Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guest Michelle Gervais on rallying for children’s safety and Carole L. Ellis, Joan Gatley,Don Gibbels on the stage producion Talking With by Jane Martin, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 2/26/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show with guest Michelle Gervais on rallying for children’s safety and Carole L. Ellis, Joan Gatley,Don Gibbels on the stage producion Talking With by Jane Martin, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 2/26/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA180226.html

Rally for Children’s Safety
Talking With of Jane Martin  – New Stage Production

Announcements  (See Links below)

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

Featured

1.Michelle Gervais , Organizer, Rally For Children’s Safety held in Santa Rosa February 17

2. Carole L. Ellis, Co-Producer of the Stage Presentation of Talking With  by Jane Martin

3. Joan Gatley, Actress performing on stage in Talking With

4. Don Gibbels, Co-Producer of the Stage Presentation of Talking With

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1. Michelle Gervais describes her reaction to the mass shooting at the Florida high school on Valentine’s Day as a mother, and the actions she took to call sponaneously a rally to happen at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on the following Monday, February 19, President’s Day and a school holiday.  Michelle use every contact she had in the county to support her call for a rally for the children’s safety, and is such short notice attracted a couple of hundred children and adults.

About our Guest:  Michelle Gervais has lived in Sonoma County for 20 years, has 9-year old twins and her own development consulting business, and volunteers extensively, having served as Chair of several boards dealing with business, housing and children.

Press Democrat Article on the Rally Link

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2. Carole L. Ellis, 3. Joan Gatley and 4. Don Gibbels discuss the stage production of the award-winning play Talking With by Jane Martin.  Joan Gatley recites a passage from the play which highlights the lives of 10 women in monologues. The special theater event is a fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and will be presented in the Auditorium named after Carole L. Ellis on the Petaluma Campus of the Santa Rosa Junior College on Friday March 2 and Saturday March 3, 7:30pm.

Event Link:  Stage Performance and Fundraiser Talking With

About our Guest: Carole L Ellis was born in Jackson, Fl She holds a Bachlors and Masters degree in Education and is currently working on her PHd. She started her education teaching career at Miller Creek Grade School in Marinwood, CA and went on to being a Principal in a variety of schools in Sonoma County. She is a Founding member Founding Member of Santa Rosa Community Baptist Church , for the past 12 years has served as a Santa Rosa Junior College Trustee and for the past 25 years served on the organizing committee for the Founding Member of Santa Rosa Community Baptist Church.

About our Guest: Don Gibble, talent manager and film critic, is happy to be living in Sonoma County after being in Los Angeles for 20 years. Don discovered many actors including Max Theriot and Mena Suvari. Max, from Occidental, stars on “Bates Motel” and Mena starred in “American Pie” and “American Beauty”. Don goes to 20 film festivals a year and loves to answer any questions regarding film and television. Don writes a Film & Theater Column in the Sonoma County Gazette. Email Don at dongibblecast@hotmail.com

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Announcement Links 

Next Week’s Women’s Spaces Show on March 5th features Gloria Allred, Attorney for Women’s Rights representing many women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, Tune in at 11 AM (repeats at 11 PM) to Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the North Bay or streaming online at that hour at www.kbbf.org.

2018 is the 40th anniversary of Women’s History Week (the week of March 8, 1978), which led to the celebration of National Women’s History Month in March, but few people know that since its inception in 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) has been headquartered here in Santa Rosa. In honor of Women’s History Month, Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Chair of the National Women’s History Project Board of Directors will give a talk about the History of NWHP, its impact on women, and its future. The event is happening Thursday, March 15th with a meet-the-speaker reception at 6:30pm and the talk beginning at 7:00pm at the Sonoma County Museum, located at 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

On March 29th at 7 pm in collorbaration with Emerge Radio and Women’s Spaces a special film “The Rape of Recy Taylor” will be shown at the Rialto Theatre as a fundraiser for Verity.

