Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Regina Brennan on the Sonoma County Black Forum and Tina Rogers on the Martin Luther King, Jr Birthday Celebration has been uploaded to the web archive.

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education, Civil Rights, Black History, Youth, Black Lives Matter

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Regina Brennan on the Sonoma County Black Forum and Tina Rogers on the Martin Luther King, Jr Birthday Celebration has been uploaded to the web archive.  The show was broadcast in the North Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM  on Monday 1/11/2021 at 11 AM, repeats at 11 PM on KBBF, and then repeat broadcasts in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on the following Wednesday 1/13/2021 at 11 AM.

Read description of the show and bios of the guests, see links referenced on the show and the playlist,  on its archive page at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210111.html

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Subscribe for Podcasts of the Show
via  this link for iTunes or via this link for Podcasts.com

Featuring Guest

1. Regina Brennan, Spokesperson and co-Founder, Sonoma County Black Forum

2. Tina Rogers, Sterering Committee, Sonoma County Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration on Sunday January 17th.

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Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host

The last week brought the presidential election to a day of infamy in our nation’s history, an armed insurrection and a near take over of our nation’s capitol through the President inciting a riot by his supporters. The insurrection scenes were available live to see by the world, as angry people shouted for the death of the Vice-President for daring to cross the will of the President, as well as for the heads of Democratic leaders of the House in the process of counting the electoral votes.  Costumed rioters carrying symbols and flags of White nationalist, confederate, Pro-Police/anti-Black Lives Matter, anti-Jewish Holocaust deniers, amidst those of Christianity. The noticeable lack of police presence contrasted with the heavy handed police and national guard called out when Black Live Matter protests erupted six months earlier. We have much work to do to bring peace and justice to our country.

The Sonoma County Climate Action Network’s Summit yesterday (Sunday) via Zoom was quite interesting and educational. We took a lot of notes. Check out their website at https://www.sonomacountycan.org/ , and maybe make a donation to help defray expenses of the summit. We featured an interview on 12/28/2020 with Maya Khosla of SoCoCAN.

And remember the Peace and Justice Center’s Warm Clothes and blankets for the Houseless Donation Drive that occurs every Tuesday.

Discussion with Featured Guest:

1.  Regina Brennan talks about the mission of Sonoma County Black Forum: to Lead, Serve, and Thrive! The Black Forum Is guiding the intellectual discourse and dialog to consider the African-American experience. Its goal is to support our region’s youth and our community by creating opportunities to train, learn, develop twenty-first century skills, and foster agency within Sonoma County and the surrounding Bay Area. .

About our Guest:   Regina Brennan decided to retire from the Santa Rosa City School District After nearly 30 years as a classroom teacher in 2017. Her teaching career began at George Washington Middle School in Long Beach CA where she was Teacher of the Year in1993 and ended at Santa Rosa High School where for 18 years she taught a variety of World History classes. Retirement means developing her small gardening business, learning Spanish, spending more time with her family, and trying to stay relevant during uncertain times. Regina, along with a small group of educators and activists, created the Sonoma County Black Forum in August 2017 to support our youth and the community.

Guest Links: Sonoma County Black Forum www.sonomacountyblackforum.com

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2. Tina Rogers invites us to the annual Sonoma County Martin Luther King, jr. Birthday Celebration, held this year on Sunday January 17th via Zoom. The theme this year is: “Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?” Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, is the guest speaker. Tina explains how the Civil Rights Act is so important as it made possible the Voting Rights Act. She reminds us of his words: Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

About our Guest:  Tina Rogers is a native of Sonoma County. Tina has devoted her life in trying to understand this beautiful planet, the humans and the other species that share our world. A true humanitarian is what she represents, thorough research, education, and communication with other cultures allows her to see the “big picture.” While attending UC Davis, she turned her passion for the arts, fitness and wellness into a popular example of master teaching not only to children but people of all ages.
She is a role model who truly enjoys using arts education and fitness, as tools to “crack-the-code” in child development that lasts a lifetime.

