Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Marnie Wroth on her son Branch Wroth and Susan Lamont on the jury award holding Rohnert Park Police Department accountable for Branch Wroth’s death at arrest, has been uploaded to web archive.

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accountability, Law enforcement

Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Marnie Wroth on her son Branch Wroth and Susan Lamont on the jury award holding Rohnert Park Police Department accountable for Branch Wroth’s death at arrest, has been uploaded to web archive. The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 7/22/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 7/24/19 at 11 AM. 

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

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190722.html

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Jury Holds Rohnert Park Police Accountable in the Killing of Branch Wroth

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Featuring Guests

1. Marnie Wroth, Mother of Branch Wroth slain by Rohnert Park Police, Activist in Accountability of Law Enforcement in the case of Andy Lopez
2. Susan Lamont, Activist in Accountability of Law Enforcement

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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Our Featured Guests

1. 1. Marnie Wroth and 2. Susan Lamont talk about the federal civil trial in which Marnie and her husband Chris Wroth were plaintiffs whose rights were violated by the deliberate indifference of the Rohnert Park Police Department with lack of proper training of police officers involved in the arrest and killing of their son Branch Wroth who called 911 for help with a medical emergency due to adverse drug reacton.  Susan Lamont witnessed with daily attendance at the trial and reports how the jury agreed with the parents of Branch Wroth and the evidence they presented, including police video cam recordings, to hold the Rohnert Park Police Department accountable with an award to the Wroths of $4 million. Marnie reminds us that her son was also a father and brother and friend of many and all of these relations were deeply hurt  traumatized by the killing of Branch Wroth by the police. The Wroth family was represented by attorney Izaak Schwaiger. This is a tragic and heartfelt look into the need for better understanding and training on community health issues by the police and their 911 responses.

 

About our Guest:   Marnie Wroth was a longtime activist and resident in Sonoma County, most recently in the effort to bring justice for Andy Lopez. She is the mother of Branch Wroth, who was killed by Rohnert Park Public Safety officers two years ago. In June, she and her husband Chris won their lawsuit against the City of Rohnert Park and were awarded $4 million. Marnie and Chris moved out of the county after their son’s death.

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a writer, photographer, and landscape designer who is also an activist primarily around issues of law enforcement accountability, income inequality and peace. She was active at the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County for fifteen years, both as a board member and as Center Coordinator.

Related Link:

Federal jury awards $4 million to family of man in Rohnert Park suffocation death, Press Democrat, June 20, 2019  https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9722699-181/federal-jury-awards-4-million

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Announcements

Women’s History:  July 19-20, 1848 – The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York Women’s Rights Movement.

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Wednesday July 24, 2019, Sonoma County Democratic Club Monthly Dinner Meeting, 5:45 PM to 9 PM, featuring A Special Presentation of Readers Theatre to honor the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment by Congress: A Voice of Her Own Women’s Suffrage  http://democlub.org/dinner

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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

Blood of the Ancients by Betsey Rose and the Women’s Choir from the album Welcome to the Circle (Paper Crane Music)

Imagine sung by Etta James from the album All the Way (Sony BMG Music Entertainment)

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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 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.

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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.

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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

 

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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Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women's rights, Women's Spaces

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.

Tags

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.

Tags

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.

Tags

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