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February is Black History Month

Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954) became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960 amidst angry crowds, Ruby was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals. The courage of Ruby and her family helped move the Civil Rights movement forward.

Biography of Ruby Bridges Link

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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

For the Mothers sung by Betsy Rose and the Womensong Chorus from the Album: Welcome to the Circle
(Paper Crane Music

Heal the world sung by Connie Talbot from the album Beautiful World
 (Evosound)

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 Thea Hensel on the Southeast Greenway in Santa Rosa and Lois Perlman on her one-woman play The Last of the Red Hot Tenants on the stage in Guerneville, broadcast on 10/3/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Thea Hensel on the Southeast Greenway in Santa Rosa and Lois Perlman on her one-woman play The Last of the Red Hot Tenants on the stage in Guerneville, broadcast on 10/3/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA161003.html

Featuring Guest:

1. Thea Hensel, Co-Chair, Southeast Greenway Campaign

2. Lois Perlman, Playwright, Last of the Red Hot Tenants

Announcements

Guest 1. Thea Hensel discusses the 8-year old campaign to set aside a CalTrans Project for a Greenway designed with public input.  CalTrans has freed the land and the City of Santa Rosa has held one meeting in August.  The residents of Sonoma County are invited to voice their input at a  a second and final community-planning workshop where they will have the opportunity to weigh in on the land use and circulation alternatives for the Greenway developed from the first workshop in August.

Event: Second Greenway Planning Workshop October 8, 2016, 10 to noon, at Montgomery High School, Santa Rosa, CA

Guest Link: www.southeastgreenway.org

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Guest 2. Lois Perlman has written a one-woman play Last of the Red Hot Tenants and will perform it in Guerneville on Friday October 14 at the Blue Deer Gallery at 7pm.  Lois discusses how she got to learn about the woman in San Francisco who resisted gentrification of her neighborhood.

Guest Link:  Lois5@sonic.net

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Music Selections: Colors Of The Wind by Tori Kelly (on YouTube)

“What Is America To Me?” (The House I Live In) performed by Alessandra Sorace (on YouTube)

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Peace & Justice Centers annual celebration Building Bridges in the Community and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on her musical The Spirit of Us retracing the path to freedom for Black slaves, broadcast on 4/18/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Peace & Justice Centers annual celebration Building Bridges in the Community and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on her musical The Spirit of Us retracing the path to freedom for Black slaves,  broadcast on 4/18/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160418.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Shekeyna Black  ,  Center Coordinator, Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center; CEO, A Miracle Production (AMP)

2.  Jacqueline Lawrence, CEO, Heiress Productions, Inc., Author,

Announcements

Guest 1.  Shekeyna Black shares with us events coming up at the Peace & Justice Center, including the annual Awards Celebration and Fundraiser this Saturday evening, April 23 from 5-10pm.

Guest Link:
Buiding Bridges in the Community
www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org

Shekeyna also had some live theatre to announce.

Guest Links:
Bob. A Life in Five Acts, Directed by Sheri Lee Miller at Main Stage West in Sebastopol, May 6 through 22.
http://www.mainstagewest.com/plays/bob/

Macbeth by Shakespeare, July 1-23
and The Plot Against Shakespeare – a comedy by David Beckman, August 12-27
Check the website for the dates and more information
www.shakespeareinthecannery.com

www.amiracleproductionamp.com

Guest 2. Dr, Jacqueline Lawrence shares what moved her to write and produce the musical The Spirit of Us, a play that retraces the slavery and the Underground Railway to freedom through songs
from Negro spirituals to Gospel, to Rap and Hip Hop,

Guest Link: http://heiressproductions.webs.com/

Music Selections:
Women’s rights suffrage song-Standing on the Shoulders  (on YouTube)

Hoe Emma Hoe   An example of Call and Response songs, These songs helped the slaves synchronize group tasks at the master’s insistence, but also served a way to  communicate through poetry and lyrics.  (on YouTube)