Guest Event Link:  

 Sonoma County Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. January 17, 2021, 5:00 – 7:30 PM via Zoom, For Zoom directions email
socoMLKcelebration@gmail.com

The Press Democrat article on the upcoming event:

www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/chris-smith-mlks-birthday-will-be-celebrated-but-covid-takes-the-cake

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Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance

Herstory Events:

January 11, 1935 – Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America.

January 12, 1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, becomes the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate’s presiding officer.

Herstory Birthdays:

January 11, 1885 (1977) – Alice Paul, suffrage leader and attorney, founded the National Woman’s Party (1916), her innovative nonviolent strategies and political sophistication helped win passage of the 19th Amendment (1920), initiated the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment (1923).

January 12, 1820 (1914) – Caroline Severance, early suffragist and social reformer, women’s clubs pioneer, co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869), first woman to register to vote in California (1911).

January 13, 1850 (1911) – Charlotte Ray, first female African American lawyer and first woman admitted to the bar in Washington D.C.

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Annnouncements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:

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January 17, 2021, 5:00 – 7:30 PM via Zoom, Sonoma County Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. For Zoom directions email socoMLKcelebration@gmail.com

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January 25, 2020 through (extended!) January 24, 2021,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information, also for Covid precautions taken at museum, visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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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

Made for These Times, sung by Earth Mama from the album Herstory (Released March 4, 2019, Rhm).

Come By Here Dr. Martin Luther King, sung by Kristin Lems from the album Imagine That – Songs for Creative Teachers (Label: 2006 Caroldatter Productions ).

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For music purchasing opportunity: 

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz with guests Nancy Rogers and Eshawn Zuniga with Juneteenth Reflections has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Black History, Black Lives Matter, Juneteenth, women in business

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz  with guests Nancy Rogers and Eshawn Zuniga with Juneteenth Reflections 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 6/22/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 6/24/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show on its archive page at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200622.html

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

Featuring

1. Nancy Rogers, Women’s Rights Attorney, Founding Partner of the firm Allred, Maroko & Goldberg

2. Eshawn Zuniga, Zoom Master, Webmaster, Videographer

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Our Featured Guests

1.  Nancy Rogers talks about how she first heard of Juneteenth when she moved out to Oakland, CA from her small town in Arkansas where she was raised in a black community, pretty sheltered as a child from Jim Crow laws by her parents. Juneteenth was introduced to her as the day freedom began for Blacks and is a festival that originated when Union troops under Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1895 and announced the end of the Civil War, the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, and that the slaves were emancipated, 2 1/2 years after President Lincoln made his famous Proclamation that was made law.  Juneteenth began to be celebrated in Santa Rosa 50 years ago under the leadership of Marteal Perry, aka Mother Perry, an evangelist, cosmetologist and beautician in Santa Rosa. Last year’s show  on Juneteenth we featured Mother Perry’s granddaughter Syndi Davenport reminiscing about her.  Nancy and her husband Harold Rogers eventually rose to become chief organizers for the Santa Rosa festival at Martin Luther King, jr, Park in Southwest Santa Rosa by the fairgrounds, and it has become a family picnic with live entertainment open to all. This year the celebration was done by Zoom internet video meeting because of  the COVID-19 precautions, and Nancy was the MC.  The Sonoma County Juneteenth Committee has a website with the program that was presented. One of the presenters was Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams, a professor of literature at Sonoma State University, whom was interviewed a couple of weeks ago on Women’s Spaces  .

About our Guest: Nancy Rogers is the chair of the Juneteenth Festival that has been happening at the Martin Luther King jr Park in Southpark Santa Rosa for the last 50 years. She is a board member of the black Orem and Black Chamber of Commerce and President of Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for young people of color, and co-owner, Red Rose Catering with her husband Harold Rogers.  She is a mother, a grandmother and a great neighbor.

Guest Links:

www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com

Sonoma County Juneteenth celebrates 50th year amid growing recognition nationwide, Press Democrat article of June 19, 2020:    www.pressdemocrat.com/news/11036649-181/sonoma-county-juneteenth-celebrates-50th

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2. Eshawn Zuniga was tasked this year to be the Zoom Master for the Sonoma County MLK/Juneteenth Festival. Her expertise in developing websites and videos for businesses came to the fore as she mastered this new online venue. She shares the challenges she met in preparation for Juneteenth, plus gives tips for aspiring Zoom masters. Eshawn also talks about the mentoring from her godmother who remembered hard times under Jim Crow in Louisiana and Mississippi, and reminded her of the sacrifices of people marching for her civil and voting rights. Eshawn’s natural parents immigrated from the Caribbean, where there was also slavery, and Eshwawn is a first generation American.

