Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Jessica Litwak on Creating the Play: 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story for the Petalulma Museum, available for viewing October 8th, has been uploaded to the web archive.

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women in theatre, women's rights, Women's Suffrage Centennial

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Jessica Litwak on Creating the Play: 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story for the Petalulma Museum, available for viewing October 8th, 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 10/5/2020 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 10/7/2020 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/ArchiveWSA20/WSA201005.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

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Featuring Guest

1. Jessica Litwak, RDT, PhD, Writer/Actor/Educator, Artistic Director of The H.E.A.T. Collective

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Featured Guest:

1. Jessica Litwak was commissioned by the Petaluma Museum to create a stage production of the life of a pioneering Petaluman Suffragist Selena Solomons for the Centennial of the 19th Amendment.  Solomons was active in moving California on October 10, 1911 to become the 6th state to give women the right to vote. The play will be available as an online presentation beginning October 8, 2020, since the pandemic has restricted in person theater. Jessica shares her path to theater and the challenges she had to overcome. She discovered her love for acting and theater and returned to school after failing high school to eventually achieved her doctorate and a Fullbright Scholarship. She tells the story of a teacher who recommended she smoke and drink a lot to age more quickly as she was not pretty enough for younger roles, but had the self-esteem to then proceed to write plays for herself to act. She became a leading advocate of socially Engaged Theater for Healing of soul and society with Activism, and formed The H.E.A.T. Collective.   Jessica treats us with a reading from her play: 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story. She lets us know why she chose this title, so be sure and listen.

About our Guest: Jessica Litwak, RDT, PhD is an award-winning playwright, an actor, a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT), an educator, a coach, a puppet builder, and an International leader in the field of socially engaged theatre. She is the Artistic Director of The H.E.A.T. Collective (www.theheatcollective.org), the founder of Artists Rise Up New York, and The New Generation Theatre Ensemble, a core member of Theatre Without Borders and a Fulbright Scholar. She has taught theatre at universities around the world. Her work has been published by TCG, Applause Books, Smith and Krause, No Passport Press, Amazon, and The New York Times. Her plays have been produced in Europe, South America, the Middle East, India, the UK and throughout the U.S. She is currently working on an international production of The FEAR Project (based on verbatim interviews) a UK tour of My Heart is in the East (a play about Muslim and Jewish relations), and 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story which was commissioned as a one woman play for the centennial of the 19th Amendment and is being produced by The Marsh Theatre.

Guest Link:

The H.E.A.T. Collective
www.theheatcollective.org

Event Link:
Beginning October 8, 2020, 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story, online theatre presentation as part of the exhibit Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum, the link will be posted October 8th at https://www.petalumamuseum.com/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/

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 Herstory

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

Herstory Events:

October 3, 1904 – Mary McLeod Bethune opens her first school for African American students in Daytona Beach, Florida.

October 4, 1976 – Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news (at ABC).

October 4, 1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins the U.S. Supreme Court as its second woman Justice.

October 8, 1993 – Toni Morrison becomes the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature

Herstory Birthdays:

October 3, 1897 (1982) – Ruth Bronson, Bureau of Indian Affairs official who got loans for Indian students, National Congress of American Indians forced authorities to honor treaties (1944), wrote Indians are People, Too.

October 4, 1908 (1995) – Eleanor Flexner, influential author, and historian, wrote Century of Struggle: The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States (1950) and Mary Wollstonecraft: A Biography (1972).

October 5, 1959 – Maya Lin, artist, and architect of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. (1980-82) and other public sculptures, author of Boundaries (2000).

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Annnouncements

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

 Beginning October 8, 2020, 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story, online theatre presentation as part of the exhibit Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum, the link will be posted October 8th at https://www.petalumamuseum.com/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/

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Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project’s
19th Amendment Centennial Series
has occured with live online presentations from
Tuesday, August 18 to August 26, 2020.
Visit the Project’s YouTube channel main site for the 19th Centennial Series recordings of online presentationss at www.youtube.com/channel/UCqynwJCqhLMtPtjdDdsdQdQ

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The Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative is a collaboration of women-centered institutions, organizations, and scholars from across the US, works to ensure that this anniversary, and the 72-year fight to achieve it, are commemorated and celebrated throughout the United States.  www.2020centennial.org/.

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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. For details visit

Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement

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January 25 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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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/ and at http://lwvsonoma.org/

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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

I Am Woman sung by Helen Reddy from the album Helen Reddy’s Greatest Hits (And More)  (Released 1975 – This compilation @ 1087 Capitol 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 Dorothy Battenfeld on SRJC Adapting for Student Safety and Hilary Moore of Off the Page Readers Theater has been uploaded to the web archive.

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Community College, women in theatre

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B Holtz  with guests Dorothy Battenfeld on SRJC Adapting for Student Safety and Hilary Moore of Off the Page Readers Theater 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 5/4/2020 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 5/6/2020 at 11 AM.

