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Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returned on February 12, 2024 discussing the History of Black Women in Literature and in Music. and previously on May 11, 2020, June 8, 2020, and  July 6, 2020 with a 3-part series of Feminism and Black Lives Matter. Click here for the show's page.
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Marianne Williamson has returned to Women's Spaces for our show in 9/18/2023 Conversation. Previously she was on our 1/14/2013 and 2/25/2013 shows on
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 Gloria AllredAttorney Gloria Allred has returned to Women's Spaces for our July 11, 2022 show on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps. She also contributed as a guest on March 5, 2018, and on June 15, 2020.
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Radio KBBF-FM 89.1 serving the North San Francisco Bay area added the Women's Spaces Radio Show to KBBF's regular weekly program schedule, beginning Monday September 1, 2012.  Elaine has previously produced the Women's Spaces Show on Radio KBBF from 1978-1982.  Thank you KBBF -  USA's first bilingual radio station!

The live 1-hour show from KBBF's Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California studio features the show's host Elaine B. Holtz every Monday at 11:00 AM, with repeat broadcast at 11:00 PM Monday night.  (Pacific Time)

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  Holiday Break - The Next Show is on 1/3/2022 Top of Page
12/20/2021 WSA211220

Tribute to Vince Harper; County Black Leadership Exodus Lamented; Small Businesses Coping with Covid; Reining in Holiday Gift-Giving

1. Our first guest Celeste Austin is accompanied by her partner Linda Jackson. Celeste reads a tribute she wrote for Vince Harper, the beloved Sonoma County community leader who just passed away, and who worked almost 30 years for Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County. Celeste also reads a piece called We Are Here, which she wrote as a statement of her feelings about racism and the fact that black members of our community in vital leadership positions are leaving our community.

2. Our second guest Susan Jensen, as a small business owner, gives her perspective on how the small businesses are doing coping with the pandemic restrictions. Susan and her mom Elaine talk a bit about some of the changes the family is making this year to celebrate Christmas and the joy of giving without being overwhelmed in consumerist excesses.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

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12/13/2021 WSA211213

Writing Mary Moore's Memoirs and Reflection on her Social Activism

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: I have two special guests joining me on the phone, Mary Moore and Lois Perlman. I met Mary many years ago when she organized the Bohemian Grove protest here in Sonoma County. We will be talking about her life as an activist and the writing of her memoirs with Lois Perlman, an activist, as well.  

2. Our guests Mary Moore and Lois Perlman talk about writing the memoirs of Mary Moore,  and share highlights of Mary's life as an activist. Mary shares the difficult time of having her children taken from her because of her early anti-racism activism and having Black men come over to the house, which was objected to by her now former husband. Mary emphasizes that one must neglect one "ism" for another, that racism, sexism and classism are related. Classicism is why Mary focused her attention on the Bohemian Grove and its annual gathering of the rich and powerful men, and she organized annual protests at their gates near Monte Rio. Lois is going over 800 binders that Mary has assembled over the years in her archive, which has been promised to the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, to help weave the memoirs.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

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12/6/2021 WSA211206

Commentary on Pearl Harbor, Women's Right of Bodily Choices, Gun Violence, and Congressional Incivility

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz. For today's show I do not have a guest, which gives me the opportunity to talk about Our Herstory is our Strength, play a few songs, discuss the above topics, and read a poem of mine calledWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 

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11/29/2021 WSA211129

Copperwoman Sings Live to Save Her Red-Tagged Tiny Home

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: I have a special guest this morning. Joining me joining me in the studio will be CopperWoman who is a musician, song writer and Copperwoman has been singing and making up melodic rhymes as long as she can remember. She brings people together to sing in gatherings called "Circle Song” Presently she is facing eviction from her tiny home and part of the campaign to stop government evictions in Sonoma County, and we are going to talk about that.

I want to do a shout out to Jackie Elward. I interviewed her last week on my show as Vice Mayor of Rohnert Park which is a historic accomplishment. It gets better. Jackie is making history in our county.  Last week she was voted in as Mayor of the City of Rohnert Park. Congratulations Jackie, I am personally thrilled by this happening. We need strong women leading our county and our country. Not only strong but with a vision that brings people together to work together.

 

2. Our guest Copperwoman opens her interview with singing a song she just wrote, Let the Spirit Come Through as the True You. She then describes her passage through treatment of cancer to the adoption of her name Copperwoman. She felt her calling to bring people together and sing with her Circle Songs, which she has done beginning in Santa Cruz, for a time in Garberville and Arcata, and more recently in Sonoma County. Copperwoman purchased a tiny home and found a couple with single family house and 4 acres that were willing to rent her the space.  The Permit Sonoma of the County, however, discovered the tiny home and red-tagged it as not being allowed. The tiny home comes equipped with a composting toilet and toilets in the County are required to be on a septic system or sewer.  With the help of independent journalist and social advocate Jonathan Greenberg, Copperwoman became the poster woman for folks suffering government evictions with a music video by her and a petition to the Board of Supervisors was set up on Change.org. She sings her song live for us in the studio, Everybody Needs a Home, that is on the video promoting the petition.  On Sunday December 12, 2021 at 1 pm, Copperwoman appears in concert with Bob Culberton for the Stop All Government Evictions (SAGE) campaign.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 
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11/22/2021 WSA211122

Jackie Elward, First Black City Councilmember & Vice-Mayor of Rohnert Park

Dec. 6th Online Business Showcase announced by the North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  I have two special guest this morning. Joining me in the studio is, Jackie Elward, Vice Mayor of the city of Rohnert Park in California. We will be talking about her position as Vice Mayor and some of the challenges she is facing along with some of her goals.

For the second segment of the show, joining me on the phone will be Nancy Rogers, Chair of the Northern California Black Chamber of Commerce. We will be talking about the chamber along with a special Black Business Showcase they are presenting via Zoom on, Sunday December 5 starting at 2:30pm.

November 18 was World Vasectomy Day. I applaud male engagement in family planning. Check out the World Vasectomy Day website for more information: https://wvd.org/wvd-2021/#celebration

2. Our first guest Jackie Elward shares her coming to a new land, the United States, from her native Congo. and raising a family in Rohnert Park. The George Floyd murder in 2020, and the lack of an outcry from the leadership of the city, was the spark that caused her first to organize a peaceful protest, and then noticing a need for leadership to run for the city council of Rohnert Park in the new District elections set in place by the city. Jackie gives credit to the mentoring of her father and uncle in the law and political activism, and thinking of the future of her children, especially her son, in a city without representation of Black Lives. With the help of Julie Royes and Leslie and other local activists her campaign was a success. As Jackie told her son, "Become the change you want." Since entering politics, Jackie has received hateful and threatening communications from community members, and understands why two prominent black leaders left the county agencies they led recently because of "racial micro-agressions" they experienced with lack of support in following up those abuses. Jackie emphasizes that if Black leaders suffer, then Blacks feel unsafe in the county. She feels we need to elect more black leaders and encourages folks not only to march in protest but also to run for political office to make real changes in social policies.

3. Our second Guest Nancy Rogers announces the 2nd annual Business Showcase, sponsored by the North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce, which she leads as President, happening as an online event on Sunday, December 5.  Nancy talks about the difficulties most small businesses suffered under the pandemic restrictions and encourages folks to attend the event to be reminded of the services these local businesses offer especially for the holiday season.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 
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11/15/2021 WSA211115

Every Second Breath Project
for the Oceans


1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: The winners of the 2021 Sonoma County Peace and Justice Centers Awards are announced.

2. Our guest Cynthia Abbott has lived close to the ocean and through her study with environmental advocacy groups she was exposed to an exhibit of plastic bottles that crossed the ocean.  She asked, "What else?" She describes the dire situation of our oceans: acidification, plastic waste, overfishing, oil and chemical pollutants. To her surprise she found out that 50% of the oxygen we breathe is from the oceans, or every other breath we take is from the oceans. In collaboration with Andrea Leland and a fine team, Cynthia produced a documentary film Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change. It inspired an Emmy Award.  Cynthia is co-founder of Every Second Breath Project to continue the production of documentary films about ocean and environmental advocacy.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 

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11/8/2021 WSA211108

Sonoma County GoLocal

Suscol Intertribal Council

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  I have two special guests this morning. Joining me by phone will be is Janeen Murray, Executive Director of Sonoma County GO LOCAL  and that is what we will be talking about – the benefits of supporting local businesses during these holiday seasons. I can hardly believe thanksgiving is just around the corner.

I am extremely excited, also joining me on the phone this morning will be Charlie Toledo, Executive Director Suscol Intertribal Council and we will be talking about her organizations and November is Native American Heritage Month. We will be talking about that and some of the issues facing our Native American culture.

Ken and I are great grandparents for the second time with the arrival of Kaya Sierra Jensen to Amber and Ryan. Kaya is why we produce Women's Spaces, that she may have a sustainable future.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 

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11/1/2021 WSA211101

Commentary on Sonoma County Losing Officials to Racist Behavior, and on the Hunger Striking Sunrise Movement Climate Activist Youth Ema Govea from Santa Rosa

Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center Annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday November 13

Winterblast on Saturday November 6

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz  on the recognition of activists by Peace and Justice Center's Annual Awards Ceremony, including the Sunrise Movement of Sonoma County whose youth protest the lack of political will in dealing with Climate Change. Ema Govea of Sunrise and a Santa Rosa high school student is on a hunger strike in DC since October 20. Also, some Sonoma County officials are leaving because of racist behaviors they encountered, which is troubling after the rancor caused by the Trump campaign.

2. Our guests Shekeyna Black and Audrianna Jones talk about the Annual Peace & Justice Awards Presentation. This year the event is online on November 13, 2021 at 7 PM. This event is a major fundraiser for the Center. RSVP for the event and donations can be made through links at the Center's website www.pjcsoco.org, where you can read descriptions of the awards and the online auction. The winners of this year's awards are listed below:

  • Peace & Justice Activist of the Year Award:  Peace & Justice Activist of the Year Award:  D'mitra Smith

  • Russ and Mary Jorgensen Courage of Commitment Award:  Audrianna Jones

  • Unsung Hero Award: Mary Munat

  • Community Organization Award: Graton Day Labor Center/ALMAS

  • Youth Peace & Justice Activists Award: Sunrise Movement Sonoma County 

Audrianna shares her path to volunteering for the Peace & Justice Center and leading up the Donation Drive for the Homeless there. Audrianna completed a special program provided by Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI), six-month program of training and preparation for serving on local and regional boards and commissions. It provides the tools, skills, and support to help emerging leaders from low-income and underrepresented communities obtain seats on strategic boards and commissions and then pass policies that advance racial and economic equity. The program aims to give community members and advocates with not just a voice, but also a vote on important decisions. The County must have noticed and has recently hired Audrianna for a position at the Sonoma County Housing Authority.

Shekeyna describes the awards, including the Russ and Mary Jorgensen Courage of Commitment Award to be awarded to Audrianna Jones, for her steadfastness in the Donation Drive for the Houseless.  The auction items can be viewed and bid on at https://www.32auctions.com/PJCauction2021

Shekeyna also announces the annual SOFA Winterblast this coming Saturday evening, November 6 from 5 to 9:30 PM.  The festivities occur in the South of A street artist district, and the SOFA round-the-block parade of decorated couches begin at the Peace and Justice Center's office at 476 Sebastopol St. in Santa Rosa, Come and enjoy the open studios, galleries, cafes, food and drink, live music and theater, and street entertainment.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

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1010/25/2021 WSA211025

Domestic Violence Victim Services of the Family Justice Center

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Domestic Violence Awareness Month was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues. Our guest Tatiana Lopez is the Director of Victims Services with the Family Justice Center for Sonoma County and will explain these services.

This is the last show of the month and time to recite the Women's Spaces Pledge. Since 1,000 people at the Women's Rally on October 2 joined me in the Pledge, I am replaying that recording for you to accompany with your voice.

October is also LGBTQ+ History Month. To honor this month the National Organization for Women (NOW) - Sonoma County Chapter is hosting a free special zoom presentation on Friday, October 29th, from 6–8 p.m., Special presenters will be two members of the Lesbian Archives of Sonoma County and one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. See www.nowsonoma.org for more information.

2. Our guest Tatiana Lopez describes her path from a little girl in Honduras to leading Victim Services for the Family Justice Center of Sonoma County. She especially is grateful for the opportunities for education in this country that are not limited to the wealthier classes. Tatiana now helps victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse with support to get into a safer environment. Sonoma County offers a one shop for many services that could come into play in a victim's circumstances. Tatiana and her staff are well versed in the ways domestic violence can be expressed verbally, in a financial abusive way, a heightened sense of danger, a sense of walking on eggshells, and even physical abuse. She encourages victims to call the 24/7 Hot Line 707-546-1234 to the YWCA, whose receptionists can guide the caller to different services. During business hours the Family Justice Center's phone 707-565-8255 is available to help victims navigate the resources available, from safe house to financial help.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 

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10/18/2021 WSA211018

Conversation with Veteran Feminist Singer/Songwriter/Author Sandy Rapp


1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  Today is the birthday of my Grandson Ryan Irwin Jensen, who is about to become a father for the second time. Happy Birthday Ryan! I love you dearly and wish you always the best life has to offer. It was Ryan who inspired The Women’s Spaces Pledge and it is amazing to think he is going to be a father for the second time.

2. Our guest Sandy Rapp shares her path to activism for feminist and lesbian rights.  Listening to Sandy and her songs, one learns of the history, as she memorializes feminist, lesbian and gay activists and their names in her songs.  Veteran Feminist Bella Abzug (D-NY) accompanies her on her best known song Remember Rose: Song for Choice.  The recent laws restricting women's right to choose to refuse or have an abortion, passed by some states like Texas, demonstrate the need for women, especially young women, to take to the streets and to lobby their elected officials for protections of women's rights.  Sandy describes the times of the Stonewall Revolution in June 1969, when she had not yet come out as lesbian for fear of losing straight music gigs. Sandy then became active in lobbying the passage of lesbian and gay rights on Long Island, NY, and even gave police sensitivity training, as reflected in her song, Everyone Was At Stonewall. Sandy is not only a singer/songwriter but also the author of God's Country: A Case Against Theocracy (The Haworth Press; 1991). Be sure and listen to this enlightening conversation between our host Elaine and Sandy Rapp.


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10/11/2021 WSA211011

Monte Rio Creekside Skateboard Park Competition and Music Fundraiser this Saturday Oct.16

Inter-Tribal Council of California (ITCC) Family Violence Prevention

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:   I have two special guests today, joining me on the phone will be Millie Munson. Millie along with her brother Milo are creating a Skateboard Park Project in Monti Rio CA. I feel as an elder it is important; we support these young people when they engage in something like this. As future activists I hope it is a real learning experience doing something like this which Millie will be talking to you about.
Also joining me on the phone will be and I am so excited to present her, Diana Billy-Elliot who is the Deputy Director for the Intertribal Council of California.an Association Designed for the Unity of all American Indians. We will be talking about Joe Biden and his announcement that today October 11, 2021, shall be called “Indigenous People’s Day.” This is a step in the right direction honoring America is first inhabitants. This recognition in my mind is long overdue. We are a diverse nation.

2. Our first guest Millie Munson shares the vision that she and her younger brother Milo have of renovating the Monte Rio Creekside Skatepark. Millie announces a fundraising event on Saturday October 16, 2021, from 10 am to 6 pm at the Monte Rio Creekside Park for skateboard competitions and music. Donations can be made at the event or to the Monte Rio Recreation and Park District office.

3. Our second guest Diana Billy-Elliott, Deputy Director of Inter-Tribal Council of California (ITCC) talks about the visionInter-Tribal Council of California (ITCC) of ITCC to promote equity and justice in education, health, social services, economic development, cultural preservation and environmental stewardship. ITCC also advocates for tribal children and family safety. The ITCC Family Violence Prevention program does just that. The program provides much needed resources and education surrounding domestic violence within the family unit. ITCC has a Central office which is located in Roseville Ca and many satellite offices throughout our state, including at the Family Justice Center in Santa Rosa. Diana talks about the missing indigenous women and men of tribal reservations and how it affects not only the immediate family members but also the greater native community. She hopes more media attention will be given to these incidents.

 

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10/4/2021 WSA211004

DA Jill Ravitch on Persisting Past the Recall Vote

 Family Justice Center's New Executive Director

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: On Saturday October 2nd, there were nationwide events answering the call of the Women's March to Defend and Mobilize for Reproduction Rights. Much was happening all across the country in protest of the Texas Abortion Ban and in support of the John Lewis voting rights bill, “For The Peoples Act, “ Shout out to the Santa Rosa Democratic Club President Janet Reynold and Sonoma County Democratic Party Chair, Pat Sabo and all of those who helped put the local Women's Rally in Santa Rosa together. Special recognition for the National Organization for Women (NOW) Sonoma County Chapter for being out there helping and getting folks involved. It was an amazing event. I had the honor of speaking at the event, got to do the Women's Spaces Pledge, and was well received. My co-producer Ken Norton filmed the speech and has uploaded it to our Youtube channel for Women's Spaces.

2. Our first guest Jill Ravitch, our District Attorney for Sonoma County, opens up on how the Recall campaign funded by one rich resident affected her and why her capturing 80% of the vote is good news that Sonoma County residents could recognize the costly revenge.  Jill remembers that on her first run for DA against the incumbent she won by only 1,700 votes, so yes, every vote does matter. She is now serving her third term as District Attorney. Jill put her full support behind the Family Justice Center, newly founded in August 2011, as a wraparound interagency effort to simplify for the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking to receive help from the various programs. Ten years later the same partners are still offering services to these survivors. There is no cost to the victims for meeting with the advocates for needed clothes, food, transportation, safe houses, vouchers for housing and fuel.  Jill recently was in Zambia, invited to help them set up Child Advocacy Centers. Jill announced that she will not run for a fourth term but will spend her remaining time serving the needs of justice in our county.

3. Our second guest Marsha Lucien is the new Executive Director of the Family Justice Center. Marsha shares her path to this leadership position. Her years as a probation officer impressed upon her the need to help families. She believes in treating the victims coming to the center as wholistic person, not just one facet.  All residents of Sonoma County, documented or not, are eligible for services, that are confidential and free of cost. Marsha already has led a group of children of survivors of domestic abuse on a camping trip to help with their relationship building.  Marsha announces that this Wednesday, October 6, 2021, from 3 to 6 pm, the Family Justice Center will be having an Open House at their physical location at 2755 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Providing an Umbrella of Hope. This is free and open to the public and all are invited.

 

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9/27/2021 WSA210927

National Organization for Women (NOW) - New Holistic Advocation for Women's Rights

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me on the phone this morning will be Christian Nunes who is the President for the National Organization for Women. Christian will be joining me from Washington DC. As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States.

A reminder: on Saturday October 2nd, there will be a Women's March/ Rally happening at Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa from 10 to noon. I am honored to be one of the speakers and if you come up and say hi to me, I will be happy to give you a copy of the Women's Spaces Pledge. This is a very important event as much is happening all across the country in protest of the Texas Abortion Ban. People will be urged to sign two petitions:

  1. For the passage of H. R. 3755 Women's Health Protection Act of 2021.

  2.  For the passage of the John Lewis voting rights bill, H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2021

2. Our first guest Christian Nunes shares her path to national leadership of the National Organization of Women (NOW).  Christian describes the changes NOW has gone through since its founding 55 years ago. NOW is taking a holistic approach to Women's Rights, realizing the intersectionality of other issues affecting women, like racial inequality, sexual orientation, and disability. Christian said that NOW is offering workshops Run NOW to train the new generation of feminists on how to run political campaigns as a candidate and campaign staff. Another series of workshops for NOW Chapters to achieve new heights is Level-Up, with practical trainings on fundraising and enhancing engagement. The NOW website now.org is becoming an even greater resource.  Christian encourages us to gather on Saturday October 2 for the Women's March/Rally locally for this national event. Many organizations have signed on to sponsor this March.  Some pressing issues were discussed, like the pandemic affecting women in the service industries, and NOW is encouraging you to contact your Federal representives to pass the Pay Check Fairness Act. The national issues for feminists to be active on can be found on the NOW website at https://now.org/nap/ .

 

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9/20/2021 WSA210920
{After the show of September 6, 2021, we took a week off until September 20, 2021 when we resumed our live broadcasts.}

Local Santa Rosa Women's March Planned for Saturday October 2nd

Reviewing Vacation Rentals in West Sonoma County

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  The voters decided last week: No Recall of California Governor Newsom and No Recall of Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch. I am glad Sonoma County voters rejected the revenge recall campaign of a disgruntled land developer.

2. Our first guest, Janet Reynolds, announces that the Santa Rosa Democratic Club (SRDC) has stepped up to the plate to organize a rally for the national call for a Women's March/Rally to Mobilize and Defend Our Reproductive Rights on Saturday October 2, 2021, from 10 AM to Noon. The city has granted a permit. Volunteers are needed to collect signatures for the two petitions and to be Peace Ambassadors (crowd monitors). Congress will be petitioned to pass the Women's Health Protection Act,and the Senate will be petitioned to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. Put it on your calendar and consider volunteering at the Sonoma County Democratic Club website. Masks will be required for prevention of Covid. Download the Press Release Here.

3. Our second guest, Vesta Copestakes, shares the work of the Lower Russian River Advisory Council of the 5th District of the County of Sonoma, on which she represents Forestville. The county is reviewing changes to be made to the Vacation Rental Ordinance. Some neighborhoods are complaining that the character of the neighborhoods suffer from the non-residential ownerships and the guests from out of the area. The way emergencies are handled and how vacation renters are apprised of the emergency response in Sonoma County, especially with the increased danger of wildfires due to Climate Change, will be expressly stated in the revised ordinance. There is a possibility that vacation rentals will be taken out of land use under Permit Sonoma and changed to business licenses. By February the Advisory Council plans to submit this to the Board of Supervisors. Your input is welcome, especially if you live in the 5th District. Visit the County website at https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/River-Municipal-Advisory-Council/ .

 

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9/6/2021 WSA210906

{After the show of September 6, 2021, we took a week off until September 20, 2021 when we resumed our live broadcasts. We replayed this show on September 13th..}

The Contribution of Women to Fair Labor Laws

1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  Our great granddaughter Satori Trinity Jensen celebrates her 3rd birthday today, to whom we dedicate a birthday song.  Satori is a blessing in my life. Her parents, our Grandchildren Ryan and Amber, have second daughter on the way, so Satori will be a big sister soon. I feel blessed.

Today is also Labor Day: Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union leader, was the person who came up with the idea for Labor Day. He thought American workers should be honored with their own day. He proposed his idea to New York's Central Labor Union early in 1882, and they thought the holiday was a good idea, too. 

2. Our guest, Dr. Harriet Fraad, delves into the Dr. Harriet Fraadhistory of women influencing policies affecting Labor. She reminds us that the early colonizing ships from England included indentured servants, as well as indentured wives. People had to pay off their societal debt of a petty crime or the cost of the ship passage by agreeing to sseveral years of service with their labor. After her dress shop is destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones begins working in 1871 as a labor organizer. In 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York kills 144 garment workers, 123 women and girls, and 23 men. During the Great Depression, one fourth of American families were socialist or communist. There was a huge labor organizing movement with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), founded by John Lewis. Under the pressure of demonstrations of organized labor, communists and socialists, the New Deal was executed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR).

In 1933 FDR brought the first woman into a presidential cabinet, Frances Perkins, as Secretary of Labor, who spearheaded such Acts as Social Security, the 40-hour work week, and abolishment of child labor. Frances Perkins witnessed as a young woman seeing the women and girls jumping to their deaths trying to escape the flames of the 1911 Triangle Shirt Fire, which fired her passion for to set up protections for labor. She remained as Secretary of Labor until the death of FDR in 1945. With the end of WWII the USA viewed the Soviet Union as a threat and all socialists and communists were soon under the fire of Senator Joseph McCarthy as the Republicans sought to wrest control of the Presidency in the early 1950s and began to undo New Deal policies. Dr. Fraad notes that 80% of the shares of stocks are owned by top 10% wealthy Americans, that Wall Street is not a measure of the nation's health. She encourages us to celebrate work, and the workers should be rewarded for the work.

 

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8/30/2021 WSA210830

Earth Mama's Mission

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:
I have a special guest for this show. Joining me in the on the phone from Independence, VA Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama. “Earth Mama” uses earth wisdom, music, and laughter to spread the message that the earth is a “Mama” for all of us. One of my favorite songs by Earth Mama which I play often, Standing on the Shoulders, which reminds us of those who have laid the foundations for all of us.
Talk about Standing on The Shoulders! On Thursday, August 26, was Women’s Equality Day and the 101st anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote. To honor this the Board of Supervisors of The County of Sonoma, State of California, issued a Gold Resolution to the Gold Resolution of BOD County of SonomaNational Organization for Women (NOW) for its 2020 Woman's Suffrage Calendar celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment and declared the Calendar to be an historic document. The Sonoma County Chapter hosted a great Zoom meeting on this day to celebrate and had some of the women movers and shakers in the community present to honor this event. Many of the presenters were in the calendar and, as a special treat, Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, representing the 5th District of Sonoma County, not only spearheaded the resolution but honored the group by reading it.

2. Our guest,  Joyce Rouse, recorded her song Standing on the Shoulders in 1966 in Nashville. This song would was later included in anthologies celebrating the Centennial of Women's Suffrage. Joyce would sing before kids and they remembered her for her song Earth Mama, and so the moniker stuck. Earth Mama's mission is for her songs to foster healing of our relationship to Mama Earth, the rising of the Divine Feminine and dismanteling of patriarchy, finding balance in all we use and in the yin and yang, the feminine and masculine. Earth Mama's latest album released this year in called Loving Kindness, something the political fomentations and the pandeminc certainly call for. We play one song from that album called The Great Vision. The interview completes with the song Herstory from the album Herstory, to keep the celebration of the Centennial of Women's Suffrage alive.

 

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8/23/2021 WSA210823

History of Women's Suffrage

The National Women's History Alliance

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:   Our History is our Strength. In 1848 the movement for women’s rights launched on a national level with the Seneca Falls Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Following the convention, the demand for the vote became a centerpiece of the women’s rights movement. Stanton and Mott, along with Susan B. Anthony and other activists, raised public awareness and lobbied the government to grant voting rights to women. After a lengthy battle, 72 years from 1848 to 1920, these groups finally emerged victorious with the passage of the 19th Amendment.
In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, California by today's guest Molly Murphy MacGregor, along with Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett and Bette Morgan to broadcast women’s historical achievements.
The NWHP started by leading a coalition that successfully lobbied Congress to designate March as National Women’s History Month, now celebrated across the land.
Today, the NWHP, whose name was changed to the National Women’s History Alliance, is known nationally as the only clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women’s history for educators, community organizations, and parents-for anyone wanting to expand their understanding of women contributions to U. S. history.

Molly Murphy MacGregor will also be one of the special guests at the NOW Special Online Event on Women's Equality Day, Thursday August 26th.

National Organization for Women  (NOW)NOW Sonoma Special Online Meeting, Women's Equality Day, Gold Resolution, Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/honoring-women-of-sonoma-county-tickets-166886334519

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1. Our guest,  Molly Murphy MacGregor, shares her path to leading up the National Women's History Project. A biography of Emma Goldman was the first inspiration in 1972, as she sought to be more knowledgeable in the subject for her high school students she was teaching. Molly went on do graduate work at Sonoma State University in Women's Studies, where she met Elaine. Eventually the realization of the lack of publicity of the history of women moved Molly to help found the National Women's History Project. Their lobbying efforts led to President Carter's Whitehouse Office in 1982 to call Molly and announce that he would name the week beginning with March 7 the National Women's History Week. Then Congress in 1987 declared the whole month of March to be the National Women's History Month. A few women took it as their task to spread the need for this attention to Women's History, and more women and men joined in the effort to realize the goal.  In 2018 the Project was changed to Alliance to keep alive the history of women all year long and to act as clearinghouse to list women's history organizations' activity.

-report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer

 

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8/16/2021 WSA210816

NOW Sonoma's New President and Gold Resolution by the County Supervisors

Special Guest: Lynn Woolsey, former Congresswoman of Marin/Sonoma, Reflecting and Looking Forward

1. Our guest,  Amy Nykamp, who has just been seated Amy Nykampas the President of our Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women. Amy shares how she came to the decision to serve as the leader of the NOW chapter. She reminds the listeners that NOW Sonoma has a regular monthly membership meeting on the third Thursdays of each month, with one this Thursday August 19th.  Amy also announces a special meeting for August 26th, Women's Equality Day and the 101st anniversary of the 19th Amendment for Women's Suffrage. The Board of Supervisors will issue a Gold Resolution on August 24th, a couple of days before the NOW special meeting, declaring the NOW Sonoma Woman's Suffrage Calendar of 2020 to be an historical document2020 Woman's Suffrage Calendar that played a key role in our county's remembrance of women's suffrage. Many community events were cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic restrictions, but the 2020 Woman's Suffrage Calendar helped keep the remembrance alive. Special Guests will speak on their vision of what NOW can do, and they include Molly Murphy MacGregor - Founder of the National Women's History Alliance, Elaine B. Holtz - former President of NOW Sonoma, Jill Ravitch - Sonoma County District Attorney, Gaye LeBaron - Historian and journalist with the Press Democrat, and Lynn Woolsey - Former U.S. Representative (1993-2013). RSVP for the event at the link under Announcements.

2. Our special guest, Congresswoman (Ret.) Lynn Woolsey, shares Lynn Woolsey, Former Congresswoman, Marin/Sonomaher path to being elected to Congress, beginnng with her running for an 8th grade leadership position with her sister as her campaign manager. Our host, Elaine, remembers how excited she and other women were that Lynn was running in 1992. Lynn was the first person running for Congress that admitted she had been a single mom with 3 kids on welfare, which helped her with her education.  She and Elaine proved the welfare they received as single moms was not spent in vain, as both went on to serve the community in different ways. Lynn looks forward and lists her top five wishes for meaningful change in the nation, with Elaine chiming in with a 6th change:

  1. Get money out of politics - overturn Citizens United;

  2. Educate the population - critical thinking is important;

  3. Learn from History - Our History is our strength;

  4. Listen to the younger generation;

  5. Vote;

  6. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine for the media - the media needs to tell the truth.

Listen to the show and hear what Lynn is most proud of during her terms as Congresswoman. She encourages folks to get involved in what they are interested in, pick one or two issues, stay in tune, and be a good team player, also as a leader.

 

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8/9/2021 WSA210809


International Indigenous Peoples Day

Peace & Justice Center Awards' Nominations Due August 31st

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:   Elaine makes some announcements on the Braver Angels upcoming Debate and the upcoming NOW meeting. We celebrate on August 9th each year the International Indigenous Peoples Day to raise awareness and protect their rights. There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5% of the world's population, but account for 15% of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world's estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. To honor this day Elaine reads the Native American Ten Commandments and a poem by Chief Seattle.

1. Our guest,  Shekeyna Black, returns to give us an update on the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County. The Center sees as top issue the houseless persons of our county and has a long running Donation Drive for the Houseless, with collections of items at their office on Tuesdays from 3 to 5 PM. Shekeyna announces that nominations are due by August 31, 2021 for their annual Peace and Justice Awards in November. There are 5 categories, listed on the show's web archive page.

 

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8/2/2021 WSA210802

Mary and the Divine Feminism

1. Our guest,  Dr. Barnsley Brown Dr. Barnsley(aka Dr.. Barnsley) takes us on a journey of how Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, the close disciple of Jesus, would be presented if the authors of the gospels were women.   The male authors presented Mary as fragile demurring and timid; but Dr. Barnsley presents Mary as a feminine force to be reckoned with and reads us a her poem I Am Mary (See this show's episode's web archive page for the transcript). She states that Divine Feminism is the embodiment of the Divine Feminine, the protector of off-spring. She notes that George Floyd's last words as he was being suffocated to death by Police Officer Chauvin was a cry to his mother, so close is the mother to us all.  

 

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7/26/2021 WSA210726

Veteran Feminists of America

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: My co-producer and love Ken Norton is celebrating his birthday today, and I am wishing him, Happy Birthday, Ken!.

Ken and I attended a memorial for Michael O'Brien on Saturday July 24th. Ken and I know Michael through our practice of Tai Chi Chuan together. Michael and his wife Lynette McGee owned the famed Crickelwood Restaurant that was destroyed by the Tubbs Fire in October 2017 after 42 years of graciously serving Sonoma County fine meals.  At the memorial we heard of his mentoring of younger people, including the TV chef Guy Fieri, his promotion of Sonoma County wines, and his being a highly decorated naval reconnaissance pilot in combat in Vietnam, who cared deeply for those pilots under his command, many of  whom did not return from missions. It was stirring to see two naval officers' careful ritual of unfolding the nation's flag, showing it unfurled with its symbolic white stars on blue and the red and white stripes, the precise folding of it into a triangular shape and presenting it the Michael's widow Lynette McGee. One could not help think of the ideals of the founding of the country and the lives lost or wounded in serving its mission.

Our guest,  Dr. Eleanor Pam, was a leader of theDr. Eleanor Pam feminist second wave of 1962 - 1985, when thousands of women and men took part in actions to make life more equitable for women. Dr. Pam is the President of Veteran Feminists of America. Eleanor describes her early upbringing in a patriarchal family that encouraged her to confine herself to prescribed vocations for women, but that she persisted, in spite of quotas, to eventually earn three advanced degrees. Eleanor was an early co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and describes those early days how a few women would set up committees to address issues as they arose. She personally knows Betty Friedan, who helped popularize the movement with her book The Feminine Mystique (1963) and who served as NOW's first President. She knew Kate Millett, the first Chair of NOW's Education Committee. She and Elaine reminisce on the early Women's Studies programs that included their first time using the speculum to view each other's vaginas, to counter the shame heaped on women's sexual life. They also discuss the rift between black and white feminists. Dr. Pam notes that 19% of the biographical videos in the Feminist Pioneer History Project are of Black Women. She recognizes that it was a mistake of Betty Friedan in ostracizing the lesbians, assuming lesbians to be too freaky for the mainstream women - something that Betty Friedan later admitted. Our History is our strength, so don't miss this fascinating interview with Dr. Eleanor Pam and the mission of Veteran Feminists of America, which she leads, to remember the achievements of this second wave of feminism.