About our Guest:  Eshawn Zuniga is a motivated person that enjoys using her creativity to assist individuals and small businesses. She has developed and maintained websites over the past 20 years. As web development changes, she constantly updates her skills to keep up with the latest tools available to assist her clients. She also worked in with a local public access station and various local organizations to produce and air their programs. Learning along the way how to complete multi-camera shots, interview and edit video. Eshawn enjoys helping others to “get the word out” about their business, whether via the web or through video. Her most recent event was directing the Sonoma County Juneteenth 50th Annual Festival on a Zoom meeting last Saturday.

Guest Links:

Eshawn Zuniga’s Company http://ladiesprofessionalalliance.com/wordpress/eshawn-zuniga/

Email:  zunigacompany at  gmail.com

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 Herstory

Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance

June 21, 1997 – The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) plays its first game.

June 23, 1972 – Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is signed by President Nixon, one of the most important legislation initiatives passed for women and girls since women won the vote in 1920. This legislation guarantees equal access and equal opportunity for female and male students in almost all aspects of our educational systems.

June 25, 1903 – Marie Curie defends her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris, becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:

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

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

Freedom Song sung by Vivian Richman from the album Songs of Freedom, Liberty and War (2017 Goldenlane Records)

We Shall Overcome sung by Mahalia Jackson from the album We Shall Overcome (2006 Charly Records)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz with guests Susan Lamont on Petition for Effective Citizen Oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on Black Lives Matter: Historical and Feminist Perspective has been uploaded to the web archive.

Tags

Black History, Black Lives Matter, Intersectionality, Law enforcement

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz  with guests Susan Lamont on Petition for Effective Citizen Oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on Black Lives Matter: Historical and Feminist Perspective 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 6/8/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 6/10/2020 at 11 AM.

Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 6/8/2020 with guests Susan Lamont on Petition for Effective Citizen Oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on Black Lives Matter: Historical and Feminist Perspective – Show ID: WSA200608

Listen to the show on its archive page at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200608.html

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Citizen Oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

Black Lives Matter: Historical and Feminist Perspective

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

Featuring

1. Susan Lamont,  Member, Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective Iolero; Local Activist on Police Accountability

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

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 Our Featured Guests

 

1.  Susan Lamont  shares reasons why the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance to Support An Effective IOLERO (The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach), is necessary in our county for more accountability of the Sheriff’s Office. An online petition on Change.org has been started last Tuesday to encourage the County Board of Supervisors to pass the amendment to the ordinance for IOLERO or place it on the ballot in November, By the time of this show already 5,000 have signed the petition. Passage of this new ordinance for the County will give suppoena power to IOLERO to force the Sheriff to comply with requests for information and records. This is the time to act as protests against police brutality and racism continue for the 10th day in our county and around the nation and world. Listeners are urged to sign the online petition and also call their county supervisor to voice their support at (707) 565-2241. The history of IOLERO, the changes to make it more effective, and the link to the online petition can be found on the Committee’s website at https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County’s Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She is also a writer, poet and photographer.

Guest Links:

 Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective IOLERO link, information on the proposesd ordinance amendment and link to the online petition:
https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/

Making IOLERO Stronger Petition Link to Save Direct Democracy: Place Stronger Community Oversight of Law Enforcement on the Ballot  Petition to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at this link:
Change.org Petition .

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2.  Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returns to share how the the 9 -minute strangulation of George Floyd by a police officer as 3 police officers assisting him affected her as a Black woman, mother and educator.  She draws our attention to the fact that the officer who kept applying his knee to George Floyd’s neck kept his hands in his pockets, as if this just another casual killing of a Black person, encouraged by historical racism in the USA and even the Supreme Court.. She reminds us of the Dred Scott decison in 1857, which in the majority opinion of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Taney stated:

“They [people of African ancestry] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery.”

