Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center Concert in the Hub and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on Racial Discussion Group, recorded on 8/27/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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racial bias, Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in art, women in public service, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center Concert in the Hub and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on Racial Discussion Group, recorded on 8/27/18, 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 8/27/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 8/28/18.

The link to the show’s archive webpage is

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180827.html 

Announcements    (See Links below)

Featured Guests

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

2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence, Founder and CEO, Legacy Showcases; Facilitator, Discussion Group on Racism

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1. Shekeyna Black gives us an update on some of the activities happening at the Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center and to talk about their 3rd annual Concert in the Hub to happen on Saturday September 8, 2018 from 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM at La Plaza Park in Cotati. See the event poster under Announcements.

About our Guest:  Shekeyna Black has been the Center Coordinator of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County for 3 years. She grew up in Los Angeles County and moved to Sonoma County in 1986 to attend Sonoma State University where she earned a degree in Theatre Arts. She went on later to earn another Bachelors in Organizational Management and a Masters in Entertainment Business. She is passionate about music as a way to connect people from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, she has her own business called A Miracle Production that produces bands, concerts, festivals and events. She does bookings and publicity for shows at Redwood Cafe in Cotati. She is the Director of Entertainment for the publication, Upbeat Times. She is a mother to four adult kids.

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

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2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence talks about the free Racial Discussion Group  that she will be facillitating at the Santa Rosa Main Library this evening, Monday, August 27 at 6:30 PM.  Dr. Lawrence has written and produced plays on slavery to help both white- and black-skinned people to understand the roots of racism and the racism we assumed into our subconscious from our growing up.

About our Guest: Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence, grew up in Santa Rosa and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Tuskegee University, and Masters in Theology and Doctorate Degrees in Christian Counseling from Sacramento Theological Seminary. An author, playwright, actress, singer, and Founder and CEO of Legacy Showcases, a black history production company which features Heiress Choral Group, pop up museum, theatrical presentations, workshops, and events, Lawrence is dedicated to reviving the legacy of her enslaved ancestors and providing reparations to her people in the areas of education, empowerment, and inspiration.

Event Link: Racial Discussion Group, Central Library Santa Rosa, Monday Aug. 27, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/events/476245496166926/

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Announcement Links

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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

No More War by Becky Hobbs from the Album Songs from the Road of Life (2007 Beckyroo Records)

Get Together sung by Ann Wilson (featuring Nancy Wilson, Wynonna Judd, Wynonna & Deana Carter) from the album Hope and Glory (2007 Rounder Records)

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

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Nora Villanueva on her radio show Classical Tones and Dr. Ellen Barnett, MD, on Imagine You program, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 1/8/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Mental Health, Self esteem, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guests Nora Villanueva on her radio show Classical Tones and Dr. Ellen Barnett, MD, on Imagine You program,  broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 1/8/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180108.html

Announcements  (See Links below)

Featured

1. Nora Villanueva, Radio KBBF Programmer, Tono Clasicos (Classical Tones)

2. Dr. Ellen Barnett, , Ph.D., M.D. Medical Director Integrative Family Practice, Imagine You

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1.   Nora Villanueva talks about her journey into radio and the broadcast of her weekly show Classical Tones beginning in her homeland Peru, where she as a young girl was so inspired by seeing a performance of Swan Lake that she studied classical training in ballet and became a professional dancer.

About our Guest: Nora Villanueva is a former principal ballerina in both Peru & Columbia. Nora has also instructed ballet since the age of 16. After winning a one-year scholarship in London Nora was invited to participate in ballets in Aberdeen, Scotland and Havana, Cuba. Classical, modern and folk music have always been in the repertory of the ballets she has performed, and she has danced classical during her entire ballet career.  Since 2014 Nora has volunteered at KBBF in the office and doing the Community Calendar and news. Since January of 2017 has hosted the Tonos Clasicos (Classical Tones) program and a guest on the Caminos Indigenas program Sunday afternoons.

Guest Link: https://kbbf.org/tonos-clasicos/

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2. Dr. Ellen Barnett shares her journey into integrative medicine and the development of the program Imagine You in 2000. It is a program that offers people the opportunity to step back, regroup, take a moment to acknowledge where they are, and envision what is next (tomorrow, next week, next month, next year) for themselves. Such reflection has been found to be beneficial in the healing process.

About our Guest:  Dr. Ellen Barnett  has her California Physicians and Surgeons License since 1982. She was a former Physician Assistant Supervision and Certified Balint Leader – American Balint Society 2002-present. Among her many medical degrees and certification she managed to  study Journalism/Communications USC and holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Science from UC Berkeley, She has a background in Educational Planning and developed the Imagine You project.  Since the inception of the program in 2000 people across the spectrum have participated in an Imagine You class.

