Sonoma County Gazette February 2022 article on Women's Spaces
Celebrating 10 Years on Radio. Download pdf:
---- Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returned
on
February 12,
2024 discussing the History of Black Women in Literature and in
Music. and previously on
May 11, 2020,
June 8, 2020, and
July 6, 2020
with a 3-part series of
Feminism and Black Lives Matter.
Click here for
the show's page. ---- Marianne Williamson has returned to Women's Spaces for
our show in 9/18/2023
Conversation. Previously she was on our 1/14/2013
and
2/25/2013 shows on Law of DivineCompensation.
----
Attorney
Gloria Allred
has returned to Women's Spaces for our
July 11, 2022 show
on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps.
She also contributed as a guest on
March 5, 2018, and on
June
15, 2020.
Click the dates above for show's webpage.
----
Lynn
Woolsey, Congress-woman (Retired) returned on
10/16/2023
and on 8/162021 to speak on bold
steps for our Nation to take.
---- , Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen returned
on
Monday June
29, 2020 as a guest on Women's Spaces to discuss the Millionth
Circle of women coming together.
Visit
the show's page by clicking here.
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When our representatives are making important
decisions that impact all of our lives I believe it is important to ask
one basic question before making
those decisions, Is this good for
the children? Just imagine what our world would be
like if that question was asked prior to making decisions about going to
war, the environment, education or healthcare.
Click the News tab for updates to the website.
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2/1/2022: Sonoma County Gazette February 2022
article on Women's Spaces
Celebrating 10 Years on Radio.
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8/31/2021: Podcasts are available on the following venues:
8/30/2021: The top menu bar has changed with the Radio and TV selections
now reduced to one selection for Archives. Clicking it leads one to a
webpage with the choice for either Radio or TV shows, which leads to their
archived show list.
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3/5/2018: Women's Spaces Show begins to air a repeat broadcast on Radio KPCA
103.3 FM Petaluma and
at this link stream
on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM.
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10/30/2017: Women's Spaces celebrates its 5th Anniversary
returning to RadioKBBF for a weekly live 1-hour
show at 11am, repeating at 11pm.
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3/21/2017: The mp3 audio player has been changed so the shows no
longer autoplay on opening the webpages of shows archived in 2017 and
forward, as well as on the home page.
7/13/2015: The 11 AM Monday show on Radio KBBF FM-89.1 now repeats
at 11 PM.
-------- 9/1/2012:
Radio KBBF FM-89.1 for North San Francisco Bay Area begins
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Pacific Time. See
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Elaine,B. Holtz, the host of Women's Spaces, was
honored to be one of the lead banner bearers, of the Santa Rosa Women's
March 2019 which drew 4,500 marchers along with banner holders Dr.
Jacqueline Lawrence of Legacy Showcase, her granddaughter Grace, Miss Sonoma
County Tyler-Avery Lewis and Miss Sonoma County's Outstanding Teen, Pinkeo
Phongsa. 2019 Photo by Leslie Graves
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page!
On Monday's show of April 8, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments: on current world events, emphasizing the importance of
women's voices in speaking out against injustice and war. She
discusses the Women’s Spaces Pledge and its
significance, promoting Step Into The Spot Light Day. Elaine
announces the National Organization for Women's California
conference and urges participation. Advocating for self-esteem
and activism, she plays songs like "For We Are Singing for our
Lives" and "By My Silence" and ends with a reading of Maya
Angelou's "Still I Rise." She encourages audience engagement,
announces show reruns, and emphasizes the importance of
nurturing the next generation.