    

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7/19/2021 WSA210719

{After the show of June 14, 2021, we took a break until July 19, 2021 when we resumed our live broadcasts.}

Review of New Documentary Film "3 Seconds in October"

Brittany Spears' Conservatorship Case and Women's Rights


Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: On July 15th our local PBS station KRCB aired the film 3 Seconds in October about theAndy Lopez 2000-2013 killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by County Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus. The film reveals some of the SRPD investigation into the incident. Andy was carrying a plastic rifle, noticeably lighter to carry than a real rifle, and yet Deputy Gelhaus was quick to fire off 8 bullets. Missing in the film was the important role that the high school peers of Andy that protested and known as Andy's Youth, as well as the adults in the community that met as the Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force in meeting after meeting to finally recommend that the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County to implement the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach as oversight of the Sheriff's Office, which the Board did.

1. Our guest, Dr. Harriet Fraad, discusses the Dr. Harriet FraadCase of Brittany Spears, the pop star, who is appealing the Conservatorship control over every aspect of her life, from its demand she wear an IUD to prevent her the choice of having babies, to having to live on an allowance that was a small percentage of her income. The case according to Dr. Fraad concerns women's rights, and when Brittany reached out to her fanbase on TikTok to finally reveal the oppression she lived under, the fans rallied, since so many could relate to her suffering. Two white judges in previous attempts to appeal the conservatorship ruled she had no right of appeal, but finally a female judge ruled she had a right to choose her own lawyer in her appeal attempt, a  lawyer not beholden to the Conservatorship.

 

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6/14/2021 WSA210614
{After the show of June 14, 2021, we took a break until July 19, 2021 when we resumed our live broadcasts.}

51st Annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Celebration on June 19th

  Zakiya Hooker on Singing and Songwriting to Keep it Real

Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz: Today, Monday, The Sunrise Youth complete their 266-mile march from Paradise to Pacific Heights in San Francisco with rallies before the houses of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senator Diane Feinstein for meaningful legislation to enact the New Green Deal. Also June 14th is Flag Day and Elaine gives a little history lesson on its origin.

1. Our first guest, Nancy Rogers, talks about the 51 years of celebrating the Juneteenth Festival in Sonoma County and announces the 51st MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival Celebration on Saturday from 1 to 3:30 pm, June 19th via Zoom online meeting.

2. Our second guest, Zakiya Hooker - photo by Zak Calgary Alberta CanadaZakiya Hooker, will make a special appearance at the Sonoma County Juneteenth and MLK Celebration on Saturday, June 19th, and joins us today to share a bit about her life as an accomplished Blues Singer.  Zakiya attributes her rhythm to that of her father, the legendary Blues singer John Lee Hooker, who gave her first guitar at age 13. He told her "To keep it real, be true to yourself." She made her debut at age 40 with her father onstage. She describes how tense she felt walking up to that stage, but she was determined. Zakiya describes the mission and work of the John Lee Hooker Foundation, established in 2001 by Hooker Family Estate for underprivileged and at-risk youth.

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6/7/2021 WSA210607

Sunrise Youth March to Fight Climate Change

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  "Many of the schools had outdoor graduation ceremonies along with Zoom presentations, which was great after missing them in 2020 due to the pandemic restrictions. I watched the graduation ceremonies on Zoom for Piner High School in Santa Rosa. A special shout out to Hayden Celeste Rogers who is the granddaughter of one of my regular guests Nancy Rogers. Watching all those young people getting their diplomas brought tears to my eyes as I watched and thought to myself, 'What does the future hold for them?'.  Our guests from the Sunrise Youth Movement are concerned about their future and one of them is actually marching with Sunrise Youth 266 miles from Paradise to San Francisco to demonstrate her commitment and a call to action to fight Climate Change in support of President Biden's proposed Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

1. Our first guest, Christine Byrue, remembers the 2017 wildfire devastation in Sonoma County, which was caused by human induced Climate Change. Christine as an elementary school teacher saw how the students were affected disproportionately by economic class, with less well-off students with homes destroyed having to sleep on relatives’ couches. The Sunrise Youth Movement helps students turn their frustration with unaddressed Climate Change issues into action. This week 7 youth started the 266-mile trek from Paradise, CA, to San Francisco to draw attention to President Biden’s proposed Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) as part of the New Green Deal. The Sunrise Youth see many future CCC jobs created in our county and in counties throughout the USA. On Thursday June 10th, the Sunrise marchers arrive at Santa Rosa’s Juillard Park for a rally from 10-11 am, where more will join the march continuing to Cotati. On Monday June 14th, the marchers will reach the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, where a large rally has been called to join them crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and continuing on to rally for the CCC before the homes of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Diane Feinstein. Updates are available on Instagram at IG @sunrisegenonfire and Twitter at @smvmtgenonfire . Such marches are scheduled around the country. Links are posted on this show episode's web archive page under Guest Links for becoming involved.

2. Our second guest, Maddy Ruddell phones in from Winters, CA, as she marches with other Sunrise Youth from Paradise to San Francisco. So far she has marched 130 miles as the Sunrise marchers head toward Santa Rosa for the Thursday 10-11 am rally at Juillard Park. She wants CCC livable wage jobs created to address the Climate Change issues. Maddy started out with Sunrise Youth at Paradise, CA, of which 7 youth are committed to march the whole 266-mile trek to San Francisco, cross the Golden Gate Bridge with supporters, and proceed to rally for the CCC before the homes of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Diane Feinstein. Maddy gives her report with much passion. She has been talking to people on the way, even those with Trump hats and insignias, which energizes Maddy to take one step after the other. She encourages people to rally with them.

 

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5/31/2021 WSA210531

Memorial Gathering on Andy Lopez's (2000-2013) Birthday June 2nd

National Organization for Women (NOW) - 50 Years of the Feminist Voice

1. Our first guest, Susan Lamont, reminds us that this Wednesday, June 2nd, Andy Lopez, whose life was taken by bullets fired by Sonoma County Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus at the age of 13 while walking with a plastic toy gun, would have turned 21. A Memorial Gathering will assemble at Andy's Unity Park in southwest Santa Rosa with Potluck beginning at 4pm. Susan explains how Andy's death prompted the community to get serious about oversight of police after years of ignoring the California Advisory Committee of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission report in 2000 on Sonoma County's need for oversight. The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) was formed by the County Supervisors in response to Andy's killing. IOLERO was given more subpoena powers with Measure P that passed with a sizeable majority after the George Floyd killing by police in Minneapolis in 2020. It matters when citizen activists take to the streets and show up at County Supervisor and City Council meetings to voice their concerns.

2. Our second guest, Monique Alcala, shares her path to the National Organization for Women (NOW), beginning with awareness of the need for Women's Rights and then progressing to engagement as a volunteer. She talks of the Core Issues of NOW, as stated on its website: "NOW is a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization that takes a holistic approach to women’s rights. Our priorities are winning economic equality and securing it with an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will guarantee equal rights for women; championing abortion rights, reproductive freedom and other women’s health issues; opposing racism; fighting bigotry against the LGBTQIA community; and ending violence against women."  Monique addresses the problem of women trashing other women, citing an article by Jo Freeman, Trashing, The Dark Side of Sisterhood.  Monique, and Elaine as President of the Sonoma County Chapter of NOW, encourages young women to get involved with NOW that carries national clout with the activist's voice.

 

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5/24/2021 WSA210524

Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center

Memorial to Songwriter/Singer Alix Dobkin (1940-2021)

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.

2. For the second segment our host Elaine B. Holtz presents 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.

 

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5/17/2021 WSA210517

Bicycle Coalition's Annual Memorial Ride in Silence on May 19th

Sonoma Climate Mobilization


1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz:  The armed conflict in Israel with its apartheid treatment of native Palestinians in favor of Jews has erupted again. If War was the answer we would have had peace long ago.  Our 2-1/2 year old granddaughter Satori recently was in the middle of a temper tantrum when her mother Amber asked her to use words. Satori muttered "angry". Her mother then asked, "Why are you angry" Satori replied, "Daddy won't let me play with my toy." Satori's Dad was then approached by Amber with Satori, and Satori talked with her Dad Ryan and they worked things out. Of course there are other forces at play in the Mideast and hopefully international and USA pressure will rise to the occassion for peace.

2. Our first guest Eris Weaver talks about what led her to accept the leadership of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) and its mission to make the roads safer for bicycling and increase bicycle ridership in the county. Individual choices intersect with policy, and the Bicycle Coalition advocates at the county and city government level as a voice to temper the faster roads goals with safety for bicycle riders. This Wednesday evening is the annual Memorial Ride of Silence for those bicyclists who have been killed riding bicycles, which is observed nationally and globally. White Ghost Bikes are featured at each event to honor individual fallen cyclists. Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma Valley are organizing such Rides of Silence and information and registration to join the ride is available at the Coalition's website at www.bikesonoma.org/ride_of_silence/ .

3. Our second guest Tyra Benoit experienced the first Earth Day as a teenager and has been a dedicated environmentalist ever since. Climate Change touched her dramatically in the Tubs Fire in which she lost her home, though she is one of the fortunate climate migrants who had insurance and able to move into another home in the county. Tyra talks about how the those of color or of lower economic class suffer more proportionately to Climate Change. Twice as many Black children suffer from asthma due to industrial air pollution than White children. And new diseases are arising from the global warming, especially those transmitted from other animals, as the animals lose their habitats to deforestation, drought, and wildfires. Tyra encourages us to be carbon farmers, even if we live in the cities, and to seek out the knowledge on Climate Change by joining a local group, such as the 350 groups, o r Arm-in-Arm For Climate and/or support the Sunrise Movement of the youth.

 

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5/10/2021 WSA210510

Mother's Day Proclamation

Black Herstory: Sojourner Truth and Charlotte Vandyne Fonten

1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz:  In celebration of Mother's Day we are playing a recitation of the Mother's Day Proclamation of Julia Ward Howe of 1870, which was an appeal to women to unite for peace in the world. The collection in baskets of amputated arms and legs of soldiers in the Civil War prompted the Proclamation. We follow this with an updated version published by Code Pink for our times. Tina Rogers joins, as a regular every 2nd Monday of the month on Women's Spaces, to present two Black Women in Herstory upon whose shoulders we stand for the rights of women. This month Tina features Sojourner Truth and Charlotte Vandyne Fonten.

2Our guest Tina Rogers talks about two women prominent in Black Herstory: Sojourner Truth and Charlotte Vandyne Fonten. 

Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883) was born as Isabella "Belle" Baumfree in Esopus, New York. She was sold three times in slavery, once with sheep, as slaves were legally just another form of property.  Listen to Tina recount the fascinating life of Sojourner Truth, the name Belle changed to at a Methodist Pentecost service for she heard the Spirit call her to preach the truth. In 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio she made her famous speech Ain't I a Woman, calling for the abolitionism with women's rights. She published her memoirs in 1850, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: a Northern Slave. Sojourner Truth recruited black soldiers for the Civil War and met with Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

Tina Rogers then shares the story, noting the difference of economic class, of the second woman Charlotte Vandyne Fonten,  (1785-1884). She was the wife of a prosperous Black merchant and abolitionist James Fonten. Charlotte, James and their 3 daughters were active in founding and funding six abolitionist organizations, including the first bi-racial women abolitionist organization, the Female Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia, and were conductors of the Underground Railroad ferreting slaves to freedom and educated slaves after the Civil War.

Tina Rogers announces the 51st annual Juneteenth Celebration in Sonoma County will be by zoom on Sunday, June 20, 2021, which commemorates the Blacks in Galveston being notified by a federal Major landing with Union soldiers on June 19, 1865, some 2-1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that they were indeed free. And the event is free, family oriented and open to the public. Registration will occur at www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com

 

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5/3/2021 WSA210503

International Workers Day and FDR's New Deal

Our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad gives us a short history of International Worker's Day on May 1st to celebrate labor, which is more observed in Europe than in the USA.  The 8-hour day has been championed by labor movements since 1887. Dr. Fraad gives as examples of socialism today in the Scandinavian countries, that holds as paramount the basic human needs of non-toxic food, shelter, warmth, restorative sleep, clean air and clean water, and public health care. Jobs are not outsourced without finding an equivalent job and pay for the workers. Socialism recognizes that unregulated Capitalism loots lives. FDR's New Deal could only happen with movements of the communists, socialists and labor organizing farm and industrial workers as leverage for him to tax the rich at 96.8% or they would lose their factories.  By 1950, 35% of workers were unionized in the USA. That was turned back over the fear of Russian style communism in the 1950s and the relaxing of rules of campaign money influencing political elections. Now, most jobs do not offer a wage to support a family. Indeed, 2 people working for minimum wage cannot afford the rent of an apartment.  When Capitalism fails with its Great Depressions and Recessions, as it systemically often does, Fascism is the dictatorship that arises, which Italy, Germany, Japan and Spain experienced leading to WWII. Dr. Fraad encourages our listeners to become active and join progressive organizations as a collective voice to counter the costly propaganda pushing the deregulation of corporations.

 

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4/26/2021 WSA210426

Chinese Americans in the North Bay

Lesbian Visibility Day


1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz:  On the last show of the month Elaine leads us in reciting and contemplating on the Women's Spaces Pledge.

2.  Nancy Wang talks about her concerns over people acting out with abuse to people of Asian descent over anti-Asian rhetoric, especially used during the last Whitehouse Administration under President Trump and right-wing media. Nancy reminds us that there are many second and third generation Asian Americans living among us enriching our neighborhoods, besides those who have recently immigrated. The Redwood Empire Chinese Association helps to preserve the Chinese culture and share it with the community in the form of events and classes.  Recently the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors held a joint press conference to address the recent hate crimes against Asian Americans, and Nancy would like to see concrete actions taken. She encourages the school districts to address Asian American contributions to our society, as well as the Sonoma County Museum to feature Asian American exhibits, as ways to inform the public.

3. Sandy Tate shares with us on Lesbian Visibility Day why she is a feminist and lesbian. Sandy relates how she wears feminism like a suit of armor, able to fend off attacks on her way of life. She objects to lesbianism grouped und LGBQ and explains why.  Sandy encourages us to read the book The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture by Bonnie J. Morris and ends the interview with the poem A History of Lesbianism by Judy Grahn.

 

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4/19/2021 WSA210419

Making Sense as a Child of a Survivor of the Holocaust

Eszter Freeman talks about being raised by her mother Blanca, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp under the Nazis but who had severe PTSD and, unable to shake the trauma of losing her parents and six of her seven sisters to the gas chambers and the horrors she experienced as a teenage slave worker in the Krupp armament factory by the concentration camp, would subject Eszter and her brother to emotional outbursts.  It was not until Eszter learned about the PTSD suffered from Vietnam Vets that she recognized the symptoms in her mom, but by then it was too late to help Blanca. Eventually Eszter found more help through other children of survivor of the Holocaust. The first time Eszter was arrested and placed in a cell for a protest, she had a vision of her murdered relatives cheering her on.  Eszter currently makes presentations to high school students about her experience with her mother. War's hurt does not stop with the defeat or surrender, as attested to Eszter on her mother as a victim rescued from the camps, or by the soldiers still fighting the war in PTSD driven nightmares and emotional outbursts.

 

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4/12/2021 WSA210412

Our History is our Strength Series - Influential Black American Women: Anna J. Cooper and Vivian C. Harsh

Our Resurrection Story

1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz:  Elaine reviews the EcoSocialist Movements Webinar of April 10, 2021. Joining community organizations is important to keep you connected to social changes that are needed.

Elaine then reads The Code: Ten Intentions for a Better World published by the Intenders for the Highest Good  to "put you on the fasttrack to manifesting."

2. Tina Rogers is continuing Our History is Our Strength series on influential Black American Women, that she will present each second Monday of the month on Women's Spaces.  Anna Julia Hayward Cooper (1858-1964) was a very prominent scholar and Suffragist who was the fourth African American woman to earn her doctorate, which she did at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her book A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South, was widely acclaimed and because of it Anna Cooper is often called "the Mother of Black Feminism".  Vivian C. Harsh (1890-1960) is considered the "Mother of Black History," because of her devotion in collecting literature on every phase of life of Black Americans. The Vivian Harsh Collection was assembled as she was head librarian at George Cleveland Hall Branch of the Chicago Public Library on Chicago’s South Side. 

3. Rev. Dr. Patricial Keel addreses the metaphysics of the Easter story as our own inner story of Self.  Each character in the Crucifixion and Resurrection portrayed in the the Gospel of John represent aspects within us. Even a Peter praised for his high faith betrays Jesus three times, as we so often betray our True Self.  But the Divine is ever within us ready to mirror into the outer expressions of our life.  Patricia has been making annual visits for classes in India and notes that Jesus must have learned from the mystics of the East.  Patricia emphasizes that the Resurrection is about consciousness, not our body. As Jesus asked forgiveness for his persecutors, so we can give up resentment for love's sake.  Breath techniques help us to be present to reflect on issues we are experiencing and transforming them into Easter experiences of higher consciousness of compassion.


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4/5/2021 WSA210405

KBBF Honored With Silver Heart Award by Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Emotional Fluency, Part 2 of 2


1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) to help stop sexual asault, harassment and abuse before they happen with education. Every year on the first Tuesday in April since 2004, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center has been promoting the SAAM Day of Action.  For more information visit www.nsvrc.org

2. Alicia Sanchez talks her proud moment in February 2021 of accepting for Radio KBBF the prestigious Silver Heart Award by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) -  Northern California Chapter. The award was given for the station has a whole, programmers and staff, for the help it gave to the communty over the decades but espeially during the wildfires and pandemic. Women's Spaces is produced live in the studios of Radio KBBF, where it also broadcasts on Mondays at 11 am and at 11 pm.

3. Terri Moon returns to continues talking about emotional fluency where we leff off in last week's show.  Terri shares 3 tools to fend off anxiety and despair. The first is to be aware of current thought with its wake of feelings and emotions. This reflection with empathy helps us unpack the thought, which gives us a choice to continue it or not.  The second tool is to realize when not happy what need is not being met and to  match it with our addictive behavior to soothe it. The third tool is Terri Moon's list of 100 words to help identify the needs met or unmet.  Together with our curiousity we can become masters of what thoughts we entertain. Listen to Terri describe the path of realizing our emotional fluency. Email Terri for a list of the 100 words.

 

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3/29/2021 WSA210329

An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans

Emotional Fluency (Part 1 of 2)


1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on Faith Ross, founder of the Petaluma Blacks, who was named by Sen. Bill Dodd as Sonoma County's Woman of the Year.

2Kristin Flyntz joins us from Connecticut to read her Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans. She shares how she came to write the letter last year and how her facebook post of it went viral.

3. Terri Moon talks about the importance of being aware of more feelings of our body then our intellect with its judgments and assumptions.  We need the emotional fluency to identify feelings when they arise and to express them.  Feelings are our inner GPS guidance system. Terri gives us some examples and advice on getting out of our heads into our body.

 

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3/22/2021 WSA210322

Influential Black American Women: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray and Bessie Coleman

Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of the District Attorney Webinar on Thursday 3/25


1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz.  Elaine opens the show with a prayer from the Mi'Kmaq people,

2Tina Rogers talks about two inspiring black women in American history, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray and Bessie Coleman. Pauli Murray (1910-1985) is notable on many fronts as civil rights activist, lawyer, women's rights activist, priest and author. Pauli's book States' Laws on Race and Color was considered by Thurgood Marshall the bible of the Civil Rights Movement. She is co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Ruth Bader Ginsburg named Pauli Murray as co-author in a brief to the seminal gender case Reed v. Reed. She later became the first ordained woman priest in the Episcopalian Church. Letters after her death revealed her struggle with gender identity before that was recognized by the general public.  Bessie Coleman (1892 - 1926) is dear to Tina, as Tina is in training to be a pilot. Bessie was the first African American woman and first Native American to earn a pilot's license, something she had to travel to France to achieve. She was even an aerial acrobat and called Queen Bess and Brave Bessie. She died in a tragic airplane crash at the age of 34.

3. Allegra Wilson announces an educational online workshop sponsored by North Bay Organizing Project, the Sonoma County ACLU and other organizations on Thursday March 25, 2021, 5 - 6:30 pm called Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of the District Attorney.  Since Jill Ravitch, the first woman DA of the county has decided not to pursue a 4th term, the election to this office will surely face tough competition. How do we know what qualties to look for in a candidate for District Attorney? What is the job description of a DA?  A panelist team of seasoned attornies will look at the the DA's role in pursuing police accountability and the criminalization of homeless activities, and more. 

 

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3/15/2021 WSA210315 

Remembering Ida B. Wells and Rachel Carson for Women's History Month

SRJC Black Student Union Services and Spring Events

1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz.  History is so interesting particularly with the history of women getting the vote. At the time it was happening African American woman many former or decent from slavery were involved in the Suffrage Movement even though they knew they would not get the vote. One of these amazing women was Ida B. Wells – one of my heroes who I would like to honor,
For our musical break we played a 4-1/2-minute TED ED clip by Chistina Green talking about Ida B. Wells and her Legacy.

This Thursday March 18, 2021 our NOW monthly Zoom meeting features a presentation by Lilith Rogers of her one-woman show Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring published in 1962, one of the first wake-up calls to the environmental disaster looming with pesticide use. See the meeting information under Announcements.

2 Abrea Tillman talks about the welcoming role the Black Student Union (BSU) plays in a black student's orientation at Santa Rosa Junior College to help find resources on the campus and meet new friends in a new environment, as well as provide a support networks of like-looking folks. It is easy to feel alienated when starting on the path to a college degree, and this helps build confidence and awareness of programs helpful to one's career.  Abrea shares her return to college as a mother of a young daughter, inspired to make a difference especially after the Black Lives Matter protests against the merciless killing of black people by police officers of 2020. She announces some exciting BSU and SRJC Spring Events open to the public via zoom.

 

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3/8/2021 WSA210308

Frances Harper, Abolitionist and Suffragist

Carrie Chapman Catt, Founder of the League of Women Voters


1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz on celebrating International Women's Day; the passing of Joanna Shapanus, KBBF volunteer; on black women influencing the suffrage movement; and highlighting the life of Frances Harper, abolitionist and suffragist.

2.  Deborah McKay talks of the impact of Carrie Chapman Catt had in directing the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and founding the League of Women Voters (LWV) in 1920 after the passage of the 19th Amendment to bring women into the political mainstream. Deborah talks about the mission of LWV to inform citizens with candidate debates and ballot measure forums before casting their ballots. LWV wants to make democracy work. The local chapter started in the 1950s in Sonoma County and has a website offering educational videos and reports on the electoral process, money in politices, alternatives to the electoral college, rank choice voting, and campaigning for office. Check out LWV for learning how to participate in democracy, volunteering and offering support.

 

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3/1/2021
WSA210301

Standing on the Shoulders:
National Women's History Month

1. Commentary by host Elaine B. Holtz.  I am going to play a five minute clip of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony. Susan B. Anthony devoted more than fifty years of her life to the cause of woman suffrage. After casting her ballot in the 1872 Presidential election in her hometown of Rochester, New York, she was arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted for voting illegally and fined $100 In 2020 President Trump attempted to pardon Susan B. Anthony for this crime and it was rejected. . According to Deborah L. Hughes of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, N.Y.. "Objection! Mr. President, Susan B. Anthony must decline your offer of a pardon," she said. She continued, "Anthony wrote in her diary in 1873 that her trial for voting was 'The greatest outrage History ever witnessed.' She was not allowed to speak as a witness in her own defense, because she was a woman. At the conclusion of arguments, Judge Hunt dismissed the jury and pronounced her guilty. She was outraged to be denied a trial by jury. She proclaimed, 'I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty.' To pay would have been to validate the proceedings. To pardon Susan B. Anthony does the same."

So let’s enjoy a piece of history and listen to a portion of what went on in the trial of Susan B. Anthony.

2Molly Murphy MacGregor talks of the seeds of her transformation into an advocate for Women's History and of the seeds planted by women in the nation's history producing fruits like the first woman elected vice-President of the United States, Kamala Harris. Molly through the National Women's History Alliance keeps the ties open to women's groups around the country, despite the pandemic, to publicize and encourage women's events to grow the movement for gender equality of opportunity. Join her newsletter list to keep yourself informed and take part in some of the online events that are planned.

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2/22/2021 WSA210222

Black Lives Matter and Black History Month

Celeste Austin discusses why Black Lives Matter is important in celebrating Black History Month. She shares how her own family of African heritage was affected by grief and economic challenges upon the killing of her grandfather at the kitchen table as her father was still in the womb of her shocked mother. Her grandfather's life mattered so much and reverberated down time through the family. 14-year-old Emmett Till, lynched in 1955 for allegedly offending a woman in her store in Mississippi, his life mattered to his mother and family who chose to open the casket for the world to see. George Floyd, whose 8 minute and 46 second slow and deliberate asphyxiation by a police officer, which was broadcast over social media last year, his life mattered so much that it led to massive Black Lives Matter protests, non-violent except for the brutal enforcement by the police of various cities, in stark contrast to the police presence at the white supremacist insurrection in our Capitol January 6, 2021. Celeste encourages the conversation as it affects all of us. She reminds us that 13-year old Andy Lopez of Mexican heritage was shot and killed by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy in 2013. Andy's life mattered to his grieving family and to our county as activists pushed for oversight of the Sheriff's Office. Last week Celeste gave a talk at the Center for Spiritual Living Lunchtime series by zoom on Black Lives Matter.


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2/15/2021 WSA210215

Commentary on Black History Month, and V-day

Poetry Reading of
Friends and Lovers


1. Elaine B. Holtz, host, talks about Black History Month and some women that are inspirational in their struggle for freedom: Harriet Tubman, as portrayed in the film Harriet, is credited with freeing over 90 Blacks from slavery, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper, who after discovering at the age of 44 of the right to vote joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the struggle to register to vote. We play a recording of Fannie Lou Hamer and commentary done by Peoples TV.

V-Day (Februry 14th) and annual reading of the Vagina Monologues will be online this year.

Remember, this Thursday February 18th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm via Zoom is the County Chapter's NOW meeting with a special presentation on Black History Month and talks by the newest City Councilwomen elected in November in Sonoma County. See the Announcements below for further description.

2. Special reading for Valentine's Day by Elaine and Ken of Elaine's Poem Friends and Lovers.

3. Closing Reading by Elaine of her Poem For Max

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2/8/2021 WSA210208

The Schulz Museum Online Exhibits and Programs

Petaluma Blacks for Community Development Brings the Museum Exhibit "To the Streets: The Family Portrait Project" for Black History Month

1.  Stephanie King, Marketing Director, discusses the changes the Charles M. Schulz Museum has undergone since the beginning of the pandemic restrictions. Most of the staff work remotely at home and more exhibits have come online. There are even free downloads for entertaining the children at home. See the links to these webpages undeer Guest LInks on the show's archive page.

2. Faith Ross talks about how Petaluma Blacks for Community Development has adjusted their annual Museum exhibit for Black History Month and taken it to the Streets for the pandemic as Celebrating Family Portraits. With the help of the City Mayor and City Manager of Petaluma, and Paige Green Photography, Petaluma Family portraits, featuring the multicultural families of Petaluma, are exhibited in over 40 storefronts in downtown Petaluma from January 29 – March 15, 2021.

 

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2/1/2021 WSA210201

Verity - Crisis Support for Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse

Theresa Rodriquez, the lead bilingual Verity case worker for victims, discusses human trafficking in the North Bay. Verity works together with the Human Trafficking Taskforce, which includes the county district attorneys, law enforcement and social services agencies. If the victim is under the age of eighteen years old, multiple agencies respond. Besides offering Safety, Compassion and Support for victims, Verity has a 24-hour Crisis Hotline and a mission to educate the community on the reality of the Human Trafficking problem, encouraging parents to talk to their children on the dangers. Immigrants and undocumented residents are the most vulnerable in being exploited by human traffickers. Volunteers are given background checks and 40 hours of training before they are certified in volunteering for taking calls on the 24-hour hotline. All interactions with Verity are confidential. -  by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 

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1/25/2021 WSA210125

Reflections on the Presidential Inauguration, the Causes of the Insurrection, and Solutions in Electoral Campaigns and Federal Social Programs

First a Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, host, on her discovering that Epiphany,celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace, fell on January 6th, contrasting to the Insurrection happening that day in 2021, Followed by our Guest:

Dr. Harriet Fraad  discusses how the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris affected her and what she believes were the causes of the insurrection on January 6, 2021. As men lost their jobs to corporate location of factories overseas, and many their wives through divorce for not being able to provide for the family, they became enraged and blamed the changing gender and racial landscape in which they no longer felt privileged. The felt dethroned beginning with the passage of the 19th Amendment that the Women's Suffrage Movement lobbied for so long under adverse and violent opposition. The women who joined these angry men on January 6th preferred male domination allowing them to shirk the responsibility of a partnered life. The anger was justified but not the expression of it, which threatened the lives of duly elected representatives by the People of the United States. Consequences for these actions need to be felt, especially by those Senators and Representatives who were accomplices in the attempted violent overthrow of the government, including the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who sponsored 80 busloads of protestors of the election turned rioters, and the social media sites like Qanon spreading rumors and lies to rile the mob. Dr. Fraad believes the 14th Amendment Article III on sedition needs to be invoked, as Lt. General Charles Flynn, the brother of Ret. Lt. General Michael Flynn, the pardoned former Security Advisor who pleaded guilty to perjury, delayed calling up the National Guard to protect the Capitol and the Congress meeting to approve the Electoral College vote for Biden and Harris. Dr. Fraad says that we have now the worst Economic Depression since 1929 left behind by Trump. The USA fought fascism in WWII, not socialism. The FBI must change its focus investigating Black activists and look at white supremacist terrorists. Even Obama turned federal power to crush the Occupy movement and let abusive banks off the hook. Winter evictions should be halted at least in the winter months like it is done in France. Social programs, which is what socialism is, need to be enacted like the WPA under President F. D. Roosevelt, to rebuild our decaying infrastructure and create Climate friendly American jobs in the clean energy generation sector of the economy. Dr. Fraad give good ideas on public support of elections which are limited to 2 months and not pay-to-play on the media with long drawn-out campaign cycles. Dr. Fraad concludes: "Get active and don't be afraid if they label it socialism." This show is one you do not want to miss listening to. - by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

 
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1/18/2021 WSA210118

Democratic Party Central Committee of Sonoma County and Biennial Election of Assembly District Delegates
 

Pat Sabo, Chair of the County Central Committee discusses the organization of the Democratic Party locally in Sonoma County and how you as a resident can encourage the Party to adopt policies that are dear to you. Pat describes the Democratic Party Central Commitee of Sonoma County and the biennial election of  Assembly District Delegates now in progress across the state of California.


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1/11/2021 WSA210111

Sonoma County Black Forum Food Distribution January 16th

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration January 17th

1.  Regina Brennan talks about the mission of Sonoma County Black Forum: to Lead, Serve, and Thrive! The Black Forum Is guiding the intellectual discourse and dialog to consider the African-American experience. Its goal is to support our region's youth and our community by creating opportunities to train, learn, develop twenty-first century skills, and foster agency within Sonoma County and the surrounding Bay Area. .

2. Tina Rogers invites us to the annual Sonoma County Martin Luther King, jr. Birthday Celebration, held this year on Sunday January 17th via Zoom. The theme this year is: “Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?” Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, is the guest speaker. Tina explains how the Civil Rights Act is so important as it made possible the Voting Rights Act. She reminds us of his words: Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

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1/4/2021 WSA210104

Transforming Yourself
in Times of Stress

Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel, at a low time in her personal life and upon asking for help, was introduced to the teachings of Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, the founders of Unity Church, which transformed her. This began her study of metaphysics, the spiritual mystical energy, that she believes comprises 96% of Life. Patricia came to understand that thousands of years ago metaphysics was also taught, and she began combining her Unity principles with those of Eastern and Western Mysticism. Patricia presents us ways to empower the truth of the inner creating the outer world, that outer experiences are also inner ones. But understanding is not enough, as we can get caught up in the story, rather than apply it now to what we are experiencing. She gives a simple way to remember how to handle sometimes stressful situations with her ABC, and her 911 guided meditation to change the thoughts so that we show up strengthened in our reality with inner peace. Give yourself a treat by listening to this show.

Give yourself a treat by listening to this show. As co-producer of Women’s Spaces I was so impressed that I put them to work while dealing with an anxiety disorder (myoclonus) attack in the night. I suffered this disorder for 19 years, yet with Dr. Keel's technigues was able to make great improvements, so that major symptoms have not returned in the following last two nights, in spite of news of an insurrection at the nation's capitol on 1/6/2021 – Ken Norton 

PS. of 7/3/2023:  Myoclonus has not reappeared after 2.5 years. The ABC and 911 techniques must have stimulated repatterning of my brain. - Ken Norton

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Date of Show 2020 Duration minutes
12/28/2020

Sonoma County Climate Activists' Community Summit Invitation

1. Maya Khosla, a wildlife biologist, one of 3 selected as Sonoma County Conservation Council (SCCC) Environmentalist of the Year 2020, and Poet Laureate of Sonoma County 2018-2020, announces the Sonoma County Climate Activists' Community Summit: It's Up To Us!, to be held via Zoom on January 10, 2021. Maya invites you to take part in this coalition of organizations' Sonoma County Climate Activists Network (SCCAN) event, whom she mentions during the interview and who are listed at the event website. Maya talks about the wildfires and floods that have plagued our county, nation and planet and their relation to a common cause, human induced climate change. Learn to get to know the various coalition organizations' missions with the special lineup of speakers in this 3-hour event and how you can be involved. The event is free, and donations are welcome. From recognizing the value of traditional indigenous practices, to becoming aware of the dangers of relying on biomass, that includes felling Old Growth Trees, for energy generation, and to learn about regenerative agriculture, the danger of placing Gas Stations in sensitive zones, the Green New Deal, climate justice, racial and social justice all playing a part. In 2021 Sonoma County will review and change the General Plan, and informed activists are needed to lobby for vital changes.