Guest Link: http://imcfound.org/imagine-you/

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Announcement Links 

Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Free annual family event, Oratories by students, Sunday at 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, Santa Rosa High School Auditorium 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa

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

Circle of Life sung by Carmen Cusack, Chorus and David Shannon from the Album: The Best of the West End (Jay Productions 2006)

We are the Women by Betsy Rose and the Women Song Chorus from the Album: Welcome to the Circle (Paper Crane 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 Vesta Copestakes on Community and Conversation and Zoe Nicholson on the Suffragette Miss Alice Paul , broadcast on 3/20/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women in art, women in business, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Vesta Copestakes on Community and Conversation and Zoe Nicholson on the Suffragette Miss Alice Paul , broadcast on 3/20/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170320.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Vesta Copestakes, Publisher/Editor, Sonoma County Gazette

2. Zoe Nicholson , Author, Producer, Miss Alice Paul – Heart of an Activist and The Hungry Heart – A Woman’s Fast for Justice

Announcements
(see Coming Events below)

Guest  1.  Vesta Copestakes discusses the need for communication with each other over community issues and realize the importance of passing the need for vigilant protection of hard gained rights for women to the new generations who may assume that such rights were always present.

Guest Link:   www.sonomacountygazette.com

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Guest 2.   Zoe Nicholson talks about her act of fasting for 37 days in Springfield, Illinoiss in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982 and how it helped her to understand the soul committment of Alice Paul to the Women’s Suffrage Movement one hundred years ago.  Zoe talks about Alice Paul’s unwavering passion for Equality under the Law.  Zoe has produced an interactive website devoted to Miss Alice Paul to help the overcome the censorship of her contributions to the furthering of women;s rights from history books by rival political factions.

Guest Link:

www.lunesoleilpress.com/the-hungry-heart-a-womans-fast-for-justice.html

www.missalicepaul.com

National Women’s History Project Link:  http://www.nwhp.org/

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Announced Coming Events::

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 4pm to 6pm: Women in Politics in Sonoma County,, Carpenters Hall, 1700 Corby Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA

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Music Selections:

We were there by Bev Grant

Which Side are You On by Bev Grant

www.bevgrant.com

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Gloria LaFlamme on Standing Rock Water Protectors Support March in Santa Rosa and Ayin Weaver on her book Bleed Through, broadcast on 12/5/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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peace activist, Santa Rosa, Water, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Gloria LaFlamme on Standing Rock Water Protectors Support March in Santa Rosa and Ayin Weaver on her book Bleed Through, broadcast on 12/5/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA161205.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Gloria LaFlamme, County Council Member, Green Party of Sonoma County; Co-founder, Police Brutality Coalition

2. Ayin Weaver:  Author of new novel Bleed Through

Announcements

Guest  1.  Gloria LaFlamme helped organized the Santa Rosa March in support of the Standing Rock Water Protectors on Sunday 12/4/16. Gloria reports that an estimated 400 people silently marched, guardedly celebrating the temporary victory in halting the Dakota Access Pipe Line.

Guest Links:
Sonoma County – Solidarity with Standing Rock facebook page

glo.la.flamme@gmail.com

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Guest 2.  Ayin Weaver discusses her new novel Bleed Through, following four families through a couple of hundred hears. Four cultures are represented: Jewish American, Native American, Irish American, and African American. Ayin is also a member of the ArtFlare Women Artist Collective and announces a new show on December 10 and 11 from 10am-5pm:  Altar Art Show at the collective’s studio 3840 Finley Ave. Santa Rosa, CA.

Guest Link: Purchase on Amazon Bleed Through

www.artflare.net

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Music Selections: 

Blood of the Ancients by Betsy Rose with the Womansong Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle

Raise the Torch by Ellen Bukstel (CD) from her album Daddy’s Little Girl http://ellenbukstel.com/music/

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Jackie Barr as delegate at the Democratic Convention, Julie Combs on homeless emergency in Santa Rosa, and Liz Uribe on ArtStart , broadcast on 8/1/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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City Council, homeless shelter, homelessness, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in art, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Jackie Barr as delegate at the Democratic Convention, Julie Combs on homeless emergency in Santa Rosa, and Liz Uribe on ArtStart ,  broadcast on 8/1/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160801.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Jackie Barr, California Delegate for Bernie Sanders on the Democratic Convention

2. Julie Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilmember

3. Liz Uribe, Co-Founder, ArtStart

Announcements

Guest 1.  Jackie Barr, a Class of 2016 high school graduate from Sonoma County and a California Delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Convention, reports on her experience from her committment to Bernie’s campaign and to convening with the delegates for Hilary Clinton for eventual party unity under a Pary platform influenced by Bernie but to be led by Clinton.