Given the 400 year history of this White Supremacy attitude, and the laws to support it,  Dr. Williams wonders if ten years from now we are not still addressing this divide among the people of this nation.  She calls for a united front of black, white and all colors of skin together,  against racism, and is hopeful at the response of white people in showing up and supporting the protests these last 10 days. She recommends some books about women of color feminism which we list below to further our education in this regard.

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

Guest Links:

https://english.sonoma.edu/faculty-staff/kim-d-hester-williams

Book recommended by our Guest:

This Bridge Called my Back; But Some Of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women’s Studies, an anthology of feminist studies. Co-edited by Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith, 1982, Feminist Press. Wikipedia link

Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1857, Majority Opinion by Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/865

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 Herstory

Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions.

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

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

Black Lives Matter by Lovely Hoffman from the Single Black Lives Matter (Release 2017 – 100 Decibels Music Group)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz with guests Sabryyah Abdulah on upcoming Juneteenth Celebration and Susan Lamont on Empowering Accountability of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has been uploaded to the web archive.

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accountability, Black History, Juneteenth, Law enforcement, slavery

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz  with guests Sabryyah Abdulah on upcoming Juneteenth Celebration and Susan Lamont on Empowering Accountability of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office 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 6/1/2020 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM on KBBF) and repeat broadcast in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on Wednesday 6/3/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show on its archive page at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200601.html

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Juneteenth Celebration on June 20th

Law Enforcement Accountability in Sonoma County

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

Featuring

1. Sabryyah Abdulah , Member, Planning Committee for the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa; Host and Producer, Rebel Blues Radio with Sisterfriend on Radio KWTF

2. Susan Lamont, Local Activist on Police Accountability; Member, Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective Iolero

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Our Featured Guests

1.  Sabryyah Abdulah shares with us the history of the Juneteenth Celebration, marking when Black slaves were first notified they were free in Galveston, Texas  a couple months before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army and ended the Civil War.  She talks of the beginning of the celebration in Santa Rosa 50 years ago, and the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of celebrating Juneteenth in Santa Rosa this year under Shelter-in-Place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a ZOOM meeting on Saturday, June 20, 2020, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.

About our Guest: Sabryyah Abdulah is on the Planning Committee for the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa. She also is the host and producer of Rebel Blues Radio with Sista Friend  at Radio KWTF 881 FM (Bodega Bay) and streaming live worldwide at https://www.kwtf.net/. Sabraraya is on the Board of Directors of Radio KWTF.

Guest Link:

 Rebel Blues Radio with Sista Friend on Radio KWTF 88.1 FM in Bodega Bay and streaming worldwide at
https://www.kwtf.net/?shows=rebel-blues

Guest’s Event Link:

Santa Rosa Juneteenth 50th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, June 20, 2020, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Free, Register, and receive ZOOM meeting ID and password, by emailing Nancy Rogers at nr0000@aol.com

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2. Susan Lamont is a long time activist for police accountability. She shares some events occuring on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 honoring what would have been the 20th birthday of Andy Lopez, the 13-year old boy shot by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus on Moorland Avenue southwest of Santa Rosa. Since that killing, the empty lot where he was shot has been purchased by the County and transformed into a beautiful neighborhood park and named Andy’s Unity Park in his memory. Andy’s mother has invited all who loved Andy to meet there in his memory on Tuesday at 4 PM and she asks folks to practice social distancing and wear masks, and of course, non-violence. Another gathering to grieve Andy and the lack of police accountability and oversight will take place on Tuesday at the Dollar Tree parking lot in the Roseland district of Santa Rosa from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Susan also gives us an update on the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance to Support An Effective IOLERO (The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach), whose petition to place it on the November ballot was aborted due to the Shelter-in-Place orders. Now the emphasis is to encourage the County Board of Supervisors to pass the amendment to the ordinance for IOLERO or place it on the ballot in November, which would require no physical gathering of signatures, by means of an online Change.org petition. Listeners are urged to sign the online petition and also call their county supervisor to voice their support.

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County’s Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She is also a writer, poet and photographer.

