Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Bernice Espinoza and Leslie Graves on the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project and Megan Kaun and Julie Royas on Toxic Free Future, has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Children, mother, Pesticides, Vote, Women's History

Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Bernice Espinoza and Leslie Graves on the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project and Megan Kaun and Julie Royas on Toxic Free Future, has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was recorded, broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 8/19/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 8/21/19 at 11 AM. 

 

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190819.html

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Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project

Toxic Free Future Campaign for Sonoma County

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Featuring Guests

1. Bernice Espinoza, Volunteer Steering Committee Member, Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project

2. Leslie Graves, Volunteer Steering Committee Member, Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project

3. Megan Kaun, Board member of Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA)

4. Julie Royas, Founder, Toxic Free Future Campaign

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Announcements (Click for section below)

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 Our Featured Guests

1. Bernice Espinoza and 2. Leslie Graves talk about the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project to commemorate 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote.  Bernice draws our attention to the fact that it was really only white women who got the right to vote initially and how important that we recognize women of all colors and sexual identity in 2020. Leslie and Bernice announce some events as the preparations begin for you and your friends to contribute ideas, time and support.

About our Guest:  Bernice Espinoza  is a Volunteer Steering Committee Member for the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project. Bernice is a schedule speaker at the Petaluma Progressive Festival on Sunday, August 25, 2019 listed in our Announcements section..

About our Guest: Leslie Graves  has produced many public events in Sonoma County, including the Women’s March and Rally in Santa Rosa. Leslie is a Volunteer Steering Committee Member for the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project.

Guest Link:  https://socowomen2020.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SoCoWomen2020/

Email: socowomen2020@gmail.com

Guest Event:  Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 6:30PM – 8:00 PM, General Member Meeting at Radio KBBF, 1700 Corby Ave, (Suite B), Santa Rosa – Join us to learn about the upcoming plans and programs for Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project. Individuals and representatives of groups strongly encouraged to attend this planning meeting as we discuss our kick-off event on December 8, 2019 and complete calendar for 2020. RSVP appreciated … socowomen2020@gmail.com

To keep up with the events leading up to 2020 check out https://socowomen2020.org/calendar

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3. Megan Kaun and 4. Julie Royas share their journies into becoming active in the elimination of toxic synthetic pesticides, a Toxic Free Future for Sonoma County. Both are mothers with children. Julie noticed how inflamed her son’s skin became with exposure to the use of Roundup glyphosate herbicide at his elementary school and protecting him gives her the strength to attend public hearings and lobby local politicians for policy changes in the use of the pesticides in public places like schools, parks and along the creeks. The latest victory in the county was persuading the Cotati City Council to vote to ban the use of glyphosates like in Roundup in their public spaces. Coming up on Tuesday August 27, 2019 the Rohnert Park City Council will take up discussion of toxic-free landscaping and residents of the county are invited to attend and voice their opposition to toxic pesticide use in the city on public lands.

About our Guest: Julie Royes is a military wife and mother of two. She decided to do something about synthetic pesticide use in public spaces after her doctor tied her son’s mysterious skin rashes to low dose exposure to the synthetic pesticides (glyphosate and others) being used near her home. Julie started the Toxic Free Future campaign in Rohnert Park in 2018 to create more safe public spaces in Sonoma County.

About our Guest: Megan Kaun is an environmental engineer who has taken an unexpected journey into the world of pesticides. An experience at her local park regarding weed killer application near a children’s playground inspired Megan to work toward eliminating unnecessary synthetic pesticide use in Sonoma County. Through her work as a private citizen-scientist and as a board member of Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA) and Santa Rosa Water (former), she has helped bring enlightened landscape policies to numerous municipal agencies and schools. Megan holds engineering degrees from Stanford and Northwestern Universities.

Guest Link:  www.conservationaction.org

Guest Event:  Tuesday August 27th 2019, 5pm, at City Hall (130 Avram Ave). Rohnert Park City Council will discuss the city’s synthetic pesticide use on Tuesday . Come show your support for a full ban on all synthetic pesticides. https://www.conservationaction.org/news/toxicfree/

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Announcements

Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 6:30PM – 8:00 PM, Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project General Member Meeting at Radio KBBF, 1700 Corby Ave, (Suite B), Santa Rosa – Join us to learn about the upcoming plans and programs for Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project. Individuals and representatives of groups strongly encouraged to attend this planning meeting as we discuss our kick-off event on December 8, 2019 and complete calendar for 2020. RSVP appreciated … socowomen2020@gmail.com

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Sunday, Aug. 25, 12 noon-4:00 PM, Indivisible Petaluma Presents the 22nd Annual Progressive Festival!; Listen. Connect. Change Your Community! Visit:the fb event page for more info at https://www.facebook.com/events/653729388386109/

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August 26th is Women’s Equality Day

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Tuesday August 27th 2019, 5pm, at City Hall (130 Avram Ave). Rohnert Park City Council will discuss the city’s synthetic pesticide use on Tuesday . Come show your support for a full ban on all synthetic pesticides. https://www.conservationaction.org/news/toxicfree/

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Saturday August 31, 2019, 2-5 PM,  Repair Party, Northwest Branch, Sonoma County LIbrary, 150 Coddingtown Center, Santa Rosa, (707) 546-2265. Drop in. First come, first served. No guarantee that we can fix your item. Help the event run smoothly by filling out a Repair Party Request Form at tiny.cc/repairparty or call (707) 546-2265 and ask for Jenny. We’re recruiting volunteers for this event (sign up to be a fixer, greeter, translator, and “supply runner”). Fill out the form at tiny.cc/repairvolunteer or call the library and ask for Jenny. En Español: EVENTO: tiny.cc/repairpartyspanish
En Español: FORMULARIO DE SOLICITUD: tiny.cc/reparar https://sonomacounty.libcal.com/event/5321696