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12/21/2020 WSA201221

Food Empowerment Project

1.  Lauren Ornelas enlarges our view of food, as nutrition, as a commodity requiring much human labor, and as a vital community bond that requires respect for one another.  The mission of the Food Empowerment Project is to "create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. We encourage healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas."  This can mean purchasing chocolate that is harvested not with child slavery but with fair wages. The FEP website has information and guides to more ethical shopping for food, as well as more humanely grown food. Lauren is a vegan and explains her reasons for not eating the flesh of animals and some animal products.

 

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12/14/2020
WSA201214

Peace & Justice Center
of Sonoma County
Donation Drive for the Homeless

 

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz followed by Discussion with our guest:

1. Shekeyna Black shares some of the ways her family is dealing with the pandemic restrictions and election shenanigans by limiting the amount of time devoted to news shows to keep the spirits up.  Since the Peace and Justice Center (PJC) was such a hub of community activities, the closure of the meeting space has brought up a sense of grieving and loneliness, but hope for new vaccine developments will bring the community together physically again.  In the meanwhile, the Peace Press has stopped its print edition but is available online.  Audriana Jones recently joined the Board of Directors and brings experience as Dining Room Manager of St. Vincent de Paul in downtown Santa Rosa in serving the homeless and hungry. PJC is at present sponsoring a Donation Drive for the Homeless to collect sleeping bags, blankets, jackets, socks and gloves. Donation revenue has been greatly reduced, as for most non-profits, but the Center is confident that many more years will be added to its 36 year history of being present in Sonoma County. Consider becoming a member on the Donation page of the PJC website.

 

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12/7/2020 WSA201207

Founder Vesta Copestakes on Retiring from the Sonoma County Gazette

Vesta Copestakes recalls how she started from publishing an elementary school newsletter to transforming the Forestville Chamber of Commerce newsletter into the Sonoma County Gazette in 2001. She learned from her marketing background the value of building relationships, and for the first years of the Gazette she herself promoted and delivered the monthly Gazette. The Gazette was founded just before the terror attack on 9/11/2001 and Vesta immediately set the format as a reader contributed news format, since so many opinions were being expressed about the event and its relation to the County of Sonoma. Vesta saw the value of constructive criticism and informed opinion which were solution-minded. Vesta believed in citizen journalism and selected volunteers of different communities in Sonoma County as regular contributors to keep the readers informed on each part of our county for a sense of unity in living and working together. Vesta helped with the choice of the new publisher, Amie Windsor, when Sonoma Media Investment took over the Gazette in January 2020, whom we interviewed on Women's Spaces on November 16, 2020. Since Covid-19 pandemic struck our county in March 2020, the ad revenue plummeted, so it was fortunate that Sonoma Media Investment bought the Gazette, as it is large enough financially to carry the Gazette through these trying months for small businesses. Vesta followed her passion and with the Gazette her feet felt like they were finally on her Path. And this is Vesta's advice to aspiring writers and publishers, "Follow your passion!" Vesta is now on to further her dreams with Vesta Publishing.

 

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11/30/2020 WSA201130

Election Between Two Capitalist Parties

Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses why 70 million voted for the President-lost, when two capitalist parties are vying for the Office. Redistribution of wealth, most of which is in the hands of less that 0.1% of the USA population, the oligarchy, is ignored by the mainstream media, whether liberal or conservative. The New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt only was possible with socialists and communists in the streets and hanging of judges foreclosing on Iowa farmers. FDR warned his rich family and friends they would lose it all if they did not support his 96% tax on their wealth. This tax supported the Work Program Administration (WPA) in hiring 11 million workers to rebuild America's infrastructure, erect museums, establish the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a public utility supplying electricity, and create the Social Security System with worker contributions, which many of us depend on for survival after reaching an age when it is difficult to work. Harriet explains how the McCarthy attacks on communists was part of the Republican strategy to gut the New Deal, including Social Security. Though promised fair wages, the Republican President, now thankfully due to our robust election system the Preseident-lost, never delivered. Don't miss listening to this thought provoking interview with Dr. Harriet Fraad.

 
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11/23/2020 WSA201123

Thanksgiving Commentary and Inspirational Readings

The producers of Women's Spaces, Elaine Holtz and her partner Ken Norton, share some of what they are grateful for as we approach Thanksgiving in the midst of the pandemic and after a contested election this month. Amidst the traditional day of family gatherings, now restrained due to the pandemic precautions, the holiday Thanksgiving awakens the history of colonization and ensuing genocide the over 500 native nations experienced.
Interspersed with the music selections Elaine presents 3 of her poems:

Ken follows with a reading of The Seven Laws Governing the Evolution of Man's Spiritual Nucleus by William Hermanns (1895-1990), and Elaine reads Dr. Hermanns' Ten Words to the Creative Spirit.

 

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11/16/2020 WSA201116

Mask Up as Covid Surges

Sonoma County Gazette's New Publisher


1Gail Simons shares how she began her many years in nursing and her insights on preventing the spread of the Covid-19 virus by diligently wearing masks, practicing the social distancing protocols, and limiting one's physical contacts with other folks from other households. This is an important reminder as the holidays come with the temptations to let our guard down among family and friends. Gail is active in advocating for more affordable housing, shelters and porta potties for basic sanitation for the homeless, of which there are about 3,000 in Sonoma County, with 2,000 sleeping outdoors.

2. Amie Windsor tells of her beginnings in journalism and how her love of stories and storytelling is a good fit for her dream come true, becoming publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette community newspaper. Amie says "Farewell, Elaine" as Elaine hands the authorship of the column Santa Rosa Snippets in the Gazetter to Leslie Graves beginning with the November 2020 issue.

 

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11/9/2020 WSA201109

Election Review with Pat Sabo

The Long Persistent Democratic Process to Pass Measure P on Sheriff Oversight


1Pat Sabo shares the insights she has gathered from this election held last week. The high turnout of 66% for the country and of 75% for Sonoma County was a good sign for democracy.  By Saturday morning AP and other major news media called the presidential race for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris broke the glass ceiling into the Vice-Presidency of the Whitehouse, and she wore white in her acceptance speech and gave credit to the shoulders she stood on.  Pat noted the winners of the races in the county and the number of new faces. District Elections were a first in Rohnert Park for electing its city council, as was the vote in the recently annexed Roseland area for the District 1 election of local businessman Eddy Alvarez. The Sonoma County Democratic Party supported Measure P, which passed with 66% of the vote.

2. Susan Lamont reads us a list of activist groups comprising many individuals in the community that she honors for contributed volunteer time and resources to clamor with a multiplicity of tactics for effective oversight of the Sheriff's Office in Sonoma County.  Susan also mentions the names of those we lost in this fight for justice on the democratic path to pass Measure P.

 

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11/2/2020 WSA201102

Interview with the author Astrid Harper on her just published memoir
From Hitler to Trump - An Immigrant's Story


 Astrid Harper recounts her growing up under Hitler's regime and post war Germany. Astrid was born during Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. This pogrom against Jews on November 9 and 10 of 1938 by SA paramilitary and civilians destroyed Jewish storefronts and synagogues while deporting 30,000 Jewish men to Concentration Camps. Astrid chose the title From Hitler to Trump because of the national leaders who ruled at the beginning and end of her memoir, and the similarities between these two are not lost on Astrid who lists 9 in her book and mentions some of them for our listeners. Astrid conveys a picture during this moving interview of the hard struggle to survive the terror of the bombings during the war, and after the defeat of the Nazis as the Russian troops occupied her home's region she as a 7 year old experienced the terror of hunger and homelessness for a couple of months. After 9 months of living with her grandmother in East Germany (DDR) her father arranged for her to be smuggled to West Germany over the border watched by armed soldiers. In 1960, having just been schooled in bilingual (German and English) secretarial work, her father arranged with the German tire manufacturer Continental to hire her for their New York City office, and a couple of years later she was able to be transferred to the San Francisco office, where a few years later she became a naturalized citizen. The memoir includes her 60 years in the USA which was not the focus of this interview. Astrid writes this memoir to serve as a warning on the lure of authoritarians, and as a recognition of talent, experience and economic contribution that immigrants bring to this nation.

 

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10/26/2020 WSA201026

Retired Police Chief on Sonoma County Measure P

North Bay Jobs With Justice


1. Susan Jones shares her perspective on Sonoma County Measure P as the former Police Chief of Healdsburg and having had 34 years served as a police officer.  Measure P is The Evelyn Cheatham Effective Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) Ordinance on November's ballot.  Measure P promises greater transparency of the data collection and reporting of the Sheriff's Office and accountability through IOLERO investigation of the Sheriff's Office, without adding more taxes and without defunding the Sheriff's budget. Susan has experienced how transparency has helped the Healdsburg Police Department.

2. Mara Ventura shares some of the achievements this year of North Bay Jobs With Justice (NBJWJ). All workers in Sonoma County now receive 80 hours of paid sick leave with a bill signed by Governor Newsom in September to help deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic. NBJWJ has links on their website helping workers claim this benefit in case of need. When Sonoma County Sheriff Essick stated his refusal to support the Health Order of the County's Health Officer, NBJWJ with the North Bay Organizing Project formed Sonoma County in Crisis, with a platform for addressing the health needs of workers.  NBJWJ has also advocated for farm workers need for PPE and their protection during the hazardous smoke conditions created by wildfires and you can read its proposals on their website.

 

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10/19/2020 WSA201019

Sonoma County Latino Democratic Club

Measure P - Civil Review of the Sheriff's Office


1. Caroline Bañuelos talks about the Latino Democratic Club of Sonoma County and its influence. Caroline talks of how the Club negotiated with the Sheriff to transform the Cinco de Mayo into a family friendly event and reduce the tensions between law enforcement and the Latino community around that event.  She also recalls the the Club's push for District Elections in the city of Santa Rosa, given the lack of representation on the City Council and the City Commissions, which resulted in a law suit forcing the City to comply with the California Voting Rights Act.  Membership in the Latino Democratic Club is open to all and they meet on the 4th Thursday of the month.

2. Colleen O'Neal gives us a summary of Measure P, The Evelyn Cheatham Effective Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) Ordinance. Measure P promises greater transparency (data collection and reporting) and accountability (investigating) of the Sheriff's Office, without adding more taxes and without defunding the Sheriff's budget.

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10/12/2020 WSA201012

Earth Mama's Mission

Joyce Johnson Rouse, known as Earth Mama, a name given her by children for her children's songs on being good stewards of the Earth.  Women's Spaces has played many of Earth Mama's songs over the years and is proud to present this interview. Joyce Rouse was inspired by her high school biology teacher and the first Earth Day in 1970 to dedicate her life to spreading Earth care and Ecology with the power of music.  Joyce reminds us that the Suffragists used songs to empower their movement to achieve the women's right to vote.  Her song, Standing on the Shoulders, was included in a new album called Songs of the Suffragists, featured just after Helen Reddy's I Am Woman and Aretha Franklin's Respect. Joyce just releases a new Earth Mama album called HerStory, from which we play 3 songs  during this show, including a new release of Standing on the Shoulders.  Listen in on this uplifting interview with Earth Mama.

 

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10/5/2020 WSA201005

Creating the play: 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story for the Petalulma Museum, available for viewing October 8th

Jessica Litwak, RDT, PhD was commissioned by the Petaluma Museum to create a stage production of the life of a pioneering Petaluman Suffragist Selena Solomons for the Centennial of the 19th Amendment.  Solomons was active in moving California on October 10, 1911 to become the 6th state to give women the right to vote. The play will be available as an online presentation beginning October 8, 2020, since the pandemic has restricted in person theater. Jessica shares her path to theater and the challenges she had to overcome. She discovered her love for acting and theater and returned to school after failing high school to eventually achieved her doctorate and a Fullbright Scholarship. She tells the story of a teacher who recommended she smoke and drink a lot to age more quickly as she was not pretty enough for younger roles, but had the self-esteem to then proceed to write plays for herself to act. She became a leading advocate of socially Engaged Theater for Healing of soul and society with Activism, and formed The H.E.A.T. Collective.   Jessica treats us with a reading from her play: 50,000 Mice , the Selena Solomons Story. She lets us know why she chose this title, so be sure and listen.

 

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9/28/2020 WSA200928

Single Mothers Returning to School

GoLocal

1. Elaine B. Holtz presents her speech that she made before her graduating class at Sonoma State. Elaine was one of the pioneering students in the new Women's Studies program, and even taught a course Survival as a Mother, since so many returning students, like her, were single mothers. Elaine describes some of the obstacles she had to overcome, including the ones of her own making, in reaching her academic goal. The recording of the speech was discovered in the Sonoma State University archives.

2. Janeen Murray shares her path to leading GoLocal, whose mission it is to strengthen the local economy.  Janeen mentions some of the benefits, not only locally owned businesses but to the community with their support of local non-profits.  She explains why your banking choice makes a huge impact on the local economy, and why locally owned banks or credit unions are your best choice.  Elaine describes how much of the NOW checking account with was emptied by fraudulent transactions in the summer, but because the Credit Union belonged to GoLocal, Elaine, as President of NOW, was able to talk directly to the President who assured her that NOW would not be liable and the money was restored.

 

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9/21/2020 WSA200921

Vigil Held for the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sonoma County's Voter Registrar on Security and Ease of Voting

1. Leslie Graves responded quickly on hearing September 18th of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for women's rights, and organized a candelight vigil at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa that attracted hundreds of mourners.  Leslie shares with us some of the spirit of the event, talking of the multiple traumas, from a needed abortion to inequality in the workplace, that were reawakened in people with Justice Ginsburg passing. Leslie announces that the Black Student Union of Santa Rosa JC is sponsoring a social justice rally in honor of Justice Ginsburg on this coming Saturday, 9/26/2020 at 2 pm at Old Courthouse Square. A 4-minute recording of Justice Ginsburg from a 60-Minutes interview was played:  How Ruth Bader Ginsburg interpreted the Constitution.

2. Deva Marie Proto, our county Registrar of Voters, shares with us the procedures of her office to secure the vote here in the county.  Expect the County Voter Guide as it will be mailed on Thursday Sepgtember 24th.  The mail-in ballots will be mailed on October 5th.  You can mail in the ballots after you receive them, and they are postpaid in California.  This year we can track our ballot by registering your email or text number at the Secretary of States website https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot  Deva assures us that the extra ballot drop boxes added to various locations, listed on the website of the county registrar.of voters, are securely bolted to the ground and even have fire suppression built-in.  30 walk-in polling places will be open for voting from Saturday October 31 through Tuesday November 3.  Deva reminds citizens that they can still registrer to vote until October 20, and after that one can still register and vote conditionally.  California and Sonoma County makes it easy and secure for you to vote.


 
9/14/2020 WSA200914

LWV Santa Rosa District One Candidate Forum upcoming on Wednesday 9/16/20

1. Debbie McKay continues the discussion on voting,  November 3, Tuesday, is Voting Day for California and for the first time there will be a District One election for a City Council seat, for which three candidates are running: Duane De Witt, Jorge Innocencio and Eddie Alvarez. On Wednesday, the League of Women Voters (LWV) is offering an online candidate forum on September 16, 2020, 6:30 - 8:00 pm through the League's facebook live video streaming page .

Next week the candidate forum for Rohnert Park's first time District Election races for City Council for Districts One, Three and Four occurs on Monday September 21, 2020, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, via the League's facebook live video streaming page. If you miss the live events, this page also has past events listed for you to view the past LWV videos.

2. Elaine B. Holtz reads her poem: I Am Of the Old School

 

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9/7/2020 WSA200907


League of Women Voters Candidate Forums in Sonoma County

College Student at 50: To Be the Part of the Change I Want in Society


1. Debbie McKay talks of the 100-year history of the League of Women's Voters, coming into existence with the passage of the 19th Amendment. The Sonoma County Chapter is 60 years old.  It is that time when the League offers candidate forums and debates, since Tuesday, November 3, is Voting Day for California and we have County Supervisor seats and City Council seats up for election. The League is also  offering an event called Make Your Voice Count, where candidates hear from the public their desires.  Check out the Leagues page event schedule at https://my.lwv.org/california/sonoma-county/electionsvoting.  The League is co-producing some events with Community Action Partnership. Debbie informs us that the County Registrar of Voters has arranged for Tracking of the mail-in ballots at their website, with their program Where is my Ballot, where you can sign up for email or text notices for when the ballot was mailed, received and counted : https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Vote-by-Mail/  The Registrar of Voters has also arranged for 24-hour drop boxes at its office in Santa Rosa, as well as at the Santa Rosa Veterans Bulding and the Petaluma Veterans Building, which can be used after the mail-in ballots have been mailed by the Registrar's office up to November 3.

2. Delayshay Carmona Benson was raised in a mostly white neighborhood in Chicago and felt very much in the minority while attending schools, and realizes through her experience how important it is to have culturally relevant teachers. She homeschooled her 7 children and when her children grew up she decided that she had to be part of the change she wanted in society and enrolled back in school at the Santa Rosa Junior College with most students half her age, a generation she says is ready for change and Black Lives Matter. There are less than 2%of the JC's students that are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Delayshay noted that homelessness among students is about 25% with many facing food insecurity, yet we live in a county rich with vineyards and wineries.  Delayshay shares some of the activities she is engaged in and even demonstrationg leadership in, such as lobbying for the Family First Act and culturally competent staff at the Child Protection Services. 

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8/31/2020 WSA200831

Resisting Male Superiority

Dr. Harriet Fraad and Elaine talk about 100 years of Women having the right to vote and the recent Republican Convention featuring an anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson, who favored Head of Household voting and tweeted that “In a Godly household, the husband would get the final say”.  Dr. Fraad pointed out that 42% of women are head of household as a single parent.  Elaine then plays  4 minutes of the speech in the House of Representatives of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday morning, July 22, 2020, in which she delivered a candid rebuke of sexism in Congress and beyond in response to comments from Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who had reportedly called her a vulgar insult. Dr. Fraad noted that sexual innuendos are used to humiliate women, but since the Me-Too movement has laid bare the abuse which women have experienced, this is no longer acceptable. Rep. Ted Yoho tried portray himself as a good husband and father of a daughter, but Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, noted that she was a daughter of loving parents and  countered, "Having a daughter does not make a man decent."  Dr. Fraad notes that one out of three women have been beaten up by their husband or boyfriend. Observing the good record of women leaders in dealing with the Corona Virus, it appears that more women are needed in political leadership.


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8/24/2020 WSA200824

Serving the Community and Running for a Local Political Office

 Laurie Gallian recounts her path to running for a local political office on the City Council of Sonoma, where she eventually was elected as Mayor.  She broke free from past ghosts of a previous marriage, discovered her passion to help organizations required people contact, and committed to listening to her constituents in creating policies for a better way.  After leaving political office she became active in the Soroptomists International and now leads its chapter in Sonoma County.  Laurie gives good advice for aspiring women to run for local offices and bring about life enhancing policies. She also encourages people to choose volunteering activities that are right for them.

 

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8/17/2020 WSA200817


Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebrations in Sonoma County

1. Paula Freund reveals the history of curating and its presence in the digital world of museum exhibits. Her newest exhibit at the Petaluma Historical Museum is "Petaluma's Participation in the Women's Suffrage Movement".  Paula will also be a featured speaker at the 19th Amendment Centennial Kick-Off, Online Zoom event hosted by Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Project on Tuesday August 18, 5:30 to 6:30.

2. Leslie Graves talks about some of the highlights of the several celebrations of the Women's Suffrage Centennial, beginning August 18th, when 100 years earlier the last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, Tennessee, did so. On August 18 at 8:40 AM the  Board of Supervisors will announce a Gold Resolution  proclaiming August 26th to be both Women's Equality Day and the Centennial of the 19th Amendment. The sponsors of the Gold Resolution are the Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Project, National Organization for Women - Sonoma County Chapter, and the League of Women Voters in Sonoma County.  Download the pdf with the list of events. of the 19th Amendment Centennial Series orgainized by the Suffrage Project.

 

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8/10/2020 WSA200810

More Effective IOLERO Placed on the Ballot

Women's Suffrage Centennial


1. Susan Lamont reports on the action taken by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Thursday August 6th to place the proposed Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance with amendments made by the Director of IOLERO its Community Advisory Council on the November ballot after an intense 9-hour online meeting that fielded over 300 email and live comments by the public.  Susan encourages folks to get the word out to pass this ordinance. Sheriff Mark Essick has voiced his opposition and is asking the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to increase the budget for the Sheriff's Office by $50,000 to pay for an outside attorney firm to represent the Sheriff's Office as it fights the placement of this ordinance on the ballot in the courts.

2.  Molly Murphy MacGregor has the benefit of overseeing the Women's Suffrage Centennial "clearing house" as women's organizations around the country contact the National Women's History Alliance about the events they are putting on this year in celebration.  Molly mentions some of the events happening this month, including the placement of a bronze stature of Harriet Tubman in Central Park and an upcoming 19th Amendment Centennial Kickoff hosted by the Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Centennial Project on August 18, 2020.

 

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8/3/2020 WSA200803

Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights' Report on Policing in the Black Lives Matter Protests in Santa Rosa

Dmitra Smith, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of Sonoma County, whom we originally scheduled for the show 2 weeks ago but were unable to connect by telephone, made time for us today to speak with our host Elaine B. Holtz on the Commission's recently released report on the county's website, Human Right Violations in Santa Rosa California—Policing the Black Lives Matter Protests. Dmitra recounts how complaints to the CHR poured in after the May 30, 2020 peaceful protests for Black Lives Matter in Santa Rosa of protestors being shot by heavily armed uniformed officers with rubber bullets and tear gas cannisters. Since the Sheriff's Office and neighboring cities police forces are called for backup, the identity of the officers agencies are unknown, as badges were absent or covered over. The report details the recent complaints through testimonies of those injured by the police or mistreated by jail guards and deprived of COVID-19 precations of social distancing, as well as gives a 20 year context of neglect of the counties legislative bodies to address the need for a change in enforcement policies. Dmitra Smith notes that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report Community Concerns About Law Enforcement in Sonoma County in 2000 was the year that Andy Lopez was born, only to be shot and killed when13-years old by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus in southwest Santa Rosa. Dmitra noted that presently there is a push to make the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), that was formed by the County after many protests of Andy Lopez's death, more effective based on the outgoing Director's recommendations stated in the proposed Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance, and it awaits action by the Board of Supervisors when they meet tommorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2020.


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7/27/2020 WSA200727

Corazón: Nurturing Heart in Healdsburg

Ariel Kelley owes her acitve interest in the community to the mentoring of  her parents. Ariel is the Acting CEO of Corazón Healdsburg, a bilingual resource center to mentor young Latinos in useful life skills.Corazón means "heart" in Spanish, and Corazón Healdsburg provides a center for belonging and to learning to express oneselves, especially in commissions of the city of Healdsburg, so the Latino Voice is represented at the conference table. Corazón Healdsburg also established the Healdsburg Free Store to provide needed supplies to families affected by the Tubbs Fire in 2017, and again for the Kincaid Fire of 2018.  The Family Center, Casa Corazón, provides assistance to families in financial literacy, legal help including immigration issues, and in housing.

 

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7/20/2020 WSA200720

Commentary: Santa Rosa Police Response to Protesters for Black Lives Matter

Elaine B. Holtz originally planned for Dmitra Smith, Chair of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sonoma County, to speak on the Commission's recently released report on the county's website, Human Right Violations in Santa Rosa California—Policing the Black Lives Matter Protests. Unfortunately we had trouble with connecting by telephone.   Elaine resorted to Plan B and played more songs interspersed with poetry, including some of her own. She comments on how similar the reaction to Black Lives Matter protests was what the women suffragists suffered in parades and demonstrations for the women's right to vote one hundred years ago, which was recently documented on a PBS special The Vote. The recent HRC report comes 20 years after the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report Community Concerns About Law Enforcement in Sonoma County, on which Elaine interviewed Mary Moore on last week's show. It is frustrating to see how little was done in the county to address this issue, as Santa Rosa Police fired tear gas cannisters and rubber bullets at protesters exercising their First Amendment right to free speech and assembly. It is through expression of greivances that our country grows in equal rights under the law. The poetry is transcribed on the show's linked archive page.


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7/13/2020 WSA200713

League of Women Voters' How to Run for City or Town Council Workshop

Twenty Years Advocating for Citizen Review of Law Enforcement in Sonoma County


1. Debbie McKay, President of the League of Women Voters announces a livestream workshop How to Run for City or Town Council on Wednesday July 15, 2020 6:00 to 7:30 PM to interest more residents of diverse backgrounds to campaign for public offices in the county.  If you have been thinking of running for such an elected position or would like to know what is involved in such a run and offer support, this is the workshop for you. The League has assembled some elected officials with firsthand experience to guide you on the path in this webinar. The panel includes Esther Lemus, Town of Windsor Vice Mayor, Victoria Fleming, Santa Rosa City Vice Mayor, Marta Cruz-Concepcion Cloverdale City Council member, and former Santa Rosa City Council member, Lee Pierce, who will share how they successfully ran for office.

2Mary Moore revisits the actions of her, Karen Sarri, author of Stolen Lives, and others in the late 1990s after a spate of killings by law enforcement officers in Sonoma County to spur the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to hold hearings and make a report in 2000, in which a Citizens' Review Board of County Law Enforcement was highly recommended. The report was ignored by the County Supervisors. It took the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in 2013 to create a public uproar that resulted in the Supervisors creating the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), whose first director Jerry Threet found to be ineffective without subpoena power to force compliance by the Sheriff's Office to hand over records or attend hearings.  Mr. Threet is now leading the charge to encourage the Supervisors to place the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance on the November ballot, which strengthens oversight and accountability of the Sheriff's Office. Mary calls the present day IOLERO, crumbs thrown to the public instead of a proper citizen's review board with subpoena power. Mary hopes the kiling of George Floyd and the national protests has created an atmosphere to effect real change locally in Sonoma County. The Board of Supervisors will take up the topic of a more effective IOLERO at Tuesday July 14th Board meeting, Item 27.


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7/6/2020 WSA200706

Local Sonoma County Black Lives Matter Song

Feminism and Black Lives Matter,  Part 3: Early Feminists Were Abolitionists


1. Sydni Davenport talks of her family's beginnings in Santa Rosa and the composing of the song Black Lives Matter, which she sung with her granddaughters accompanying her in order to mentor them in history and the possibility of a better world. Sydni's first experience of racism began in grammar school.

2Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returns for a 3rd interview on Feminism and Black Lives Matter. She mentions how much the poet Lucille Clifton influenced her with her poem homage to my hips as tribute to blackness and celebrations of women in her poetry book Two-Headed Woman. Lucille Clifton was the first author to be twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the same year 1988, one for her book of poems Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir: 1969–1980, and the second for Next: New Poems. Dr. Bettina Aptheker was another feminist who made a mark on Dr. Williams while studying at University of Santa Cruz. Feminists are primarily interested in human life and the early feminists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1906) were abolitionists. Dr. Williams goes more into depth on intersectionalism that was first written about by Dr. Kimberly Crenshaw in the 1980s in recognizing the multifacets of inequality such as in economics relegating peoples to poor and polluted neighborhoods, social life, judicial, educational opportunities and media portrayals of stereotypes, Black Live Matter is a movement of insisting "no more messing around!", to put it politely by Dr. Williams. The Me-Too movement was a similar cry of "enough is enough." Now with the pandemic, Me-Too and Black LIve Matter have the time to reflect and to protest for a better nation and world. Dr.William’s favorite science fiction author Octavia Butler stresses community in her writings, which is enabled by compassion, empathy, and care for one another to survive. Part 1 is on  5/11/2020 and Part 2 is on 6/8/2020.


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6/29/2020 WSA200629

Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen on the Millionth Circle in the Midst of Crisis

Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen shares how she was mentored by Jungian supervisors as she earned her degrees in medicine and psychiatry. She comments on this "in between time" the world has been cast into through the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, a threshold of something new, and the importance of remembering gratitude in our path to help others. Grassroots movements enter into the archetypal consciousness of us all. Dr. Bolen talks how Dr. Carl Jung's ideas on archetypal patterns of human behaviour and sense of being and his thoughts on synchronicity came together for her in her writing her first book The Tao of Psychology—Synchronicity and the Self and then onto her book Goddesses in Every Women, so that women could understand their strengths and weaknesses without the dependence on male archetypes.  Dr. Bolen feels for herself a strong connection to sisterhood and she encourages the gathering of women to tap their highest Self, that divinity throughout the ages, in healing circles, as describe in her book The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World--The Essential Guide to Women's Circles, and her sequel Moving Toward the Millionth Circle, that good can come out of crisis, whether personal  or global. Dr. Bolen shares some tips on forming a circle, enabled today with online video meetings in the midst of the precautions for the pandemic, and she invites listeners to join her newsletter list through her website www.jeanbolen.com.

 

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6/22/2020
WSA200622

 Juneteenth Reflections

Nancy Rogers talks about how she first heard of Juneteenth when she moved out to Oakland, CA from her small town in Arkansas where she was raised in a black community, pretty sheltered as a child from Jim Crow laws by her parents. Juneteenth was introduced to her as the day freedom began for Blacks and is a festival that originated when Union troops under Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1895 and announced the end of the Civil War, the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, and that the slaves were emancipated, 2 1/2 years after President Lincoln made his famous Proclamation that was made law.  Juneteenth began to be celebrated in Santa Rosa 50 years ago under the leadership of Marteal Perry, aka Mother Perry, an evangelist, cosmetologist and beautician in Santa Rosa. Last year's show on June 6, 2019 about Juneteenth we featured Mother Perry's granddaughter Syndi Davenport reminiscing about her.  Nancy and her husband Harold Rogers eventually rose to become chief organizers for the Santa Rosa festival at Martin Luther King, jr, Park in Southwest Santa Rosa by the fairgrounds, and it has become a family picnic with live entertainment open to all. This year the celebration was done by Zoom internet video meeting because of  the COVID-19 precautions, and Nancy was the MC.  The Sonoma County Juneteenth Committee has a website with the program that was presented. One of the presenters was Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams, a professor of literature at Sonoma State University, whom was interviewed a couple of weeks ago on Women's Spaces.

Eshawn Zuniga was tasked this year to be the Zoom Master for the Sonoma County MLK/Juneteenth Festival. Her expertise in developing websites and videos for businesses came to the fore as she mastered this new online venue. She shares the challenges she met in preparation for Juneteenth, plus gives tips for aspiring Zoom masters. Eshawn also talks about the mentoring from her godmother who remembered hard times under Jim Crow in Louisiana and Mississippi, and reminded her of the sacrifices of people marching for her civil and voting rights. Eshawn's natural parents immigrated from the Caribbean, where there was also slavery, and Eshwawn is a first generation American.

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6/15/2020 WSA200615

Attorney Gloria Allred on aka Jane Roe and Women's Rights

Gloria Allred shares her passion for justice for women with as she calls it "45 years of fighting for #MeToo justice."  Ms. Allred has taken on very powerful and rich men who have abused women. She talks of her friend and client Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade, who is portrayed with her "deathbed confession" in the FX film aka Jane Roe, of switching from the volunteer and unpaid poster child of the Pro-Choice movement to become the paid-with-over-$450,000 poster child of the Pro-Life of Fetus movement Operation Rescue. Ms. Allred asserts, as does Norma in her confession that she was always Pro-Choice.  Gloria Allred also comments on the Netflix documentary on her life, Seeing Allred, that has won film acclaim.

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6/8/2020
WSA200608

Citizen Oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

Feminism and Black Lives Matter, Part 2: Historical and Feminist Perspective


Susan Lamont  shares reasons why the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance to Support An Effective IOLERO (The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach), is necessary in our county for more accountability of the Sheriff's Office. An online petition on Change.org has been started last Tuesday to encourage the County Board of Supervisors to pass the amendment to the ordinance for IOLERO or place it on the ballot in November, By the time of this show already 5,000 have signed the petition. Passage of this new ordinance for the County will give subpoena power to IOLERO to force the Sheriff to comply with requests for information and records. This is the time to act as protests against police brutality and racism continue for the 10th day in our county and around the nation and world. Listeners are urged to sign the online petition and also call their county supervisor to voice their support at (707) 565-2241. The history of IOLERO, the changes to make it more effective, and the link to the online petition can be found on the Committee's website at https://socoeffectiveoversight.org/

2. Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returns to share how the the  9-minute strangulation of George Floyd by a police officer as 3 police officers assisting him affected her as a Black woman, mother and educator.  She draws our attention to the fact that the officer who kept applying his knee to George Floyd's neck kept his hands in his pockets, as if this just another casual killing of a Black person, encouraged by historical racism in the USA and even the Supreme Court. She reminds us of the Dred Scott decison in 1857, which in the majority opinion of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Taney stated:

"They [people of African ancestry] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery." 

Given the 400 year history of this White Supremacy attitude, and the laws to support it,  Dr. Williams wonders if ten years from now we are not still addressing this divide among the people of this nation.  She calls for a united front of black, white and all colors of skin together,  against racism, and is hopeful at the response of white people in showing up and supporting the protests these last 10 days. She recommends some books about women of color feminism which we list on the show's archive page to further our education in this regard.

Part 1 is on  5/11/2020 and Part 3 is on 7/6/2020.