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April 10, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
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non-profit organizations:
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Monday,
April 15, 2024 11 AM PT #
repeats 11 PM PT,
the show will
feature a repeat of 4/8/24 show
on Women Speakiung Out. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM,
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at
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Wednesday,
April 17, 2024, 11 AM PT, repeat
of Monday's show that
will feature a repeat of 4/8/24
show on Women Speakiung Out. Radio KPCA
103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca
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Saturday, June 15, 2024, 10 AM
to 6 PM, 54th Annual MLK
Juneteenth Community Festival
Celebration, Martin
Luther King Park, 171 Hendley
Street, Santa Rosa, CA (east of
the fairgrounds). For more info,
arrange for a booth or
sponsorship see
https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/
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Saturday,
August 10, 2024,
National Organization for Women
(NOW) - California Conference,
at the Presbyterian Church of
the Roses in Santa Rosa.
To volunteer, have a booth, to
sponsor - please contact NOW
Sonoma County at
info@nowsonoma.org, or see
CA NOW's webpage at
https://www.canow.org/2024-annual-conference/
.
Above: Elaine B. Holtz speaks at Women’s Rally in
Santa Rosa CA to Mobilize and Defend Reproductive Rights on October 2, 2021.
Elaine is the Host and Co-Producer with Ken Norton of the Women’s Spaces
Radio Show and the former President of the Sonoma County Chapter of the
National Organization for Women (NOW). Elaine has the crowd recite the
Women's Spaces Pledge to overcome shyness in speaking your mind on important
issues. This rally
was in concert with the nationwide protests called by the Women's March
https://womensmarch.com/
and locally sponsored by the Sonoma Democratic Party.
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Above: The Sonoma County Gazette honors Elaine B. Holtz as
she hands over her column Santa Rosa Snippets to Leslie Graves beginning
with the November 2020 issue. 2020 Photo by Sonoma County Gazette.
2020 Rose Parade float commemorating the Women's
Suffrage Centennial. Photo and Clip of the passage of the float and the Women
Suffragist marchers. January 1, 2020
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Elaine Holtz, CMedia Producer Profile and the Art of
Interviewing by Evan Johnson, May 7, 2015
Elaine produced TV shows
on CMEDIA Cable Access in Santa Rosa from 2005 to 2014. See the video
below:
Above video:
Elaine Holtz, in this CMedia Producer Profile, discusses
her Art of Interviewing
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Elaine B. Holtz, Co-Producer/Host of Women's Spaces, and Ken
Norton, Co-Producer/Sound Engineer, with guests Nancy Rogers and Dr. Harriet
Fraad in front, and behind friends June Brashares and Eileer Moribito
after the show of
February 27, 2017 in the new studio in Santa Rosa, CA at Radio KBBF
89.1 FM - Photo by Francisco Lozano, KBBF-fm.org Webmaster
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Miss Sonoma County Tyler-Avery Lewis with
Elaine B. Holtz as she takes the Women's Spaces Pledge at the Santa
Rosa Juneteenth Festival on June 16, 2018. Elaine says: "What a joy it was listening to
this young woman repeat the words after me. This is what my life is
about. Share the Pledge with your friends and make the pledge every
day - it appears on the right margin of every page on our website
womensspaces.com and can be downloaded."
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Elaine, Ken and Rosey in the Women's Spaces booth at
the Petaluma Progressive Festival on 8/25/2019. - 2019 Photo by Nichole
Perry .
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Petaluma and streaming at
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The shows since December 2019 are available as
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---- Embracing Our Essence
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page!
On Monday's show of April 1, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments: Elaine introduces Janice Campbell, Licensed Unity
Teacher, author of "Receive Your Life" manual, offering guidance
for navigating challenging times. Celebrating their 24th
anniversary, Elaine and Ken share a poem, "Friends and Lovers,"
reflecting on their relationship journey. Wishing everyone a
Happy Easter, Elaine discusses her Lenten experience of letting
go of negative thinking through a Unity Booklet, feeling lighter
as a result.
Friends and Lovers
- poem of Elaine B. Holtz, who
reads it with her partner Ken Norton.
We have been reading this poem around Valentine's Day, but this
year our anniversary falls on a Monday, so we read it today on
our anniversary.