Listen to the show at:

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200504.html

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 SRJC Adapts for Students’ Safety

Off the Page Readers Theater

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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. Dorothy Battenfeld , Vice-President, Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Board of Trustees

2. Hilary Moore,  Co founder of Off the Page, a Sebastopol- based Readers Theater group

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Our Featured Presentations

1.  Dorothy Battenfeld shares her journey to be a leader in education, beginning with the mentoring of her mother who was active in politics and elected to  a public office, teaching Social Scence at Montgomery High School for 30 years and then succesfully elected to the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees. Dorothy talks of the recent changes made at the JC in responding the the CoronaVirus, having had to transform 95% of the classes to online platforms.  Over 300 laptops were loaned to students to accomodate those students without such devices.  Hot spots for WiFi access to the internet classes have been set up around the county for those with poor reception of internet.  The recent federal CARES Act allows for $500 emergency grants for students with Social Security Numbers suffering econmic hardship because of the pandemic . The SRJC Foundation has set up  a Student Crisis Fund, and  donations can be given through the SRJC Foundation’s website.  Dorothy reminds us that we are today building our future with education of our community members.

About our Guest:  Dorothy Battenfeld, elected to the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees in 2014, currently serves as Board Vice-President. She lives in Santa Rosa and represents the Santa Rosa-Rohnert Park area on the seven-member Board. She serves on the California Community College Advisory Committee on Legislation and on the Affordability, Food and Housing Access Taskforce. Dorothy chairs the Santa Rosa Board of Trustees Finance Committee and is a member of the Scholarship Committee. A Social Science teacher at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa for 30 years, Dorothy coordinated Montgomery’s highly regarded International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, which she helped to found in 1995. In 2012, she was named International Baccalaureate Teacher of the Year by the California Association of IB World Schools, and has been awarded two Fulbright fellowships. She is a strong supporter of community colleges and public education and promoting better access and equity for all students.

Guest Links: 

SRJC Foundation Student Crisis Fund:  https://foundation.santarosa.edu/home

Santa Rosa Junior College: https://www.santarosa.edu/

SRJC Board of Trustees: https://trustees.santarosa.edu/

 Information for Students of SRJC
eg. CARES Act funds, Remote Classes, Social Distancing:  https://pr.santarosa.edu/faqs-students

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2.  Hilary Moore shares her journey to co-founding the Off the Page Readers Theater (OTPRT) in Sebastopol.  Also a bit of background, just before Hilary came on we heard  the song No Sin to Be Poor sung and composesd by Pi Jacobs, who is Hilary Moore’s daughter. Hilary talks of the putting out the call for essays and writings from local authors on a certain theme, making selections from these submissions for the final script, and then presenting this at venues around the county.  Hilary reads a piece she has written for the show Detour, originally scheduled for June but postponed indefinitely to be announced via the OTPRT’s website or Facebook page.  Her essay recalls her “detour” delivering mail for the US Postal Service.

About our Guest:  Hilary Moore is co-founder of Off the Page, a Sebastopol based Readers Theater group that is dedicated to supporting the works of local writers and actors. Performances span a wide range of material from comic, tragic, dark, light, and beautiful.  Hilary had humble beginnings; her early roots were in Hunter’s Point Housing Project in San Francisco. After several moves and upgrades, the family moved to Corte Madera…..quite a change! After graduating high school, she lived in Mexico City for 5 months, became bilingual, and started a lifelong love of Latino culture. Hilary married at age 20, had their daughter at 21. She worked as a waitress, mail carrier, and teacher while raising her daughter as a single mom in SF, and later in Graton. Her acting performances began in Improv in 1983. She moved to Redding, to Port Townsend WA., and finally back to Sonoma Co. Since retirement she’s been teaching Spanish at home, and producing, directing, and acting in Off the Page Readers Theater.

Guest Links:

Off the Page Readers Theater page https://www.facebook.com/OTPRT/

OFTPRT website: https://www.offthepagetheater.com/

Contact Hilary to be added to a list of folks wishing to be informed of show dates and for submissions: sonomacountyoffthepage@gmail.com

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 Herstory

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

May 1, 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, named Library of Congress’s Consultant in Poetry (later called Poet Laureate) in 1985

May 5, 1938 – Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen presents results of her medical research identifying the disease cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association

May 6 – 12 Nurses Week

May 8, 1914 – President Woodrow Wilson signs a Proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day
May 10, 1872 – Victoria Woodhull is nominated as the first woman candidate for U.S. president for the Equal Rights Party

Her Birthdays This Week

May 1, 1830 (1930) – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, labor leader and organizer

May 1, 1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American University (Yale, 1949)

May 3, 1898 (1987) – Septima Clark, educator, civil rights activist, called “The Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement”

May 3, 1901 (1981) – Estelle Massey Osborne, first African-American nurse to earn a master’s degree, integrated the American Nurses Association and served on its board of directors (1948-52)

May 3, 1912 (1995) – May Sarton, prolific writer, poet, and memoirist, published in Poetry magazine at 17 years of age, she also taught at several universities including Harvard and Wellesley

May 5, 1921 (2008) – Del Martin, lesbian rights pioneer, who along with her wife Phyllis Ann Lyon founded the Daughters of Bilitis in San Francisco (1955) the first social and political organization for lesbians in the U.S., they were the first same-sex couple to be married in California (2004 and 2008)

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponements or cancellations due to pandemic precautions.

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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

Shed a Little Light sung by Diana Jarkuff from the Album All Around the World in One Bloody Night (2006 ATS – Records)

No Sin to Be Poor sung by Pi Jacobs from the album Two Truths and A Lie (2020 That Crazy Chick Music /ASCAP)

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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.

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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 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 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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Community organizing, guns, Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

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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Santa Rosa, Self esteem, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

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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Human Rights, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

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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LGBT, one woman show, women in theatre, women's rights, Women's Spaces

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.

Tags

Civil Rights, Self esteem, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

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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homeless women assistance, living wage, Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in business, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

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/