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Featuring Guests

1. Susan Lamont,  Member, Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective IOLERO

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Our Featured Guests

1.  Susan Lamont first shares her impressions of the colorful and expressive Women's March 2020 on Saturday in Santa Rosa and of the Martin Luther King, jr Celebration on Sunday that featured thoughtful speeches of the youth who won the oratory contest.  Susan then talks of the signature gathering for a new County Ordinance called the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance, since the Sonopma County Board of Supervisors refused to discuss the suggestions of the outgoing IOLERO officer Jerry Threet for a more effective oversight of the Sheriff's Office. IOLERO is the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach set up by the County after many street protests of the youth and a lengthy set of public hearings for Oversight of the Sheriff were held after 13-year old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus in October 2013. Susan explains why the recently deceased Evelyn Cheetham, a former member of the Community Advisry Counsel to IOLERO, is honored by adding her name to the propose ordinance. Volunteers and donations are sought by the Committee to support their efforts at placing this Measure by May 1st on the ballot for November.

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a long time social justice advocate who approaches most issues through the lens of human rights. Though her concerns are many, her principal work has been antiwar since the sixties, income inequality, and law enforcement accountability. She was with the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County for a dozen years, first as a board member and then as its coordinator. She is a reader, writer, poet, photographer and landscape designer in her spare time.

Guest Links:  Evelyn Cheatham Committee To Support An Effective IOLERO, for Donations and Volunteers to gather signatures for the petition, how to get copies of the official petition https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/

 Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/IOLERO/

Click here to Read a short 1-page History of IOLERO

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This Week in Herstory

Compilation by the National Women's History Alliance

January 25, 1890 – Nellie Bly, journalist, completed her around the world trip in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds after setting sail east to prove she could circle the globe in less than 80 days

January 25, 1980 – Mary Decker became the first woman to run a mile under 4 1/2 minutes, running it at 4:17.55

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Announcements

The NOW 2020 Woman Suffrage Centennial Calendar is available. Suggested donation $15. Contact NOW Sonoma at info@NOWSonoma.org

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020, Sonoma County 3rd District Supervisor Debate, Santa Rosa Democratic Club Meeting and Dinner, Doors open at 5:45 PM followed by the business meeting and dinner, with the debate beginning at 7:30 PM. The meeting is free but there is a cost for the dinner. RSVP at http://democlub.org/; Submit questions by Wednesday, January 15th for the 3rd District Supervisor candidates Zane and Coursey at http://democlub.org/node/402 .

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Friday, January 24, 2020 Opening Reception, From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  We will gather from 5 - 5:15PM in the 7th Street parking garage, 521 Seventh Street and walk to the Museum together as Modern Suffragists. Wear your suffrage outfits and gear or borrow a suffrage sash from our stash of sashes. Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/events/?eid=6193. Questions about this gathering to attend the reception direct to socowomen2020@gmail.com

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Saturday, January 25, 2020, Noon - 2 PM, Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran!, Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA.  www.facebook.com/events/634979023912281

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Saturday, February 1, 2020,  9:30 - 1:00 PM, Building Neighborhood Power, presented by Santa Rosa Together, Santa Rosa Housing for All, The Sonoma Intersections Coaltion and the City of Santa Rosa, at 35 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, CA. Join neighbors as we begin defining the types of services, structures and support we want in our neighborhood. With well-defined neighborhood visions, we can better help policymakers and developers deliver the neighborhoods of our dreams! We will be led by world-renown community builder, Jim Diers, the former Dir. of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Professor at the University of Washington's Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Spanish translation & children activities provided!    Eventbrite link.

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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/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

Martin Luther King sung by Lori Nebo from the album I Am A Voice (2013 Lori Nebo)

Everybody Knows sung by Holly Figueroa from the album Gifts and Burdens (Released 2007 @ 2007 Holly O’Reilly)