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6/1/2020 WSA200601


  Juneteenth Celebration on June 20th

Law Enforcement Accountability in Sonoma County

1Sabryyah Abdulah shares with us the history of the Juneteenth Celebration, marking when Black slaves were first notified they were free in Galveston, Texas  a couple months before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army and ended the Civil War.  She talks of the beginning of the celebration in Santa Rosa 50 years ago, and the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of celebrating Juneteenth in Santa Rosa this year under Shelter-in-Place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a ZOOM meeting on Saturday, June 20, 2020, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.

2. Susan Lamont is a long time activist for police accountabilty. She shares some events occuring on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 honoring what would have been the 20th birthday of Andy Lopez, the 13-year old boy shot by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus on Moorland Avenue southwest of Santa Rosa. Since that killing, the empty lot where he was shot has been purchased by the County and transformed into a beautiful neighborhood park and named Andy's Unity Park in his memory. Andy's mother has invited all who loved Andy to meet there in his memory on Tuesday at 4 PM and she asks folks to practice social distancing and wear masks, and of course, non-violence. Another gathering to grieve Andy and the lack of police accountability and oversight will take place on Tuesday at the Dollar Tree parking lot in the Roseland district of Santa Rosa from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Susan also gives us an update on the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance to Support An Effective IOLERO (The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach), whose petition to place it on the November ballot was aborted due to the Shelter-in-Place orders. Now the emphasis is to encourage the County Board of Supervisors to pass the amendment to the ordinance for IOLERO or place it on the ballot in November, which would require no physical gathering of signatures, by means of an online Change.org petition. Listeners are urged to sign the online petition and also call their county supervisor to voice their support.

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5/25/2020 WSA200525

  Memorial Day Commentary with Poetry and Song

Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces, presents a commentary on Memorial Day spiced with her poetry and songs by women singers.  She reflects on the origins of Memorial Day that began with Abraham Lincoln setting aside a day to remember the fallen soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and of Mother's Day that began with women cleaning the Civil War battlefields of amputated arms and legs which inspired Julia Ward Howe to make her Mother's Day Proclamation.  Elaine reads two of her poems, Stopping the Next War and Why, What Does All This Mean.

 

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5/18/2020 WSA200518

Small Businesses Adapting to COVID-19 Precautions  

1. Susan Jensen shares the concerns and steps her company, considered essential to stay open during the Shelter-in-Place order, has taken on protecting her company's six employees and the customers they visit on plumbing calls.  Susan also talks of the process she went through to procure a Small Business Loan through her bank and the federal online sites as advised by her accountant and local bank loan officer. She reports that the company did not receive any service calls the first three weeks of social distancing orders, and then, as the need became too great for those with stopped up sewers or broken pipes, the calls began to come in, but still business is slow.  Economy Plumbing is a member of GoLocal, which helps with marketing their essential presence in the community.

2.  Janeen Murray discucusses how locally owned businesses are vital for the local economy, allowing the money paid for goods and services to recirculate in the community.  GoLocal is a collective of locally owned businesses, and you can see the GoLocal logo on many of their storefronts.  The local business members are listed in the quarterly print catalog and in the directory of GoLocal's website, so whenever a county resident needs a particular service or goods a visit to the website and search will bring up the possibilities of dealing locally. Many small businesses are expanding their services to adapt to the virus precautions in place to include curbside pickups, food carryout, and even store-to-door delivery.

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5/11/2020 WSA200511

Feminism and Black Lives Matter, Part 1: Octavia Butler and Modern Feminism

Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams shares her path to profess expertise on African American Literature and Multicultural Studies from Black sharecropping grandparents to being bused as a student in the 1970's to integrate schools in Los Angeles County through hour-long rides from L.A. to San Fernando Valley, which enabled her to make friends with students with different backgrounds. The sacrifice of Dr. Hester Williams' ancestors and the history of racism in this country drew her to study English Literature and the contributions of authors from different ethnic backgrounds. Kim talks about the impact on American Literature of Octavia Butler, considered to be the Grand Dame of American Science Fiction and a beacon in other literature realms, as well, who imagined worlds where African American women were heroes and helped build just communities. Dr. Hester Williams discusses Feminism and Intersectionality, which expands the mission of the Women's Movement, embracing everyone in the community. Feminism addresses power and the fact that self-interest, possessive individualism and extractive capitalism belie the fact that we are interconnected.

Part 2 is on  6/8/2020 and Part 3 is on 7/6/2020


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5/4/2020 WSA200504

 SRJC Adapts for Students' Safety

Off the Page Readers Theater



1. Dorothy Battenfeld shares her journey to be a leader in education, beginning with the mentoring of her mother who was active in politics and elected to a public office, teaching Social Scence at Montgomery High School for 30 years and then succesfully elected to the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees. Dorothy talks of the recent changes made at the JC in responding the the CoronaVirus, having had to transform 95% of the classes to online platforms. Over 300 laptops were loaned to students to accomodate those students without such devices. Hot spots for WiFi access to the internet classes have been set up around the county for those with poor reception of internet. The recent federal CARES Act allows for $500 emergency grants for students with Social Security Numbers suffering econmic hardship because of the pandemic . The SRJC Foundation has set up a Student Crisis Fund, and donations can be given through the SRJC Foundation's website. Dorothy reminds us that we are today building our future with education of our community members.

2.  Hilary Moore shares her journey to co-founding the Off the Page Readers Theater in Sebastopol.  Also a bit of background, just before Hilary came on we heard  the song No Sin to Be Poor sung and composesd by Pi Jacobs, who is Hilary Moore’s daughter. Hilary talks of the putting out the call for essays and writings from local authors on a certain theme, making selections from these submissions for the final script, and then presenting this at venues around the county.  Hilary reads a piece she has written for the show Detour, originally scheduled for June but postponed indefinitely to be announced via the OTPRT's website or Facebook page.  Her essay recalls her "detour" delivering mail for the US Postal Service.


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4/27/2020 WSA200427

Public Banking

Supervisor Susan Gorin on Coronavirus Guidelines in Sonoma County


1Laura Wells has been encouraging Public Banking for over 10 years when she campaigned for the Governor of California. In October 2019 Governor Newsom, as only the second state to do so, signed into law the ability for counties and cities to form Public Banks. Laura recounts the history of Public Banking beginning in North Dakota by farmers being foreclosed by banks lobbying successfully to form a Public Bank in that state in 1919, one hundred years before California legalized it.  Public Banking, according to Laura, can be helpful to localities in accessing the benefits of the CARES Act, just signed into  law as the Federal response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

2.  Susan Gorin, Chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, gives us a report on the County's efforts to slow the infection rate of the Coronavirus and what measures are in place and what will will be relaxed later this week. Supervisor Gorin encourages county residents to visit the county's YouTube Channel with videos of public meetings and advice in English and Spanish, as well as to visit the  Emergency and Preparedness website  https://socoemergency.org/ for the current Health Orders and  links and telephone numbers that address the pandemic issues. A Dashboard on this website at the bottom of the home page gives one the number of new and total cases to date, recovered cases, deaths,  COVID-19 tests given, and graphs of new cases by date and Bay Area county cases.


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4/20/2020  WSA200420

50 Years of Earth Day

1.  Ken Norton  remembers the smoggy Los Angeles air that he left to study at San Jose State College, and the Survival Faire that preceeded the first Earth Day in 1970 by a couple of months on February 20, 1970 as a kickstart to the era of ecological concern. Students from a Humanities course organized the student funded theSurvival Faire and the purchase of a new orange Maverick to bury in a grave dug on the campus after a solemn funeral procession through downtown San Jose. Students and scholars of colleges and universities around the nation were concerned over the environmental impact of automobile exhaust and pesticides.  Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin found much willingness around the country to found the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The Survival Faire was such a memorable event with street theatre that the New York Times reported on it.

2. Vesta Copestakes wrote the lead article in the April 2020 issue of the Sonoma County Gazette called Earth Day - 50 Years of Steady Progress - Perspective over a Lifetime and discusses this with Elaine.  Vesta recounts a policy made by Mao Tse Tung in China to eradicated the sparrows for he feared they were eating too much of the grain as his people were starving.  This policy just made life worse as Nature responded with the lack of birds eating not only grains but insects, as well, with a scourge of locusts. She remembers Rachel Carson's publication of her book Silent Spring and the role of DDT pesticides in killing mosquitoes, a food source for birds,  Vesta then lists some improvements made over the 50 years, like recycling, the ban of DDT and the forming of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, only to be set back many ways by the present White House.

 
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4/13/2020 WSA200413

 Corona Virus and Mental Health

Dr. Hariet Fraad discusses some of the mental health problems that are appearing during this pandemic due to the orders to isolate and keep social distancing when doing essential activities.  Women in abusive relationships are especially vulnerable. Single moms are now required to educate their kids at home and try to make the online connections work. On top are the antics of our President waking up memories of an irrational authoritarian parent screaming that kids have no rights but to listen to their parent. Dr. Fraad highlights some women leaders like Rep. Katie Porter of Southern California, who is speaking out to keep the President accountable to his ignoring the calls for mitigation action in the pandemic enveloping our nation with the most cases and deaths due to the virus in the world, and like New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in taking decisive action to stop the corona virus in her nation early when it counts.


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3/30/2020 WSA200330

What they did to Alice Paul (1885-1977)

Friends and Lovers
 

1.  Kathleen Haynie wrote the play What They Did to Alice, about the role  of Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) in helping women achieve the Right to Vote through the passing of the 19th Amendment.  Elaine saw a production of this play at Santa Rosa's 6th Street Theater and approached Kathleen on presenting this over the radio with a telephone conversation with Alice Paul. Kathleen and Elaine present the telephone conversation with Alice Paul to mark Women's History Month and the the Women's Suffrage Centennial.

2. Elaine B. Holtz and Ken Norton read Elaine's poem Friends and Lovers to mark their 20th Anniversary of their Life Partnership on April 1st. Elaine wrote this poem during their courtship period.  As most of us are sheltered-in-place to help slow down the rate of infection with the Coronavirus, we thought it would be of interest to couples with time to deepen their relationship.

 

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3/23/2020
WSA200323

Discernment

 Sonoma County Sheriff Department Enforcement of Health Officer Directives


1. Ken Norton, talks on Discernment. Other than co-producing Women's Spaces and sitting silently beside Elaine at the soundboard during the broadcast, produces the 5-minute episodes on the Scent of Light twice a month as a radio segment and podcast. Today he presents his episode called Discernment, for helping us with our decisions when traditional assumptions have to be let aside like in this time of our community response to slow the pandemic rate of infection so as not to overwhelm the medical system.

2.  Misti Wood, Community Engagement Liaison, talks of the precautions the Sonoma County Sheriff Department is taking in responding in a support role to the directives being given by the Interim County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase in her Shelter-in-place order to delay the spread of the Coronavirus to not overload the medical system with more cases than beds or other equipment. The Sheriff Department enforces county laws and directives in the unincorporated areas of the county and the police enforce the laws in their respected cities, but Misti assures us of the agencies staying in communication with each other and assisting one another when needed. Misti also stressed that bilingual operators will be available when calling the Sheriff  or the general Help line 2-1-1 for where to seek services in the county.  She reminded us of the county's website socoemergency.org which has much information on the current situation in regard to this pandemic sweeping our county and the globe and behaving as safe as possible.


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3/16/2020 WSA200316

Women in Media

1. Vesta Copestakes shares her path, mentored as a young girl by Brenda Starr in the comic strip that first appeared in the newspapers in 1947, to be educated as a graphic artist.  Vesta took over the Freestone Chamber of Commerce newsletter in September 2001 as the 911 Terror was unfolding and she used the newsletter to give voice to concerned readers who authored the articles. It was an experiment in citizen journalism. Vesta bought the newsletter in 2003 to publish it as the the Sonoma County Gazette. She describes herself as a marketer, bringing local businesses to the attention of readers through ad supporting the publication of the free monthly newspaper. In December Vesta sold the newspaper to the locally owned Sonoma Media Investments, owner of the Press Democrat and other brands in radio and online, but will remain as Publisher until she can be replaced. 

2.  Karleen Arnink-Pate describes her path to leadership in the media industry, first mentored by her mother, who was a working mom. Karleen found work with her art degree in an advertising firm and she quickly realized there was opportunity for her in this field.  She became a firm believer in the power of outreach, which made her sales approach convincing.  After leadership positions in the San Francisco Chronicle and Gannet Company, Karleen joined Sonoma Media Investments.  Karleen was chosen to work on the purchasing deal of Sonoma County Gazette with Vesta Copestakes because of her experience with other small papers.

 

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3/9/2020 WSA200309

Women Leaders on Becoming Leaders

Jill Ravitch and Sharon Wright share their motivations to run for office and the challenges and opportunities they met as women. They both experienced defeat the first time election but persisted to win the next elections. Sharon and Jill discuss the belief in self that is needed and the learning from failed attempts. To mark International Women's Day, they talk of the mentors in their lives that were sources of encouragement.  Sharon shares how she and Dorothy Hutchinson became the first woman members of the Rotary Club in Sonoma County after the Supreme Court decision to open men's clubs to women. Jill talks about her role in forming the Family Justice Center as a collaborative effort of agencies in Sonoma County to address the needs of domestic violence victims. Both guests demonstrate the value of electing women to office.

 

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3/2/2020 WSA200302


Upcoming Rosie Rally on Sunday

National Women's History Month

Rising from the Comfort Zone


1. Leslie Graves give us a hint of the festivities to happen this Sunday March 8th at the Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020 on the Courthouse Square from  11 AM to 2 PM. The free event also recognizes International Women's Day. Leslie encourages us to bring the whole family and your "We Can Do It" Spirit, dress up as Rosie the Riveter or as any groundbreaking female in history who inspires you.  Special Guests include two sisters who were original Rosie the Riveters during World War II, just 2 of the 19 million women who worked the factories during that national crisis.

2. Molly Murphy MacGregor shares the history of the effort, beginning in Sonoma County, to proclaim National Women's History Month.

3. Jenny Chamberlain shares her path as a Chicana from a 5th generation Texas family to become a leader in our Sonoma County community,  She mentions some of the women mentors who inspired her. Jenny reads some passages from her autobiographical story The Comfort Zone published in the book Destiny Talks - The Women Empowerment Edition.


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2/24/2020 WSA200224

Coalition Opposing New Gas Stations (CONGAS) in Sonoma County

Jenny Blaker shares her path to activism from cleaning the creeks by her home in Cotati that feed the Laguna to realizing the environmental danger of a new station on 116 at Stoneypoint to the Laguna, and then to joining with other concerned citizens in Sonoma County to oppose the building of any new gasoline stations. The Coalition Opposing New Gas Stations (CONGAS) held a protest the morning of this broadcast at a proposed new gas station on Middle Rincon Road at Highway 12.  CONGAS does not want any more fossil fuel infrastructure to be built because of the increasing impact of Climate Change resulting from fossil fuel use.


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2/17/2020 WSA200217

Participation in the Sonoma County Democratic Party

Our guest Pat Sabo shares her early attraction to political campaigns as a 6-year old enthused by seeing the Democratic Party Convention nominate Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and promptly making a sign to march up and down her neighborhood street. Now as a retired teacher and coach from Healdsburg High School, Pat is on the County Central Committee for the Democratic Party, which means also participation at the Party's State Central Committee. Pat reveals how citizens in the county who registered as affiliated with the Democratic Party can volunteer for various campaign acitivities like postcard writing and telephoning, as well as apply for a seat on the County Central Committee or for a seat on their Assembly District Central Committee per the Bylaws of the California Democratic Party.  Monthly dinner meetings and special events offer opportunities for networking and bringing up issues that may require legislation.


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2/10/2020 WSA200210

League of Women Voters Centennial

Sonoma County Climate Activist Community Summit on March 15th


Our first guests Debbie McKay and DeeDee Bridges talk of their path to dedicating their lives now to the mission of the League of Women Voters (LWV) in their work for the League's Sonoma County Chapter. The mission reads: The League of Women Voters encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.  The Chapter began with that for the City of Santa Rosa founded in 1951 and became the official Chapter for the whole county in1978. This year on February 14th the League marks the Centennial of its Founding, the same year as women's right to vote was assured by the 19th Amendment.  LWV celebrates with a birthday party at the Rohnert Park Library with a lecture on Winning Political Power for Women: Carrie Chapman Catt and the League of Women Voters by author Robert P. J. Conney, Jr. at 10:30 AM to Noon.  Debbie and DeeDee talk of some of the local activities supported by the League, including the debates of candidates running for office and the informative LWV website on measures on the ballot.

Our second guests Anne Jacopetti and Maya Khosla share their paths to being active in raising awareness of human induced climate change. Both Anne and Maya are founding members of the  Sonoma County Climate Activist Network, a coaltition of groups and concerned individuals. Maya was named Poet Laureate of Sonoma County just after the ravages of the Tubbs Wildfire in October 2017 and as a wildlife biologist was able to observe the aftermath of the fire in the field as new growth appeared in the midst of the ashes.  Her poetry is moved by this experience. Maya will be one of the presenters at the the 2020 Sonoma County Climate Activist Community Summit on March 15th from 1 to 6 PM at the Odd Fellows Hall in Santa Rosa. 


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2/03/2020 WSA200203

Building Neighborhood Power Recap

The History of Women's Suffrage Movement in Sonoma County


1.  Cecile Querubin and Elaine discuss the Building Neighborhood Power workshop, which they attended last Saturday. The workshop was led by Jim Diers, Professor at the University of Washington's Asset-Based Community Development Institute in a manner that was lively and kept interest. It was learned that coming together to act on a project is an excellent way to get to know one another and to become united in lobbying for neighborhood goals.

2. Katherine Rinehart talks about her work as historian at the Sonoma County Library in managing the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Department and the fascinating finds in the history of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the County. Katherine shares some of the events coming up at the Library related to women and the right to vote.  She reminds us that the League of Women Voters celebrates the Centennial of their founding on February 14th.

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1/27/2020 WSA200127

Voices of Sonoma County Women’s Project Listening Session

Building Neighborhood Power


1Jan Blaock calls in to announce a special event at the Cental Library in Santa Rosa caled the Listening Session for the Voices of Sonoma County Women’s project.  A confidential survey of women will then be presented to the Board of Supervisors. It is a free event this evening Monday January 27th.

2. Renee Riggs
and Cecile Querubin talk about a coming event on Saturday February 1, called Building Neighborhood Power, sponsored by Santa Rosa Together, Santa Rosa Housing For All, the Sonoma Intersections Coalition and the City of Santa Rosa. The workshop will be led by Jim Diers, the former Dir. of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Professor at the University of Washington's Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Jim Diers is a world-renown community builder, who will help neighborhoods define their vision to better help policymakers and developers satisfy their dreams for the neighborhood. 
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1/20/2020 WSA200120

Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance Petition for the Ballot
  Susan Lamont first shares her impressions of the colorful and expressive Women's March 2020 on Saturday in Santa Rosa and of the Martin Luther King, jr Celebration on Sunday that featured thoughtful speeches of the youth who won the oratory contest.  Susan then talks of the signature gathering for a new County Ordinance called the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance, since the Sonopma County Board of Supervisors refused to discuss the suggestions of the outgoing IOLERO officer Jerry Threet for a more effective oversight of the Sheriff's Office. IOLERO is the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach set up by the County after many street protests of the youth and a lengthy set of public hearings for Oversight of the Sheriff were held after 13-year old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus in October 2013. Susan explains why the recently deceased Evelyn Cheetham, a former member of the Community Advisry Counsel to IOLERO, is honored by adding her name to the propose ordinance. Volunteers and donations are sought by the Committee to support their efforts at placing this Measure by May 1st on the ballot for November.

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1/13/2020 WSA200113

Women's March in Santa Rosa on January 18th

Martin Luther King, jr, Living the Legacy, Celebration on January 19th

Santa Rosa Democratic Club 3rd District Supervisor Candidate Debate


1.  Leslie Graves reports on how the Women's March and Rally is shaping up for this Saturday January 18th in Santa Rosa's Old Courthouse Square, with the featured line up of speakers and the booths to expect.

2. Melissa Willaby and  3. Maria Dwyer talk of some of the events planned for the celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday January 19th. The theme this year is Living the Legacy. This is the 39th annual celebration of this holiday in the Santa Rosa High School Auditorium, featuring the winners of the annual oratory contest among high school students and the display of the children's poster contest entries and winners. Maria shares some of the actities of community service that will happen during the 20th annual Day On Not Day Off activities coordinated by the Community Baptist Church over next weekend, and in the church itself on Monday, January 20th.

4. Janet Reynolds  first reads us a selection from her husband's play, A Voice of Her Own: Women’s Suffrage by Bill Trzeciak in honor of the Centennial. It can be read on the show's webpage.  Janet shares how she became active in the Democratic Party and what attracted her to change from the party of her parents.  She leads in the organizing of the monthly dinner meetings for the Santa Rosa Democratic Club, which is the largest Democratic Club in Sonoma County, and announces the next gathering on Wednesday evening, January 22nd at the Santa Rosa Veteran's Hall, which will feature a debate between the two candidates for the 3rd District County Supervisor office, Shirley Zane running for her 4th term, and former Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Coursey.

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1/6/2020 WSA200106

National Women's History Alliance Float in 2020 Rose Parade

City of Petaluma Proclamation on 19th Amendment Centennial


1. Molly Murphy MacGregor shares her journey from being a high school teacher challenged by a student asking about what the women's movement was about to being at the center of a clearinghouse on women's history through her work as co-founder of the Women's National Women's History Alliance (NWHA). Molly just returned from her visit to Pasadena for the 2020 Rose Parade and participation in the float commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. She was able to witness the float passing by with the NWHA logo, as did TV viewers around the world. Molly talks of the thousands of contributors to raise the funds for the float decorated entirely in flowers, leaves and bark. Molly and Elaine reminisce about being fortunate to be students of the first Women's Study program in the 1970s at Sonoma State University, when the lack of women's history was noted. Even art history excluded women, which experienced a turning with the first Women's Art Show, and it was produced in Sonoma County by Women's Studies' students. Molly shares how folks can join in on the year-long celebration of the right to vote for women, which may well be the year final year in meeting the required number of the states that have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

2. Paula Freund helped write the City of Petaluma Proclamation on the Centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution to be officially announced today by the City Council of Petraluma, January 6, 2020. The highlights of the proclamation are shared with Women's Spaces and a copy is below. Paula also talks of remarkable women in Petaluma's history that influenced Women's Suffrage in California to be made state law in 1911.
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12/30/19 WSA191230

Timing

2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebrations


1.  Ken Norton is stepping from behind the soundboard to the microphone for this show. We were going to introduce his segment with Buffy Sainte-Marie's song God is alive, Magic is afoot, but we had technical difficulties playing the CDs until our station's Program Director Edgar provided a magic fix, so Elaine read the lyrics (link), with Ken commenting on his appreciation for Magic humbling the mind's preconceptions and forebodings. Ken talks a bit about his entry into Community Radio in 1988 at Radio KKUP broadcasting out of Cupertino, CA with his show Humdrum, featuring voice and musical instruments from ages and cultures past and present. Besides co-producing Women's Spaces with Elaine B. Holtz, he produces a show for a 5-minute slot called the Scent of Light on Radio Spotlight Magazine, broadcast over Radio KOWS 92.5 FM in Santa Rosa the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, The Scent of Light episodes are meant to be an oasis for the listener during a news commentary show as a place in radio time to have to center oneself and then better discern and understand what is being heard.  Ken shares one of these episodes called Timing that was broadcast over the Winter Solstice.

2. Leslie Graves talks of the Women's March and Rally to happen Saturday January 18th in Santa Rosa's Old Courthouse Square and the booths to expect.  Leslie has coordinated the event since 2017 and expects a large turnout of women with their men supporters in their parade fashions with colorful signs.  Leslie also talks about 2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial events and participation in floats in local parades.  She mentions the 2020 Rose Parade float honoring Women's Suffrage with the Statue of Liberty, of which the mock up is below, courtesy of MS Magazine.

We Heart: The Rose Parade Float Celebrating the 2020 Suffrage Centennial

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12/23/19 WSA191223

Recap of the Impeach & Remove Rally of 12/17

Sabra Briere reports on her experience at the Impeach and Remove Rally on Tuesday 12/17/19  at Santa Rosa's Old Courthouse Square, one of many occuring around the nation on the eve of the Impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Many clever and humorous signs were hand created for the rally by the participants.  Sabra discusses some of the ways Indivisible Sonoma is helping to influence the Senators in their trial of the President now impeached on whether he should be removed from office.
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12/16/19 WSA191216

Indivisible Sonoma's Impeach & Remove Rally this Tuesday 12/17

National Organization for Women Advancing the Equal Rights Amendment and Becoming More Inclusive


1Sabra Briere shares the history and mission of Indivisible, the national movement formed in 2016 after the election to oppose the Trump agenda, and how the Sonoma County Chapter is implementing this in the county.  Indivisible Sonoma members are presently calling individuals in those states with Republican Senators to contact their Senator on Removing the Impeached President when it comes to a Senate trial.  Indivisible Sonoma and Move-On have called for the Impeach and Remove Rally on Tuesday 12/17/19 at 5:30 PM at Santa Rosa's Old Courthouse Square, as one of many called for around the nation.

2.  Kolieka Seigle shares her path to leading the California National Organization for Women (NOW) and her quest as a woman of color and of the Millenial generation to make NOW more inclusive. She shares the exciting developments as recent elections in the final 3 states of Nevada, Illinois and Virginia changed the political atmosphere for these states to line up for the needed 3/4 of states or 38 states to ratify in the state legislature the Federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Kolieka talks of her mentor Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading scholar in the field of critical race theory, who coined the term Intersectionality. According to Dr. Crenshaw Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power interlocks and intersects to deprive people of rights for some reason like race or gender preference.  Kolieka is using this tool of Intersectionality to transform NOW for modern women's needs.

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12/9/19 WSA191209

Sonoma County History & Geneology Library

St. Vincent de Paul Free Community Dining Room in Santa Rosa


1. Katherine J. Rinehart talks of the stories of Sonoma County residents collected at the History and Geneology Library of the Sonoma County Library System. She announces a special free event on Monday, December 16, 2019, 7 - 8:30 PM,to kickoff the Library's celebration of the Women's Suffrage Centennial, Meet the Author Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, editor of the Women's Suffrage Movement. Dr. Wagner has brought attention to the influence of Native American women in the Women's Suffrage Movement with her book Sisters in Spirit

2. Audriana Jones shares her path to helping those less fortunate as manager of the St. Vincent de Paul Community Kitchen and Free Dining Room in Santa Rosa's  Railroad Square at 610 Wilson Street. Everyday wholesome meals are prepared and served on 200 to 300 trays from 11:20 AM to 12:20 PM to homeless people with the help of many volunteers and those doing court mandated community service. Audriana talks of her spiritual practice to keep herself centered and her mind reset everyday to meet each day's challenges, understanding her emotional capacity, while helping to fulfill some of the needs of others.

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12/2/19 WSA191202

Graton Against Synthetic Pesticides (GASP)

Defining Communism, Socialism and Capitalism


1.  Megan Kaun talks about a new action of Graton residents called Graton Against Synthetic Pesticides (GASP), who have rallied together to address the dangers of synthetic pesticides used on local farms, both to us humans and to other species like the bees and other pollinators.  The concern is also for the Oak Grove Elementary School in Graton. Over 9000 pounds of pesticides are used near Graton, and over 35 tons of glyphosate is used in the county.  GASP seeks better relations with the farmers and has a petition online.. GASP will hold a meeting open to county residents, especially those in Graton, on December 4 at the Graton Community Club, Main St & N Edison..6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

2.  Dr. Harriet Fraad shares with us the definitions of Communism, Socialism and Captialism aand the historical movements usng these as their banners. Dr. Fraad discusses the concept of class as is to who is producing the goods or services, who profits from the sale, and who distributes the product.  In Communism the workers producing the goods decide how to share the profit, like in Co-Operative companies in this country  owned by the employees like Alvarado Bakery.  In Capitalism the employer decides how to share the profit but often sees the employees as burdens to the profit rather than generators of profit.  In Socialism the employer must abide by regulations in sharing the profit with the employees as a form of regulated Capitalism. The government form taking on the banner of these economic systems can be democratic or dictatorial, and that is where vigilance of citizens is needed as changes are made. Dr. Fraad discusses the anti-regulation movement coming to a head under President Reagan leading to our present inequitable society.

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11/25/19 WSA191125

Climate Strike for Our Future on December 6

Sunrise Movement's Sonoma County Hub

All 3 of our guests enter into the discussion on Climate Action.

1.  Avani Borton shares her path to becoming active in finding solutions to climate change and joining as a high school student the Sunrise Movement through the Sonoma County Hub. She describes some of the Youth Global Climate Strike activities in which she will participate with other students including a Die-In For Life on campus, a March and Climate Vigil at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on Friday December  6, 2019.

2. Christine Byrne shares her path to climate justice and joining the Sunrise Movement to become an Organizer for the Sonoma County Hub of Sunrise. Christine talks about where she finds the courage for her dedication as a high school teacher and activist for Climate Justice.  She explains what is meant by Climate Justice.

3. Connie Madden describes her role as Adult Supporter of the Sunrise Movement and encourages people of all ages to heed the call of Sunrise.

 

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11/18/19 WSA191118

Women's Suffrage Centennial Exhibits in Washington DC,
Sacramento and Petaluma

1.  Paula Freund shares her path into art history appreciation and curating at museums.  She talks about the highlights of her recent tour of 3 historical museums in Washington DC housing exhibits for the 2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial:

Paula with co-curator Katherine Rinehart is preparing an exhibition at the Petaluma Museum dedicated to telling the story of Petaluma’s participation in the women’s suffrage movement. Both of these woman attended several events honoring the Suffrage movement and are very involved in bring the history of that era to our county.

2. Leslie Graves recently attended the special event at the California Museum in Sacramento marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification in California on November 9.  The day of festivities was hosted by First partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Leslie shares the highlights of the celebration and Women's Suffrrage Centennial events lining up for 2020.  Leslie announces that on December 8, the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project is having their Women’s Suffrage Centennial Kick-off at Saturday Afternoon Club, 430 10th St, in Santa Rosa. This will be an opporunity to learn how women in Sonoma County got out the vote to lead to the ratification of the 19th Amendment and how we are honoring their achievements while creating more inclusive and inter-sectional engagement and voting access for all in our community.

 

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11/11/19 WSA191111

Go Local

 Janeen Murray gives us an update on GoLocal and why buying from locally owned companies is so beneficial on keeping dollars circulating in the community, for our health in eating locally grown foods, and for our environment. The association of 400 participating locally owned businesses known as GoLocal publish their services on the website of GoLocal and in its Made Local Magazine.  Janeen also talks about the work of the Sonoma County Food System Alliance promoting local sustainable food production, "in which local growers and processors are economically viable, the physical environment is maintained, and consumers have access to healthy, affordable food."
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11/4/19 WSA191104

Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center Peacemaker Awards 2019

Finding Her Voice - The Interview of our regular host Elaine B. Holtz

1.  Shekyna Black
talks of the work of the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rolsa and announces their Peacemaker Awards and Fundrasiser at the Old Redwood Cafe in Cotati on Saturday, November 9th.

2.  Leslie Graves.is our guest host in this segment. Leslie interviews the regular host of Women's Spaces, Elaine B. Holtz. Leslie helps us discover when and how Elaine began to question the war policies of the USA and find her voice to express her concerns in spite of being raised with fervent patriotism by her immigrant father and first generation American mother . 
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10/28/19 WSA191028


No show due to Kincaid Wildfire causing massive power cutoff and evacuation of the county.
Radio KBBF, however stayed on the air as a bilingual voice for emergency updates and as an emergency location for the food bank. Here is an article about this effort:  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-03/as-the-kincade-fire-raged-on-a-cesar-chavez-inspired-radio-station-kept-farmworkers-informed

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10/21/19
WSA191021

American Association for University Women (AAUW)

Encouraging Story Telling

1.  Pam Chaffin
first shares how her love for volunteering grew, especially her work earlier as a CASA advocate for an orphan. Pam talks about the mission of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to "empower women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research." Its 170,000 members and its staying pwowser since 1881 have enabled a new online program to be launced called Work Smart Online at its website https://salary.aauw.org/ to teach women how to negotiate when applying for jobs. The Santa Rosa Chapter of AAUW sponsors 7th Grade girls to attend a Tech Trek at the STEM  (science, technology, engineering and math) Camp at Stanford. The AAUW Santa Rosa Chapter's website https://santarosa-ca.aauw.net/ lists coming events.  

2. Roberta Teller
shares her path to being an activist encouraging story telling and safe places for communication, having learned much from teaching children. Roberta started her radio show Wise Woman Storytelling on KOWS 92.5 FM as she started asking what it meant to become an elder. She has recently co-founded the Social Justice Cafe at Ner Shalom in Cotati, which features the theme Immigrant and Refugee Rights on Sunday October 27, 12:30 - 2:15pm lunch followed by the panel discussion.
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10/14/19 WSA191014

Love Without Borders For Refugees in Need

Domestic Violence Month

Kayla Martinez
and Vicki Trapalis talk about the work of Love Without Borders for Refugees in Need and their attraction to this project.  Kayla recounts how as an airline attendant she encountered refugee camps first around Frankfurt in 2015, Germany and then in Greece.  These refugees, including many families with children, had fled war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan and the dangers they encounter as they make the journey, from their countries, to Europe, by foot and inflatable boats.  Through social media Kayla was able to broadcast her mission and Love Without Borders was founded in 2016 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Vicki learned of Kayla's project and took an upaid leave of absence from  her job in San Francisco to visit and work alongside Kayla in a northern Greek refugee camp at Nea Kavala.They describe the camp's squalid conditions of tents and outhouses. On Sunday October 27,2 - 4 pm, a Benefit Concert will be given for Love Without Borders at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa.