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Gloria Robinson of Petaluma Blacks for Community Development and Dianna L. Grayer on her new play Private Lives, Private Lies, broadcast on 3/28/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Gloria Robinson of Petaluma Blacks for Community Development and Dianna L. Grayer on her new play Private Lives, Private Lies,  broadcast on 3/28/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160328.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Georgia Robinson  ,  co-founder of Petaluma Blacks for Community Development.
2. Dianna L. Grayer, PhD., Playwright, Author, Psychologist

Announcements

Music Selection: Who’s the Pusher Now? by Ellen Bukstel  (CD) http://ellenbukstel.com/music/

Technical difficulty with the telephone line prevented an interview with Sherry Glaser.  Her new one-woman play will be on stage Friday April 1st at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa, CA.at 8pm.  It is a benefit for American for Safe Access (ASA) Sonoma County Chapter.  Author and star of FAMILY SECRETS – OH MY GODDESS! and other irreverant solo works, Ms. Glaser has written her newest piece about life behind the cannabis curtain.
Through the eyes of some of her beloved characters; Miguel – Grandma Rose and Bev Fisher we given insight to the struggles of regular people just trying to feel sane in a world gone mad. Sherry also explores her life as a potwife and the raid on Love In It Dispensary that changed her life forever.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2515817

March is Women’s History Month

Music Selection:   A Fine and Long Tradition – a  music overview of women’s history by the National Women’s History Project (on YouTube)

Guest 1.  Georgia Robinson has been active in Sonoma County since  moving from her childhood home in segregated Miami, Florida.  Gloria is one of the first appointed members to the County Commission on the Status of Women, where she coordinated the Women of Color Task Force.  She co-founded Petaluma Blacks for Community Development.  Gloria talks of her journey as child, wife, mother and citizen in becoming and remaining a community activist.

Guest 2. Dianna L. Grayer, PhD. applies her professional knowledge and passion to help people of the LGBT community in relationship matters and to shares her insights with the greater community in her new play: Private Lives, Private Lies, that will  be performing this coming weekend April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 7pm at the Graton Community Center in Graton.

Guest Link: www.diannagrayer.com Play Information

digerayer@sonic.net

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Donzaleigh Abernathy with insights as the daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, broadcast on 1/11/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Donzaleigh Abernathy with insights as the daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy,  broadcast on 1/11/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160111.html

Special Look into the Hearth of the Civil Rights Struggle

Featuring Guests:

1.Donzaleigh Abernathy ,  Actress, daughter of the late Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Donzaleigh Abernathy, Elaine B.Holtz and Kenneth E Norton at the 38th annual Martin Luther King,jr Birthday Celebration in Santa Rosa 1-17-2015

Announcements

Music Break:  Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – Gospel song performed a cappella by Aria Saudade (on YouTube)

Guest 1.  Donzaleigh Abernathy shares insights as the daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy growing up amidst the Civil Rights struggle meeting violent oppositon and what sustained and inspired her.
Donzaleigh Abernathy will be the featured speaker at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Santa Rosa High School auditorium on Sunday, January 17 at 7 p.m.

Related Link:  Christ Smith’s article on Donzaleigh Abernathy on the Press Democrat website announcing the event

Guest Link:  Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement by Donzaleigh Abernathy (Book available at your local bookstore or Amazon website.)