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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

Battle Hymn for Women  by Betsy Rose and the Womansong Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle (Paper Crane Music)

What on Earth sung by Earth Mama from the album Love Large (Rouse House, LLC)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

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

 

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guest Tracey Ritchie on the Earth Day Network and the Environmental Activism Legacy of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, recorded on 4/8/19, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Earth Day, ecology

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guest Tracey Ritchie on the Earth Day Network and the Environmental Activism Legacy of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, recorded on 4/8/19, has been uploaded to the web archives.  The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the North Bay on Monday 4/8/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Wednesday 4/10/19 at 11 AM.

Visit the web archive page for the show to hear the audio recording:

 http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190408.html

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Earth Day Network – Protect our Species

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas’ Legacy of Environmental Activism

 

Featuring Guests

1.Tracey Ritchie , Director of Education, Earthday Network

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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 Our Featured Guests

1. Tracey Ritchie shares her journey in advocating for a livable planet Earth to her present position as Director of Education for the Earth Day Network, which helps coordinate the annual theme for the world wide event on on or about April 22nd.  This year the theme is Protect our Species. Tracey explains the process of picking the annual theme and her work with young people who realize the danger to the environment.  Tracey also points to the environmental protection action legacy of Rachel Carsonwho published her book Silent Spring in 1962 and of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, the savior of the Everglades and the namesake of the Parkland, Florida school where the massacre of 17 students with an assault rifle occurred, as she is an alumna of the school. Tracey is heartened by her Alma Mater’s students rallying the nation to political action on this gun control matter,perhaps inspired by the environmental activism of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Students across the globe are rallying for Climate Action.

About our Guest:  Tracey Ritchie joined the Earth Day Network as the Director of Education in January
2018. Most recently she was adjunct faculty at the University of Florida and has held positions from Florida to North Carolina managing and facilitating Environmental Education programs. Tracey completed her PhD at the University of Florida in 2017. Her research focused on developing systems thinking skills in students and teachers to more effectively communicate about complex environmental issues such as climate change. She also holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Tracey has been active in the field of Environmental Education for over 12 years and looks forward to working with the global network of educators through EDN to advance environmental and climate literacy worldwide.

Guest Links: Earth Day Network www.earthday.org

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Announcements

Saturday April 20, 2019, Link to Sonoma County Beach Clean up

Saturday April 20, 2019, Link to SSonoma County Creek Clean up day

Saturday April 27, 2019, Noon – 4pm, Earth Day, Festival in Courthouse Square Santa Rosa Link —

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Women in History

“In nature, nothing exists alone.”  –  Rachel Carson, 1962

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially some problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was the book Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people.
Although Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. It also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.[3] Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.

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Marjorie Stoneman Douglas  (1890 – 1998)

According to a profile of Douglas on the National Park Service website:

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas’ book, The Everglades: River of Grass,, published in 1947 — the year Everglades National Park was established — has become the definitive description of the natural treasure she fought so hard to protect. After several reprints, the revised edition was published in 1987, to draw attention to the continuing threats — unresolved — to “her river.”

In the 1950s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rose to the top of her list of enemies. In a major construction program, a complex system of canals, levees, dams, and pump stations was built to provide protection from seasonal flooding to former marsh land—now being used for agriculture and real estate development. Long before scientists became alarmed about the effects on the natural ecosystems of south Florida, Mrs. Douglas was railing at officials for destroying wetlands, eliminating sheetflow of water, and upsetting the natural cycles upon which the entire system depends.

Early on, she recognized that the Everglades was a system which depended not only on the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee into the park, but also upon the Kissimmee River which feeds the lake. To add a voting constituency to her efforts, in 1970 she formed the Friends of the Everglades, and was active as the head of the organization.

In his introduction to her autobiography Voice of the River (1987), John Rothchild describes her appearance in 1973 at a public meeting in Everglades City: “Mrs. Douglas was half the size of her fellow speakers and she wore huge dark glasses, which along with the huge floppy hat made her look like Scarlet O’Hara as played by Igor Stravinsky. When she spoke, everybody stopped slapping [mosquitoes] and more or less came to order. She reminded us all of our responsibility to nature and I don’t remember what else. Her voice had the sobering effect of a one-room schoolmarm’s. The tone itself seemed to tame the rowdiest of the local stone crabbers, plus the developers, and the lawyers on both sides. I wonder if it didn’t also intimidate the mosquitoes. . . . The request for a Corps of Engineers permit was eventually turned down. This was no surprise to those of us who’d heard her speak.”

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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

Hey Mr. Politican  by Ellen Buckstel from the album Daddy’s Little Girl (2008 Ellen Bukstel)

What on Earth by Earth Mama from the album Love Large  (1996 Rouse House LLC)

Imagine , Sung by Glee Cast, from the album Glee The Music – Season 1  (2009-10 20th Century Fox Film Corporation)

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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 Megan Kaun and Nichole Warwick on City Pesticide Bans, and Osprey Orielle Lake on the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, recorded on 9/10/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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

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

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

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

Banning Toxic Pesticides in Sonoma County Cities

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

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guests

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

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

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

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

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

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

SCCA Campaign updates – get involved – link:

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

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

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

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

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

Daily Acts https://dailyacts.org/

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

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

Guest links: https://wecaninternational.org/

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

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Announcements

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

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

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