Vicki Trapalis stays with us this second segment to helps us understand some deeper issues she has encountered in helping clients overcome domestic violence as a Dependency attorney and Parenting Coordinator for the City of San Francisco..
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10/7/19 WSA191007

Reflections

Elaine B.Holtz f
irst announces the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County Peacemaker Awards, to be awarded Saturday November 9, 2019 at the Redwood Cafe at a Benefit Concert for the Peace & Justice Center. She then reads a poem of hers called Why, What Does All This Mean? and a poem by Dr. Dorothy Law Nolte called Children Learn What They Live.
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6/30/19 WSA190930

 Climate Action Week Recap

Diane Wheeler
recaps the 2 weeks of Global Climate Actions and the continuing actions happening in our North Bay counties. Local groups to which you can affiliate that are active in creating more sustainable policies at the city and county level are mentioned.
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9/23/19 WSA190923

Sunrise Movement Sonoma County Hub
Friends of Climate Action Plan

1. Sierra Dawn Downey
describes why as a young person she is passionate about Climate Action and how the Global Climate Strike affected her.  She talks about the Sunrise Movement for people ages 13 to 35 to affiliate with for Climate Action and the Sonoma County Hub.

2. Diane Wheeler and 3. Gayle Goodbread share their paths to Climate Action and their impressions of the Climate Strike in Santa Rosa on Friday September 20,  Dianne talks of the work and victories of the Friends of the Climate Action Plan lobbying local elected officials for a Climate Action Plan for their city and county. 
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9/16/19 WSA190916

Upcoming Global Climate Stike 9/20/19

1. Kerry Fugett, 2. Amber Szoboszlai and 3. Kailea Frederick share their journies to becoming activists regarding Climate Change. Kailea came to the studio with her 15 month old boy Nakash Loften and during the broadcast Kerry and Amber took turns attending to Nakash to relieve Kailea when she spoke.  They talk about ongoing Climate Change activites in Sonoma County, especially those this week in preparation for the Global Climate Strike on Friday September 20,2019 and the UN Global Climate Change Summit on September 23.  Greta Thiunberg, the Swedish teenager who protested in front of the Swedish Parliament for years, has sailed across the ocean to join the Global Climate Strike in New York and the Summit at the UN. Our guest talk about Greta's impact locally with the Sunrise Movement and Youth vs.Apocalypse among our youth concerned for their future.  For our county, our guests encourage us to atrtend the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday morning at 8:30 as the Climate Emergency Resolution is considered.  On Friday September 20, people will gather for the Global Climate Strike from noon to 2 PM at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa
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9/9/19 WSA190909

Upcoming 9/12 Benefit Concert for André Russell

Understanding the Jeffrey Epstein Case

1. Shekeyna Black
talks about an upcoming Benefit Concert for André Russell, a local musician and founder of the local band Midnight Sun who is recovering from an accident involving a DUI driver crashing in to him on his motorcycle.  Since the band has been so generous in support of local fundraisers the community is being asked to respond wtih help for André's recovey and to bring awareness to the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County at the request of André agreed  to be also a beneficiary of this concert. See the Announcements for the event poster on the show's web archive page.

2. Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses the implications of deeper systemic problems with male superiority and capitalism in the case of Jeffrey Epstein and his sex-trafficking of young girls to the rich and powerful including presidents and princes.Dr. Fraad looks at the middle class beginnings of Jeffrey Epstein and his ascent to a life of luxury with his ability to ingratiate himself to make ever higher and more lucrative connections. Dr. Fraad describes the raising of males in our strongly matriarchal led households and in our schools that tends to limit the emotional expression of boys to anger, sports and sex, while denying the boys needs for tenderness, comfort, emotional care and empathy that cannot be admitted for fear of shame of failure to live up to the learned identity of an American male.  Dr. Fraad believes paid paternity leaves and free daycare would help the families better address the nurturing of boys and allow the tender expressions of males as fathers.
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9/2/19 WSA190902


North Bay Jobs for Justice's Raise the Wage Campaign

North Bay Labor Council's upcoming Campaign and Candidate Training


Mara Ventura and  Maddy Hirchfield share their paths to labor activism. Mara talks about struggle to get $15 as the minimum wage and the successess in the North Bay. See the North Bay Jobs With Justice website for the Raise the Wage Campaign in our counties.  Maddy encourages more labor friendly folks to run for office and is presenting an educational opportuity by the North Bay Labor Council on Septembe 28 and 29 at the Plumbers' Hall on Campaign and Candidate Training.
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8/26/19 WSA190826

Bahá’í Faith Community

Daily Acts in Sonoma County and upcoming Climate Action Benefit Concert

 Deanne LaRue a
nd Trish Allen share their paths to the Bahá’í Faith Community, a worldwide faith community founded by the prophet Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892). The Bahá’ís believe in the oneness of all religions, human rights, and encouraging Self-knowledge to grow the individual eternal soul in wisdom and love. Deanne and Trish talk about their interaction in the world as Bahá’ís.

Kerry Fugett talks how she came to join Daily Acts to direct their Leadership Institute for Just and Resilient Communities and the Climate campaign programs. She announces a fun and educational benefit concert on Sunday, September 8, 2019 to benefit Daily Acts.

 

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8/19/19 WSA190819

 Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project

Toxic Free Future Campaign for Sonoma County

1. Bernice Espinoza and 2. Leslie Graves talk about the Sonoma County 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project to commemorate 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote.  Bernice draws our attention to the fact that it was really only white women who got the right to vote initially and how important that we recognize women fof all colors and sexual identity in 2020. Leslie and Bernicef anounce some events as the preparations begin for you and your friends to contribute ideas, time and support.

3. Megan Kaun and 4. Julie Royas share their journies into becoming active in the elimination of toxic synthetic pesticides, a Toxic Free Future for Sonoma County.. Both are mothers with children. Julie noticed how inflamed her son's skin became with exposure to the use of Roundup glyphosate herbicide at his elementary school and protecting him gives her the strength to attend public hearings and lobby local politicians for policy changes in the use of the pesticides in public places like schools, parks and along the creeks. The latest victory in the county was persuading the Cotati City Council to vote to ban the use of glyphosates like in Roundup in their public spaces. Coming up on Tuesday August 27, 2019 the Rohnert Park City Council will take up discussion of toxic-free landscaping and residents of the county are invited to attend and voice their voice their opposition to toxic pesticide use in the city on public lands.

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8/12/19 WSA190812

California Human Development Presents Conversations with Women
Indvisible Petaluma Presents the 22nd Annual Petaluma Progressive Festival

1. Dr. Anita Maldonado
shares her path to leading the California Human Developement, a 52 year old organization wagging the war on poverty. Dr, Maldonado talks about a coming event Conversations with Women to be held at the Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa on August 16, 2019.

2. Hanan Huneidi
and 3. Carolina Haycock share their stories of becoming volunteers for Indivisible Petaluma, part of the national movement started when Donald Trump was chosen by the Electoral College to be President in spite of losing the popular vote by 3 million. This year Indivisible Petaluma is taking over producing the Petaluma Progressive Festival. The 22nd annual festival will again grace Walnut Park with booths and speakers and entertainment on Saturday August 25, 2019.  
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8/5/19 WSA190805

Comité VIDA
(Volunteer Immigrant Defense Action)

Laura Lopez Ledesma
shares her story as an immigrant child who, in spite of legal challenges facing her parents and herself, was determined to excel and  achieved her law degree. She talks of the benefits the community at large have enjoyed with undocumented persons living and working in the county.  Laura is now helping other immigrants through the Volunteer Immigrant Defense Action Committee (Comité VIDA), whose mission is To educate and mobilize residents of Sonoma County about legal and social justice issues affecting the lives of immigrants and our entire community for positive action.  Laura describes some steps local residents can take regarding obtaining the matrícula consular, an identity card that Mexican consulates issue to Mexican citizens who reside outside Mexico. Laura talks of the support and networking  Comité VIDA provides, as well as legal assistance through Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services (VIDAS Legal) sharing their office. She also encourages citizens to make use of the Rapid Response Network hotline (707) 800-4544 if ICE activity is seen.
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7/29/19 WSA190617

This was a repeat of the show that aired on 6/17/19:

Chops Teen Club of Sonoma County
Sonoma County Woman of the Year


 Lorez Bailey shares her journey to her dream job working with teenagers at the Chops Teen Club, including the obstacles she had to ovecome.  Lorez has older mentors at the Chops teen Club to tell their stories of the journey to get to where they are now with the teens to give the teens encouragement to go for their goal in spite of criticism or scorn.  These mentors are also trained to sense if there are underlying pressures or depression bothering the teens to help alleviate the stresses early on.  Lorez describes how the Teen Club became a reality with the generous bequeathment from Charles "Chops" Demeo to the County of Sonoma to "create a safe and productive place for teens in our community." The Annual Membership fee is only $60 (which comes out to $5/month) and no teen is turned away with the help of a scholarship fund set up by another generous donor. Chops Teen Club caters to 7th through 12th graders (Middle and High School students).  In recognition of Women’s History Month, in March and of her remarkable work Lorez was awarded by U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson as Sonoma County “Woman of the Year.”
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7/22/19 WSA190722

Jury Holds Rohnert Park Police Accountable in the Killing of Branch Wroth

Marnie Wroth
and Susan Lamont talk about the federal civil trial in which Marnie and her husband Chris Wroth were plaintiffs whose rights were violated by the deliberate indifference of the Rohnert Park Police Department with lack of proper training of police officers involved in the arrest and killing of their son Branch Wroth who called 911 for help with a medical emergency due to adverse drug reacton.  Susan Lamont witnessed with daily attendance at the trial and reports how the jury agreed with the parents of Branch Wroth and the evidence they presented, including police video cam recordings, to hold the Rohnert Park Police Department accountable with an award to the Wroths of $4 million. Marnie reminds us that her son was also a father and brother and friend of many and all of these relations were deeply hurt  traumatized by the killing of Branch Wroth by the police. This is a tragic and heartfelt look into the need for better understanding and training on community health issues by the police and their 911 responses.
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7/15/19 WSA!90715

Crisis in Economic Life and in Relationships in the US Today

Dr. Harriet Fraad shares insights gained from the Left Forum, an annual conference in the United States of a broad spectrum of Left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public that occurred the end of June. Dr. Fraad reounts the plenary session panel Double Jeopardy: Crisis in Economic Life and in Relationships in the U.S. Today, that she shared with her husband Dr. Richard D. Wolff, Kimberly Westcott, and Robert K. Drinan, LIU Brooklyn. Dr. Fraad talks about the high divorce rate that is 80% initiated by women and the drop in births due to the economic cost to raise a child in the USA with lack of Day Care and maternity and paternity leaves and high cost of medical treatments.
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7/8/19 WSA190708

Martial Arts Competiton for Children

Protests of USA Policy on Separating Children from Asylum Seeker Families

1. Keelyn Walker
and her grandmother 2.  Nancy Wang recount their visit to China where Keelyn competed in Martial Arts in Cheng Du, SziChuan, China, June 14-18, 2019. Keelyn returned with a bronze medal for her 3rd place in performing the Shaolin Traditional Long Fist and for her Single Broad Sword she placed 4th in this international competition with children of her age. She has undergone 6 years of training with local master teacher Justin Egert of the Wu Academy in Santa Rosa.

3. Saybrah Breeair 
attended the Rally in Santa Rosa on Courthouse Square on July 2nd protesting the inhumane detention of chldrenta taken from their parents seeking asylum in the USA. She reports on that rally that attracted a couple of hundred protestors and of the policies of the USA in Central and South America and that led to the migration of asylulm seekers fleeing the misery. Indivisible Sonoma County keeps our elected officials informed through telephone calls by their constituents who are alerted by Indivisble on pressing issues.
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7/1/19   WSA180305
Repeat of show of Monday March 5, 2018

Elaine interviewed Gloria Allred, who shares her journey from teacher to attorney advocating for women's rights for 40 years. Gloria talks of what sustains her in her committment to social change.  Gloria's hope is that this year will be known as the Year of Empowerment for Women, and she certainly is a mentor as she confronts rich and powerful men Harvey Weinstein, Judge Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson and even the President of the United States as she represents courageous but hurt women.
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6/24/19 WSA190624

Grass Roots Cannabis Exhibition
at the Sonoma County Museum
Public Banking Needs in Santa Rosa

1.
Cynthia Leung describes the Sonoma County Museum exhibit on the history of the human use of Cannabis and traces its spread around the world to the different continents, with special note of its arrival in California and the eventual popularity of the Emerald Triangle of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity Counties for its cannabis strains favored by users for it medicinal and recreational use.  The exhibit features posters and drug store potions sold before the prohibition of cannabis in some states, including California and then the Federal Government in 1937. A couple of live plants under lights and AI controlled water and temperature are featured, so visitors know this is not an abstract but real subject. .Cynthia talks about the conception of the exhibit that is curated by Eric Stanley, Associate Director and History Curator, and Brian Applegarth. Cynthia discovered it was good environment to talk about cannabis and drug use in general to her children.

2Sarah Schrader contributed to museum's exhibit  on the history of the medical use of cannabis.  She share how she came to advocate for patient's rights with American for Safe Access, a national lobbying organization founded in 2002 to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.

3Shelly Browning shares her journey in discovering the importance of public banking, drawing upon experiences as a Peace Corp Volunteer in Tunisia, the Occupy Movement arising as the Recession began in 2008 and later in business.  Shelliey talks of the public bank that was formed in North Dakota by farmers striving for economic parity with neighboring states. She encourages us to contact our California State Senator to support public banking coming forth as bill AB857, which the city of Santa Rosa supports through a resolution it just passed. Shelley talks about the benefits of public banking if Santa Rosa would bank with it rather than with its present banker Chase Bank, which is the largest lender to Big Oil.
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6/17/19 WSA190617

Chops Teen Club of Sonoma County
Sonoma County Woman of the Year


 Lorez Bailey shares her journey to her dream job working with teenagers at the Chops Teen Club, including the obstacles she had to ovecome.  Lorez has older mentors at the Chops teen Club to tell their stories of the journey to get to where they are now with the teens to give the teens encouragement to go for their goal in spite of criticism or scorn.  These mentors are also trained to sense if there are underlying pressures or depression bothering the teens to help alleviate the stresses early on.  Lorez describes how the Teen Club became a reality with the generous bequeathment from Charles "Chops" Demeo to the County of Sonoma to "create a safe and productive place for teens in our community." The Annual Membership fee is only $60 (which comes out to $5/month) and no teen is turned away with the help of a scholarship fund set up by another generous donor. Chops Teen Club caters to 7th through 12th graders (Middle and High School students).  In recognition of Women’s History Month, in March and of her remarkable work Lorez was awarded by U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson as Sonoma County “Woman of the Year.”

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6/10/19 WSA190610

Activating the New Green Deal

 Daisy Pistey-Lyhne
discusses the role of the youth in promoting the Green New Deal, as was evident in the Town Hall Meeting last month on May 15th with the passionate particpation of the youth groups Sunrise Movement and Youth Versus Apocalypse. The news on the Climate Change impacted storms that flooded the Midwest and is delaying the planting of corn that is so vital to food and energy needs highlights the dangers our youth are recognizing as results of failed policies addressing Climate Change.  Daisy also shares some of the highlights of the Green New Deal and how to connect with actions and action groups regarding Climate Change. Currently there is hesitation to have a Climate Change Debate during the runup for the Democratic Party nomination for President, and you weigh in with your opinion at #ClimateDebate .

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6/3/19 WSA190603

49th Juneteenth Celebration, Santa Rosa, June 15th

1. Sydni Davenport
shares the early history of African Americans in Sonoma County as she recounts her family's history.  Her grandmother moved from Texas to Petaluma in 1953,  when only a couple of Black families resided in the county, and that year she began the first Juneteenth Celebration at her Petaluma ranch for family and friends. Juneteenth marks the commemoration of the 2-year delayed announcement of emancipation in Galveston, Texas, a former slave state, on June 19th,1865. That commemoration day was introduced to Sonoma County by Sydni's grandmother Marteal Perry. Since Blacks in Petaluma were forbidden to swim in the public pool, her grandmother had a swimming pool built on her ranch, which drew a protest by the local KKK. In 1970 the Juneteenth Celebration was moved to Martin Luther King, jr, Park in Santa Rosa as a joint celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and of Juneteenth. Sydni will perform with the Frresh Apple Singers at the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa on Saturday June 15th.

2.  Sena Kubega talks about her first knowledge of the slavery came through visiting the slave castle in her home town of Cape Coast, Ghana in West Africa, where Africans kidnapped from their homes began their slave experience awaiting their voyage to the slave colonies of North America.  While touring with her mother Adwoa Kudoto, the award winning and only female master drummer of Ghana, Sena was able to realize the reach of slavery's tennacles in the new land and saw the Juneteenth Celebration as a means to educate future generations on the horrors and demoralization of slavery. Sena will perform with her Drum Ghana and Dance Ensemble at the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa on Saturday June 15th.
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5/27/19 WSA190527

Memorial Day Commentary

Recap on the Stop the Bans Rally of  May 21
Sonoma County Pride Festival: Together We Rise this Sunday June  2
Recap on the Green New Deal Town Hall Meeting of May 15

1. Leslie Graves gives us a recap on the Stop the Bans Rally of May 21st in Santa Rosa, which she was able to organize in just a couple days in alliance with the nationwide action #StoptheBans to protest the recent state laws banning abortion in Alabama and restricting women's reproductive choice in 12 other states, threatening Roe v. Wade in future Supreme Court decisions. Leslie conveys the excitement and passion of the participants and lists some organizations that are allies. Leslie will be one of the float judges this year for the Sonoma County Pride Festival: Together We Rise, that is happening this Sunday June 2 in Santa Rosa in the Square.

2.  Daisy Pistey-Lyhne, who helped organize the Green New Deal Town Hall Meeting that occurred on May 15 in Santa Rosa, gives us a recap of that event that drew over 300 people passionate about saving the environment and transforming the economy to be more equitable in spite of pouring rain.  Daisey recommends visiting the website of 350Sonoma for organizations to join in this movement and to check out #climatestrike to networl with clilmate activists around the planet Earth.
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5/20/19 WSA190520

Stop the Bans Rally Tuesday Evening May 21

Suscol Intertribal Council in Napa County

1. Leslie Graves
announces the Stop the Bans Rally in Santa Rosa, which she stepped up to the plate to organize in alliance with the nationwide action #StoptheBans to protest the recent state laws banning abortion in Alabama and restricting women's reproductive choice in 12 other states, threatening Roe v. Wade in future Supreme Court decisions. Folks will gather at the renewed Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on Tuesday evening May 21, 5 to 7 pm.

2. Charlie Toledo shares her family history as members of the Towa People in New Mexico.  Charlie talks of her grandfather who was separated from his parents as a child and placed with a family as a servant against his will.  Her grandfather was deprived of his native language and his native religion was replaced with Roman Catholicism.  Charlie recounts how she was then raised in that imposed religion unitl she rebelled in her teen years during the time of popular resistance to the Vietnam War as she helped young men resist the draft.  She would learn from her early political activism to apply her fervor to restoring indigenous people rights in the USA.  After her move to Napa County she reorganized the Suscol Intertribal Council in 1992 to make it a safe place to hold native ceremonies and a community center "to bring healing between the existing population and the people who historically inhabited Napa Valley and nearby counties."  In 1995 Charlie attended the UN World Conference on Women which produced the Declaration of Indigenous Women. This led to the 2002 establishment of the Secretarial of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and to the 2007 UN Dedclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 
 
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5/13/19 WSA190513

Green New Deal Town Hall in Santa Rosa May 15th
Mother's Day Reflection on Patriarchy and Child Care

1. Daisy Pistey-Lyhne,
announces the Green New Deal Town Hall coming to Garret Hall at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Wednesday May 15, from 6 - 8:30 pm and featuring Leaders in urban systems, labor, agriculture, climate science, economics, students from the Sunrise Movement, with special messages from Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson. Daisey represents Sonoma County Conservation Action,  a 29-year old organization, in placing environmental concerns before elected officials in the county and keeping them accountable to those issues, and which has organized the Green New Deal Town Hall.

2. Dr. Harriet Fraad talks about the effect of patriarchy on women and on the economy.  Dr. Fraad gives examples of child day care expenses becoming too high for most couples or single moms to afford with today's compensation for employment. Gender bias is still evident in compensation, as well. Dr. Fraad encourages support of progressive forces in Congress and in state goverments that call for less spending on the Pentagon and more for child care.
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5/6/19 WSA190506

Sonoma County Pachamama Alliance's Drawdown Workshop to Reverse Global Warming

Connie Madden shares her journey into activism and the eventual co-founding of the Sonoma County chapter of Pachamama Alliance. Connie will be one of the facilitators of the Drawdown Workshop to be given on Thursday May 9 at the Arlene Francis Center.  Paul Hawkins in his book Drawdown lists 100 solutions to help turn around the Climate Crisis in which people can get involved and this will be presented at the workshops. Connie emphasized that for  Pachamama whole systems thinking is important; you can't fix the planet and its culture without deep understanding of the links between all living beings. Connie encourages us to read Charles Eisenstein's book Climate: A New Story on regeneration with justice and resilient neighborhoods.

 

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4/29/19 WSA190429

Sonoma County Conservation Action's upcoming Green New Deal Town Hall

Daisy Pistey-Lyhne talks about the work of the Sonoma County Conservation Action, a 29-year old organization, in placing environmental concerns before elected officials in the county and keeping them accountable to those issues.  Daisy announces the Green New Town Hall coming to Garret Hall at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on May 15, from 6 - 8:30 pm and featuring Leaders in urban systems, labor, agriculture, climate science, economics, students from the Sunrise Movement, with special messages from Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson.
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4/22/19 WSA190422

Earth Day and Climate Action Night

1. Ken Norton
recounts the day 49 years ago that he with other San Jose State students buried a car at the Survival Faire on February 20, 1970, a couple of months before the first Earth Day to protest the environmental destruction caused by fossil fuel based transportation. This was a local SJS effort 2 months before the nationally organized Earth Day to give a sense of the urgency felt by local students themselves.

2. Sabryyah Abdulla invites us to the annual Juneteenth Festival in Santa Rosa happening this year on Saturday June 15 and to this Saturday's fundraiser at the Farmers Market at the Veterans Building for the Legacy Showcase production of a play highlighting the fate of children during slavery.

3. Leslie Graves will be the Master of Ceremonies again this year for the Earth Day Celebration in Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on Saturday April 27 from noon to 4 pm .  Leslie gives us a taste of the entertainment and of the hundred vendors participating at the event, which is free and fun for the whole family .

4. Cabrilla Wiecek and 5. Ani Fowler are both High School Students and members of Youth Versus Apocalypse, an organzation of students supporting the New Green Deal.  They talk about how they turned depression over the Climate Change disaters they have witnessed in just Sonoma County alone with the Wildfires and the flooding into being Climate Activists.  They give credit to the guidance given by their teacheer Sunny Galbraith, who is orgainizing a Cllimate Action Night for activists and elected leaders at Santa Rosa Junior College to advocate for Climate Legislation on Wednesday,April 24th, 4:30-7:15.  Recently the students lobbied with the Sonoma County Democratic Party leadership who then signed on to the New Green Deal.  Cabrilla and Ani encourage other students to become active, as their voice has a special influence on elected leaders.
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4/15/19 WSA190415

Pachamama and Drawdown Project to Reverse Global Warming

Anne Gellman
shares her journey from business entrepreneuring into activism with Pachamama Alliance in San Francisco, beginning with its workshop Awaken the Dreamer, Changing the Dream, which helped her realize how Global Warming impacts all of us and that we are part of a whole that can influence the whole with our skills and talents.  Anne is now facilitating workshops on the Drawdown Project, based on Paul Hawkins book Drawdown - The Most Comprehensive Plan to Reverse Global Warming.  A series of 3 workshops on Drawdown is planned beginning on May 9 at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa to be hosted by Pachamama Sonoma County and by Veronica Jacobi of Our Green Challenge.
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4/8/19 WSA190408

Earth Day Network - Protect our Species
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas' Environmental Activism

Tracey Ritchie.shares her journey in advocating for a livable planet Earth to her present position as Director of Education for the Earth Day Network, which helps coordinate the annual theme for the world wide eventon on or about April 22nd.  This year the theme is Save our Species. Tracey exlains the process of picking the annual theme and her work with young people who realize the danger to the environment.  Tracey also points to the environmental protection action legacy of Rachel Carson who published her book Silent Spring in 1962 and of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, the savior of the Everglades and the namesake of the Parkland, Florida school where the massacre of 17 students with an assault rifle occurred, as she is an alumna of the school. Tracey is heartened by her Alma Mater's students rallying the nation to political action on this gun control matter,perhaps inspired by the environmental activism of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Students across the globe are rallying for Climate Action.
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4/1/19 WSA190401

Green New Deal
Schools for Climate Action

1.
Anne Jacopetti talks on the Green New Deal and shares her early activism in the 1960s up to current work with 350 Sonoma.

2. Amelia Stock Cumming and 3. Nevin Wolfe-Sallouti share the high school students' activism through the organization Schools for Climate Action. They voice their concern with Climate Change affecting their future and talk of their recent visit to Washington DC to the Schools for Climate Action Advocacy Summit to lobby Congressmen for Clmate Action through policy changes...
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Hiatus: 2/25/19
through March 2019
There were no Women's Spaces Shows produced on February 25 through the month of March 2019 due to a Medical Emergency that thankfully had a successful outcome. We are grateful for your thoughts and prayers.

 
2/18/19 WSA190218

Black History & Culture in Education

Tina Rogers
talks about how she has gained "the big picture" and share that with her young students in her class and audience of all ages in her performances on the history of music intertwined with Black History and the history of humans of all hues.
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2/11/19 WSA190211

Black History Month Activities in Sonoma County
Chinese New Year of the Pig

We begin on the telephone with Faith Ross who announces the Black History Month activities in Petaluma and Nancy Wang who alerts us to the Chinese New Year of the Pig Celebration on February 23rd.
 
Featured Guests:

1. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence
talks about her play The Spirit of Us, A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop, that she will direct at the Museum of Sonoma County with her theatre troupe Legacy Showcases on Saturday February 23.  Dr. Lawrence also leads the monthly racial  discussion group Unshackled and shares some of the insights gained.

2. Cynthia Leung
talks about the collections of art and history at the Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, especially about the exhibits and events relating to Black History Month. Cynthia and Jacqueline talk about their collaboration in presenting The Spirit of Us: A Musical Journey from Africa to Hip Hop.
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2/4/19 WSA190204

Valentine's Day OBR and TVM in Petaluma Production Update

Black History Month

1. Rhonda Black
and 2. Stephanie Melnik update us on the production of the event One Billion Rising (OBR) and The Vagina Monologues (TVM) in Petaluma on Valentine's Day February 14th.  Rhonda shares what moves her to take on this production and direction of  OBR and TVM, with the TVM being done in English and another one in Spanish, both of which will be translated into American Sign Language for the deaf.  Stephanie reads one of the TVM monologues that she will be performing on stage on February 14th in Petaluma at The Mentor Me Center, 426 8th Street.

3. Faith Ross and 4. Gloria Robinson talk about the annual events offered in Petaluma by the Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD) for Black History Month in collaboration in part with the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum. This year the theme is on the Black Migration from 1910 to 1970, shifting the center of African American social, economic, political and cultural life from the rural South.
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1/28/19 WSA190128

 Respect for Queer Identities

Valentine's Day OBR and TVM in Petaluma

Amber Szoboszlai
and  Zahyra Garcia talk about the LBGTQI community in Sonoma County and their struggles to be accepted as identities other than just male and female, also known as non-binary identities.  They share their personal journey to becoming activists in this community, in their professions, in their education and in their work supporting families with non-binary members and parents through North Bay LGBTQI Families. Zahra draws our attention to the California FAIR Education Act, championed by State Senator Jay Leno and signed into law in 2011 to mandate "Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful reference to contributions by people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community in history and social studies curriculum." Check out the links on the show's archive page.

Ronda Black gives a short update to the production of the event One Billion Rising (OBR)and The Vagina Monologues (TVM) in Petaluma on Valentine's Day February 14th. Volunteers are still needed for this fun and inspiring annual event.
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1/21/19 WSA190121

 Santa Rosa Women's March 2019 Recap

Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., A Day On Not a Day Off.

CASA - Committee to House the Bay Area

Leslie Graves
gives us a recap of the Women's Rally and March 2019 in Santa Rosa that drew 4,500 people with colorful costumes and thought-provoking and humorous opinions on posters and, of course, a many pussy hats adorning heads on Saturday morning. Elaine,B. Holtz, the host of Women's Spaces, was honored to be one of the lead banner bearers, along with Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence of Legacy Showcase, her granddaughter Grace, Miss Sonoma County Tyler-Avery Lewis and Miss Sonoma County's Outstanding Teen, Pinkeo Phongsa.  Many booths dotted the square with information from many organizations serving the community.  It was a good time to meet old friends and make new ones and enjoy the networking.

Nancy Vogl
reports on Sunday's annual Celebration of the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and talks of some of the Presentations of the Essays and Posters in the contest in the county schools on Dr. King's legacy.  Nancy also describes some of the Day On Not a Day Off activities organized for the Monday holiday at the Community Baptist Church in Santa Rosa, including the sewing of cloth sanitary pads for school girls in Uganda who cannot afford the pads and are ashamed to go to school during their menstruation.

Julie Combs
talks about her role as one of the 21 Commissioners of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC),  The MTC Commissioners, per their website, "shape policies to guide transportation and development in the Bay Area, and fund projects and programs to turn those policies into reality." The MTC serves the 9 counties of the San Franciso Bay Area.  The main project of MTC currently is called CASA - Committee to House the Bay Area, to address the regional homelessness crisis affecting all the communities.  Julie was Chair of the steering committee of CASA and she describes some of the functions of CASA and how it will affect local affordable housing policies.  Julie encourages Santa Rosa residents to show up and voice their opinions on housing or other needs the city should address with budget at the very important Budget Priorities meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, January 29th.
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1/14/19 WSA190114

 Santa Rosa 1/19/19 Women's March Planning Update

Sonoma County Sheriff Communtiy Engagement Liason

Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration: Love in Action

 1. Leslie Graves updates us with the plans for this Saturday's 2019 Women's March on January 19th. The Santa Rosa march is continuing with broad representation of our community in the line-up of speakers and booths at the rally beginning at 10 AM in the Old Courthouse Square, followed by the march at noon. Bring your daughters and granddaughters! Links to SFB  Bay area Women's  Marches are on the show's archive page.

2. Misti Harris
,  since March 2107, has been the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Liaison, the first person to hold the office since its creation as part of the Sheriff's Office response to the Sheriff deputy killng of a 13-year old boy, Andy Lopez in October 2013.  Misti gives us an update to the Sheriff Office, now led by the newly elected Sheriff Mark Essick.

3. Nancy Vogl and Melissa Willaby talk about this Sunday's annual Celebration of the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Santa Rosa High School Auditorium, featuring Presentations of the winning Essays and Posters in the contest in the county schools on Dr. King's legacy.  Both Nancy and Melissa talk of their journey into activism for more inclusive civil rights.
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1/7/19 WSA190107

Biennial Meeting to Elect Assembly District Delegates to the California Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC)

Planning the Santa Rosa 2019 Women's March

1. Mary Watts
talks about where she gets her passion for politics.  Mary describes for us a bit of the Democratic Party process to elect Assembly District (AD) Delegates to the Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC) every two years, since the biennial meeting is scheduled this Saturday morning in Santa Rosa at the Odd Fellows Hall for registered Democrats to vote for the delegates, of which half of the 14 delegates are to be self-identified females. After a breakfast  the voting begins at 11 AM.  According tot the Party website, "AD Delegates to the Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC) are responsible for planning and attending informational meetings throughout the region and working with other DSCC delegates throughout California to represent their community." 

2.  Leslie Graves
talks about the planning of the 2019 Women's March on Saturday January 19 and the graciousness of the 3rd Street Cinema in Santa Rosa to give a special free viewing of the film Women's March this Thursday, January 10, at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm.  In spite of upsets at the big march in New York, the Santa Rosa march is continuing with broad representation of our community in the line-up of speakers at the rally beginning at 10 AM in the Old Courthouse Square, followed by the march at noon.
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12/31/18 WSA181231

Review of the Year 2018 and Hope for 2019 on  Homelessness, and Green and Progessive Women Candidates

1. Adrienne Lauby shares her insights on the highs and lows of 2018 regarding the Homeless in Sonoma County, of which there as still some 1800 folks sleeping outside these freezing and sometimes wet winter nights. She gives her wish list for 2109 for Homeless Action on the part of the County Supervisors and City Councils.

2.  Laura Wells shares why she as a Green Party candidate ran against the popular progressive Democrat Barbara Lee for the US House of Representative seat for the Oakland area. The League for Women Voters made it possible for her to debate Barbara Lee in a forum and present the Green Party's Green Deal in contrast to corporate funded Democrats.  The Green Party does not accept any corporate funds for campaigning.

