Archived Radio Show

June 12, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230612

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Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces 

2a. Tina Rogers,  Member of the MLK/Juneteenth Committee of Sonoma County,

2b. Nancy Rogers, President of the Northern California Black Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the MLK/Juneteenth Committee of Sonoma County,

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me in the studio is Tina Rogers, an educator, performer, and researcher and wonderful friend. We will be talking about the 53rd annual celebration of Juneteenth taking place at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa on Saturday, June 17th. This is an annual celebration. FYI: Ken and I will be there, so make sure you stop by our table.
Also joining us on the phone will be Nancy Rogers, President of the Northern California Black Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Juneteenth Planning Committee.

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2. Our Guests Tina Rogers and Nancy Rogers share their stories of learning about Juneteenth and in producing the festival in Sonoma County. Tina was a baby for the first Juneteenth festival at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa, organized by her father Harold Rogers and her stepmother Nancy. Nancy heard nothing of Juneteenth when growing up in Arkansas, but after moving to California she started doing her research, discovering that the slaves around Galveston, Texas, only heard they were emancipated two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The event in Galveston began to be memorialized, and since President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in 2021 it is now a federal holiday. Tina gives credit to Marteal Perry for beginning the Juneteenth celebrations in Sonoma County, and her granddaughter Sydney Davenport will be singing with the Prayer Chapel Gospel Choir at the event. Nancy reports that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and the City of Santa Rosa have each issued Recognitions for the event. Three students will be awarded scholarships from the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow, whose non-profit is now sponsoring the event. The festival is free and open to the public and family friendly, with many booths from local organizations and vendors offering food and items for sale. Local bands will be playing, and the New World Ballet Company will perform.

Nancy Rogers, Elaine Holtz, Tina Rogers at 49th Annual Juneteenth Festival .

About our Guest:  Tina Rogers is a native of Sonoma County, Tina Rogers has devoted her life to trying to understand this beautiful planet, the humans and the other species that share our world. A true humanitarian is what she represents, thorough research, education, and communication with other cultures allows her to see the "big picture." While attending UC Davis, she turned her passion for the arts, fitness, and wellness into a popular example of master teaching not only to children but people of all ages.
She is a role model who enjoys using arts education and fitness, as tools to “crack-the-code” in child development that lasts a lifetime. I have seen her presentation of Black History through the spoken word and dance and found the experience to be both educational and inspiring.

About our Guest: Nancy Rogers is the chair of the MLK/Juneteenth Festival that has been happening at the MLK Park in South Park Santa Rosa for the last 53 years. She is President of the Black Chamber of Commerce and Chair of, Entrepreneurs Of Tomorrow a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for young people of color and co-owner, the Red Rose catering with her husband Harold Rogers she is a mother and a grandmother and a great neighbor. We have lived across the street from one another for over 30 years.

Guest Link:  

 MLK/Juneteenth of Sonoma County website, with some history of Juneteenth: www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com

MLK/Juneteenth of Sonoma County fb page:  www.facebook.com/sonomacountyjuneteenth

Guest Event:

See Announcements below for poster of the 53rd annual MLK/Juneteenth Festival.

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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,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Event:

June 11, 1913 – Women in Illinois celebrate passage of a state woman suffrage bill allowing women to vote in presidential elections.

June 17, 1873 – Susan B. Anthony’s trial starts for illegally voting in Rochester, New York, on November 5, 1872.

Herstory Birthdays:

June 11, 1880 (1973) – Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress; pacifist and suffragist.

June 12, 1892 (1982) – Djuna Barnes, artist and journalist, author of Nightwood.

June 14, 1811 (1896) – Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

June 14, 1952 (2016) – Pat Summitt, former coach of Tennessee’s Women’s Basketball team, scored the most wins in NCAA history for both men’s and women’s teams.

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Announcements  

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 1:00 - 9:00 PM, 51st Annual MLK/Juneteenth Celebration, Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Santa Rosa. The March begins at 9:00 AM from Juillard Park to MLK Park. Event details at https://www.facebook.com/events/140103454829016

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Monday, June 19 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature a Commentary on Juneteenth. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that features a Commentary on Juneteenth.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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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 with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

Simple Song of Freedpom, sung by Della Reese from the album Right Now (1970 Amherst Records). 

Dream A World, sung by Bunny Hull from the album Happy, Happy Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa for the World (Kids Creative Classics 1999)

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