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Featuring

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1. Shekeyna Black, Executive Director, Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County

2. Memorial to Alix Dobkin (1940-2021), Songwriter/Singer, who embraced Feminism and helped Lesbians to be recognized. She honored all women with her performances and her albums.

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1. Our guest Shekeyna Black shares the goings on with the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County to fulfill its mission "to inform, support and energize the Sonoma County community to create peace and social justice through active nonviolence." The Donation Drive for the Houseless begun last year is continuing to collect clothes every Tuesday from 3 to 5 pm, and Shekeyna does a shout out to the faithful volunteers accomplishing this action. The Center is still closed due to the pandemic restrictions, but folks can keep up with activities through subscribing for free to their weekly newsletter and by reading the monthly Peace Press available for free online at its website. The Center is looking for new boardmembers, so give Shekeyna a call at the Center. On the PJC’s Nominations webpage you can nominate a person or group for one of 5 different categories for its annual Awards Dinner in November. The Peace and Justice Center is a good way to get involved to help the community. 

  About our Guest:  Shekeyna Black is the Executive Director  of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County for a year, after 2 years as their Center Coordinator. She grew up in Los Angeles County and moved to Sonoma County in 1986 to attend Sonoma State University where she earned a degree in Theatre Arts. She went on later to earn another Bachelors degree in Organizational Management and a Masters in Entertainment Business. She is passionate about music as a way to connect people from diverse backgrounds. Shekeyna was the Director of Entertainment for the publication Upbeat Times for 10 years until its closing its doors last year.Additionally, she has her own business called A Miracle Production that produces bands, concerts, festivals and events. She does bookings and publicity for shows at Redwood Cafe in Cotati.   Shekeyna is the mother to four adult kids.

Guest Links: 

Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County: https://www.pjcsoco.org/

Nominations for 5 Award Categories for the November Awards Dinner: https://www.pjcsoco.org/nominations-for-annual-awards.html

PJC Telephone:  ​(707)575-8902

PJC email: peacentr@sonic.net

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2. Our second segment is a Memorial to Alix Dobkin (1940-2021), who passed away on May 19th. Alix Dobkin composed and performed the song The Woman in Your Life is You, that opens and closes Women's Spaces Radio Show, which Alix so generously gave the permission to do.  Our host Elaine B. Holtz interviewed Alix Dobkin on December 1, 2014, and we play that interview today on the show, as well as some of her songs. She discusses what was happening in 1972 when she composed that song, which she considered a gift, and discovered Feminism as an antidote to Patriarchy.

Alix Dobkin, Photo by Gene Knapp

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The Audio file just above is a recording of the Interview with Alix Dobkin on the Women's Spaces show of 12/1/2014 (16 minutes duration), extracted from the full show.

Alix Dobkin's Website: https://alixdobkin.com/

Alix Dobkin performs The Woman in Your Life is You in 2011: https://youtu.be/sVb-Upncr2s

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Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

Herstory Birthdays:

May 25, 1889 (1975) – Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson, pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP, she pioneered the tactic of non-violent resistance.

May 25, 1887 (1943) – Sue Shelton White, Tennessee suffragist, attorney, and general counsel who participated in National Woman Party’s Washington demonstrations, burning an effigy of President Wilson in front of the White House on Feb. 9, 1919. She helped write Tennessee’s first married women’s property bill, an old age pension act, and a mother’s pension act.

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Announcements

Saturday, June 19, 2021 5ist Annual MLK/Juneteenth Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Sonoma County, this year by zoom. Before the pandemic it  has been held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in  Santa Rosa. The zoom event is free, family oriented and open to the public. Registration will occur at www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our interview on 12/1/2014 at .

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For music purchasing opportunity: 

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show