3.  Caitlin Quinn talks about her successful campaign for the Petaluma School Board and what encouraged her to run. Caitlin also briefly recounts the work of Verity Rape Crisis Center.
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12/24/18 WSA181224

The Status of Women in 2018

 Marion Aird shares how she became active in politics, especially women's issues, and discusses some of the events that have impacted women over the past year and some information that National NOW sent out at the end of the year, NOW names 2018 Worst Offenders and Top Victories.
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12/17/18 WSA181217

The Redwood Empire Chinese Association

Nancy Wang
shares her journey from Taiwan to Japan to Santa Rosa in 1977 and what motivated her to found the Redwood Empire Chinese Association (RECA).  Nancy describes some of the cultural activities offered at the RECA center open to the public, from dance,  to chorus, to Chinese language school.  RECA became a 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization and is supported by the members in the communty and donations.  Nancy talks about the significance of the present Chinese Year of the Dog that is giving way in February to the Year of the Boar. Every year RECA holds a Chinese New Year Celebration and Benefit at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Rosa in which the proceeds fund scholarships for graduating high school seniors of Asian heritage.
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12/10/18 WSA181210

IOLERO Annual Report on Accountability of Sonoma County Sheriff

Susan Lamont
discusses the release of the 2nd Annual Report by the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) on the accountability of the Sonoma County Sheriff to inspect complaints of its department and its airing at the Board of Supervisors meeting on December 4th.  The Sheriff's Office response still displayed lack of trust in the mission of IOLERO. Susan recounts some of the history of civil rights violations of the Sheriff in the county.IOLERO was part of the county's response to the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Deputy Eric Gelhaus, besides its millions of dollars in court cousts defending this deputy from Civil Suit by the parents of Andy. 

Update 12/18/18: Sonoma County Supervisors reach a settlement with the parents of Andy Lopez for $3 million. www.pressdemocrat.com Article link

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12/3/18 WSA181203

Care of our Future Growing in our Children

Therese Mughannam
and Lois Pearlman talk with Elaine about the National Sabeel Conference in which they participated yesterday on, “Defending Our Children from Palestine to the USA.”  The Conference was sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and the North Coast Coalition for Palestine, of which Therese and Lois are members. Therese and Lois recount how they came to be active in expressing these concerns, not only of the harm being done to children in Palestine by the armed conflict but also in Yemen and other hot spots around the world, in in our own country and at its borders, with the migrants with their children fleeing armed conflict, in which the USA has played a military role, and being detained in private prisons contracted by Homeland Security or tear-gassed.  The budget prioritizing National Defense has resulted in the exponential growth of homelessness in the United States, which includes families of workers who are not making even a living wage from their employers.  This begs the question,do we as a nation's people really Care of our Future Growing in our Children?
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11/26/18 WSA181126

Maria Muldaur on her Red Hot Bluesiana Band coming to Cotati

Indivisible's Influence on the Election

Maria Muldaur
talks about her long career, what got her started, and what gave her the courage to "follow her bliss."  She recounts some of the artists with whom she has performed.  Maria also touches upon music as a healing art. Maria has just released her 41st album, DON'T YOU FEEL MY LEG ~ The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker and she will be performing these and some of her classic dance songs with her Red Hot Bluesiana Band this Friday evening at the Redwood Cafe in Cotati.

Our second guests Sabra Briere and  Kathy Johnson share how they came to be active in the group Indivisible - Sonoma County Chapter that realy came to life after the election of 2016 of Donald Trump.  The mission of Indivisible Sonoma County is to mobilize and organize people locally by connecting them with the political processes to fight for equality and justice.Sabra and Kathy and other volunteers of Indivisible telephoned folks, especially those who have not voted in awhile, to encourage them to register and to vote on key issues. Those districts that were once solid Republican in Orange County, for example, shifted to elect Democratic candidates who campaigned to resist Trump's agenda, much through the efforts of Indivisible calls from its chapters across the nation.
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11/19/18 WSA181119

Thankful

Elaine remembers some personal reasons for thanksgiving. and even our soundman Ken Norton, Elaine's partner and co-producer, comes up to the microphone with thankful memories of this year that include the birth of her and Ken's great granddaughter Satori and the premier of his new radio series Scent of LIght, whose 5-minute vignettes are now archived online. Elaine presents a special show today on her favorite songs and their message relevant for today.
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11/12/18 WSA181112

Peace & Justice Center Update
and SOFA's Winter Blast
Women's Caucus of Green Party USA

1. Shekeyna Black updates us with Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County new and upcoming events, especially the Winter Blast, which the Center is sponsoring along with SOFA.  SOFA is the arts neighborhood in Santa Rosa, ,with approximately 40 artist studios, some galleries, small and locally owned shops and great places to eat. At 6 PM and 8PM the SOFA parade will occur, so come and see fantastic sofa's geared up for the Winter Blast parade.

 2.  Jennifer Sullivan shares her path to and in politics.  She talks about the role of women in the Green Party its Women's Caucus.
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11/5/18 WSA181105

Verity Training for Parents and Children on Consent and Sex

Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution

Claudia Levin
swoops in as the Pumpkin Fairy Godmother to start the show with a blessing.

Caitlin Quinn
and Zach Neeley talk about the need for parents to talk to their children about sex at appropriate times.  Especially the role of consent in sexual activity needs to be discussed. This is relevant given the recent mass killings by men obsessing over their frustration with their relationships with women. The whole Verity team is passionate about ending sexual violence in Sonoma County and all over the world. Both Caitlin and Zach will be facilitating a workshop for Parents and their teenagers How to Talk about Consent on Monday November 12th at the Sonoma County Library Santa Rosa Central Branch, 211 E St, at 7 - 8:30 PM.

Georgia Kelly
talks about her work in Conflict Resolution by Effective Communication.   Realizing the role of pride and overcoming its often immediate reactions is a big consideration, as are setting boundaries.  Georgia will be givng a Effective Communication and Conflict Transformation Workshop this coming Saturday, November 10 at the Sonoma Community Center from 12 noon to 5 PM. RSVP at this event link..
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10/29/18 WSA181029

Rise Up and Make Some Noise March and Rally
Counting the Votes in Sonoma County

 Erin Latham-Ponneck
and  Robin Latham announce the Rise Up and Make Some Noise Rally March and Rally this Saturday November 3 at the Santa Rosa Square. Robin shares her path to activism and for this event she actually works under her daughter's lead Erin. Erin talks of the importance of the Rally and what moves her personnally to undergo the work of organizing such an event.

Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Chief Deputy Clerk-Recorder, and Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor and Registrar of Voters-Elect, talks about the procedures at the Registrar of Voters office around Election Day November 3 in counting the votes.  She urges the early mailing of the mail-in ballots in order to be counted for the election night tally, but also stressed that the legal count totals occur upon certification 30 days later, which include all the ballots cast, including the mail-in ballots not received until the day of election.
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10/22/18 WSA181022

Becky Hobbs' Musical Tribute to Nancy Ward,
Nanyehi of the Cherokee, Peacemaker in the 1700s

Becky Hobbs
talks of her journey in music and to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, which also led her to produce a musical in honor of her 5th Great Grandmother Nanyehi, also known as Nancy Ward, of the Cherokee Nation, who was honored as a great warrior woman but who spoke out for peace between her and the new European settlers in the 1700s. Listen to Becky help bring Nanyehi alive as a messenger of peace for today beginning with the women, as Elaine plays 5 of the songs from the album Nanyehi: Beloved Woman of the Cherokee. Perhaps a listener can help bring the musical produced by Becky Hobbs and Nick Sweet, Nanyehi - the Story of Nancy Ward, to stage in the North Bay?

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10/15/18 WSA181015

North Bay Science Discovery Day
YWCA Domestic Abuse Hotline and Care

1. Dr. Donald Pierce
co-founded the North Bay Science Discovery Day which is coming up on Saturday Oct. 27 a free all-day event happening at the Sonoma County Fair Grounds. The annual event offers hands-on activities for kids and teenagers to learn about how Science, Mathematics, Technology and Engineering help us understand and succeed in our world. All volunteers,sponsors and fascnating exhibitors make this free event possible. Check the North Bay Science Discovery website to see how you can get involved.

2. Madeleine Keegan O'Connell describes the start of YWCA in Sonoma County in 1975 with noticing women and children sleeping in cars and discovering the cause to be domestic abuse and even violence. The need for a chapter of YWCA was recognized and the national YWCA agreed.  YWCA provides a 24 hour confidential hotline at (707) 546-1234 and care for domestic abuse victims, including a safe-house in the area. October is Domestic Abuse Awareness month. Madeleine announces the screening premier of the film Power & Control : Domestic Violence in America at Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa on October 25th. See the YWCASC website for other events and activities.

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10/8/18 WSA181008

 Commentary on the Senate Appointment of Judge Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court and Indigenous People's Day

Elaine B. Holtz ,
Host of Women's Spaces gives a Commentary on Indigenous People's Day and the contentious Senate appontment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.

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10/1/18 WSA181001

Green Party Congressional Candidate Laura Wells  on the Judge Kavanaugh Hearings

Verity's 24/7 Crisis Line for Sexual Abuse

Laura Wells
shares her path to the Green Party and to become a political candidate.  Laura has been a candidate for State Controller of California and now she is running for the District 13 Congressional seat in San Francisco. Laura comments on the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearng of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and the accusations of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and others of sexual abuse while drunk.

  Chris Castillio, Jessica S
and  Hayly P talk about the mission of Verity in Santa Rosa and their 24/7 CrisisTelephone Line and how they came to this work from personal experience with sexual abuse. They call our attention to October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Chris reports increased calls to Verity's 24/7 Crisis Line  due to the Judge Kavanaugh Senate Confirmation Hearings where Dr. Chrisitine Blasey Ford's couageous testimony triggered memories of sexual assault in men and women.
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9/24/48 WSA180924

Heroes of October Celebration

2nd Annual Sonoma Strong Healing Fair


1. Pat Kerrigan talks about the Heroes of October celebration consisting of three events this weekend: The Celebration of Heroes in the Santa Rosa Square on Sunday, September 30, noon - 5 pm, a free family event honoring also the unsung heroes of last year's devastating wildfire; The Heroes of October Pat Kerrigan Scramble golf tournament at Oakmont Golf Club on Monday November 1, benefitting the Community Foundation Resilience Fund; and the current screening of the documentary film Urban Inferno at the 3rd Street Cinema in Santa Rosa.

2. Cherri Pedrioli and 3. Diana Borgers share how they came to form the Santa Rosa Holistic Chamber of Commerce to promote healing practices that are alternative to or integrative to allopathic medicine,.  Cherri and Diana announce the free 2nd Annual Sonoma Strong Healing Fair at the Santa Rosa Veterans Building, featuring 69 practitioners/doctors, 8 sponsors, 22 vendors, 8 non-profit organizations, and 7 speakers for the event offering free massage, acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, energy healing and more.
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9/17/18 WSA180917

2018 Youth Summit Lead, Serve, and Thrive

North Bay Jobs with Justice

1. Regina Brennan
shares her concern for preparing youth for a sustainable future and her path to helping form the Sonoma County Black Forum, the co-sponsor of the 2018 Youth Summit with the Sonoma State University Black Student Union this coming Saturday September 22. The all day event is free for youth of grades 9 -12 and their parents.  There will be workshops given for youth on coding, financial literacy, college and careers and also a workshop for parents. The Youth Summit was inspired by such annual summits at Stanford University, and it gives youth some glimpses into careers that encourage them to work for that goal and where to look for resources to support that mission.

2.  Mara Ventura and 3. Maria Guadalupe Garcia talk of the need of their chapter North Bay Jobs With Justice, one of 52. of the national labor organization Jobs With Justice., that was founded 31 years ago. Mara and Maria also share their path into labor activism. They explain how jobs with just and safe working conditions and just  compensation are needed for a healthy work and family life. They also talk about Workers Rights Boards being set up in various localities and how it is a more just alternative for labor to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
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9/10/18 WSA180910

Banning Toxic Pesticides in Sonoma County Cities
Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice at the
Global Climate Action Summit

1.  Megan Kaun and Nichole Warwick share their path into becoming activists in removing toxic pesticides from the schools and public spaces, where they got their strength to speak out against the use of pesicides linked to causing cancer, and persist against the resistance of entrenched establishments, and how folks can join their organizations in addressing this issue at the local level.  Also, some new good news: Nichole and Megan were part of a group that convinced the Town of Windsor last week to ban all synthetic pesticides!  All of the Cities (with City Councils) in Sonoma County, except Cloverdale, Sonoma, Cotati, and Rohnert Park, have some sort of partial or full ban on synthetic pesticides. Megan an Nichole would like to find community members in those mentioned Cities to champion new campaigns. There is also a need to make much traction to ban toxic pesticides with the County of Sonoma Agencies, like Regional Parks, Water, Department of Public Works, Fairgrounds, and Libraries.

2. Osprey Orielle Lake talks about her organizational efforts to gather women to take action against the environmental degradation.  She calls from San Francisco where she and WECAN International members have come to march in the Rise for Climate March this past Saturday and to hopefully this week influence the The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) called by California Governor Jerry Brown, which will be happening in San Francisco starting Wednesday 9/12 and ending Friday 9/14. WECAN International  will host the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice this week in San Francisco with live streams and videos on WECAN International's facebook page.
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9/3/18 WSA180903

Labor Unions Relevant Today
Citizens' Climate Lobby

1.  Lisa Maldonaldo
talks of the passion she has for labor rights that started as a child realizing the difference a union job made to her father and his ability to provide for the family. Lisa has recently been hired by the California Nurses Association to be their Labor Relations Representative. She comments on the labor movement today. She reminds us that this Saturday September 8 in San Francisco is the March called Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice CA.  that is coordinated with marches around the world.

2. Barbara Moulton
shares how she got involved in being an activist and the initial motivation to get involved as a volunteer in the Santa Rosa Chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby.  She explains why she advocates for a national Carbon Fee & Dividend legislation, and how both parties are beginning to see this as something both sides can support. Just days after the Saturday march Rise for Climate in San Francisco Barbara will be attending the Global Climate Action Summit called by Governor Jerry Brown to occur in San Francisco September 12 - 14, during which time many climate organizations will hold actions or workshops.
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8/27/18 WSA180827

Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center

Conversations to Understand Racial Bias in Ourselves

1. Shekeyna Black
gives us an update on some of the activities happening at the Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center and to talk about their 3rd annual Concert in the Hub to happen on Saturday September 8, 2018 from 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM at La Plaza Park in Cotati.

2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence
talks about the free Racial Discussion Group  that she will be facillitating at the Santa Rosa Main Library this evening, Monday, August 27 at 6:30 PM.  Dr. Lawrence has written and produced plays on slavery to help both white- and black-skinned people to understand the roots of racism and the racism we assumed into our subconscious from our growing up.
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8/20/18 WSA180820

The Melissae Ensemble Balkan Choral Music

Our Guests are the Melissae Ensemble of 6 women from the North Bay gathered in the studio with a drum and Bulgarian Bagpipe to sing in harmony Balkan Music for today's show.  The singers share how they were introduced to the music and their love affair with it ever since.  The music is from prehistory, adapted to the changing dominating religion, such as dedicating songs Saint holy days during the Chirstian era. The bagpipe design is over 2,000 years old. They sing a special Bee Song, welcoming the Bees and their pollinating and honey and wax making. Six years ago the six women encircled Elaine since she helps Ken keep Bees, and sang the song of blessing of the bees, while she held a bowl of water.  After the song the water was sprinkled on the participants and some water brought to our hive to be sprinkled.  That summer attracted 4 more swarms and the next summer 7 more swarms to our little yard, to which we attribute the vibratory power of this song as sung by the Melissae Ensemble.
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8/13/18 WSA180813

Unstoppable Moms Across America Sounding Alarms on GMOs

Our guest Zen Honeycutt shares how she transformed her anger of discovering the role GMO food had in her three sons suffering from the symptoms of autoimmune diseases into her own research and into reaching out to other mothers across America to share stories of how a diet of GMO food affected their kids with disease. This spurred her on to found the non-profit organization Moms Across America, opening the door to speaking on network tv and at internationla events. Zen recently published her book, UNSTOPPABLE: Transforming Sickness and Struggle into Triumph, Empowerment, and a Celebration of Community. Zen let's us know what we consumers can do to remove GMOs from the diet and from the store shelves. Zen also comments on the Federal Civil Court ruling on awarding an ailing goundskeeper with leukemia $289 million for Monsanto knowingly made false claims on the safety of the herbicide Roundup with the carcinogenic ingredient of glyphosate. The GMO strategy of Monsanto (recently purchased by Bayer into the world's largest agribusiness and seed company) is based on glyphosate being safe, but a federal court has found the company lying about its product safety.
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8/6/18 WSA180806

National Organization for Women (NOW)
in Sonoma County

Marion Aird
and Carol Singer talk about their becoming active with women's issues and politics. Since 1966 the National Organization for Women (NOW) has been the leading voice for women's rights and encouraging women to vote and to run for office. this coming election in November 2018 is especially important for getting out the women's vote, and there are many women running for offices nationwide. As part of encouranging women in Sonoma County to make their voice heard, Marion and Carole  announce the Sonoma Chapter of NOW's Garden Party and Summer Social featuring the Haute Flash Quartet for this Saturday in Santa Rosa at the Howarth Park Gazebo from 1 PM to 4 PM, open to the public, free with donations and newcomers gladly accepted. It is a Zero Waste event, so attendees are encouraged to bring one's own picnic gear.
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7/30/18 WSA180730

Gaye LeBaron's Eye on the Local History of Sonoma County

Gaye LeBaron
shares how she entered journalism and the challenges she faced as one of the few women journalists in newspaper when she joined the Press Democrat, and later how she mentored women entering the field of journalism as a professor at Sonoma State University. Gaye takes us back 150 years as we commemorate Santa Rosa receiving its city charter.this year.  Gaye reminds us of the heritage of the Pomo and Coast Miwok tribes, and the importance of the history that shapes our present.
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7/23/18 WSA180723

Zero Waste Action Sonoma County

Portia Sinnott
shares her path to activism as a single mom, and her focus on recycling.  She talks about the goal of Zero Waste to tackle the landfill problem affecting most counties in the USA.  She gives simple things we can do as consumers and while sorting our garbage from recyclable materials, or when choosing to have a drink without a plastic straw.
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7/9/18 WSA180709

Hospitality Work Conditions in Sonoma County

Erin Brokovich on Joining the  Wildfire Litigation Team Against PG&E

1. Wei-Ling Huber
shares her road to activism that began in the university to  clamor for Ethnic Studies. Wei-Ling's research helped her to realize the best way to bring people of color to more equitable living conditions was through the labor movement. Wei-Ling talks about the plight of hospitality workers in Sonoma County where hotel rooms are expensive yet the hospitality workers often make just over minimum wage with heavy work loads in unsafe conditions. Wei-Ling announces a rally in support of hospitality workers at the Hyatt Vineyard in Santa Rosa on Friday at 1:30 pm. 

2.  Erin Brockovich
shares her story on becoming one of the most successful consumer activists in taking on PG&E in Hinkley, CA, in 1993, about which a movie was made called Erin Brockovich. Erin encourages us to break free from the box of other's expectations and to develop the self-esteem needed for the long and persistent fight for justice.  Erin comes to Sonoma County to help those who were victims of last October wildfire storm that appears to have been sparked by PG&E's negligent behaviour in protecting their equipment from nearby brush and trees as required as a public utility. Erin warns of legislation that would shield PG&E from accountability in future wildfire disasters in California, inspite of the corporations vast wealth.
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7/2/18 WSA180702

Wildfire Litigation Against PG&E

San Francisco Area Democratic Party Strategies

1. Noreen Evans shares what sparked her interest in law and in politics, and as a woman navigated her way through the halls of power. Since the wildfire disaster that struck Sonoma and surrounding North Bay counties in the Fall of 2017, Noreen has been in the forefront to represent victims of the fires in litigation against the utility power company PG&E. Noreen explains the issues before the court and the mounting evidence against PG&E for neglecting to maintain the power lines properly in wooded areas and keep them free from interfence from brush and trees as mandated by the Public Utilities Commission. Noreen announces the addition of Erin Brockovich to her team, as Erin led the charge against PGE in HInckley, California, of which a film as been made. Noreen gives this advice when facing injustice: "Bear witness - make a fuss!" Noreen did just that when as a state senator and leader of the State Commission on the Status of Women she led the fight to keep the funding when it was challenged.

2. Christine Pelosi shares her insights on the Families Belong Together rallies, local Indivisible groups and other democratic groups for people to join to prepare for the November elections to win more seats for progessive Democrats.
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6/25/18 WSA180625

Families Belong Together Rally in Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa this Saturday  June 30

Zero Tolerance Migrant Policy and America First Snubbing Former Allies - an Analysis


1. Leslie Graves shares some of the steps she took upon hearing the news of the separation of children from their migrant parents seeking refuge in the USA and detaining them, even losing their identities. As a mother she felt she had to act in the way she knew how, put on an event in Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa, and the seed of a quickly developing project that had two weeks to fill the square with people and tables of non-profits with action plans to stop the Zero Tolerance migrant policy of the Federal Government under President Trump for its human rights abuses. The Families Belong Together rally is one of many in localities and known Federal ICE Detentioin Camps across the country, which are listed on a link below. The rally is from 10 AM to 12:30 PM this Saturday June 30 and channel your anger in meaningul and effective actions.

2. Dr. Harriet Fraad shares her insights on the presidential decree of the Zero Tolerance Migrant Policy and then his decree to stopping of the immediate separation of children of parents seeking asylum  at the border, while snubbing former allies.
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Commentary

 Elaine B. Holtz comments on the times through word accompanied by her favorite songs, including a report on the 48th annual Juneteenth Festival in Santa Rosa that occurred on Saturday June 16. and which she helped produce this year. This is a great event to help rid one of stereotypes often created in childhood and reinforced in our daily life by people acting unconsciously with the beliefs and resulting judgments of one another. Elaine reads the testimony of Senator Merkley who visited a federal ICE detention center. The cruelty and harm due to separation of children from their parents at our borders seeking asylum from violence in their country calls for spiritual warriors, people of conscience. Elaine reminds us that we stand on the shoulders of women who dared to rally for women's sufferage and rights, and that the National Women's History Project (www.nwhp.org) was founded in our own Sonoma County. The reminders are necessary as we see in our county that in the last election on June 5 that only 26% of registered voters actually voted, and only 22% statewide in California. Unions and working together against war are also commented on.

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6/11/18 WSA180611

Sonoma Wine Country Games
48th Annual Juneteenth Celebration

1. Susan Jensen
shares the excitement of her soccer team winning the Silver Medal at the Sonoma Wine Country Games for 50+ in age. Susan talks about benefits of adult sports leagues, the friendships fostered, and the adaptability to age and handicap. The Games also benefitted the non-profit Rising Stars, a scholarship program for the handicapped at Sport City in Santa Rosa.

2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence
and 3. Sydni Davenport talk about the history of the Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863.  Our guests share when they first encountered Juneteenth and when they found out its meaning.  Sydni Davenport shares how her grandmother Evangelist Marteal Perry hosted the first Juneteenth in Sonoma County after moving from Texas and settling on a piece of land in Somoma County. Sydni will play a white slave owner's daughter in the play Unschackled, produced by Dr. Jacqueline Lawerence, who also stars in the production presented at the Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Rosa at the Martin Luther King, jr, Park this Saturday June 16th at 10 am.
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6/4/18 WSA180604

Women Rise to Leadership in the Cannabis Industry

Jackee Stang from her vantage point at High Times Media as Vice-President of Programming discusses how cannabis is accepted in California and the nation, now that it has been made legal to regulate both as medicine and as products made available to anyone over the age of 21.  High Times Media produced the Cannabis Cup in Santa Rosa this past weekend, which was only the second event in the nation to be licensed to sell cannabis products to anyone over the age of 21. After four decades of the magazine's frontline reporting during the Drug War, women will now be at the table through the launch by Jackee Stang of the High Times Women's Council within the company and the publication of is first edition of the Women of Weed Magazine in September.
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5/28/18 WSA180528

Sonoma County Pride Celebration
& 31st Annual Parade June 1, 2, 3

Stormy Daniels and Who's to Shame

1. JD Donovan
and 2. Bonnie Bryen talk about the upcoming Sonoma County Pride Celebration and the 31st Annual Parade this weekend, and how they each became involved in the Pride community.  Sonoma County PRIDE (SCP) is an all-volunteer-led 501c-3 non-profit organization. Their mission is dedicated to enhancing the lives and well being of our LGBTQI community and allies throughout Sonoma County. Contact SCP to volunteer for the celebration and parade.

3. Dr. Harriet Fraad
talks about the significance of Stormy Daniels refusing to be shamed for her profession as a pornstar, and rather allowing the male clients to own up to their own shame regarding their wives and reputation. Dr. Fraad points out how Stormy Daniels is helping women stand up to abusive behavior in a male dominated world even as it is encouraged by the remarks and behavior of the President of the nation.
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5/21/18 WSA180521


Cannabis as Medicine
Santa Rosa Downtown Market's 30th Anniversary

1. Jude Thilman
offers a herbal and wholistic narrative to the use of medical cannabis.  Jude shares her 5 steps to choosing the types of cannabis medicine, the ingestion method, the dosage and duration of use, according the individual's particular circumstances and medical history. Jude Thilman speaks this evening in Sebastopol at SOCOHA on Cannabis is Medicine: Changing the Narrative with Education.

2. Leslie Graves and 3. Toni Bodenhamer share the history of the Wednesday Night Market in Downtown Santa Rosa, beginning when Toni Bodenhamer was hired by the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce to start the Thursday Night Market, which she then managed for 3 years.Leslie Graves is the newest manager of the now Wednesday Night Markete since 2016, bringing local farmers and artisans together with the community.  This year marks the 30th anniversary of this Farmers Market in Santa Rosa which is enjoying the new unified plaza downtown as its venue.
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5/14/18 WSA180514

Homeless in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County

  Santa Rosa City Councilmember Julie Combs
and  Adrienne Lauby of Homeless Action! discuss the over 2,000 homeless people in Sonoma County and what the Santa Rosa City Council has accomplished and has still to do with its Homeless Encampment Assistance Pilot Program.  The recent disbandment of the homess tent village in Roseland on Sebastopol Road and the civil disobedience arrests in the City Council chambers last week are looked at from the city council member's perspective and that of the homeless advocates.
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5/7/18 WS180507

Kym Trippsmith aka Mamazon
Songs of Concerned Mom
Healing the Trifecta of Fear

1.  Kym Trippsmith
shares her story as an immigrant from Scotland over Canada as her father sought work opportunity. For a time she was raised in Florida and because of her accent she came to understand up close the racist attitudes of the South and identified more with her Black peers at school. Concerned about the safety of her children going to school and playing in the neighborhood, Kym describes how she came to write the two songs she sings live on today's show:  After the Parkland School shootings and the alarm at Analy High School where her son attends Kym composed Never Again Anthem; and after a boy the same age as her son, 13-year old Andy Lopez, was shot multiple times and killed by Sheriff Deputy Erich Gelhaus while carrying a toy gun and other youths mostly of darker skin were being killed by police, Kym composed Hands Up, Don't Shoot. As a futher treat, Kym shares her medicine for Healing the Trifecta of Fear: Shame, Betrayal and Abandonment. 
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4/30/18 WSA180430

May Day - Honor Labor
Cannabis Businesses, Regulations and the Public in Sonoma County

1. Francisca Carranza talks about her union organizing in the hospitality, food service and gaming industries in the East and North Bay for livable wages and affordable healthcare. Francisca talks about a local organizing effort for labor with UNITE HERE! LOCAL 2850 at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa and the May Day March that will rally in front of the hotel on May 1, 2018.  The May Day Events start in Roseland at 2 pm.

2.  Lauren Mendelsohn, Attorney, talks about the coming of age of cannabis legalization through regulation of businesses after the passage of Proposition 64 in California. Lauren helps cannabis businesses with the permitting and licensing at the local and state levels, while negotiating with people, some in agencies or neighborhood groups, still under the sway of decades of Reefer Madness, and finding legal paths for businesses amidst the obstacles of the Federal government in its refusal to decriminalize the use and cultivation of the plant called cannabis or marijuana. Lauren cites reports that the recent opiod crisis has also demonstrated areas of retreat where cannabis has been legalized for medicinal or adult use.

 

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4/23/18 WSA180423

Women Campaigning Challenges
Poetry: Power and You Might Say I Am a Dreamer


1. Dotty LeMieux describes some of the challenges facing women candidates from her personal experience at running for office and helping other women campain through her company Green Dog Campaign.  Dotty gives tips for women considering running for office.

2.  Elaine B. Holtz, the host of Women's Spaces,  presents two of her poems: Power and You might Say I Am A Dreamer.

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4/16/18 WSA180416

Report on No! to U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad Rally and March in Oakland April 15

League of Women Voters Sponsored Forums in Sonoma County

1. Susan Lamont participated in the rally and march No! to U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad held Sunday April 15 in Oakland.  The nationwide action was planned in February as a voice of resistance to the increase in military action and budget of the United States in Syria and other places around the world.  Susan reports on the general mood of the crowd of 1000 that showed up in solidarity for a more peaceful and nurturing direction for the nation.

2. Rebecca Jones talks about the League of Women Voters (LWV), founded in 1921, a year after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote. The Sonoma County Chapter was founded in 1951. Rebecca talks about the mission of LWV to influence public policy through education and advocacy, yet LWV never supports or opposes any political party or candidate. We have an election coming up in the county on Tuesday, June 5, and the League has some events planned in April and May for citizens to register to vote and to learn about the candidates and issues in the county races.

 

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4/9/18 WSA180409

Women in Music Benefit Concert April 20-21
Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman - Reading by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence

1. Mandy Brooks
shares her path into music, her mentors and where she gets her confidence to produce with the North Bay Women In Music Collective the upcoming Women in Music Benefit Concert in Santa Rosa on April 21 at the Arlene Francis Center with a panel and artist showcase on Sunday April 22.  Mandy has been able to attract women musicians who have influenced the women over the decades to perform at this concert. The Concert will benefit Verity and The Ron Martin Memorial Foundation Friends Helping Friends fund to support education of women musicians. Mandy came out with her premier CD album Move On Up in 2017,and we opened the interview with her rendition of the song People Get Ready.

2. Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence is joining the North Bay Women In Music Collective for the weekend event of Women In Music in some spoken word presentations, one of which she reads on the show for us, the poem Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. Jacqueline also talks about the upcoming Juneteenth celebration in Santa Rosa that occurs on Saturday June 16, 2018 in Martin Luther King Jr. Park, where she will present her play Unshackled at 10AM followed by discussion on slavery.
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4/2/18 WSA180402

 Equal Pay Day 2018 on April 10
Our House Intercultural Center SRJC Petaluma hosting We the Future Social Justice Conference on April 13:
Feeding Ourselves, Feeding Our Souls

1. Kathleen Reily talks about some of the activites of the Americann Association of Universtiy Women (AAUW) in Sonoma County, especially advocating for Equal Pay for women as is paid men for the same job.  AAUW holds an annual ‘Unequal Cookie Sale’ on Equal Pay Day every year to bring awareness to gender pay gap at the different city chapters of AAUW in the nation.  The next Equal Pay Day, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity, is Tuesday, April 10, 2018. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. In 2016 it was on April 12th, so there has been a bit of an improvement.

2. Amanda Morrison, PhD, Coordinator of Our House Intercultural Center on the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Petaluma’s campus shares her path to interculturalism, that of cultures mixing and interacting with one another.  Amanda islead organizer in the second annual We the Future Social Justice Conference co-sponsored with the North Bay Organizing Project on April 13, 2018, calling this year' theme Feeding Ourselves, Feeding Our Souls, to gather activists to network.  The keynote speaker will be Nikki Silvestri,who was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root magazine.

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3/26/18 WSA180326

Retired LAPD Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey on the Need for Change in the Culture within Law Enforcement Agencies

Cheryl Dorsey shares her odyssey through the ranks of LAPD as a black woman beginning at the end of the 1970s at a time when women were first encouraged to join the police force amidst strong resentment by male officers in a traditionally all male force. She describes how supervisorial abuse abound especially due to bias of racism, sexism and reverse racism. She clarifies what she means by culture and the bond of officers who "have your back," and the difficulty of accountability and transparency when reporting fails to happen for fear of retaliation at "breaking the bond", forming what she called a Sheeple mentality.  After a fellow officer went beserk after unfair treatment within the LAPD and took the lives of many innocent victims, Cheryl published her memoir Black & Blue: The Creation of a Manifesto  in 2013. This is a fascinating interview and not to be missed in light of the upcoming election for Sonoma County Sheriff, in which we have for the first time in decades more than one candidate to choose from. Maybe a change is coming?
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3/19/18 WSA180319

Women's Self-Defense
Verity Fundraiser and Screening of the film The Rape of Recy Taylor

Jade de la Cruz
shares her awakening through a street-smart friend from New York City into the need for self-defense as a woman and how she obtained the confidence through teachers to defend herself but also to teach others these skills and heightened awareness. Jade relates how intuition can give us protective guidance in association with physical self-defense skills. Jade de la Cruz will be on the panel with DA Jill Ravitch,Verity E.D. Christina Castillo and Elaine B. Holtz of Women's Spaces at the Verity Fundraiser and Screening of the film of The Rape of Recy Taylor on Thursday, March 29 at the Rialto in Sebastopol.

Added:  Panel Discussion Video from screening on 3/29/18.

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3/12/18 WSA180312

National Women's History Project

Molly Murphy MacGregor
talks about the birth of the National Women's History Project in Sonoma County and her lobbying efforts to first have President Carter proclaim National Women's History Week and then Congress to pass legislation declaring March to be National Women's History Month.  Every year there is a luncheon on the East and West coasts to celebrate the achievements of special women, deceased and living.  This year the theme is Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Molly discusses how Me,Too and the Black Lives Matter Movement influenced the theme.
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3/5/18 WSA180305

Gloria Allred - Women's Rights Attorney
Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center

1. Gloria Allred shares her journey from teacher to attorney advocating for women's rights for 40 years. Gloria talks of what sustains her in her committment to social change.  Her hope is that this year will be known as the Year of Empowerment for Women, and she certainly is a mentor as she confronts rich and powerful men Harvey Weinstein, Judge Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson and even the President of the United States as she represents courageous but hurt women.

