you On by Bev Grant  from the Album: We Were There: Songs of Women Labor History  (Human Condition Music)

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Susan Lamont on Police Brutality Coalition, June Brashares and Laura Wells on the Green Party CA and Sonoma County, broadcast on 5/29/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Andy Lopez, Community organizing, Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in politics, Women's Spaces

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Susan Lamont on Police Brutality Coalition, June Brashares and Laura Wells on the Green Party CA and Sonoma County, broadcast on 5/29/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170529.html

Announcements and Commentary

Police Brutality Coalition – Sonoma County
&
Green Party – CA and Sonoma County

Featured Guests

1. Susan Lamont, Co-Founder, Police Brutality Coalition – Sonoma County;  Elected Green Party County Councilmember

2. June Brashares,  Elected Green Party County Councilmember

3. Laura Wells, California Green Party Member, former Green Party Nominee for State Controller and for Governor of California

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1.   Susan Lamont talks about the Poilice Brutality Coalition in Sonoma County and their support of an  investigation independent of the Sheriff Department in the recent taser killing by Rohnert Park Police of Branch Wroth at the Budget Inn. Branch’s parents, who  are seeking answers. recently settled a lawsuit over the police brutally tasering another son Esa Wroth 23 times while bookiung him on a DUI arrest in the Sonoma County Jail run by the Sheriff. Susan also is on the Green Party Council and will join our next guest on talking about the Green Party.

About our First Guest:  Susan Lamon is a regular guest and a political activist. She co-authored a petition to the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County and to the city councils in the county titled: It Won’t Happen Here – Sonoma County Resistance to the Trump Agenda. The Police Brutality Coalition was founded becauses of the increasing incidents in the county by those brought together by Sheriff deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez four years ago.  Andy Lopez’s classmates are graduating this year from high school.

Guest Links: Police Brutality Coalition fb page

News Link on Branch Wroth: http://abc7news.com/news/family-demands-answers-after-man-tased-by-rohnert-park-police-dies/1998150/

News Link on Esa Wroth: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/01/13/1-25-million-settlement-for-man-tased-by-sonoma-county-sheriffs-deputies/

Petition: http://www.it-wont-happen-here.org

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2. June Brashares talks about the local emphasis of the Greens in Sonoma County. The Green Party of Sonoma County supports Yes on Mesaure C (Rent Control) ion the ballot for the City of Santa Rosa, and June talks about the spending disparity of 8 to 1 against the Measure by outside money forces. Will the many glossy Mailers urgin a No vote “by those that know” win over the volunteer efforts of knocking on neighbors’ doors?

About our Second Guest:  June Brashsares was the Green Energy Director of Global Exchange in San Francisco before moving to Sonoma County.  June has been acitive clean energy advocacy.

Guest Link: http://sonomagreenparty.org/

Guest LinkedIn Page

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3.  Laura Wells shares her insights on the future of the Greens in California and discusses with June Brasahares and Susan Lamont the local county Green efforts.

About our Second Guest: Laura Wells has run as the Green Party’s nominee for the State Controller and for the Governor of Califorina

Guest Link:  https://laurawells.org/

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Music Selections:

For What It’s Worth Miriam Makeba
from her Album: Keep Me In Mind (Rhino/Warner Bros)

We Are The Women by Betsy Rose
from the Album: Welcome to the Circle (Paper Crane Paper)

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz andguests Cami Courtright on Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock and Mara Ventura on North Bay Jobs with Justice, broadcast on 5/22/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

ecology, living wage, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Water, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz andguests Cami Courtright on Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock and Mara Ventura on North Bay Jobs with Justice, broadcast on 5/22/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170522.html

Announcements and Commentary

Featured Guests

1. Cami Courtright, Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock

2. Mariela (Mara) Ventura, Lead Organizer of North Bay Jobs with Justice

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1.   Cami Courtright shares her journey to active involvement with drawing attention to the Standing Rock movement to protect the water and Native American Tribal rights. She brings us up to date with the move to encourage banks and other investments tools to divest from the Dakota Access Pipe Line (DAPL) venture that is causing the environmental damage and potentially much more to major water sources.

About our First Guest:  Cami Courtright obtained her master’s degree in sociology with an emphasis in gender and cultural studies. In 2000 she volunteered at a Women’s Health Education Resource Center on a Native American reservation in South Dakota. She also has worked in a women’s shelter for abused women on a reservation and in the area of alcohol and drug addiction with various populations including working with Native American women. Cami currently works as a behaviorist for a progressive agency which serves the special needs population. Additionally she has written a humorous blog about her home town (Sebastopol) and recently was invited to be a columnist for Sonoma West Times

Guest Links: Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock: (to Facebook page)

The talk that Chase Iron Eyes gave at the SRJC last April 2017 (to YouTube page):

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2. Mara Ventura describes the mission of Jobs with Justice and how she rose to the leadership position in the local North Bay chapter. She updates us with recent achievements in the current Good Jobs and Zero Waste Campaign, including the signing of a Teamster Union Contract with the Ratto Group providing Recycle and Waste Services to Santa Rosa.