Music Break:  By My Silence by Ellen Bukstel and Nick Annis http://ellenbukstel.com/music/

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Vesta Copestakes with the top news of 2016 reported in the Sonoma County Gazette, and guests Amanda Moody and Melissa “Missy” Weaver on their new play Serial Murderess at Main Stage West broadcast on 1/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest  Vesta Copestakes with the top news of 2016 reported in the Sonoma County Gazette, and guests Amanda Moody and Melissa “Missy” Weaver on their new play Serial Murderess at Main Stage West broadcast on 1/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160104.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Vesta Copestakes Publisher, Sonoma County Gazette

2. Amanda Moody, Poet, Playwright, Actress, Member of Main Stage West

3. Melissa “Missy” Weaver, Dramaturgist, Lighting & Stage Design, Member of Main Stage West

Announcements

Music Breaks:  By My Silence by Ellen Bukstel and Nick Annis http://ellenbukstel.com/music/

Guest 1.  Vesta Copestakes discusses the main news of 2015 concerning Sonoma County, which included homelessness and the lack of living wages.

Guest Link:

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Music Break:  There is No Business Like Show Business  performed by Ethel Merman

Guests 2. & 3.  Amanda Moody and Melissa “Missy” Weaver talk about choosing their careers in theater, how they dealt with self esteem, and their collaboration in producing a play, Amanda reads a part from their play Serial Murderess now being presented at Main Stage West in Sebastopol. through January 17th.

Guest Link: www.mainstagewest.com/plays/serial-murderess/

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Elizabeth Craven and Laura Jorgensen of the stageplay 4000 Miles and Marsha Vas Dupre on NOW Sonoma County, broadcast on 9/14/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Elizabeth Craven and Laura Jorgensen of the stage-play 4000 Miles and Marsha Vas Dupre on NOW Sonoma County,  broadcast on 9/14/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150914.html

–> Featuring Guests:

1. Elizabeth Craven, Director,  and Laura Jorgensen, Actor , in the play 4000 Miles
2. Marsha Vas Dupre, Co-Chair, NOW Sonoma County

Announcements

Music Break: There’s No Business Like Show Business by Ethel Merman (on YouTube)

Guests 1.  Elizabeth Craven, Director, and Laura
Jorgensen, Actor, in Main Stage West’s play 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog now showing in Sebastopol during September, discuss the challenges and rewards in producing theater.

Guest Links:  www.mainstagewest.com

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Music Break: We Shall Overcome
International Youth Song, rendered by Ragadeepam Choral Harmony, on November 19th 2011 at Town Hall, Kozhikode. Student singers are from different schools and colleges in and around Calicut city.  (on YouTube)

Guest 2: Marsha Vas Dupre, former 2-term Santa Rosa City Councilmember and present Chair of the Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) discusses women’s rights and the importance to protect those rights.

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Carmen Mitchell, Saskia Baur and Shekeyna Black of the Shakespeare at the Cannery production of Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa, broadcast on 7/27/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Carmen Mitchell, Saskia Baur and Shekeyna Black of the Shakespeare at the Cannery production of Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa,  broadcast on 7/27/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150727.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Carmen Mitchell and Saskia Baur, Actresses, Shakespeare in the Cannery – Twelfth Night

2. Shekeyna Black  CEO, A Miracle Production AMP

Announcements

Music Break: The William Shakespeare Song by Horrible Histories on YouTube

1. Carmen Mitchell and Saskia Baur describe the choices and challenges on the path to becoming actors.  Self-esteem is a necessity to weather the storms and persist in theater.

Guest Links:
www.shakespeareinthecannery.com

www.facebook.com/shakespeareinthecannery

Music Break:  Shakespeare for Kids – Twelfth Night Song The wind and the Rain – Feste’s Song  on YouTube

Guest 2:  Shekeyna Black describes the behind-the-scenes production and marketing of Shakespeare at the Cannery – Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa, now playing the evenings of Fridays and Saturdays through August 15, 2015. Shows starts at 7 pm.

Guest Link:  www.amiracleproductionamp.com

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Lilith Rogers on Rachel Carson Returns and Elaine’s Commentary on the $93 Billion War budget, broadcast on 6/1/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Lilith Rogers on Rachel Carson Returns and Elaine’s Commentary on the $93 Billion War budget, broadcast on 6/1/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150601.html

To listen to the 59-minute recording click the link to the archive page above.