2. Shekeyna Black gives us an update on the Peace and Justice Center activities in Sonoma County. Shekeyna supplied us with the list of events around the county for Women's History Month. Check it out under Announcements on the show's archive page linked above.

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2/26/18 WSA180226

Rally for Children's Safety
Talking With of Jane Martin  - New Stage Production

. Michelle Gervais describes her reaction to the mass shooting at the Florida high school on Valentine's Day as a mother, and the actions she took to call sponaneously a rally to happen at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on the following Monday, February 19, President's Day and a school holiday.  Michelle use every contact she had in the county to support her call for a rally for the children's safety, and is such short notice attracted a couple of hundred children and adults.

 Carole L. Ellis, Joan Gatley and Don Gibbels discuss the stage production of the award-winning play Talking With by Jane Martin.  Joan Gatley recites a passage from the play which highlights the lives of 10 women in monologues. The special theater event is a fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and will be presented in the Auditorium named after Carole L. Ellis on the Petaluma Campus of the Santa Rosa Junior College on Friday March 2 and Saturday March 3, 7:30pm.

For Black Histroy Month we honor Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954), who became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960 amidst angry crowds, Ruby was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals. The courage of Ruby and her family helped move the Civil Rights movement forward.

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2/19/18 WSA180219

Sabra Briere turned her disappointment in last November's election into community action, even when that is a new community. Sabra describes how she was attracted to join the all volunteer Indivisible Sonoma County at its first general meeting in January 2017 and what goals it has met in resisting the new Federal Administration by calling Senators and Representatives across the nation to voice opinion on issues selected by the membership.
For Black History Month we honor Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954) became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960 amidst angry crowds, Ruby was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals. The courage of Ruby Bridges and her family helped move the Civil Rights movement forward.
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2/12/18 WSA180212

Petaluma Blacks for Community Development
Celebrate 40 Years of Black History Month
 
Faith Ross and Gloria Robinson discuss the history of African Americans in Petaluma that began in the 1800s and share some upcoming events in February for the 40th Anniversary of Black History Month in Petaluma. Both are founding members of the Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD), and talk about its programs in tutoring and Career Day.  Close ties with the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum allows for PBCD to share African American cultural heritage with the larger community in a special exhibit through February 25: Reflections - 40 Years of Celebrating Black History Month

Nancy Wang
of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association calls in to announce the Year of the Dog Celebration at the Santa Rosa Veterans Building on Sunday February 18.
 
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2/5/18 WSA180205

Beloved Community
Sonoma County Healing Academy

1. Varnika Kailash reads her essay on Beloved Community which she read earlier as the junior division winner for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration that happened on January 15 and fitting for our show during Black History Month.  Varnika shares her passion for recognizing the beauty and benefits in awareness of diversity.

2. Vicchi Olenski talks of  the call to healing for her at age 11 and how it developed into her current company the Sonoma County Healing Academy (SoCoHA) in Sebastopol.  SoCoHa is an educational venue, dedicated to the healing arts, innovative wholistic practices and technlogies.

 

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1/29/18 WSA180129

350 Sonoma - Sonoma County Climate Action
EMILY's List

1. Christine Hoex talks about her becoming active as a volunteer at 350 Sonoma - Sonoma County Climate Action, inspired by 350.org. of Bill McKibben.  Christine explains why the number 350, and why the concentration of CO2 is important as an indicator of an environment that can support life as we know it for us and future generations.  She describes ways folks can get involved by joining various action groups aligned with 350 and by attending events listed on their 350 Sonoma website.

2. Alexandra DeLuca calls in from EMILY's List Washington DC headquarters to describe EMILY's List and its30-year  history. Thanks to the Women's Marches of in January 2017 and January 2018, there has been a surge of interest in women running in political elections as progressive Democratic Party candidates. To date over 30,000 women have applied for their campaigns in 2018, 2010 and 2022. Alexandra explains how women can start the process by expelling myths of running that often dampen the initial enthusiasm at the Run to Win Link with trainings and networking the candidates to resources and funding, as listed on Emily's LIst website.

 

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1/22/18 WSA180122

Women's Rally Update
CHDC $5M Wildfire Grant for Immigrants
Family Justice Center

1. Leslie Graves updates us on the size and energy of the Women's Rally in Santa Rosa.  5,000 is her estimate as an experienced event organizer at the Old Courthouse Square.  Congratulations all those who showed up at the marches or rallies for raising your voice and registering to vote.

2. Cerrissa MacNichols and 3. Estela Martinez talk about the services of the California Human Development Corporation (CHDC) in Sonoma County and 30 other Northern California Counties.  Headquartered in Santa Rosa, CHDC has been fighting the war on poverty for 50 years, inspired by the farmworkers they serve.  They share some exciting news that needs to be acted on by February 7, 2018.  $5 Million in Emergency Wildfire Federal Aid for Immigrants has been grantedfor the California counties of Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada, Napa, Sonoma, Orange, Yuba and Solano. CHDC has been named as the dispensing agency, and it subcontracts with Caholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, On The Move, UpValley Family Centers of napa, Abode and UndocuFund Steering Committee that includes the North Bay Organizing Project, Graton Day Labor Center and North Bay Jobs with Justice. CHDC offers confidential and safe counselling for immigrants, documented or undocumented.  The deadline to apply is February 7, 2018.

4. District Attorney Jill Ravitch discusses the Family Justice Center (FJC), which serves as a one-stop agency addressing the needs of surviving victims of family violence to protect them and restore hope.  FJC is committed to helping survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse, and Stalking.  No police report is required unless agreed to.  Immigration status is not requested.
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Women's Marches and Rallies this coming Saturday January 20 in Sonoma Valley,
San Francisco and Santa Rosa

 1.   Angela Ryan and 2. Amy Gallager share how they came to become orgainizers of this year's Women's March in Sonoma Valley and announce some of the speakers and events planned for the event beginning at noon on January 20th at the Sonoma Plaza.

3. Sophia Andary describes her journey to become co-lead of this year's Women’s March and Rally in San Francisco, having been involved since the election of November 2016. She led community engagement for the 2017 Women's March and took over leadership to grow the march into a movement in the San Francisco Bay Area with marches planned in San Francisco and San Jose.  The San Francisco Rally this year begins at noon at the San Francisco Civic Center with the theme Hear Our Vote , and centers on five levels of action: Voter Registration; Voter Turnout; Organize Localy; Increasing women in office (especially women of color); Electing progressive women and allies.  The March begins at 2pm down Market Street to the Embarcadero. Check the event website for details on both the San Francisco and San Jose Marches and Rallies.

4. Leslie Graves talks of how her community interests started and how the 2018 Women's Rally plan developed.  On Friday, January 5,Alisse Leafey owner of Brew Coffee and Beer in Santa Rosa posted the question on social media, Why isn’t there a March in Santa Rosa on January 20th? and this started a conversation to create an option in Courthouse Square for those who wanted to participate in this Anniversary event of the Women’s March on Washington. Many speakers are planned including State Senator Mike McGuire and the list is updated on the facebook event page. The Rally will be held from 10 - 11:30 AM Saturday January 20th at the new Santa Rosa Plaza by the Old Courthouse.
See the show's archive page at the button link above for links and contact information.
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1/8/18 WSA180108

Classical Tones on KBBF
Imagine You

1.   Nora Villanueva talks about her journey into radio and the broadcast of her weekly show Classical Tones beginning in her homeland Peru, where she as a young girl was so inspired by seeing a performance of Swan Lake that she studied classical training in ballet and became a professional dancer.

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2. Dr. Ellen Barnett shares her journey into integrative medicine and the development of the program Imagine You in 2000. It is a program that offers people the opportunity to step back, regroup, take a moment to acknowledge where they are, and envision what is next (tomorrow, next week, next month, next year) for themselves. Such reflection has been found to be beneficial in the healing process.

 

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12/18/17 The Last Show of 2017

WSA171218

The Producers of Women's Spaces

We, Elaine B. Holtz and Kenneth E. Norton, interview ourselves as the Producers of the Women's Spaces Show to reveal a bit more about about what motivates us in putting the show together.  As an exception to featuring only women guests  on Women's Spaces and starting a tradition on this last show of the year, Elaine interviews Ken and then Ken Elaine about our backgrounds, challenges and inspirations on our life journey apart and together. Like the Yin and Yang symbol, there is a mix of our lives in this show.  Since Elaine is the voice of Women's Spaces we will provide a bit more time in the interview of Ken, whose voice on the show has been confined to "Good Morning," until today.  Ken provides the technical expertise for the broadcast, the archiving of the shows on this website, and collaboration on producing the show with the "still small voice" of conscience in mind.  Ken was especially influenced by his mentor William Hermanns, and recounts his first meeting with him.  Ken also shares his mentor's Ten Words to the Creative Spirit that for him act as his Soul's operations panel, and Ken feels that no Soul should be without these Ten Words, and no Soulcraft without these ten functions.  Elaine recounts some experiences that gave her the courage to voice her concerns on women and peace issues that eventually led to her radio show.
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12/11/17 WSA171211

Sexual Assault, Gender and Capitalism

Dr. Harriet Fraad
talks of her early involvement in the Women's Movement in the Sixties and its transformation over 50 years.  The Me,too activism since the recent Harvey Weinstein accusations, bolstered by a sitting President who was called out for his sexual predation during the 2016 Campaign, and engulfing established men in powerful leadership positions in entertainment, major media news, sports and other industries, including churches, prompted Dr. Fraad to write an essay Sexual Assault, Gender and Capitalism, which she discusses with Elaine.  Harriet describes what is fueling the current trend of women to raise children alone, and how boys are raised to be men with very limited avenues of emotional expression like sex and violence, such that the men's fury of unmet needs are projected onto women rejecting sex.  Harriet encourages cooperation to replace competition, and change top-down corporate structure to co-operatives.

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12/4/17 WSA171204

EFT Tapping in PTSD Therapy

Verity Crisis Hot Line and Services for Victims of Abuse in Sonoma County

 1.   Marjorie Favuzzi shares her path to her present healing work with EFT Tapping.  She has recently held a couple of free workshops to help residents of Sonoma County with the post trauma stress from the October Wildfire Disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and hundreds of business structures in Santa Rosa. Marjorie helps folks turn challenges into strength.  Learn about this fascinating and simple procedure to help yourself and others.

2. & 3.  Christine Castillo and Catelin Quinn talk about their paths leading them to work at Verity, helping female and male victims of abuse.  Christine has worked for the organization when it was called United Against Sexual Assault and led a rebranding and focus on the mission of Verity working in cooperation with the community:  Verity facilitates healing and promotes the prevention of violence by providing counseling, advocacy, intervention, and education in our community. Caetlin joined Verity and speaks with the passion of a "Me, too" Wounded Healer, as she shares her story of sexual abuse from a male student at Sonoma State University, where this abuser of multiple women students was shielded by the Professors and Administration and allowed to graduate with enough recommendations to enter Harvard Law School. The Verity 24x7 Crisis Hotline and counseling are strictly confidential.  Since those younger than 18 years old are in guardianship and the law mandates reporting, Verity first informs the youth not to give any identifiers before counseling them.on the phone and lets clients know if a next step would require breaking the confidentiality to allow free choice in the decision. 
Verity 24 X 7 Crisis Hot Line: (707) 545- 7273
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11/27/17 WSA171127

Local Radio Vital in Times of Disaster

1.  Mariana Diaz
shares how she, a recent  immigrant from Mexico came to produce her radio show Sé la Mejor Versión de Ti (Be the Best Version of Yourself). Marianna describes how during the Wildfire Disaster in October she and other volunteers at Radio KBBF gathered at the Santa Rosa studio to provide vital emergency news in Spanish and English to the community in Sonoma County.  The Spanish was especially needed because of the large immigrant population that only speaks Spanish.  This Wildfire Disaster was compounded by the fear of undocumented immigrants facing arrests by the Federal ICE agency if they reported to the shelters.  Translating the comforting words of the acting Sheriff Robert Giordano that records would not be turned over to ICE was very important to this community. The assembly room of Radio KBBF was turned into a center to gather donation items for the immigrants left stranded by the fire, some of whom wondered if they had jobs to go back to.

2.  Pat Kerrigan recounts waking to her Kenwood neighborhood on fire around midnight of October 8, 2017, fleeing in her car with only her pet thinking that surely her home would be the next to burn. Pat saw that the danger was not to just her home and neighborhood, but to the whole city of Santa Rosa by a wildfire whipped by huricane force winds and decided the best place for her was at the local radio station KSRO, where she normally starts her morning news show at 3 AM. Pat shares how she made decisions that night and the following two weeks of keeping the residents of Santa Rosa and the county of Sonoma informed with vital information on the extent of the fire, the location of evacuatrion zones and shelters, and routes of safe passage, while comforting and encouraging community cooperation during the urgent time. Pat reminds us of the need for local news, that canned corporate news from the far perspective cannot satisfy.
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11/20/17 WSA171120

North Coast Coalition for Palestine &
North Cal Friends of Sabeel Conference in Santa Rosa This Coming Weekend

Therese Mughannam
was a baby when her parents fled their home in Israeli occupied Palestine, fearing their neighborhood would be the next to be attacked and destroyed.  Therese was raised in exile in Jordan by her parents for 10 years before their family received visas to the United States to settle in Santa Rosa and become citizens.  The Wildfire Disaster last month destroyed the homes of three sisters and two nephews. Visiting those neighborhoods devasted by the Tubbs Wildfire reminded Therese of Palestinian neighborhoods she saw lie in ruins after Israeli attacks.  In spite of the hardship of helping family members Therese, felt the regional conference Challenging Oppression: Working For Justice From Palestine To The U.S.A should proceed this weekend of the Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), a nonprofit, tax-exempt Christian ecumenical organization seeking justice and peace in the Holy Land through nonviolent advocacy and education. Sabeel is an international peace movement initiated by Palestinian Christians, who seek a just peace as defined by international law and existing United Nations' resolutions.  The invitation is out to participate and learn about the issues.

2.  Lois Perlman
shares how she as Jew born in the USA came to understand the plight of the Palestinians under the state of Israel, that Zionism is a political philosophy of a perceived right to return to Palestine to set up a homeland inspite of Palestinian people already living there for thousands of years, and that Zionism is believed by only some Jews but not all Jews. Lois co-founded with Therese the North Coast Coalition for Palestine (NCCP), that formed in 2010 in response to the killings, by the Israeli military, of civilians on the Freedom Flotilla bringing medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza. The NCCP is helping to coordinate the Regional conference Challenging Oppression: Working For Justice From Palestine To The U.S.A in Santa Rosa this weekend, and in San Francisco on Monday.
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11/13/17 WSA171113

EFT Tapping for Post Fire Trauma

Sustainable Wildfire Recovery

1.  Margorie Favuzzi
gives a short introduction to Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and the tapping used to relieve stress.  Margorie is donating a workshop session free for the public to learn EFT called: Tapping Out Trauma: Relief from the Firestorm, on Saturday 11/18/17 in Santa Rosa.

2.  Laura Neish
shares her story in becoming an activist to offer solutions for Climate Change to avoid its disastrous impacts.  Laura discusses the need to bring Climate Change solutions to the table in planning our City's and County's recovery from the Wildfire Disaster of October.  350.org and its regional and county chapters offer opportunities for citizens to find their niche in the struggle to better walkand work in balance with Nature.
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11/6/17 WSA171106

Migrant Education Family Fund

Two Decades of Community Concerns about Law Enforcement in Sonoma County

1.  City Councilmember Julie Combs talks about the Migrant Education Family Fund that she helped set up to address the needs of migrant families after the recent Wildfire Disaster that destroyed residences and places of employment. Elaine shares the news of a surpise donation to the Migrant Education Family Fund of $500 raised on hearing of the Wild Fire Disaster in a bake sale by the Laytonville Elementary School pupils of her granddaughter-in-law Amber Jensen on her first year teaching assignment,  

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2. & 3. Mary Moore and Karen Saari talk about growing into their advocacy for review and oversight with supoena power of community law enforcement in Sonoma County. In the late 1990s, there was a spate of police in Sonoma County. Their advocating culminated in 2000 in a report by the California Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights on Community Concerns about Law Enforcement in Sonoma County that was submitted to the County Board of Supervisors and the city councils in the county. The report was basically shelved.  The report saw the light of day again, however, after the Sonoma County Sheriff deputy shooting and killing of a 13-year old Andy Lopez carrying a toy gun in Santa Rosa, and a citizens' Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez (JCAL) raised their voices in protest of local policies concenrning the police and community interaction.  The report is discussed and links to the report will be posted below when available. 

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10/30/17 WSA171030

Fifth Anniversary of Women's Spaces' Return to Radio KBBF
Poetry in Understanding Disasters
Inner Recovery After the Fire

1   Phyllis Meshulam
talks about her journey into poetry, beginning with parental influences. She shares a reading from the her new book Land of My Father’s War based on her father's letters during World War II from Italy.  Phyllis announces a Poetry Reading, where you can meet her, on the Wildfire Disaster on Sunday, Nov. 12 at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts at 1pm.

2. Rev. Mary Murray Shelton
shares her experience with the Santa Rosa Wildfire Disaster and gives us hints on coping spiritually and emotionally with the post disaster trauma.  Rev. Mary announces her new weekly gatherings for inner recovery called After the Fire on Monday evenings 6-8 pm at the Share Exchange Conference Room at 535 5th St in  Santa Rosa. The meetings will be for the purpose of mutual support, comfort, telling our stories with respectful witnessing of others in our group, exploration and exercises for grief, safety, releasing, regaining balance and peace of mind.
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10/23/17 WSA171023

Santa Rosa Wild Fire Disaster Resources: Redwoord Credit Union North Bay Fire Relief Fund and Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

 North Bay Science Discovery Day

 1   Robin McKenzie, Senior Vice President,  shares how Redwood Credit Union (RCU) was affected by the Wildfire Disaster that destroyed businesses, homes and trailer parks within blocks.  30 RCU emloyees lost homes in the Wild Fire and RCU set up Day Care faicilities for them and offered other help to their employees, especially since the schools were closed.  Robin also shares the care provided for Members of RCU and the greatly successful North Bay Fire Relief Fund that has raised over $11 Million so far.

2. Misti Harris, Community Engagement Liaison, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, talks about the Sheriff's Office response to the Wild Fire Disaster.  29 Sheriff Officers lost their homes in the fire and still reported for duty in the community emergency. Misti shares some Emergency links for those affected by the fire. 

3. Samantha Kadar, Retired Professor of Geography, talks about the North Bay Science Discovery Day happening at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on October 28th and shares how she becaume interested in science by first asking how weather was related to location. Her quest led her to studies in meterology at the Santa Rosa Junior College and to eventually teaching Geography as a Professor.
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10/16/17 WSA171016

Santa Rosa Wild Fire Disaster Resources in Neighbors, Government and Nutrition

Nancy Rogers
and Shirley Slack discuss with Elaine their emergency responses in the first night of the Wild Fire Disaster that desroyed whole neighborhoods in the city of Santa Rosa  and large rural areas in the county in a matter of hours whipped by near hurricane level winds carrying smoke, ash and ambers.  Nancy Rogers and Elaine live across each other as neighbors in a Northwest Santa Rosa, 2 1/2 miles south from the Coffey Park neighborhood razed by the Tubbs Fire.They recount how they learn of the fire, and attempts to ascertain their safety and gather emergency items like flashlights, candles and radios that are battery powered.  The normal electricity powered lives would be discontinued for 5 days, along with down cell phone towers for hampered internet connections.  Shirley Slack, Nancy's cousin, recounts how she was able to evacuate guests at the Sandman Hotel by the freeway, during the fire threat in that area of town east of our neighborhood by a couple of miles.  Of course, they all report on how they made these decisions and how next time they would be better prepared.

Dr. Ed Bauman, Founder/Director of Bauman College of Holistic Nutrition + Culinary Arts, talks about some of the dangers to our health because of this Wild Fire that destroyed homes, business buildings, crops and forests. He shares with us some nutritional tips to help our liver and lungs, including his recipe for a tasty tonic beverage to protect the mucous membranes, lungs and nerves from toxic smoke.
The Blended Respiratory Remedy recipe is on the show's archive page

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10/9/17 WSA171009

Santa Rosa Wild Fire Disaster Day 1

District Electiions for Santa Rosa City Council and School Board

Caroline Bañuelos has been an advocate for District Elections in Santa Rosa since 2004.  The City Council put the issue before the voters as Measure Q in 2012 but it failed.  Now the City is being threatened with a lawsuit and has voted in August to go forward with District Elections beginning with a first. At the first of a series of public meetings on Oct 2 the plan on how to get there was discussed. Caroline and Elaine were there and report on the progress.  Soon district map proposals will be submitted, and how the citizens can participate in meetings and online is discussed.
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10/02/17 WSA171002

Miss Latina Winecountry

Crystal Rangel,
the founder of the The Winecountry Competition, visits the studio with Rebeca Vigil, one of the contestants in the Miss Latina Winecountry.  They discuss how the event encourages the reflection of inner values of the contestants to be as important as the outward appearance. Of course, Self Esteem is most important. The Winecountry Competition this year has expanded to include two new categories, Mr. Winecountry and Little Princess Grapevine. The event is on Saturday, October 14th at 5 pm at Robledo Winery in Sonoma.
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9/25/17 WSA170925

Justice for Andy Lopez
IOLERO

Susan Lamont
talks about the Andy Lopez decision from the Federal 9th Circuit Appellate Court and what that means at this point, trial, settlement or going to the supreme court. Part 2 – We will be talking about the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach known as IOLERO, its formation, continuation and value to our community.
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9/18/17 WSA170918

Tiny Houses

Guest River King talks about her journey from college graduation with a music degree, and the struggles to earn enough as a music instructor as a single mom and keep her home.  She did not feel secure with her child in the San Rosa Safe Parking Program for the homeless, sleeping in her Volvo.  Together River and Jay Shafer are proposing a project to move the homeless into Tiny Houses.  Rfiver descrives some success stories using of this model and hopes that many villages can be raised providing permanent homes for our local displaced residents: single people, couples, families, students, veterans… She asks that you join her in raising the first village of Tiny Houses for Humanity in Sonoma County.

Elaine closes the show with two poems,
one on Power,
 the second Why, What Does All This Mean? 
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9/11/17 WSA170911

Sonoma County Sheriff's Liason
DACA and Immigration

 1.  Misti Harris
began her role as the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Liaison in March 2017. Her duties include building community relationships, expanding outreach, and providing education about the Sheriff’s Office policies. Misti shares how she builds bridges of understanding with the community through face-to-face interactions, traditional media, and social media. The office came through the work of the Community and Local Law EnforcementTask Force formed by the Board of Supervisors after the klling of 13-year old Andy Lopez by a Sheriff Deputy.in October 2013.

2. Lilliana Gallelli
comes from immigrant parents and now serves immigrant clients as an immigration attorney in meeting the legal challenges to their status to work or live in the USA. She updates on the latest executive order of  President Trump to rescind DACA, the  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, and offers a list of suggestions for the "Dreamers".
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9/4/17 WSA170904

Labor Day and Unions

  Lisa Maldonado and Maddy Hirschfield join us in the studio, where outside the North Bay Labor Council was finishing its well-attended 19th Annual Labor Day Breakfast at the Carpenter's Union in Santa Rosa to talk about the origins of Labor Day and their personal journeys into the firght for labor rights. Lisa shares how her immigrant parents were able to get an opening to joining the Middle Class through her dad's struggle to join and to keep his union job. The 8-hour day and 40-hour week are common today because of workers orgainizing to bargain as a collective unit with the employers leveraging power with their wealth profiting off the labor. Lisa and Maddy also discuss the lobbying efforts around the bill being debated in the State Assembly AB1250,  Project Labor Agreements,and the the trhreat of the "Right To Work" movement to destroy union solidarity in the workplace.
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8/28/17 WSA170828

 District Electiions for Santa Rosa City Council and School Board
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Public Banking

1.  Caroline Bañuelos, President of the Sonoma County Latino Democratic Club, has been an advocate for District Elections in Santa Rosa since 2004.  The City Council put the issue before the voters as Measure Q in 2012 but it failed.  Now the City is being threatened with a lawsuit. The Santa Rosa School Board just voted to move to trustee area elections for three board seats by November 2018. On Tuesday evening August 29, 2017 the City Council will consider to support one of two resolutions on this issue of District Elections.  

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2.  Laura Wells, former Green Party gubernatorial candidate, talks about her journey to support Public Banking.  She explains the concept and a working example in North Dakota.  Laura reports of success in Oakland for city funding of a feasibility study for a Public Bank of Oakland.

 

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8/14/17 WSA170814

No Nazis, No KKK, No Fascist USA! March
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Communications and Social Activsim
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Women's Equality Day  on 8/26

1.  Laura Gonzales on hearing the news of the acts of terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia orgainized a local march with Carolyn Epple a member of Homeless Action, in 
Santa Rosa and gathering at the Old Courthouse Square yesterday, Sunday afternoon, to protest the rise of hate groups emboldened by the election of President Donald Trump and his inflammatory remarks on Twitter and in public speeches. The march is named for what it called for in our country and locality: No Nazis, No KKK, No Fascist USA!  Laura shares how she came to put out the call on social media and reap the harvest of ideas and encouragement in solidarity from some 300 folks who answered the call to express their feelings in this community action.  

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2.  Darcy Trotten talks about the need for good communications and organization when planning social justice events and marches.  Darcy shares how her communicatons firm Activism Articulate was of help to the organizers of the Oakland march in July called Ain't I A Woman.

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3. Molly Murphy MacGregor shares her life in founding the National Women's History Projject, beginning with the pioneering Women's Studies Program in Sonoma State 40 years ago. Molly talks about the Women's Equality Day coming up on August 26, that commemorates the ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution granting women the right to vote, as well as this day in 1970 that Betty Friedan leads a nationwide protest called the “Women’s Strike for Equality” in New York City on the fiftieth anniversary of women’s suffrage,  A  year later on August 26, 1971 the first Women’s Equality Day, initiated by Representative Bella Abzug, is established by Presidential Proclamation and reaffirmed annually. 

 

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8/7/17 WSA170807

1.  Celeste Austin shares her story of rising out of a period of addiction through channeling her talents into helping others find their true footing in society.  Celeste worked her way out and up through non-profit service organizations.  The Living Room is the only day center in Sonoma County specifically serving homeless and at-risk women and their children. Elaine gave a workshop on the Women's Spaces Pledge at the Living Room Program in Santa Rosa and she shares her deep discussion with a woman in the class.   

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2.  Debora Hammond reports on the Sonoma County Climate Change Activists' Summit of July 31, 2017, which was organized by Occupy Sonoma County and co-sponsored by 350Sonoma. It allowed folks to network with one another, since they are often isolated in their own organization's mission from other organizations in the county that could work better together if networking channels were opened.  Followup summits will take place every time there is a 5th Monday of the Month, with the the next summit planned for October 30, 2017. 

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7/31/17 WSA170731

 1.  Linda Hemenway reports on the gathering that happened two days ago on Saturday July 29th at Congressman Mike Thompson's office called, Our Lives On The Line. The event was co-produced with Indivisible- Sonoma County as part of the Nationwide Day of Action to address to resist the Republican attack on the Affordable Care Act and the endangerment of millions of Americans to lose health coverage. Since the 3 Republican Senators, two women Senator Susan Collins and Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator John McCain who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, with the Democats defeated the Senate Bill, the gathering was partly celebratory, as well as networking for the fight ahead for equitalble health plan like Single Payer.

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2.  Erin Chmielewski shares her journey of discovering how to be an activist for a just society and how folks can get involved with producing or networking at the Petaluma Progressive Festival on this Sunday August 6th at Walnut Park in Petaluma from noon to 5pm.
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7/24/17 WS170724

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on the Ignored Voice of Women in the GOP Design of their National Health Care Bill.

 Moms Across America on Glyphosate Toxin

Our guest Zen Honeycutt talks about her path to founding Moms Across America (MAA).  MAA has been a leading voice on the dangers of GMO foods (Genetically Modified Organism) and the pesticide chemical Glyphoate upon which they depend in Monsanto's system of planting Round-Up Ready GMO seeds that are made immune to the use of Round-up herbicide that kills other plant and microbial life. Zen encourages towns to follow the template of action of MAA's National Toxin Free Town Campaign for removing roundup from their community
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7/17/17 WSA170717

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

1.   Jodi Reid, founding Director of California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA)talks about the national debate around  Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. 

2.  Maddy Hirschfield shares her work with the North Bay Labor Council of the AFL-CIO and her collaboration with CARA for the upcoming free educational event Protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security on Saturday, Saturday, July 29th, 2-4 pm at the Plumbers Hall in Santa Rosa.
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7/10/17 WSA170710

Ain't I a Woman March
Black Women United

 Imani Mitchell shares how she as a young mother and student came to found the new non-profit organization Black Women United (BWU), inspired by  Sojourner Truth's speech to the 1851 Women's Rights Convention and by Alice Walker's ideas on Womanism, a terms specific to Black Women dealing with their Black culture and the sexism within it, while in the American society and its instituted racism.  The first project of BWU is the Ain't I a Woman March in Sacramento on this Saturday July 15, 2017, meeting at Crocker Park at 9 am to march to the Capitol and rally.  The march is to celebrate Black Women and their contributions from all walks of life.
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Women's Spaces host Elaine B. Holtz closes the show with her reading of her poem Journey With Me.
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7/3/17 WSA170703

California Prop 65 Carcinogen Listing of Glyphosate

Kathleen Furey describes her journey of discovery and advocacy for food safety in helping the California Guild support the listing on California Prop 65 Carcinogen LIst of Glyphosate, an active ingredient in over 700 products, including herbicides like Roundup, sold to large farms and home gardener, as well as to governments, national to local, for weed abatement.  The danger is very near for small children and pets, who play and forage on pavements and soil where the herbicide is sprayed and toxic residues remain.  All of the GMO (Genically Modified Organisms) "Roundup Ready" crops are grown with the heavy use of Roundup. 
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6/26/17 WSA170626

Miss Latina Wine Country
Oaxaca in the Wine Country
&
Community Action Coalition of Sonoma County

 1. Crystal Rangel shares how she came to the beauty pagent industry and eventually director of the Miss Latina Wine Country.  Crystal talks about the importance of self-esteem and cultural pride in the cultivation of beauty.  The young Latina women participants in this year's Miss Latina Wine Country will be making an appearance at the upcoming Oaxaca in the Wine Country on July 9th at the recentlhy renovated Santa Rosa Old Courthouse Square.

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2. Evelina Molina  has been supporting the Oaxaca in the Wine Country since she attended the first of its annual events six years ago.  She shares how the dances and and art of the native costumes and puppets spoke to her as a Chicana.  The 6th Annual Festival begins at 11 am on July 9th at the recently rennovated Santa Rosa Old Courthouse Square.

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3..  Nikki Pyle talks how she became active in community affairs and anti-racism with the Community Action Coalition of Sonoma County.
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6/5/17 WSA170605   

Homeless with Pets
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Dump Trump's Sheriff - Recall Freitas Campaign

Our First Guest Dr. Gillian Squirrel shares how she started to interact with the homeless population in Sonoma County through their pets.  She noted how important the pets were to their owner and how innovative and responsible the owners are under adverse circumstances.  Gillian started Homeless with Pets to bring supporters and other professionals into the caring services for the pets, like veterinarian in the area who volunteer for free veterinarian care for such pets. Often the owners open up more to what they need and public resources are then sought for further help to the owner, such as medical and dental services, to enter into housing again with their pet. The lack of services noted can then be addressed with policy changes.Check out the link to Homeless with Pets to see how you can get involved.

Our Second Guest Evelina Molina talks about her work with community engagement with County law enforcement, beginning with her interest in the plight of non-documented immigrants.  She talks about the push to get a park named for Andy Lopez, the 13-year old boy who was killed by Sheriff Deputy Gelhoff within seconds of his encounter, mistaking a toy gun for a real gun, in spite of years as an Army weapons instructor n Afganistan and Iraq. We discuss the recent controversy over the inclusion of a large police officer image helping a child in the newly unveiled commissioned mural is discussed. Since Sheriff Freitas, a supporter of Donald Trump in his successful campaign for President, was one of the first Sheriffs in the nation to meet with the new US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and because of the handling of the Andy Lopez case, Evelina has joined the Community Action Coalition of Sonoma County to their campaign to gather signatures for a petition called Dump Trump's Sheriff - Recall Freitas Campaign, and table at the Wednesday Night Farmers' Market in Santa Rosa
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5/29/17 WSA170529

Police Brutality Coalition - Sonoma County
&
Green Party - CA and Sonoma County



 1.   Susan Lamont talks about the Poilice Brutality Coalition in Sonoma County and their support of an  investigation independent of the Sheriff Department in the recent taser killing by Rohnert Park Police of Branch Wroth at the Budget Inn. Branch's parents, who  are seeking answers. recently settled a lawsuit over the police brutally tasering another son Esa Wroth 23 times while bookiung him on a DUI arrest in the Sonoma County Jail run by the Sheriff. Susan also is on the Green Party Council and will join our next guest on talking about the Green Party.

About our First Guest:  Susan Lamont is a regular guest and a political activist. She co-authored a petition to the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County and to the city councils in the county titled: It Won't Happen Here - Sonoma County Resistance to the Trump Agenda. The Police Brutality Coalition was founded becauses of the increasing incidents in the county by those brought together by Sheriff deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez four years ago.  Andy Lopez's classmates are graduating this year from high school.
 
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2. June Brashares talks about the local emphasis of the Greens in Sonoma County. The Green Party of Sonoma County supports Yes on Mesaure C (Rent Control) ion the ballot for the City of Santa Rosa, and June talks about the spending disparity of 8 to 1 against the Measure by outside money forces. Will the many glossy Mailers urgin a No vote "by those that know" win over the volunteer efforts of knocking on neighbors' doors?