Guest Links:

Andy Lopez Community fb page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463022127256745/

Grief Gathering in the Memory of Andy Lopez, George Floyd, Brionna Taylor and Ahmaud Arberyy and too many to mention  at the Dollar Tree parking lot at 777 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 5:00 to 7:00 PM.  Masks required, 6’+ distancing, no touching, respect life.

 Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective IOLERO link, information on the proposesd ordinance amendment:
https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/

Amending IOLERO Petition Link: Save Direct Democracy: Place Stronger Community Oversight of Law Enforcement on the Ballot  Petition to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Change.org .

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 Herstory

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

June 1, 1993 – Connie Chung becomes the second woman to co-anchor the evening news, 17 years after Barbara Walters became the first in 1976.

Her Birthdays This Week

June 2, 1907 (1998) – Dorothy West, writer, novelist during the Harlem Renaissance.

June 3, 1924 (1991) – Colleen Dewhurst, actress, winner of 4 Emmy Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Obie Awards, and 2 Gemini awards.

June 3, 1924 (1991) – Colleen Dewhurst, actress, winner of 4 Emmy Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Obie Awards, and 2 Gemini awards.

June 3, 1916 (1995) – Gloria Martin, socialist, feminist organizer who began Shakespeare & Martin Booksellers.

June 3, 1919 (1989) – Elizabeth Koontz, first African-American president of the National Education Association.

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions.

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

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

Sojourner Truth sung by New Harmony Sisterhood Band e from the Album Ain’t I A Woman (Paredon Records 1977)

For What It’s Worth sung by Miriam Makeba  from the album Keep Me In Mind (2017 Strut Records)

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For music purchasing opportunity:

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

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

Tags

Black History, Chinese Americans, women in theatre

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

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

Black History Month Activities in Sonoma County

Chinese New Year of the Pig

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Featuring Guests

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

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

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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

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

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

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

 Guest Link:  http://legacyshowcases.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Announcements

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

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

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

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For music purchasing opportunity:

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

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guests Rhonda Black and Stephanie Melnik on Valentine’s Day OBR and TVM production, and Faith Ross and Gloria Robinson on Black History Month events in Petaluma, recorded on 2/4/19, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Black History, One Billion Rising, The Vagina Monologues

Women’s Space Radio Show with our guests Rhonda Black and Stephanie Melnik on Valentine’s Day OBR and TVM production, and Faith Ross and Gloria Robinson on Black History Month events in Petaluma, recorded on 2/4/19, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 2/4/19 at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Wednesday 2/6/19 at 11 AM.

The Recording of the show is archived at   http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA190204.html

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 Valentine’s Day OBR and TVM in Petaluma Production Update

Black History Month

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Featuring Guests

1.Ronda Black,  Producer, One Billion Rising and The Vagina Monologues (English & Spanish) in Petalulma February 14th

2. Stephanie  Melnik, Performer, The Vagina Monologues (English) in Petalulma February 14th

3. Faith Ross,   Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD

4. Gloria Robinson   Co-Founder, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD); Co-founder, NAACP, Sonoma County Chapter

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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1. Rhonda Black and 2. Stephanie Melnik update us on the production of the event One Billion Rising (OBR) and The Vagina Monologues (TVM) in Petaluma on Valentine’s Day February 14th.  Rhonda shares what moves her to take on this production and direction of  OBR and TVM, with the TVM being done in English and another one in Spanish, both of which will be translated into American Sign Language for the deaf.  Stephanie reads one of the TVM monologues that she will be performing on stage on February 14th in Petaluma at The Mentor Me Center, 426 8th Street.

About our Guest:  Rhonda Black refers to herself as a local do gooder, who believes that mentoring and working towards ending violence against women and children is the best way to change our world for the better. She has been involved with The Vagina Monologue (TVM) for ten years and One Billion Rising (OBR) since its beginning in 2012. She’s helped with marches, taught Flash mobs, art shows, organized OBR’s and TVM over the years. This year she is producing and directing The Vagina Monologues in Petaluma. Through the program Mentor Me she has mentored one young boy for six years and two sets of four teenage women who are part of the Commission on the Status of Women Junior Commission. She has a passion for the arts, activism and strengthening community through mentoring.