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Guest 2.  Julie Combs reports on the recent homelessness emergency measures taken by the Santa Rosa City Council, including a letter to the Governor asking for funds to ease the situation.

Guest Link: jjcombs@srcity.org

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Guest 3. Liz Uribe and her husband Mario founded Art Start, an award winning 501c(3) non-profit organization supporting youth learning the professional skills of an artist with the media of public art. A Party for Art will be held on Friday August 5 from 6 to 10 pm to raise funds for ArtStart at the
ArtStart Studio,
716 Bennett Valley Road,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Event Link: Party for Art

Guest Link: http://www.artstart.us/

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Music Selections:
Standing on the Shoulders
Sung by Earth Mama  (on Youtube)

We Are The World  -The Next Generation.  The Youth comes together in an effort to remake We are the World for UNITY. Produced and Directed by Pet Project Productions. (on Youtube)

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Judy Kennedy on rescuing public art and Ilana ”Sugar” Laytart on Women Grow, broadcast on 7/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Community organizing, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women in art, women in business, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Judy Kennedy on rescuing public art and Ilana ”Sugar”  Laytart on Women Grow,  broadcast on 7/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160704.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Judy Kennedy, Artist, Public Art Advocate

2. Ilana ”Sugar”  Laytart  ,Co-Founder, Sonoma County Chapter of Women Grow

Announcements

Guest 1.  Judy Kennedy recounts the dismay at seeing the mural honoring local community activists streaked with grafiti from rival gangs in the area and rallying the community for support in making the mural wall presentable for the annual Juneteenth Celebration which was to occur with the stage using the mural as a backdrop.  The temporary fix Judy came up with used poster size copies of the  photos of the honorees in the mural (See photo below.) The mural is now being restored by the original artist with a grant that will fund apprentices in the Art Quest program.

Guest Link: https://www.facebook.com/judy.kennedy.524

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Guest 2.  Sugar Laytart discusses the increasing participation of women in what has become a male-dominated cannabis industry.  Women Grow was founded a year ago for women to network and encourage each other as they transform the industry and will celebrate its first anniversary on July 7, 2016 with a special Networkng Event that will honor Lynette Shaw, the Godmother of Cannabis, for her 18 years of persevering in her healing work amidst the stress of fighting the Federal government in the courts until she was vindicated earlier this year in an historic victory against the DEA raiding medical cannabis dispensaries.

Guest Link:  http://womengrow.com/signature-networking-events/

Link for archived show of 5/23/16 of interview with Lynette Shaw on Women’s Spaces

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Music Selections:

Simple Song of Freedom Children sing for peace. Shot in Kabul, Afghanistan and Palm Springs, CA – this moving anti-war ballad is a reminder that the pleas of children are universal – They do not want war. Lyrics by Bobby Darin and David Rothmiller. Arrangement by Andres Condon. More info: trickdogfilms.com (on Youtube)

Who’s The Pusher Now? by Ellen Bukstel (cd) (music video on YouTube)

 

 

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Evelina Molina on Oaxaca in the Winecountry Festival, Crystal Rangel and Fabiola Razo on Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant, broadcast on 6/27/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Beauty sense, Self esteem, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Evelina Molina on Oaxaca in the Winecountry Festival, Crystal Rangel and Fabiola Razo on Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant,  broadcast on 6/27/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160627.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Evelina Molina, Oaxaca in the Wine Country Community Cultural Festival

2. Crystal Rangel  , Founder, Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant

3. Fabiola Razo, Contestant, BA, Women and Gender Studies

Announcements

Guest 1.  Evelina Molina talks about the coming 5th annual Oaxaca in the Winecountry Cultural Festival in Roseland.  It is a colorful and musical immersion into the ancient cultural traditions and flavors of Oaxaca, Mexico. On July 3.the festival begins at 11:30 am and lasts until 5 pm in Roseland, Santa Rosa.

Guest Link: www.facebook.com/Oaxaca-in-the-Wine-Country-Cultural-Festival-in-Roseland-1457965127855475/

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Guest 2.  Crystal Rangel founded the Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant celebrates is second year.  Crystal is also a former programmer on Radio KBBF, the first bilingual radio station founded in the nation.  She shares how she was inspired to use modeling as a means to encourage Latina women to excel, not held back by limits imposed by society.