  –> Featuring Guest:

1. Lilith Rogers,  Author, Actress, Rachel Carson Returns
2.  Commentary on the host’s Letter to the Editor of the Press Democrat

Announcements

Women’s Spaces presents:  Iron Jawed Angels Film Showing in Santa Rosa at the KBBF Hall on Wednesday June 24, 2015.

Click here for the YouTube short clip of Hilary Swank, Jennifer O’Connor and Julia Ormond talk about the importance of the HBO film
Iron Jawed Angel.

Music Break: Click here for the YouTube short clip of the Iron Jawed Angel scene when in a hunger strike the jailed women sing Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Guest 1: Lilith Rogers announces the next presentation of her one-woman play Rachel Carson Returns at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Petaluma from noon-3 on Saturday June 6, 2015 and how she was inspired to write the play.

Guest Links: Rachel Carson Returns event brochure pdf

Contact Lilith at : rachelcarsonreturns@gmail.com

Music Break: Masters of War a Bob Dylan song sung by Julie Felix

2.  Commentary on the host’s
Letter to the Editor of the Press Democrat, published  Friday May 22, 2015:

Misplaced priorities

EDITOR: What? Ninety-three billion dollars allocated for the military in the so-called balanced budget? Who are we as a nation? Are we a nation that values life or promotes death?

Recognize who is going to suffer — our children and their future. What will they inherit? Endless wars, disease epidemics due to lack of medical care for all, under-education due to the trashing of public education, hunger as food prices rise and food stamps are cut for those who need a boost and, sadly, the elderly sleeping on the streets because Social Security has been destroyed?

Wait a minute. We are fighting for the fetus and, at the same time, killing children already born in other countries and on the streets of U.S., and it is all justified and budgeted.

It is interesting listening to candidates who let us know how they support the military and agree with the cutting of social services. Oops, be careful. I forgot social services means socialism. A good slogan this election cycle: profits over humanity.

I ask again, are we a nation that values life or promotes death?

ELAINE B. HOLTZ

Santa Rosa

Music Break:  Universal Solider Buffy St. Marie

Take the Women’s Spaces Pledge!

Lyn Cessna, Women’s Spaces intern, speaks about the Pledge’s influence on her life.

Music Break:  Strong Woman Song – Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart-Bellecourt

Women Spirit Performed by Karen Drucker

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Caroline Banuelos on receiving the Sonoma County NAACP Legacy Award and Sherry Glaser on her new play Taking the High Road, broadcast on 4/20/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Caroline Banuelos on receiving the Sonoma County NAACP Legacy Award and Sherry Glaser  on her new play Taking the High Road, broadcast on 4/20/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150420.html

To listen to the 60-minute recording click the link to the archive page above.

Featuring Guests:

1. Caroline Banuelos , Recipient of the 2015 Legacy Award of the NAACP of Sonoma County, Volunteer Relations Manager of the CERES Project in Sebastopol
2. Sherry Glaser, Playwright, Actress, Playwriter,

Announcements

Music Break: Food Glorious Food from the Play Oliver!

Guest 1: Caroline Banuelos recently was awarded the 2015 Legacy Award of the NAACP of Sonoma County.  She talks about her love of community that drives her decisions.  She is the Volunteer  Volunteer Relations Manager of the CERES Project in Sebastopol.

Guest Link: http://ceresproject.org/

Music Break:  I Am Woman performed for the final episode of Judith Lucy is All Woman by Australia’s best songstresses.  See the YouTube webpage for the complete list of performers.

Guest 2: Sherry Glaser talks about her new play Taking the High Road –  Cosmic Confessions from Behind the Cannabis Curtain that came out of the DEA raid on the Love-In-It Co-op in Ukiah.

Guest Link:  http://www.sherryglaser.net/

Poetry: I Am from the Old School  written and spoken by Elaine B. Holtz