About our Guest: Stephanie Melnik recently moved up to Petaluma after living in San Francisco for a decade. She is a small business owner with her sister, and sells her handcrafted granola bars, called Awesome Bars. She will be performing a couple pieces in The Vagina Monologues. This is her first on
stage performance and she is thrilled to have finally found a space to
exercise her voice in a powerful way! … and that she is amused and excited
to say vagina so many times to a public audience.

 Guest Link:  One Billion Rising and The Vagina Monologues (English & Spanish), February 14, 2019, Petaluma https://www.facebook.com/events/201532364128702/

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3. Faith Ross and 4. Gloria Robinson talk about the annual events offered in Petaluma by the Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD) for Black History Month in collaboration in part with the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum. This year the theme is on the Black Migration from 1910 to 1970, shifting the center of African American social, economic, political and cultural life from the rural South.

About our Guest:  Faith Ross is currently involved in her community of Petaluma through Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD), Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, and the Petaluma Christian Church. Faith is alos a member of the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission. A native of California but raised in Louisiana, Ross graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a degree in Business Administration. Ross retired from the Auditor/Assessor’s Office at the County of Sonoma after working in public service for X years. She continues to learn new material, taking courses at local colleges in San Francisco and Sonoma County. Ross has been the curator of several successful exhibitions at the museum including “Women who fought for Civil Rights” and “The Many Faces of Petaluma – The Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of our City.” As one of the founding members of PBCD, Ross has helped to promote an understanding of black history and culture by providing a free community Black History Program, and other events during February which is Black History Month. Ross teaches Sunday school and is the Treasurer for Petaluma Christian Church.

About our Guest: Gloria Robinson is a long time member of the county, one of the founders of Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD) and former Secretary and co founder of the NAACP here in our county. Born into Miami Florida’s segregated south Gloria learned at an early age the injustice of segregation. By age twenty six she was married with four children. Her husband’s employment brought the family to San Francisco, then Marin Co and finally settling in Petaluma. It was in Petaluma that she became active in the community. She was one of the first appointed members to the to the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women where she coordinated the Women of Color Task Force and developed the Women of Color section for the 1980 CSW report and the NAACP, the National Association for t he Advancement for Colored People where she served as secretary and volunteer coordinator.

Guest Link:  Petaluma Blacks for Community Development  https://www.facebook.com/pb4cd/
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Announcements

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

February 10, 2019 Sunday 1:00 – 2:30 PM, Sharon McGriff-Payne, author of John Grider’s Century: African Americans in Solano, Napa and Sonoma Counties, 1845-1925, will be giving a lecture as part of Black History Month on the theme of “The Great Migration” in the Bay Area. Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. FREE Open to the public.

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

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February 6, 2019 Wednesday  6 to 8 PM,  Unshackled – monthly racial discussion group facilitated by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence. Arlene Francis Center, Santa Rosa, CA https://www.facebook.com/IamUnshackled/

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

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

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

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

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

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Music Selections:

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

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

 Rising Up* by I Billion Rising  from the single  (Released March 2013 @ 2013 Sabrina Steczko)

Ella’s Song sung by Anna Fritz from the album On A High Hill (2016 564490 Records DK)

* Rising Up is a tribute to V-Day One Billion Rising, Sabrina Steczko founder of Sexual Alchemy, the first organizer of Montreal’s first V-Day One Billion Rising event in 2013, felt inspired and sparked this collective creation. Sabrina approached 14 women worldwide to partake in this song project. Seed lyrics: Areeya Marie (Las Vegas), Mel Shapcott (Arizona) and Sabrina Steczko (Montreal). Vocal collaborations: Caroline Harsha Crasto (India), Areeya Marie (Las Vegas), Mel Shapcott (Arizona), Abbi Spinner McBride (Las Vegas), Dale Allen (Connecticut), Marsia Shuron Harris (Massachusetts), Alisa Starkweather (Massachusetts), Oceana LeBlanc (Massachusetts), Angelia Crasto (Montreal), Sabrina Steczko (Montreal), Elaine Lemire (Montreal), Isabelle Renaud (Montreal) and Lea Longo (Montreal). Studio and Producer: Rad Crasto (Montreal) producer, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineering, and music and song writer has re-arranged the lyrics, and wrote and played all the music for Rising Up. This collective creation is a response back to Break-the-Chain, anthem song for One Billion Rising international dance flashmob. Collaborating studios for snipets of women’s voices in the US: in Las Vegas Abbi Spinner McBride, in Massachusetts Brett & Lisa Brumby, in Connecticut Walt (? last name), in Las Vegas Eric Gallagan, in Arizona (name). and in India FireFly Studio.