About our Second Guest: Mariela (Mara) Ventura hails equally from both coasts but has spent the last 10 years organizing on immigration, education, and worker’s rights in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Colombia and brought here as an infant, Mara is a proud queer immigrant and very actively involved in her community. Mara has her BA in Sociology and is deeply committed to social justice and grassroots direct-action organizing. As the lead organizer for North Bay Jobs with Justice, Mara spends the majority of her time helping build a bridge between issues the community is addressing and fights workers are having to win improvements in their workplaces/industries.

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Music Selections:

For Those Who Dream by Joanne Shandoah and Paul Orgega, from the album Songs of Native American Women  (Canyon Records)

We Were There by Bev Grant
from the album Songs of Women’s Labor History (Human Condition Music)

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz commenting on the use of “Mother” to refer to the MOAB bomb and guests Marjorie Helm on the upcoming Petaluma Community Engagement Fair on May 7 and Dr. Amanda Morrison on the upcoming We the Future Social Justice Conference on April 28, broadcast on 4/17/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

Community organizing, Human Rights, Sonoma County, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz commenting on the use of “Mother” to refer to the MOAB bomb and guests Marjorie Helm on the upcoming Petaluma Community Engagement Fair on May 7 and Dr. Amanda Morrison on the upcoming We the Future Social Justice Conference on April 28, broadcast on 4/17/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170417.html

The show began today with
Announcements

followed by
Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz and then her featured Guests:

Commentary: The use of “Mother-of-all-bombs” to describe the 11-ton MOAB  (officially Massive Ordnance Air Blast) is an affront on all mothers.

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Featuring Guests:

1. Marjorie Helm, LCSW, Co-organizer, First annual Petaluma Community Engagement Fair

2.  Dr. Amanda Morrison ,Coordinator of SRJC Petaluma’s Intercultural Center and Chair of North Bay Organizing Project’s Education Justice Task Force

Guest  1.  Marjorie Helm talks about what led her to her involvement in planning the First annual Petaluma Community Engagement Fair to happen on May 7, 2017.  Margie is politically active in Petaluma and co-founded a cross-cultural celebration of El Dia de los Muertos now entering its 17th year. She was honored 2 years ago as Social Worker of the year for Sonoma County and 6 years ago as Petaluma Citizen of the Year. Ms. Helm came out of retirement after the election to work preserving and protecting human rights.
She is a founding member of the Petaluma Community Relations Council (PCRC) and Co-coordinator with her husband Chip Atkins of the Petaluma Community Engagement Fair to occur Sunday May 7, 12:00pm – 4:00pm. It is FREE.
PCRC and other co-sponsors are bringing together local community groups, faith based organizations and nonprofits, with volunteers and activists to encourage, celebrate and increase civic engagement in Petaluma.

Guest Event Link:   Petaluma Community Engagement Fair fb Event page May 7th

Guest Link: Petaluma Community Relations Council petalumacrc.org

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Guest 2.  Dr. Amanda Morrison went to high school at Santa Rosa High, college at UC Santa Cruz, and completed a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, which includes degree specializations in Mexican American Studies and popular culture studies. She has taught ethnic studies and anthropology classes at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and Sonoma State University. In addition to her academic work, she has published articles on popular music and the arts in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Oakland Tribune, and other newspapers. She recently took a full-time position as Coordinator of SRJC Petaluma’s Intercultural Center which is known as “Our House.” Her passion is helping facilitate deep conversations about race and inequality. To this end, Dr. Amanda Morrison has begun advocating for more ethnic studies classes at SRJC and, in her work as Chair of North Bay Organizing Project’s Education Justice Task Force, she’s involved in the campaign to push for ethnic studies in local middle and high schools. Amanda announces the upcoming We the Future Social Justice Conference at the SRJC Petaluma campus on Friday April 28, 2017 from 8am to 6pm.

Guest Link: https://petaluma.santarosa.edu/our-house-intercultural-center

Guest Event:  Registration https://wethefuture.santarosa.edu
This day-long conference aims to raise consciousness and inspire action, reflected in its inaugural theme, “Get Woke Stay Woke.” For those feeling the call toward political action, the conference offers an opportunity to build solidarity among activists of color, working-class folks, interfaith allies, feminists, members of the LGBTQI community, immigrants and the undocumented, labor organizers, and environmentalists whose diverse work is united by a desire to build a more just, humane world.

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Music Selections:

Masters of War sung by Tatiana Moroz from the album Love and Liberty (Tatiana Moroz label).

