Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz with guests Debbie McKay on the League of Women Voters webinar How to Run for City or Town Council and Mary Moore on 20 Years of Advocating for a Citizen’s Review Board of County Law Enforcement 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 7/13/2020 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 7/15/2020 at 11 AM.
Listen to the show on its archive page at:
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200713.html
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League of Women Voters’ How to Run for City or Town Council Workshop
Twenty Years Advocating for Citizen Review of Law Enforcement in Sonoma County
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New as of 1/1/2020: Subscribe for Podcasts of the Show
via this link for iTunes or via this link for Podcasts.com
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Featuring
1. Debbie McKay, President, Sonoma County League of Women Voters
2. Mary Moore, Activist for Citizen Review Board of Law Enforcement in Sonoma County
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Our Featured Guests
1. Debbie McKay, President of the League of Women Voters announces a livestream workshop “How to Run for City or Town Council” on Wednesday July 15, 2020 6:00 to 7:30 PM to interest more residents of diverse backgrounds to campaign for public offices in the county. If you have been thinking of running for such an elected position or would like to know what is involved in such a run and offer support, this is the workshop for you. The League has assembled some elected officials with firsthand experience to guide you on the path in this webinar. The panel includes Esther Lemus, Town of Windsor Vice Mayor, Victoria Fleming, Santa Rosa City Vice Mayor, Marta Cruz-Concepcion Cloverdale City Council member, and former Santa Rosa City Council member, Lee Pierce, who will share how they successfully ran for office.
About our Guest: Debbie McKay is a lifelong resident of Sonoma County and has always been active in the community. Previously she served as the treasurer and president of the YWCA. Currently, she is the president of the League of Women Voters, and former Chair of the League’s Outreach Committee where she taught over 60 local community members how to register citizens to vote.
Guest Email: president@lwvsonoma.org
Guest Event: How to Run for City or Town Council on Wednesday July 15, 2020 6:00 to 7:30 PM https://www.facebook.com/events/711257843044505/
LinkTree of the League on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/
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2. Mary Moore revisits the actions of her, Karen Sarri, author of Stolen Lives, and others in the late 1990s after a spate of killings by law enforcement officers in Sonoma County to spur the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to hold hearings and make a report in 2000, in which a Citizens’ Review Board of County Law Enforcement was highly recommended. The report was ignored by the County Supervisors. It took the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in 2013 to create a public uproar that resulted in the Supervisors creating the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), whose first director Jerry Threet found to be ineffective without subpoena power to force compliance by the Sheriff’s Office to hand over records or attend hearings. Mr. Threet is now leading the charge to encourage the Supervisors to place the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance on the November ballot, which strengthens oversight and accountability of the Sheriff’s Office. Mary calls the present day IOLERO, crumbs thrown to the public instead of a proper citizen’s review board with subpoena power. Mary hopes the kiling of George Floyd and the national protests has created an atmosphere to effect real change locally in Sonoma County. The Board of Supervisors will take up the topic of a more effective IOLERO at Tuesday July 14th Board meeting, Item 27.
About our Guest: Mary Moore has been a social justice activist since 1962 focusing on issues or racism, sexism and classism. In the late ‘70s she organized a statewide network to stop Diablo Canyon and Rancho Secco nukes. She co founded the Bohemian Grove Action Network in 1980 to raise awareness of the elite and small network of men with outsized influence that gather annually at Bohemian Grove in Sonoma County. n the mid ‘90s she helped to start a local movement against police abuse, getting the US Civil Rights Com. to hold hearings in Sonoma County and documenting the unacceptable amount of killings by police. She is currently working on an archives project for the Bancroft Library in Berkeley.
Guest Email (also to request to get on Mary Moore’s newsletter list): justice3@sonic.net
Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance Committee website: https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Tuesday begins at 8:30 AM, IOLERO discussion is Item 27. Link.
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Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
July 16, 1821 (1910) – Mary Baker Eddy, founded the Church of Christ, Scientist and the Christian Science Monitor.
July 16, 1862 (1931) – Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, newspaper editor, crusader against lynching, and civil rights leader.
July 18, 1908 (1981) – Mildred Ryder, adopted the name “Peace Pilgrim” in 1953, a peace activist who was the first woman to walk the Appalachian Trail in one season, walked more than 25,000 miles promoting peace for 28 years.
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Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:
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Wednesday July 15, 2020, 6:00 to 7:30 PM, League of Women Voters’ How to Run for City or Town Council https://www.facebook.com/events/711257843044505/
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August 26 – November 8, 2020, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum The Petaluma Museum Association’s suffrage exhibit has been rescheduled. This postponement has provided the opportunity to coordinate the exhibit’s opening reception with the national celebration of “Women’s Equality Day”. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 26th, 5 to 8 pm! The exhibit will be dedicated to our former Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and our former Mayor, Helen Putnam, and we are delighted to report that Mayor Barrett will be attending the opening to bestow the honors.
https://www.petalumamuseum.com/2020/04/18/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/
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January 25 through September 13, 2020, From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County. Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/
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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/ and at http://sonco.ca.lwvnet.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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The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:
The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com
Black Lives Matter, written and sung by Syndi Locke Davenport and her Granddaughters from the single Black Lives Matter (2020 Syndi Locke Davenport). YouTube Link to music video
Welcome to the Circle, sung by Betsy Rose and The Women’s Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle (2006 Paper Crane Music)
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Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women’s Spaces Show
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