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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 guests Susan Jensen on the Sonoma Winecountry Country Games, and Dr. Jacqueline Lawwrence and Sydni Davenport on Juneteenth, recorded on 6/11/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Black History, Sonoma County, sports, women in business, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Susan Jensen on the Sonoma Winecountry Country Games, and Dr. Jacqueline Lawwrence and Sydni Davenport on Juneteenth, recorded on 6/11/18, 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 6/11/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 6/12/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180611.html

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured

1. Susan Jensen , Secretary, Board of Directors, Sonoma County Women’s Soccer League

2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence, Producer, Writer of the play Unshackled

3. Sydni Davenport, Actress, the play Unschakled

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1. Susan Jensen shares the excitement of her soccer team winning the Silver Medal at the Sonoma Wine Country Games for 50+ in age. Susan talks about benefits of adult sports leagues, the friendships fostered, and the adaptability to age and handicap. The Games also benefitted the non-profit Rising Stars, a scholarship program for the handicapped at Sport City in Santa Rosa.

About our Guest:  Susan Jensen is the Secretary of the Sonoma County Womens’s Soccer League and Co-Owner of Economy Plumbing in Santa Rosa. Susan the Women’s Spaces host Elaine’s daughter and was raised in Sonoma County.  Susan is married to David Jensen and they are parents to two children, and in September will be grandparents.

Guest Links:  Sonoma County Women’s Soccer League https://www.scwsl.net/

Economy Plumbing Santa Rosa http://economyplumbingsr.com/

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2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence and 3. Sydni Davenport talk about the history of the Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863.  Our guests share when they first encountered Juneteenth and when they found out its meaning.  Sydni Davenport shares how her grandmother Evangelist Marteal Perry hosted the first Juneteenth in Sonoma County after moving from Texas and settling on a piece of land in Somoma County. Sydni will play a white slave owner’s daughter in the play Unschackled, produced by Dr. Jacqueline Lawerence, who also stars in the production presented at the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa at the Martin Luther King, jr, Park this Saturday at 10 am.

About our Guest:  Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California, the third of five children to Lamon and Sarah Lawrence. She attended Tuskegee University in Alabama and graduated in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, and later earned her Masters in Theology and Doctorate in Christian Counseling from Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College.Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence is an author, playwright, and Founder and CEO of Legacy Showcases, featuring Heiress Choral Group, The Underground Railroad Pop Up Museum, and a variety of black history productions in honor of African Slaves.

Guest Link:  https://www.facebook.com/heiressproductionsinc/

About our Guest:  Sydni Davenport was born and raised in Sonoma county and her grandmother Evangelist Marteal Perry settled in Sonoma County after WWII and started hosting the first Juneteenth in Sonoma County at her homestead in 1953, having enjoyed the annual gathering from her Texas home town and wanting to recreate the experience for Black Americans in Sonoma County, of which at the time were only a few in number.  In 1970 Sydni’s family decided to move the event to the park.  Since Sydni’s  father was white she was chossen to act as the white slave owner’s wife in the play Unshackled.

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Announcement Links

Saturday, June 16,  10 AM – 6 PM

Martin Luther King Park, 1671 Hendley St., Santa Rosa, CA

https://www.facebook.com/events/162785851233008/

Special Activities: Live Entertainment, Food, Basketball Games, Arts and Crafts, Dominoes, Kids Activities, health and fitness presentations and more.