Our Guest, Janice Campbell, shares her journey
from a Lutheran upbringing to embracing New Thought, emphasizing
God's omnipresence and our innate goodness. Distinguishing New
Thought from New Age, she advocates for recognizing our
inseparable connection to God, combating dualistic thinking.
Janice urges embracing shame's lessons, overcoming conditioning
to realize our true selves with compassion and forgiveness. In
"Receive Your Life," she emphasizes realizing our inherent
spiritual expression, rejecting comparison and societal
definitions. Through discernment and exercises like push-pull,
she guides toward expressing our authentic love and goodness,
manifesting desires aligned with our true selves. Ultimately,
Janice champions self-worth rooted in recognizing and embracing
our essence.
---- National Farmworker Awareness Week
Nursing Metaphysics into Books
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page!
On Monday's show of March 25, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments:
Our first guest will be Ana Diaz
with an important announcement on the farmworkers. Our second
guest Dr. Andrea Hall-Miller, RN, MA, PhD, and writer, will
discuss her journey from nurse to author. Elaine expresses
gratitude for birthday wishes and recounts celebrations,
including a handmade card from her great granddaughter with a
giraffe. Exploring metaphysical themes, Elaine shares the
mystical significance of giraffes. She praises Kirstyne Lange's
NAACP presentation and directs listeners to NOWSonoma's website.
Ana Diaz, a trustee on the Roseland School District Board, joins
as a special guest, offering exciting updates. The segment
promises to be lively and informative, featuring engaging
discussions and community insights.
Our first Guest, Ana Diaz, announces the
honoring of the farmworkers by the Sonoma County Board of
Supervisors (BOS), to take place Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 1:30
PM in their Chamber. A gold resolution naming this week
Farmworkers Awareness Week in Sonoma County will be presented to
the BOS.
Our second Guest, Dr.
Andrea Hall-Miller, transitioned from ICU nursing to
metaphysical authorship, which she dubs "From Scrubs to Scripts:
A Nurse's Journey into Metaphysical Writing." Raised in a
Christian household by her father, a pastor, she questioned the
concept of hell and found solace in metaphysics, viewing hell
metaphorically. Heart Math techniques aided her alignment of
body and mind. Metaphysics deepened her connection to the
divine. Encountering a woman grappling with her past, Andrea
emphasized self-love's importance. Inspired by her sisters, she
penned Good Regardless – A Metaphysical Love Story and
its sequel, I Got You – A Metaphysical Love Story Sequel,
exploring themes of forgiveness and unity with God. Her journey
illustrates the transformative power of metaphysical
understanding.
---- Historical Overview of the Women's
Struggle for Their Rights in the USA
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page!
On Monday's show of March 18, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments:
Our guest Dr. Harriet Fraadand I
discuss National Women’s History Month and The Mother’s Day
Proclamation. Many are unaware of this history, particularly
young women, making it an important topic. As parents, we all
desire a better future for our children, regardless of
background. Amidst wars and division, we question the future
we're fostering. The Mother’s Day Proclamation represents an
unrealized vision for a better world.
Our
Guest, Dr. Harriet Fraad,
in response to Elaine's query about National Women’s History Month,
says that it highlights women's journey from being chattel as
bondswomen, comprising 40% of colonial women, to rallying for rights
like suffrage and bodily autonomy. Dr. Fraad suggests women had more
equality before private property. Institutional trauma, exemplified
by war veterans' high suicide rates, persists. Her father's
influence led Dr. Fraad to advocate for women's liberation. Despite
women's successes in unions, many still perceive male superiority.
The book "Depths of Despair" by Anne Case and Angus Deaton depicts a
declining American Dream, with women initiating 70% of divorces,
often due to unequal domestic responsibilities.
---- Women Managing and Programming at Radio KBBF
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page!