Guest Link:  https://www.facebook.com/Miss-Latina-Wine-Country-380725558788999/

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Guest 3. Fabiola Razo is a contestant in the 2nd Annual Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant and a recent graduate with her BA in Women and Gender Sturdies at Sonoma State Universtiy. Fabiola describes how she was attracted to enter the contest and the benefits she has received from support in realizing the beauty and gifts she and the other contestants are bringing into the community as young Latina women.  Fabiola and the other contestants will make an appearance at the Oaxaca in the Wine Country Community Cultural Festival on July 3 as a prelude to the grand Pageant on July 10, 2016 at the Graton Rancheria from 4-6 pm.

Guest Link: Youtube video on the 2016 Miss Latina in the Wine Country Pageant

Music Selections: Banda Filarmonica Municipal de Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Mixe, Oaxaca
Traditional Oaxaca Music (on YouTube)

Coming out of the Dark by Gloria Estefan (on Youtube)

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Dianna Richardson of Sonoma Bach and Photographer Laurie Toby Edison and Writer Debbie Notkin, co-Authors of Women En Large, broadcast on 11/16/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Dianna Richardson of Sonoma Bach and Photographer Laurie Toby Edison and Writer Debbie Notkin, co-Authors of Women En Large,  broadcast on 11/16/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA151116.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Dianna Richardson , Program Administrator and Performer, Sonoma Bach

2. Laurie Toby Edison & Debbie Notkin, Photographer and Writer team, co-Authors of Women En Large

Announcements

Music Break:  This is my Wish by Jordan Sparks  (on YouTube)

Guest 1. Dianna Richardson talks about her love for Early Music, of which Johan Sebastian Bach is the most known, and the dedication of Sonoma Bach to bring  Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music and workshops to Sonoma County.

Guest Link:  www.sonomabach.org

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Music Break:  Break the Chain , written and produced by Tena Clark with music by Tena Clark and Tim Heintz (on YouTube)

Guests 2. Laurie Toby Edison, Photographer, & Debbie Notkin, Writer, co-Authors of Women En Large and Familiar Men, talk about the size bias in the United States, beginning last century.  They both will be leading the Body Obsession Teach-In this evening.

Guest Link: Occupy Sonoma County Body Obsession Teach-In Flyer for Nov. 16, 2016, 7-9pm at the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County http://www.ocsoco.org/sites/default/files/bodyoppression_qtrflyer.pdf

hthttp://laurietobyedison.net/women-en-large

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Sharona “Cha Cha” Tracy of Art Flare Collective and Shekeyna Black new coordinator of the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, broadcast on 11/9/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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peace activist, Self esteem, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Sharona “Cha Cha” Tracy of Art Flare Collective and Shekeyna Black new coordinator of the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County,  broadcast on 11/9/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA151109.html

1. Sharona “Cha Cha” Tracy , Artist, Co-Founder of the Art Flair Collective

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

Announcements

Music Break:  Color of the Wind performed by Connie Talbot  (on YouTube)

Guest 1. Sharona “Cha Cha” Tracy co-founded the collective Art Flair with six other artists. Cha Cha describes their latest focussed art on Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate for speakng up for women’s rights in Pakistan.

Guest Link:  www.artflare.net

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Music Break:  Opening Music:  Please Peace by Linda Ferro, (CD)

Linda Ferro performed Please Peace on Women’s Spaces Presents in  November 2009 and can be seen on video at
www.womensspaces.com/Pr/WSP091100.html

2. Shekeyna Black has been named the new Center Coordinator for the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County. She shares her vision with us and news of upcomig events.

Guest Link:  www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Santa Rosa City Councilperson Julie Combs and Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama, broadcast on 9/7/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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ecology, Julie Combs, women in art, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Santa Rosa City Councilperson Julie Combs and Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama,  broadcast on 9/7/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150907.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Julie Combs , Santa Rosa City Councilperson
2. Joyce Rouce, aka Earth Mama,

Announcements

Music Break: Which side are you on boys – with its composer Florence Reece reciting opening verses at the beginning and then fades into her song sung by Natalie Merchant  (on YouTube).

Guest 1. Julie Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilperson talks on controlling rent hikes for community stabilization in which 46% of residents are renters and hikes are topping 50% which are forcing people to move out of the area.

Guest Links:   jcombs@srcity.org

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Music Break:  Standing on the Shoulders – by Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama

Guest 2: Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama talks of her professional career and how it moved in the direction of the Earth Mama project.

Guest Link: www.earthmama.org