Archived Radio Show

July 24, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230724

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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 

2. Guest Kirstyne Lange, Chair of the Sonoma County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me in the studio is Kirstyne Lange, chair of the SOCO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP. We will be talking about the NAACP, its mission, goals, and challenges, along with concerns in Sonoma County.

I would like to thank all who attended the KBBF 50th Anniversary Celebration at Bayer Park, It was a fun time for all.

The KBBF 50th Anniversary Gala Fundraiser is next Thursday, August 3, 5 to 8 PM,  at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa.

On July 25 the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights is presenting the first Kathleen Finnegan Award  to Heather Jackson of Sonoma County Acts of Kindness.  https://socoactsofkindness.org/

2. Our Guest Kirstyne Lange first learned about racism in her kindergarten class in San Diego when she encountered a boy her age who called her a monkey and said she should go back to Africa. Her grandfather noticed how upset she was when he picked her up, and prepared her, as this would surely not be the last time. Women in her family, especially her mother, inspired and mentored her. Her parents knew about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Civil Rights movement. By the time she was in the 8th or 9th grade, the violence against People of Color increased, and the President of the local chapter of the NAACP established outreach to the youth and signed up youth members form different high schools, including herself. Kirstyne learned how to plan events and take on issues.
The NAACP was founded in 1909. It has been an intergenerational cultivation of leaders. Leaders cultivated leaders in the next generation, so branches do not fold, and the torch is passed.
After the murder of George Floyd, Kirstyne became active in the Sonoma County Chapter of the NAACP and has made it a point to encouraged collaboration between Black and Native cultures.
There are challenges in this county. The Portrait of Sonoma County report of 2021 (See insert under Reference below) looked at Blacks and Native American populations in the county. This only happened after the County in 2020 said that Blacks and Native Americans are insignificant in population. This raised the ire of the NAACP, since their populations are the size of Cotati and other Sonoma County towns, and they pressed the County to include them in the new report of 2021.
Kirstyne cites this as an example of people coming together to effect change. She encourages our audience to get involved. Become an active member in one of the NAACP committees, where issue priorities are set and then shared with the public. She says, "Fight with us, not alone."

About our Guest: Kirstyne Lange is a native of San Diego, CA where she served on San Diego CityCouncils’ 4th District Youth Advisory Board (YAB) to help curb the rampant gang violence. She also served on the Mills College Intersectional Anti-Racism Team as an alumni perspective and expert in this field.
Kirstyne has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Policy from Mills College where she then served as a Mills College Board of Governor, advocating for current student programs, recent graduate programs, admissions initiatives to foster accessibility to Oakland natives, and the Alumnae of Color Committee.
Kirstyne received her master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management from Sonoma State University and was a founding board member of the Sonoma County IOLERO – CAC, advocating for safer policing and sheriff oversight to help improve policies. She is presently the Chair of SOCO NAACP.

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Guest Link:

NAACP Santa Rosa/Sonoma County   https://naacpsantarosasonomaco.org/

Reference and Link:

Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Report

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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's Event:

July 19-20, 1848 – The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York Women’s Rights Movement.

Herstory Birthdays:

 July 27, 1891 (1980) – Myrtle Lawrence, sharecropper, and labor organizer, worked within biracial Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union from 1936 to 1943, honored on the 1976 Bicentennial Freedom Train Exhibition.

July 28, 1879 (1966) – Lucy Burns, suffragist, formed National Woman’s Party with Alice Paul, picketed the White House for women suffrage and arrested six times.

July 28, 1929 (1994) – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, First Lady (1961-63), photographer and book editor, established White House Historical Association.

July 29, 1896 (1986) – María Rebecca Latigo de Hernández (July 29, 1896 – January 8, 1986) was a Mexican-American rights activist.[1] She was born in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico. During the 1930s, she spoke publicly and demonstrated on behalf of Mexican Americans about their education in the United States.[2] She and her husband, Pedro Hernandez Barrera, founded Orden Caballeros de America on January 10, 1929.[3] She organized the Asociacion Protectora de Madres in 1933. In 1970 she was active in the Raza Unida Party.

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Announcements  

Monday, July 31, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature Laura Wells on the systemic challenges facing Third Parties. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that features Laura Wells on the systemic challenges facing Third Parties.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Thursday, August 3, 2023, 5 to 8 PM, Luther Burbank Center, Radio KBBF 50th Anniversary Gala Fundraiser. Senator Mike McGuire will be the Master of Ceremonies. To RSVP, purchase tickets or sponsorship, arrange for a table for your organization, visit https://kbbf.org/

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

Human Rights, sung by Marcia Griffiths from the album Shinning Times (WMG-VP Records ). 

Human Family, sung by Maya Angelou.from the album Caged Bird Sings (Released 2014 Smooth Music, Inc.).

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