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February 17, 2025 Original Radio Show ID:
Duration 57 minutes .
--- Featuring Click the Name to access the Segment below 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces 2. Friends and Lovers - poem of Elaine B. Holtz, who reads it her partner Ken Norton. 3. Guest: Dr. Raquell Holmes, co-Founder, Freedom Festival USA ---- ---- 1. Commentary by our Host, Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me in the studio today is Dr. Raquell Holmes. Dr. Holmes is a computational cell biologist and a pioneer in building inclusive, developmental science communities with improvisation.
Dr. Holmes is joining me today
to talk about the Freedom
Festival that takes place from
Juneteenth 19 which is June 19
thru Independence Day (July
4th). Since Valentine's Day was on Friday, as is our tradition for 5 years Ken and I will read my Friends and Lovers poem in the beginning of the show. 2. Friends and Lovers - poem of Elaine B. Holtz, who reads it with her partner Ken Norton. 3. Our Guest Dr. Raquell Holmes, one of the co-creators of The Freedom Festival, shares how it started after George Floyd's murder. She saw the need for uncomfortable conversations about race and class to occur in a safe space. Juneteenth becoming a national holiday inspired Dr. Holmes to celebrate freedom and independence, and as a national holiday it attracts inquiry. The festival invites everyone to share their stories of freedom and celebrate together. Raquell invites people to create events during the festival, like workshops, art exhibits, and conversations. These events are curated at the Freedom Festivbal USA website and encourage participation. Working with Dr. Lenora Fulani influenced her to have the confidence to create opportunities for people to come together. People can get involved by visiting freedomfestivalusa.org , attend meetings, volunteer, or donate. Everyone can contribute to the festival in their own way, all year round. From Juneteenth to July 4th we have 16 days to explore and celebrate freedom and independence, leading from emancipation to Independence Day.
About our Guest:
Dr. Raquell Holmes is
a computational cell biologist
pioneering the use of
improvisational performance to
foster inclusive science
communities. She earned her
Ph.D. from Tufts Sackler School
of Biomedicine, completed
postdoctoral training at Harvard
Medical School, and held
positions at Boston University
and the University of
Connecticut Health Center.
Author of Cell Biologist's Guide
to Modeling and Bioinformatics,
she creates multi-racial,
collaborative environments for
scientists, engineers, and
students. Inspired by Opal Lee's dream, last year Dr. Holmes and volunteers initiated Freedom Festival USA, connecting Juneteenth with July 4th to symbolize true freedom for all.
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STEAM Education is an
approach to learning that
uses Science, Technology,
Engineering, the Arts and
Mathematics as access points
for guiding student inquiry,
dialogue, and critical
thinking.
Source: https://artsintegration.com/what-is-steam-education-in-k-12-schools/ Guest Links:
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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.
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. Herstory Events: February 17, 1870 – Esther Hobart Morris in Wyoming became the first American woman Justice of the Peace. Herstory Birthdays: February 18, 1931 – Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993). February 19, 1875 (1957) – Margaret Foley, labor organizer, suffragist, and social worker, she was an out-spoken suffrage activist who would loudly confront anti-suffrage speakers, made a solo balloon flight over Lawrence, Massachusetts, tossing suffrage literature from the basket (1910). February 20, 1805 (1879) – Angelina Grimké, abolitionist, joined the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1835 and addressed “mixed” audiences in 1837, wrote An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South criticizing slavery in 1836, after which a price was placed on her head should she return to South Carolina. ---- Our guest, Dr. Racquel Holmes would like us to remember Dr. Leonora Fusani: Dr. Lenora Fulani (1950-) ran for president in 1988 and 1992, becoming the first woman and first African American on the ballot in all 50 states. Raised in a working-class Philadelphia family, she pursued psychology to help her community. Seeing systemic failures, she sought new solutions, especially after emergency services neglected Black communities, leading to family tragedy. She founded youth programs, co-organized a multiracial, women-led political party, and later focused on independent voters. Her activism centered on uniting people across differences to create change, emphasizing grassroots organizing to build a system that truly serves all communities. ---- Announcements
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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
What the World Needs Now is
Love Sweet Love, sung by
Dionne Warwick from the album
Hidden Gems – The best of
Dionne Warwick Vol. 2
(2005 Warner Special Products –
Manufactured & Marketed by
Warner – Strategic Marketing) Bread and Roses, sung by Bobbie McGee from the album Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) ---- For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists:
Link: Spinitron.com
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Freedom Festival USA
website for scheduled events and
how to get involved:
Wednesday,
February 26, 2025 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations. It
includes ongoing peace protests:
PJC
website