Special Entertainment: Unshackled 10am -noon presented by Legacy Showcases: This is a dynamic stage presentation produced by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence giving one the feeling of what it was like for human beings to work under slavery. Included will be a facilitated discussion,

Special Schlorship Presentation by Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (EOT) EOT is, specifically designed to provide support to local youth programs, mentoring and scholarships for high school and college students. At this event they will be providing three schlorships for students of Sonoma

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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

Freedom Song sung by Vivian Richman from the album Songs of Freedom, Liberty and War (2017 Goldenlane Records)

Didn’t Ma Lawd Delibba Danya sung by Heiress Choral Group directed by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence  from the ablum The Spirit of Us (2016 Legacy Showcases)

We Shall Overcome sung by Mahalia Jackson from the album We Shall Overcome (2006 Charly Records)

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

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guest Sabra Briere on Indivisible Sonoma County, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 2/19/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Black History, Community organizing, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guest Sabra Briere on Indivisible Sonoma County, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 2/19/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180219.html

Announcements  (See Links below)

February is Black History Month –  (see some tributes below)

Featured

1. Sabra Briere , Director, Indivisible Sonoma County

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1. Sabra Briere turned her disappointment in last November’s election into community action, even when that is a new community. Sabra describes how she was attracted to join the all volunteer Indivisible Sonoma County at its first general meeting in January 2017 and what goals it has met in resisting the new Federal Administration by calling Senators and Representatives across the nation to voice opinion on issues selected by the membership.

About our Guest:  Sabra Briere served as a City Council Member of Ann Arbor, MI. In January 2017 Sabra and her husband moved to Santa Rosa to be closer to their son’s growing family. She immediately became involved in our community by becoming a member of Indivisible Sonoma County at their first general meeting in January 2017, and has become an active member of the local Democratic Party, and volunteers for the City of Santa Rosa. Sabra became leader of Indivisible Sonoma County last fall, following the resignaton of the founder, Karen D’Or. Sabra spoke at the Women’s Rally at the Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on January 20th. Passionate about free speech, education, the environment, and civic responsibilities, Sabra brings her energy and her insights to our local issues.

Guest Link: www.indivisiblesoco.com

www.facebook.com/IndivisibleSonomaCounty

Guest Email: sabra.briere@gmail.com

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Announcement Links 

Petaluma Historical Library and Museum Special Exhibit

Reflections – 40 Years of Celebrating Black History Month
An exhibit which tells the story of Petaluma’s black population since the 1800’s and highlights major local and national events during the last 40 years. Feb.8-25, Open Thurs – Sat 10-4, Sun, 12-3. www.petalumamuseum.com

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February is Black History Month

Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896-1994): Inventor of a Permanent Hair-Wave Machine changed the game of hair styling with this machine that added curl to straight hair and could be used to straighten curly hair.  Marjorie became the National Supervisor for more than 200 beauty colleges owned by Madame C.J. Walker and eventually joined their board of directors.  Marjorie was the first Black woman in history to receive a patent for her work, but unfortunately all the royalties and rights to her invention went to Madame C.J. Walker’s business as a stipulation of her employment. In addition to her inventions, Marjorie worked tirelessly to improve the lives of her fellow beauticians and hair stylists. She did this by co-founding the United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association in 1945 with Mary McLeod Bethune. She also raised money for Black colleges and founded the Alpha Chi Pi Omega sorority and fraternity to raise the standards for beauticians..

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Loretta Ross has dedicated her career to feminist issues with a focus on women of color. She helped create the theory of Reproductive Justice, adding a human rights framework to include everyone in reproductive rights issues. Ross is a rape survivor and survivor of sterilization abuse.
She launched her feminist career in the 1970s as director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, one of the first centers primarily run by and for women of color. She launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980s, and was National Program Director of the National Black Women’s Health Project.
She is a visiting professor teaching courses on white supremacy, reproductive justice, and calling in practices at Hampshire tire College for the 2017 – 2018 academic years. She holds a B. A. From Agnes Scott College in women’s studies she holds an honorary doctorate of civil law awarded in 2003 from Arcadia University and a second honorary doctorate degree awarded in 2013 by Smith College.

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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

Oh Freedom sung by Vivian Richman from the Album: Songs of Freedom, Liberty, and War
(2012 Goldenlane Records)

Harriet Tubman sung by Holly Near from the album And Still We Sing, the Outspoken Collection
 (1Calico Tracks Music)

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