On Monday's show of March 11, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments:
Happy Women’s History Month and
This year’s theme is, “Women Who
Advocate for Equity, Diversity,
and Inclusion,” To support that
message I am doing a special
show on Women in Radio and will
be focusing on four special
women of KBBF 89.1FM in Sonoma
County. Joining me in the studio:
Alicia Sanchez – President of the Board of Directors for KBBF; Lois
Perlman co-producer and host
of, Speaking of
Palestine; Ana
Salgado, producer, and host
of, Compartiendo y
Aprendiendo, (Sharing
and Learning); and
Alisha Valazque, our
17-year-old co producer of
Simple-Mente (Simply) with her mother Wendy,
Women
producing radio at KBBF: Ana Salgado, Alisha and Wendy Valazquez
in rear, Alicia Sanchez, Lois Perlman, and host Elaine B
Holtz. 3/11/2024 photo by Ken Norton.
Our
Guest, Alicia Sanchez,
shares her 13 years as a
volunteer, including service on the
Board of Directors of Radio
KBBF. Even during disasters, the
station has been open to serve
keep communications on safety
measures flowing especially to
the immigrant population working
in the agricultural fields.
Alicia encourages folks to contact
the station for programming
ideas, and most importantly
donate to help the station meet
its monthly expenses that can
run more than $10,000. The
station’s mission is to
broadcast information about
caring for the community,
justice, peace, and the
environment.
Our Guests Lois Perlman, Ana
Salgado, and Alisha Valazquezshare their show
production journeys on Radio KBBF. Lois, exploring the
Israel-Palestine conflict, collaborates with Theresa Mughannam
on Speaking of Palestine for a diverse peace dialogue. Ana, an
Oacaca, Mexico immigrant, creates Compartiendo y Aprendiendo to
amplify immigrant voices and foster solidarity. Alisha, troubled
by high school violence, overcomes shyness, co-producing a show
with her mother Wendy to encourage diverse perspectives on the
issue, particularly at Montgomery High School.
---- National Women's History Alliance
Theme for 2024:
Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
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page!
On Monday's show of March 4, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz
comments:
Happy Women’s History Month and
to begin the celebration I have
a special guest joining me on
the phone, Molly Murphy
MacGregor, one of the
co-founders of the National
Women’s Alliance. We will be
talking about Women’s History
Alliance which began as the
Women’s History Project and the
origin and changes she has seen
and concerns around women’s
equality and choice for women in
2022 and moving forward. This
year’s theme is, “Women Who
Advocate for Equity, Diversity,
and Inclusion.”
Our Guest, Molly Murphy MacGregor, recounts her
transformation from a girl seeking a prince charming to a
feminist championing women's history and rights. She traces the
evolution of National Women's History Week in 1979 to its
establishment as National Women's History Month in 1987,
focusing on this year's theme of "Women Who Advocate for Equity,
Diversity, and Inclusion." Addressing deeply rooted patriarchal
norms, Molly emphasizes the need for women's voices to be heard
through respectful dialogue. She envisions a Women's Festival in
the summer as an alternative to protests, fostering festive
environments for discussions on equity. Molly urges embracing
diverse perspectives to break down entrenched views.
On Monday March 5, 2018,
Elaine interviewed
Gloria Allred,
who shares her journey from teacher to
attorney advocating for
women's rights for 40 years. Gloria talks of
what sustains her in her committment to social change.
Gloria's hope is that this year will be known as the Year of Empowerment for
Women, and she certainly is a mentor as she confronts rich and
powerful men Harvey Weinstein, Judge Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, O.J.
Simpson and even the President Bill Clinton of the United States as she
represents courageous but hurt women.
On Monday June 15, 2020
Gloria Allred returned for a second visit to Women's Spaces
to talks about her friend and client Norma McCorvey, the
"Jane Roe" whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case
that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade, who is
portrayed with her "deathbed confession" in the FX film aka Jane Roe,
of switching from the volunteer and unpaid poster child of
the Pro-Choice movement to become the
paid-with-over-$450,000 poster child of the Pro-Life of
Fetus movement Operation Rescue. Ms. Allred asserts, as does
Norma in her confession that she was always Pro-Choice.