Get Together sung by the Indio Girls, music and lyrics by Chet Powers, originally recorded by the Kingston Trio   from the album Strange Fire (CBS Records, Inc label)

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Kimberly Kompel on the SF’s Women’s March of 1/21 and Alicia Ramon on the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), broadcast on 1/30/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

Andy Lopez, Civil Rights, Community organizing, Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women in politics, women's rights

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Kimberly Kompel on the SF’s Women’s March of 1/21 and Alicia Ramon on the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach  (IOLERO), broadcast on 1/30/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170130.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Kimberly Kompel: particpant in the Million Women’s March in San Francisco on January 21, 2017

2. Alicia Ramon, Attorney, Chair, Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach

Announcements

Recap of the North Bay Community Engagement Fair at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sunday January 29, 2017

Guest  1.  Kimberley Kompel describes what moved her to march and what she experienced besides a sea of Pink Pussy Hats in the San Francisco part of the national Million Women March on January 21, 2017, the day after the Inaguration of Donald Trump as President of the USA.

Guest Link:
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Guest 2.  Alicia Ramon is the Chair of the new Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), Alicia is an attorney specializing in tenant rights, civil rights and personal injury claims, Alicia also currently represents clients suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Rosa Police Department, and Sebastopol Police Department concerning the seizure of vehicles. She was also active in seeking reconciliation for the killing of 12-year old Andy Lopez for carrying a toy rifle that appeared threatening to a Sheriff Deputy.  Alicia describes her path to being Chair of IOLERO and how IOLERO, as stated on its website, provides all members of the public with independent and effective review of complaints against the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, making policy recommendations to improve the responsiveness of the Sheriff’s Office to the community, and maintaining continual engagement with members of the public in Sonoma County.  Alicia reminds us that Sonoma County is not a “sanctuary county” and that the Sheriff’s Office will most likely cooperate with the Federal ICE regarding undocumented residents. IOLERO signed on to the petition It Won’t Happen Here – Sonoma County Resistance to the Trump Agenda, which our guest Susan Lamont on the show of 1/9/17 talked about.
Alicia Ramon is also a Board Member of Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. (BBFI), the non-profit foundation which holds the licenses  for Radio KBBF.

Guest Link: http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/IOLERO/

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Related – Petition Link:
www.change.org/p/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-it-won-t-happen-here-sonoma-county-resistance-to-the-trump-agenda

Related Link: –  List of shows featuring the issue of the killing of Andy Lopez

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Music Selections:

Please Peace by Linda Ferro www.lindaferro.com

The Great Peace March by Holly Near (CD) from her album And Still We Sing
www.hollynear.com/and_still.html

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Cynthia Quinn, Bonny Petty, Dr. Loi Medvin, and Rev. Margaret Flick on Standing Rock Water Protectors, broadcast on 11/21/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

Tags

ecology, Human Rights, Indigenous People, living wage, Oil, Santa Rosa, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Cynthia Quinn, Bonny Petty, Dr. Loi Medvin, and Rev. Margaret Flick on Standing Rock Water Protectors, broadcast on 11/21/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA161121.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Cynthia Quinn, a member of the sovereign Yurok Reservation

2. Bonnie Petty, Leader iin North Bay Jobs with Justice/Living Wage Coalition, Communications Vice President of the Santa Rosa Democratic Club

3. Dr. Loi Medvin, Licensed Psychologist in trauma tranformation, Co-producer, For All Our Relations Standing Rock Benefit supporting the Water Protectors facing off the Dakota Access Pipeline on Nov.6th

4.  Rev. Margaret Flick, Unity Minister, Santa Rosa Unity

Announcements

Guest  1.  Cynthia Quinn describes how her grandmother kept the Yurok traditions alive, and she in turn for her daughter, and her daughter awoke her to the urgency of the situation in Standing Rock and their need to visit the scene of resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).  Cynthia’s grandmother’s teachings came alive in that community of Water Protectors that greeted them at Standing Rock.

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2.  Bonnie Petty shares how those fighting for a living working wage felt the need to show solidarity and joined the demonstration supporting Standing Rock in downtown Santa Rosa on November 11, 2016.

Guest Linkz: northbayjobswithjustice.org

http://democlub.org/

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3.  Dr. Loi Medvin reports on the For All Our Relations Standing Rock Benefit supporting the Water Protectors facing off the Dakota Access Pipeline that occured o Nov.6th.  Over $30,000 was raised at the benefit at the Sebastopol Grange.

Guest Link: Past EventLinks: For All Our Relations Standing Rock Benefit on November 6th,

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4.  Rev. Margaret Flick leads us into centering ourselves as we deal with our national ordeal.

Guest Link: https://unityofsantarosa.com/

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Music Selections: 

By My Silence by Ellen Bukstel (CD) http://ellenbukstel.com/music/