Archived Radio Show

April 22, 2024

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA240422

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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. Ken Norton, Co-producer of Women's Spaces, on the 1970 Survivla Faire at SJSU.

3. Guest:  Starhawk, Ecofeminist

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  I have a special guest this morning. Joining me on the phone is Starhawk. Starhawk is Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge.

Today is an incredibly special day, today is the day we celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Earth Day honors Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and influenced the environmental movement with her revolutionary book, Silent Spring.  Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was published on September 27, 1962, documenting the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.

Teo months prior to the celebration of Earth Day, on February 20, 1970, 54 years ago, a group of students at San Jose State University purchased and buried a new 1970 Ford maverick on the campus cafeteria building front lawn in San Jose CA the event was part of a weeklong survival fair at the school focusing attention on environmental problems.

As a part of the History is our Strength segment of the show, I have invited Ken to tell the story of what happened that day at San Jose State.

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2. Ken Norton:  As an engineering student at San Jose State College in 1970, Ken Norton participated in the Survival Faire, driven by memories of Los Angeles smog and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." He co-founded the Engineers for Awareness Club, advocating environmental protection amid the Vietnam War era's questioning of authority. Norton's group symbolically buried a car to protest gasoline engine pollution, attracting attention from publications like the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. This event, preceding Earth Day, elevated national awareness of environmental issues, reflecting a generational shift towards activism and critical thinking.

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After our music break I will be interviewing our guest Starhawk, who is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism.

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3. Our Guest Starhawk: Starhawk delves into various topics, including environmental activism, feminism, spirituality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She discusses ecofeminism, highlighting the inter-connectedness of struggles for gender equality, environmental protection, and social justice. She emphasizes the need to confront systemic power imbalances and advocates for collective liberation.

Regarding her work, Starhawk mentions her book The Empowerment Manual, which offers guidance for collaborative groups on communication and conflict resolution. She discusses upcoming courses and workshops on permaculture design and activism, encouraging people to engage in earth-healing activities.
Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Starhawk shares her experiences and reflections, stressing the importance of addressing difficult conversations and breaking down barriers to understanding and reconciliation. She underscores the need for compassion, active listening, and constructive dialogue to promote justice and peace.

Overall, the interview showcases Starhawk's commitment to social and environmental activism, offering insights and resources for individuals and groups striving to create positive change in the world. 

About our Guest: Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge.
Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict, and communications.

Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism.

She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from U.C.L.A. In 1973, as a graduate student in Film at U.C.L.A, Starhawk won the prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Award. She received an M.A. in Psychology with a concentration in Feminist Therapy from Antioch University West in 1982.

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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.

Special thank you to the National Women’s History Alliance for making women’s history alive. Shout out to Co-Founder and Retiring Executive Director, Molly McGregor who will be on the show when we celebrate Women’s History Month in March for making the fabulous list of Women in History where I get most of the info I present in this Herstory segment.

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Herstory Events:

April 22 – Earth Day, honor Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and greatly influenced the environmental movement with her revolutionary book, Silent Spring.

April 26, 1777 – American Revolution heroine Sybil Ludington, 16 years old, rides 40 miles on horseback in the middle of the night to warn the American militia that the British were invading.

Herstory Birthdays:

April 23, 1928 – Shirley Temple Black, cheerful and curly-haired child actor, singer and dancer whose career as a movie star spanned the Depression and World War II eras (1932-50), appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1988).

April 24, 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, veteran film and theater actress, dancer, author and spiritual seeker – latest appearance in British television on Downton Abbey.

April 25, 1917 (1996) – Ella Fitzgerald, “First Lady of Song,” internationally renowned jazz singer, winner of 13 Grammy Awards.

April 26, 1907 (1991) – Julia Godman Ruuttila, union recruiter, activist and journalist, worked for the CIO’s International Woodworkers of America during the eight-and-a-half-month lock-out in 1937, raised community support, protested the Vietnam War, still walked in picket lines at 80 despite asthma, ulcers, arthritis and angina.

April 27, 1906 (1993) – Alice Dunnigan, first African-American journalist accredited to cover Congress (1947) and the White House, Supreme Court and State Department, documented Klan actions when no “white” newspaper covered them, first journalist of color to travel with President Truman on his train (1948) but had to pay her own way, appointed to the staff of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (1961).

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Announcements

Wednesday, April 24 2024 Peace and Justice Center issues new weekly list of events and links to community non-profit organizations: PJC website www.pjcsoco.org

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Monday, April 29, 2024 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature our guest Jenny Blaker, Enviromental Advocate.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature our guest Jenny Blaker, Enviromental Advocate.    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/ .

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

Light a Candle, sung by Frozen Heart from the single Light a Candle (2017 Musekater, Independent-Rock- Label Stuttgart Deutschland)

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