Erin Brockovich
was our second guest on the show ,
of July 9, 2018.
Erin shares her story on becoming one of the
most successful consumer activists in taking on PG&E in Hinkley, CA,
in 1993, about which a movie was made called Erin Brockovich.
Erin encourages us to break free from the box of other's
expectations and to develop the self-esteem needed for the
long and persistent fight for justice. Erin comes to Sonoma
County to help those who were victims of last October wildfire storm
that appears to have been sparked by PG&E's negligent behaviour
in
protecting their equipment from nearby brush and trees as required
as a public utility. Erin warns of legislation that would shield
PG&E from accountability in future wildfire disasters in California,
inspite of the corporation's vast wealth.
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7. Andy
Lopez (2000-2013) - The Democratic Process to Hold the
Sheriff's Office to Accountability & Transparency to the
County (2013 - 2022)
We
have been discussing in the following listed shows since October
2013 the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez
in a southwest neighborhood of Santa Rosa by a Sheriff Deputy and
the community response. The Independent Office of Law
Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) was
established by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on
September 18, 2015. Visit the
IOLERO government website to read its history here.
Sonoma County voters passed Measure P - Evelyn Cheatham
Effective IOLERO Ordinance on November 3, 2020 with
66.5% of the vote to give IOLERO more authority in its
demands to the Sheriff's Office for Accountability and
Transparency. Women's Spaces has chronicled the
7-year process of this democractic change with the TV
and radio shows listed below. Note: In the show id WSA are radio shows and
WS are TV shows.
List of Show Id Pink buttons that
deal with Andy Lopez
and LEO Accountability
Above Photo: Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces,
interviewing Santa Rosa Councilwoman Julie Combs with Ken
Norton at the soundboard in the new studio in Santa Rosa, CA at Radio KBBF
89.1 FM - Photo by Francisco Lozano, KBBF-fm.org Webmasterp
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Herstory!The National Organization for Women
marked its 50th Anniversary in 2016 and the Sonoma County Chapter of NOW
celebrated the Golden Anniversary on
October 22, 2016. The Video of the event by Evelina Molina is up on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/qfvPckt_ySc and
featured below for awhile:
More Herstory! On April 20, 2016 the US Treasury announced that the picture of the first woman to grace the $20 bill will be that of Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who founded the Underground Railroad to free slaves.
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Special Video Presentation of I Am Woman, I Am All Women by Elaine B.Holtz with cast of 8 women of
the community performed at the Glaser Center, Santa Rosa, CA, in November 2009 with Linda Ferro singing
her songs Please Peace and Never Enough. See its archive page at
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more information on the presentation.
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Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returned
on
February 12,
2024 discussing the History of Black Women in Literature and in
Music. and previously on
May 11, 2020,
June 8, 2020, and
July 6, 2020
with a 3-part series of
Feminism and Black Lives Matter.
Click here for
the show's page.
Attorney
Gloria Allred
has returned to Women's Spaces for our
July 11, 2022 show
on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps.
She also contributed as a guest on
March 5, 2018, and on
June
15, 2020.
Lynn
Woolsey, Congress-woman (Retired) returned on
10/16/2023
and on 8/162021 to speak on bold
steps for our Nation to take.
, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen 
Wednesday,
April 10, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations:
PJC
website
Monday,
April 15, 2024 11 AM PT #
repeats 11 PM PT,
the show will
feature a repeat of 4/8/24 show
on Women Speakiung Out. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM,
North SF Bay or live streaming
at 
Saturday,
August 10, 2024,
National Organization for Women
(NOW) - California Conference,
at the Presbyterian Church of
the Roses in Santa Rosa.
To volunteer, have a booth, to
sponsor - please contact NOW
Sonoma County at
Erin Brockovich
was our second guest on the show , 
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