About our Second Guest:  June Brashsares was the Green Energy Director of Global Exchange in San Francisco before moving to Sonoma County.  June has been acitive clean energy advocacy.

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3.  Laura Wells shares her insights on the future of the Greens in California and discusses with June Brasahares and Susan Lamont the local county Green efforts.

About our Second Guest: Laura Wells has run as the Green Party's nominee for the State Controller and for the Governor of Califorina
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5/22/17 WSA170522

Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock
&
North Bay Jobs with Justice

 1.   Cami Courtright shares her journey to active involvement with drawing attention to the Standing Rock movement to protect the water and Native American Tribal rights. She brings us up to date with the move to encourage banks and other investments tools to divest from the Dakota Access Pipe Line (DAPL) venture that is causing the environmental damage and potentially much more to major water sources.

About our First Guest:  Cami Courtright obtained her master's degree in sociology with an emphasis in gender and cultural studies. In 2000 she volunteered at a Women's Health Education Resource Center on a Native American reservation in South Dakota. She also has worked in a women's shelter for abused women on a reservation and in the area of alcohol and drug addiction with various populations including working with Native American women. Cami currently works as a behaviorist for a progressive agency which serves the special needs population. Additionally she has written a humorous blog about her home town (Sebastopol) and recently was invited to be a columnist for Sonoma West Times

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2. Mara Ventura describes the mission of Jobs with Justice and how she rose to the leadership position in the local North Bay chapter. She updates us with recent achievements in the current Good Jobs and Zero Waste Campaign, including the signing of a Teamster Union Contract with the Ratto Group providing Recycle and Waste Services to Santa Rosa. 

About our Second Guest: Mariela (Mara) Ventura hails equally from both coasts but has spent the last 10 years organizing on immigration, education, and worker's rights in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Colombia and brought here as an infant, Mara is a proud queer immigrant and very actively involved in her community. Mara has her BA in Sociology and is deeply committed to social justice and grassroots direct-action organizing. As the lead organizer for North Bay Jobs with Justice, Mara spends the majority of her time helping build a bridge between issues the community is addressing and fights workers are having to win improvements in their workplaces/industries.
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5/15/17 WSA170515

Mother's Day and the State of Mothers in the USA

Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad highlights some of the original ideas of Julia Ward Howe on Mother Day, as well as those of other women activists at the time. Dr. Fraad then talks about the current situation of mothers in the USA and the mixed messages of the worth of the mother by policy makers who make it difficult for mother's to nurture their children with decreasing income and social resources.  The effect on men is also discussed

See the show's archive page for links and more information about the guest.
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5/1/17 WSA170501

 1.  Guest Annie Dobbs-Kramer talks about Measure C submitted for the June Ballot by the City of Santa Rosa on Rent Stabilization. "No on Measure C" has been headlined by six large mailers to date, which indicates a lot of money behind stopping this Measure. Do renters often holding many jobs to make the rent and food each month have the time or money to support ads for Measure C? 
 NBOP states on their website About Us:  We are a power organization. works - in collaboration with working people, congregations, environmentalists, neighborhood organizations, young Latino professionals, youth who are eager to lead, but lack venues, progressive organizations, immigrant rights organizations and unions - we seek effective ways to address the divide. We know that no matter how hard poor people work without organizing for structural change the conditions that keep them poor will continue."

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2. Announcements and Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on the Science Marches and the Climate Marches the end of April. 

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3.  Guest Susan Lamont Susan updates us on the petition she  co-authored to the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County and to the city councils in the county titled: It Won't Happen Here - Sonoma County Resistance to the Trump Agenda. Susan talks about the forming Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO)out of the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Sheriff Deputy Gelhof in October 2013 after 3 years of community voluntary engagement to press for oversight of the Sheriff's Office.  Susan will discuss the firing of a local activist Attorney Alicia Ramon who was selected to serve as Chairperson of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) but  was “fired” by the IOLERO Director Jerry Threet last month.

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4/24/17 WSA170424

Featuring Guests:

Guest 1. Joy Regan started her company, WomenWalking: Walking Partners for Women, because of her life and work experiences: as a mediator, a single parent and the desire for community connection. As a single mom, Joy and her kids moved to a town where they didn’t know anyone. Working, getting home tired, parenting her kids, Joy wanted friends which motivated her to begin Women Walking. Joy loves to share what she’s learned about walking, listening, connection and the joy of being in community with women. WomenWalking is the “get outside to walk” movement of and for women who want to walk with one walking partner.

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Guest 2.  Barbara Moulton is a volunteer with and Co-leader of Citizens' Climate Lobby--Santa Rosa chapter. In the early 2000's, she started biking for transportation out of an ever-increasing concern about global warming and fossil fuel pollution. She served on the board of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition for a couple of years, and has served on the Santa Rosa Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board since 2009. In 2013 Barbara and her husband Tom Helm, now both retired, discovered Citizens' Climate Lobby, which is working towards passing Carbon Fee & Dividend legislation at the national level. Citizens' Climate Lobby is now her main focus. Barbara encourages folks to check out the actions of the local chapters of Citizenss' Climate Lobby.  Barbara will be marching in the upcoming People's Climate March this Saturday. Check for a march near you to participate in.

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4/17/17 WSA170417

Commentary: The use of "Mother-of-all-bombs" to describe the 11-ton MOAB  (officially Massive Ordnance Air Blast) is an affront on all mothers.

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Featuring Guests:

1. Marjorie Helm, LCSW, Co-organizer, First annual Petaluma Community Engagement Fair

2.  Dr. Amanda Morrison ,Coordinator of SRJC Petaluma’s Intercultural Center and Chair of North Bay Organizing Project’s Education Justice Task Force

Guest  1.  Marjorie Helm talks about what led her to her involvement in planning the First annual Petaluma Community Engagement Fair to happen on May 7, 2017.  Margie is politically active in Petaluma and co-founded a cross-cultural celebration of El Dia de los Muertos now entering its 17th year. She was honored 2 years ago as Social Worker of the year for Sonoma County and 6 years ago as Petaluma Citizen of the Year. Ms. Helm came out of retirement after the election to work preserving and protecting human rights.
She is a founding member of the Petaluma Community Relations Council (PCRC) and Co-coordinator with her husband Chip Atkins of the Petaluma Community Engagement Fair to occur Sunday May 7, 12:00pm – 4:00pm. It is FREE.
PCRC and other co-sponsors are bringing together local community groups, faith based organizations and nonprofits, with volunteers and activists to encourage, celebrate and increase civic engagement in Petaluma.

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Guest 2.  Dr. Amanda Morrison went to high school at Santa Rosa High, college at UC Santa Cruz, and completed a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, which includes degree specializations in Mexican American Studies and popular culture studies. She has taught ethnic studies and anthropology classes at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and Sonoma State University. In addition to her academic work, she has published articles on popular music and the arts in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Oakland Tribune, and other newspapers. She recently took a full-time position as Coordinator of SRJC Petaluma’s Intercultural Center which is known as “Our House.” Her passion is helping facilitate deep conversations about race and inequality. To this end, Dr. Amanda Morrison has begun advocating for more ethnic studies classes at SRJC and, in her work as Chair of North Bay Organizing Project’s Education Justice Task Force, she’s involved in the campaign to push for ethnic studies in local middle and high schools.
Amanda announces the upcoming We the Future Social Justice Conference at the SRJC Petaluma campus on Friday April 28, 2017 from 8am to 6pm.

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4/10/17 WSA170410

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on one issue:

1.  IOLERO Community Advisory Committee (CAC) of Sonoma County handling of complaints against the Sheriff's Office and CAC disagreement met with firing of the Committee President Alicia Ramon.  Elaine reads the statement she made at the meeting of CAC on 4/3/17  IOLERO and its CAC were set up by the County in response to the Sonoma County Sheriff Deputy killing of an unarmed 13-year old boy Andy Lopez, on which many shows of Women Spaces have dealt with in interviews.

Guest  1.  Janeen Murray gives us an update on the progress GoLocal has made in the Sonoma County market and in educating the consumers. Janeen serves as the representative of GoLocal on The Sonoma County Food System Alliance (SCFSA), and she talks about the benefits gained through the Made Local  campaign to the SCFSA.

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Guest 2. Kathleen Riley Bennett talks about the benefits of belonging to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the local gatherings the AAUW facilitates, including book readings, which is she likes as a former librarian and radio broadcast reader for the blind.

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4/3/17 WSA170403

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on two issues:

1.  Defunding of Planned Parenthood through Vice-President Pence's vote to break the tie in the U.S. Senate.

2. IOLERO Community Advisory Committee of Sonoma County handling of complaints against the Sheriff's Office and CAC disagreement met with firing of the Committee President Alicia Ramon. IOLERO and its CAC were set up by the County in response to the Sonoma County Sheriff Deputy killing of an unarmed 13-year old boy Andy Lopez, on which many shows of Women Spaces have dealt with in interviews.

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Featuring Guests:

1. Jerilyn Stapleton, President, CA State Region, NOW National Organzation of Women

Guest  1.  Jerilyn Stapleton was already a union activist working on wages, working conditions and the image of women and minorities in film and TV as Co-Chair of the AFTRA Women’s Committee when she joined the Los Angeles Chapter of NOW. She founded the Hollywood Chapter of NOW and is at present the President of the California NOW coordinating the chapters in the state.  Jerilyn talks about the history of NOW and the present issues facing women.

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Guest  1.  Connie Codding shares how she as a mother began her interest in and support of Planned Parenthod, and how important girls and young women learn that the right to choose on matters concerning her body was won only after a long struggle and not to be taken for granted.

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Guest 2.   Dotty LeMeiux has led many campaigns for public office and share the biggest obstacle to winning for a woman is for her to choose to run.  Now is the time for potential candidates to make their decision to run for the 2018 election.

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3/20/17 WSA170320

Guest  1.  Vesta Copestakes discusses the need for communication with each other over community issues and realize the importance of passing the need for vigilant protection of hard gained rights for women to the new generations who may assume that such rights were always present.

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Guest 2.   Zoe Nicholson talks about her act of fasting for 37 days in Springfield, Illinoiss in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982 and how it helped her to understand the soul committment of Alice Paul to the Women's Suffrage Movement one hundred years ago.  Zoe talks about Alice Paul's unwavering passion for Equality under the Law.  Zoe has produced an interactive website devoted to Miss Alice Paul to help the overcome the censorship of her contributions to the furthering of women;s rights from history books by rival political factions.

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3/13/17 WSA170313

Remembering Lady LIberty, Mother of Exiles, and her poetess Emma Lazarus, whose poem The New Colossus helped raise money for the Statue of Liberty.

Guest  1.  Alicia Sancez reports on the Day Without Women March in Santa Rosa on International Women's Day of March 7th and puts it into perspective of many decades of struggle for women's rights, civil rights and workers' rights. Alicia, as President of the Radio KBBF Board of Directors,  announces an event Immigration Forum on Saturday March 18th, noon - 4pm at the Carpenter's Hall next to the Radio KBBF studio at 1700 Corby Ave, Santa Rosa, CA.

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Guest 2.   Martha Wheelock is a writer, producter, film director and efducator.  Her latest film is a portrait of the suffrage martyr, Inez Milholland, famous for her rallying appearance at the women suffrage marches on her white horse.  Martha is making the video available for Women's Spaces listeners at her website for a free download.

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3/6/17 WSA170306

Guest 1. Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director of the National Women's History Project, recounts some of the struggles for the country to acknowledge the valuable contribution of Women's History. Molly shares some of the stories of the honorees of NWHP this year 2017 with the theme “Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business.”

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Guest 2.   Barbara "Dusty" Roads is one of the NWHP 2017 Honorees.  She shares her journey to the skies as an attendant, since becoming a pilot was prohibited to women at the time.  Dusty led the fight for women's rights while on the job as a flight attendant, inspired by Eleonor Roosevelt whom she served and talke with on a flight, organizing with the Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association (ALSSA)  union to erase the age limit of 32 for stewardesses.  Dusty eventually became a lead lobbyist for ALSSA.

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Guest 3.  Elaine Rock is an historian and is in the process of gathering 2 years of inerviews with Barbara "Dusty" Roads. Elaine will help fill in the details for Dusty and share why she was attracted to write this biography.

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2/27/17 WSA170227

Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
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Feminism and Class Struggle

Guest  1.  Nancy Rogers shares how she became so passionate for helping youth enter college, coming from Arkansas and finding ways to go to college and further educate herself.  Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow  provides support to local youth programs, mentoring and scholarships for high school and college students. Nancy and her husband Harold Rogers are the founders of the Martin Luther King Juneteenth Community celebration in Santa Rosa, which Is celebrating their 46th year in June. They also own Red Rose Catering in Santa Rosa.

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Guest 2.  Dr. Harriet Fraad visits us at our Radio KBBF Santa Rosa studio from New York and shares with us the rise of feminism in the USA, its successes, and how it failed to incorporate class struggle in the feminist movement. 42% of children are now born outside of marriage, and women suffer the least equality among the richer nations. Dr. Fraad was pleased to the Women's March in January 2017 demonstrated that women and men can work together and not see themselves as adversaries, and build those vital social connections for their mental health and their community's mental health.

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2/20/17 WSA172020

Guest  1.  Jennifer Schallert shares her journey as a mother of 2 boys into active partipation in democracy at the local level. Jenn as a volunteer joined the Integrated Voter Engagement Team of NBOB to register voters in neglected areas of the county. Emboldened by the large turnout for the Women's March in January, Jenn announces a free Happy Hour called:  Powerful Women Reuniting, from the March to Our Future, to bring about conversation and networking between local politicians and women in the community.  The link to the event is on the show's archive page.

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Guest 2.    Jolene Strange talks of her journey to the forefront of the medical cannabis and recreational cannabis entry into the commercial market.  Jolene joined the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Growers Association and professionally helps growers to enter the legal but highly regulated market.  Jolene talks about the hastily decided Measure A offered to the voters in the county by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) without any opposition printed in the Voter Pamphlet Guide for the ballot of March 7, 2017.  The county needs a funding source for the new land use regulation passed by the BOS in December 2016, and hopes to sqeak by with majority vote for the General Fund tax measure.  Yet the voices of patients and current growers supplying the medicine to patients were dealt severe restrictions and prohibitions from growing at their current locations, promising to raise prices of the medicine and disrupt communities and relationships formed around the implementation of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. The County was invited to take part in this radio discussion, but did not return calls. Links to the land use ordinance and tax measure are on the show's archive page.

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2/13/17 WSA170213

Guests Faith Ross and Gloria Robinson talk about Black History in Sonoma County and how they came to be active in the community to promote and share African American culture. Every year Black History Month Events are presented in February, which we will list below. Also the Petaluma Museum features this month Black Athletes - their challenges, triumphs, and impact on American Culture. 

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2/6/17 WSA170206

Human Conectedness and
the Health of the Nation - Part 2


Guest  1.  Dr. Harriet Fraad continues from where we left our discussion on our show of 12/19/16 to describe the importance of human connections in our life for personal and societal mental health.  Dr. Fraad lists the 4 legs of social connections which support healthy mental lives.

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1/30/17 WSA170130

Recap of the North Bay Community Engagement Fair at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sunday January 29, 2017

Guest  1.  Kimberley Kompel describes what moved her to march and what she experienced besides a sea of Pink Pussy Hats in the San Francisco part of the national Million Women March on January 21, 2017, the day after the Inaguration of Donald Trump as President of the USA. 

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Guest 2.  Alicia Ramon is the Chair of the new Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), Alicia is an attorney specializing in tenant rights, civil rights and personal injury claims, Alicia also currently represents clients suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Rosa Police Department, and Sebastopol Police Department concerning the seizure of vehicles. She was also active in seeking reconciliation for the killing of 12-year old Andy Lopez for carrying a toy rifle that appeared threatening to a Sheriff Deputy.  Alicia describes her path to being Chair of IOLERO and how IOLERO, as stated on its website, provides all members of the public with independent and effective review of complaints against the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, making policy recommendations to improve the responsiveness of the Sheriff’s Office to the community, and maintaining continual engagement with members of the public in Sonoma County.  Alicia reminds us that Sonoma County is not a "sanctuary county" and that the Sheriff's Office will most likely cooperate with the Federal ICE regarding undocumented residents.
Alicia is also a Board Member of Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. (BBFI), the non-profit foundation which holds the licenses  for Radio KBBF.

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1/23/17 WSA170123

Our first Guests Liz Schallerte and Marcell Smith call in  their report as participants in the Women's March on Washington in DC on January 21, 2017. Liz and Marcelle passionately share what motivated them to make the trip from Sonoma County to DC for this largest march in USA history, that occured simultaneously in cities around the USA and the world to show resistance to President Trump's agenda, especially concerning women and those they care for.

Our second Guests in the studio are Kerry Fugett and Jeannie Bates.  Kerry Fugett, prior to joining Sonoma County Conservation Action, worked as a Community Organizer for sustainable agriculture in Australia and managed a Social Responsibility program at an IT firm in San Francisco.  Jeannie Bates is a psychotherapist and member of the Santa Rosa Unitarian Universalist Church.   Kerry and Jeanie share why they are working together with over 60 organizations for the upcoming North Bay Community Engagement Fair at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2017. It is a free event with free parking to encourage residents to network and discover ways to build a caring democracy in the county. Event booths are still available by contacting the Guest Link

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1/9/17 The First Show of 2017
WSA170109

Guest  1.  Diane Wheeler has worked as a producer in the film industry for 20 years, creating independent and mainstream film and television projects. She has produced in New York, California, Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas. She has also founded, managed and contributed to non-profit work throughout her career - focusing on environmental issues, youth empowerment, education, and film arts and is now part of the Organize for Action (OFA) project in Sonoma County. Diane discusses how she was motivated to contribute her time to OFA, which is committed to finding and training the next generation of effective progressive organizers. OFA is a 501(c)(4) orgnaization that can advocate for legislation but not for political candidates and was founded by Barack and  Michelle Obama and supporters during the 2008 campaign for President.

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Guest 2.  Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County's Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. Susan co-authored a petition to the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County and to the city councils in the county titled: It Won't Happen Here - Sonoma County Resistance to the Trump Agenda. Susan discusses the concerns the petitioners have for protecting the human rights of all in the county

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12/19/16 The Last Show of 2016
 WSA161219

Human Conectedness and
the Health of the Nation - Part 1


Guests  1.  Dr. Harriet Fraad describes the importance of human connections in our life fo personal and societal mental health.  Opiate addiction, mass killings, and rising suicide rates all indicate change is needed and Dr. Fraad helps us see the patterns of disease and recovery.  See the show of 2/6/17 for Part 2,

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12/12/16 WSA161212

Guests Karen Hudson and Jana McClelland discuss the challenges of holding to the mission of the campaign to ban GMOs from being cultivated in Sonoma County, Measure M on the past month's ballot.  Many volunteer hours went into this victory.

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Our third guest  Meleiza Figueroa discusses the recount spearheaded by Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party Presidential Candidate, and the problems presented with electronic voting machines and different states' policies.
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12/5/16 WSA161205

Guest  1.  Gloria LaFlamme helped organized the Santa Rosa March in support of the Standing Rock Water Protectors on Sunday 12/4/16. Gloria reports that an estimated 400 people silently marched, guardedly celebrating the temporary victory in halting the Dakota Access Pipe Line.

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Guest 2.  Ayin Weaver discusses her new novel Bleed Through, following four families through a couple of hundred hears. Four cultures are represented: Jewish American, Native American, Irish American, and African American. Ayin is also a member of the ArtFlare Women Artist Collective and announces a new show on December 10 and 11 from 10am-5pm:  Altar Art Show at the collective's studio 3840 Finley Ave. Santa Rosa, CA.
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Guest  1.  Susan Lamont talks about her exposure to social activsim at an early age through her parents.  She updates us on the Police Brutality Coalition's work in Sonoma County after the brutal 5-hour beating frenzy of prisoners by Sheriff Deputies at the County Jail were exposed

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Guest 2.  Dr. Harriet Fraad assesses the overall health of the USA with its lead in the world with mass killings, opiate addiction, and family breakup. She presents 3 of the 4 legs of social connectedness that are needed for a healthy identity.
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11/21/16 WSA161121

Standing Rock Water Protectors

Guest  1.  Cynthia Quinn describes how her grandmother kept the Yurok traditions alive, and she in turn for her daughter, and her daughter awoke her to the urgency of the situation in Standing Rock and their need to visit the scene of resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).  Cynthia's grandmother's teachings came alive in that community of Water Protectors that greeted them at Standing Rock.

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2.  Bonnie Petty shares how those fighting for a living working wage felt the need to show solidarity and joined the demonstration supporting Standing Rock in downtown Santa Rosa on November 11, 2016.

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3.  Dr. Loi Medvin reports on the For All Our Relations Standing Rock Benefit supporting the Water Protectors facing off the Dakota Access Pipeline that occured o Nov.6th.  Over $30,000 was raised at the benefit at the Sebastopol Grange.

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4.  Rev. Margaret Flick leads us into centering ourselves as we deal with our national ordeal.
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11/14/16 WSA161114

Guest  1.  Dotty E. LeMieux has successfully  run campaigns for progressive women and was a Bernie Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention.  Dotty shares with us her insights on the recent election.

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2.  Medea Benjamin shares how her passion for peace began in the sixties and continued building for her run for the California Senate as a Green in 2000 and the founding of CodePink for social activism.  Medea discusses her new book Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection.  Medea will be speaking in the area.

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11/7/16 WSA161107

Guest  1.  Gina Huntsinger talks about the programs for youth at the Schulz Museum, One program introduces children to voting by voting for Charlie Brown, Lucy or another of Charles Schulz's characters.

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2.  Amanda Raimen continues from our interview on October 24 the explanation of the Proposition 64, Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA).  To remove cannabis from the list of state contraband would mean that marijuana smell could not be used as reason for search of one's person and property in California, but that penalties still exist,though decreased, for those younger than the age of 21 if those young people are caught possessing, selling or cultivating any amount of the plant. Growing the plants would invite such liabilities regarding young people, which parents need to be aware of before cultivating the plants.
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10/31/16 WSA161031

 Guest 1.  Reese Foxen shares her journey with library books from her grandmother's lending library at a local grocery store to employee and volunteer. Guest 2. Deborah Doyle also has bonded to libraries and was instrumental in the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library campaign to build the new library and create a protected source of funding for the renovation and modernization of the branches in San Francisco.  Both Reese and Deborah share the imporance of supporting the Measure Y sales tax measure to raise funds for the library to cover the rising expenses.  The old measure structure limited the library funding  to a small % of the property taxes, which decreased with The Great Recession of 2007 that is still burdening our economy.  This Measure Y benefits especially the children and those without wifi for internet access to read books, to touch them, to know they are there and there are more.

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Guest 3. Dr. Loi Medvin talks of how the Water Protectors at Standing Rock spurred he to produce the Sunday Benefit on Sunday in Sebastopol at the Grange in Sonoma County.  Gurest 4. Anika Salguerro shares how she was pulled to visit Standing Rock and join the Water Protectors for one week, from where she recently came.  It was raining the day of the interview on Monday, and we saw it as a blessing and reminder of the sacredness and preciousness of water that can be drunk be part of ou body and our children's and children's children's bodies to 7 generations and more.  The family friendly event will include tables for non-profits and silent auction items, for which you can contact Dr. Loi Medvin at (707) 695-7888. Drop off blankets for the cold Dakota winter and supplies. Prayer and music united for taking care of us.
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Guest 1.  Vanessa Nava is the first of her family that immigrated from Mexico to enter college. She is a student at the Santa Rosa Junior College in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program. Vanessa discusses the upcoming North Bay Discovery Day on October 29th at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds from 10am to 4pm (Free for all ages).  The event is meant to encourage children to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.

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Guest 2.  Amanda Raimen is Drug Policy Alliance's Manager of Marijuana Law and Policy, and she discusses the benefits of passing Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), comparing it to the present prohibiton of marijuana as contraband. 
The interview was cut in half by telephone reception difficulties and will be continued in 2 weeks on Nov. 7th.
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10/17/16 WSA161017

Guests 1.  and 2. Guadalupe De La Cruz and Pat Christiansen are on the Volunteer Center's Call 2-1-1 staff and talk about the help line to find county resources.  They help folks find shelter and food pantry listings, education and employment opportunities and much more.  One needs only to dial 211 on the phone for direct connection, or one can call 1-800-325-9604 for fast, free, and confidential referrals.

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Guest 3. Lynda Hopkins is one of two final candidates, both women, on the ballot for the 5th District Supervisor of Sonoma County. This will be the first time that the County Supervisors will have a majority of women on the Board. Lynda is the owner with her husband of Foggy River Farm in the Russian River Valley supplying locally-grown organic produce. Lynda has her Masters Degree in Stanford's Earth Systems Program in coastal ecosystems and land use policy. She is a policy advocate on behalf of small family farms. Lynda is the mother of two children.  She discusses what sets her apart from the other candidate, who was interviewed last week on Women' Spaces with the same questions.

Both candidates were asked a surpise question on the regulation of the medical cannabis industry in the county.
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10/10/16 WSA161010

Guests 1.  Julie Combs and 2. Ann Seeley discuss the need for the two council approved Measures O and N toward the very end of the long ballot for November 8, 2016. For Measure O, the City Council wishes to amend the General Fund baseline requirement to remove the set dollar amounts under Measure O, and replace them with a set percentage of the General Fund budget to provide more flexibility to ensure equal treatment for Police, Fire and Gang Prevention/Treatment.  The Police and Fire under the original formula received funding at the cost of Gang Prevention/Treatment.  Measure N extends the 1/4 cent sales tax to fund city services.

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Guest 3. Teri Shore discusses the need for protecting the farm and natural greenf spaces between cities in the county, while allowing sustainable urban growth.  Measure K renews the Community Separators protections for another 20 years.

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Guest 4. Noreen Evans is one of two final candidates, both women, on the ballot for the 5th District Supervisor of Sonoma County. This will be the first time that the County Supervisors will have a majority of women on the Board.  Noreen has served two Santa Rosa City Council terms before being elected to be State Senator, and chosen to be the Majority Whip.  Noreen, who is an attorney with a JD degree, is the first woman to receive the Defender of Justice Award from the Judicial Council of California.  Noreen is also a mother of three children and lives in Sebastopol.  She discusses what sets her apart from the other candidate, who will be interviewed next week on Women' Spaces with the same questions.
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10/3/16 WSA161003


Guest 1. Thea Hensel discusses the 8-year old campaign to set aside a CalTrans Project for a Greenway designed with public input.  CalTrans has freed the land and the City of Santa Rosa has held one meeting in August.  The residents of Sonoma County are invited to voice their input at a  a second and final community-planning workshop where they will have the opportunity to weigh in on the land use and circulation alternatives for the Greenway developed from the first workshop in August.

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Guest 2. Lois Perlman has written a one-woman play Last of the Red Hot Tenants and will perform it in Guerneville on Friday October 14 at the Blue Deer Gallery at 7pm.  Lois discusses how she got to learn about the woman in San Francisco who resisted gentrification of her neighborhood.
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9/26/16 WSA160926

   Guests 1. Veronica Jacobi shares her  plan for representing the 10th District in the State Assembly, with emphasis on water sustainability, wildfire preparedness, and good jobs for good climate.

Guest Link: http://ronijacobi.com/

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Elaine read two of her poems.

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9/19/16 WSA160919

 Guests 1. Nancy Burrington and  2. Juanita Roland discuss the mission of the League for Women Voters and their in depth analysis of the issues at the local, state and national level, realizing the issues are complex when dealing with so many people. 

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Guests 3. and 4.  Evelina Molina and Fabiola Razo talk about the Latino highlights for this year's annual Gala and Wings Over Wine Country airshow that benefits the Pacific Coast Air Museum. Fabiola is new to the air having taken a heliocopter lesson recently. The Gala Fundraiser Dinner is the evening of September 23, 2016 and the Air Show is on Saturday and Sunday.

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9/12/16 WSA160912

Guest 1.  Christina Diaz shares with us the medical resources available to low income folks through the Petaluma Health Center and its affiliate Rohnert Park Health Center.  Christina announces the Binational Health Fair for the Rohnert Park Health Center, at the venue at 150 St. Joseph Way, Cotati, CA on Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 1 to 5 PM.

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Guest 2.  Guest 1.  Christina Diaz shares with us the medical resources available to low income folks through the Petaluma Health Center and its affiliate Rohnert Park Health Center.  Christina announces the Binational Health Fair for the Rohnert Park Health Center, at the venue at 150 St. Joseph Way, Cotati, CA on Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 1 to 5 PM..
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9/5/16 WSA160905

Guest 1.  Lisa Maldonado talks about the influence of unions on the American workplace and in the world, as well as the recent wins for Sonoma County public employees to gain $15 minimum wage and in the state legislature for overtime pay for farmworkers in spite of opposition by Sonoma County local assemblyman Jim wood and state senator Mke McGuire.

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Guest 2.  Shekeyna Black looks back on her first year as Center Coordinator of the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa and announces a PJC Concert in the Hub on Saturday September 10 at the Plaza Park in Cotati from 11:30am to 5pm.
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8/29/16 WSA160829

Guests  Jan Schiller, a retired teacher,  and Linda Hemenway discuss the work of Organizing for Action.  Organizing for Action is a group of community organizers that work on both national and local issues. On August 11th with the help of Veterans groups, government agencies, faith based communities, non-profits, and other community groups and elected officials OFA hosted the Veterans Housing Crisis Summit at the Palms Inn in Santa Rosa, whose landlord recently converted the Inn to a Homeless Shelter for Veterans.

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Our third guest Noelle Hanrahan talks about her journey in founding Prison Radio, an independent multimedia production studio that features journalists in prison, the most famous being Mumia Abul-Jamal. 

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8/22/16 WSA160822


 Guest 1.   Beatrice "BJ" Blanchard talks about the work of the Commission on the Status of Women in the County and how residents of the county can get involved.  A special event will take place this Saturday to celebrate and educate on the hard-won right to vote for women.

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Guest 2.  Molly Murphy McGregor talks about the National Women's History Project work and how far women have come to realize parity with men as we celebrate Women's Equality Day this coming August 26th.

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Guest 3. Marion Aid talks about the National Organization for Women (NOW) and its work through the Chapter in Sonoma County, that holds monthly meetings in Santa Rosa at the Round Table Pizza at Guerneville and Marlow.
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8/15/16 WSA160815

Guest 1.    Lynette Shaw, the Godmother of Medical Cannabis, describes her journey and mentors like Jack Herer, Dennes Peron and Dr. Tod Mikuriya, MD, whom she met on the way to the passing of Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, and the further 18 years of perservering through federal DEA harrassment and economic deprivations until her Ninth Circuit Court victory in April 2016 for herself and all medical cannabis dispensaries. Lynette reminds us of the  HIV epidemic in this state and nation in the 1980s and 1990s and the arrests of HIV patients in hospital rooms just for possession of a couple of joints of marijuana to ease their pain and discomfort from the pharmaceuticals used to treat the auto-immune disease and its subsequent diseases from a compromised immune system. During all these years Lynette has helped military veterans handle their PTSD with cannabis and is co-founder with Veteran Army Sgt. Aaron Augustis of Veterans Cannabis Group in Marin County, California.

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Guest 2.  Kathy Lehman joins Lynette in the studio to discuss why she is a member of the Veterans Cannabis Group and how cannabis has helped her as a Vietnam War Army veteran cope with PTSD, in spite of the prohibition of cannabis in the Veterans Administration.  Kathy also sheds light on how so many veterans became addicted to heroin in Vietnam, contracted Hepatitis and were given dishonorable discharges from the army, many becoming homeless.

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8/8/16 WSA160808

Guest 1.   Vesta Copestakes discusses the historical year of having the choice to vote for the first major party woman candidate for President of the USA and  importance of doing one's own research on the political candidates.  For the local 5th District County Supervisor seat, two women are on the ballot and they have agreed to participate in the Sonoma County Gazette online forum . See the show's archive page for links.

Guest 2.  Aisha Jill Morgan, a convert to Islam, shares some key principles of Islam, and how, to address concerns of the heated political rhetoric about Muslims, the Interfaith Council of Sonoma County (ICSC) worked with the county's Commission on Human Rights to pass the Resolution of June 28, 2016
to request the County Board of Supervisors to declare its committment to fostering friendly relations with our Muslim neighbors and celebrating the contributions of members of the Islamic Community.  Aisha announces ICSC/Of One Soul event Across the Interfaith Table on Sunday, Auguste 28,  2:30 - 8pm,

Guest 3. Therese Mughanum is actively involved in the ICSC project Of One Soul.  Therese is a native Palestinian Christian and member of the North Coast Coalition for Palestine. She discusses the benefits of keeping communications open between faiths and cultures.

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8/1/16 WSA160801

Guest 1.  Jackie Barr, a Class of 2016 high school graduate from Sonoma County and a California Delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Convention, reports on her experience from her committment to Bernie's campaign and to convening with the delegates for Hilary Clinton for eventual party unity under a Pary platform influenced by Bernie but to be led by Clinton. 

Guest 2.  Liz Uribe and her husband Mario founded Art Start, an award winning 501c(3) non-profit organization supporting youth learning the professional skills of an artist with the media of public art. A Party for Art will be held on Friday August 5 from 6 to 10 pm to raise funds for ArtStart at the ArtStart Studio in Santa Rosa, CA,

Guest 3. Julie Combs reports on the recent homelessness emergency measures taken by the Santa Rosa City Council, including a letter to the Governor asking for funds to ease the situation.
 
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7/18/16 WSA160718

Guest 1.  Amy Hoyt Bennett discusses the mission of the Citizens Climate Lobby and its achievements.

Guest 2.  Karen Nyhus discusses the recent police killings of suspects based on racial profiling and the killings of police officers.  Karen is organizing a silent one-hour vigil in Petaluma to end white silence on police brutality against people of color on July 21st.  Karen is also part of a theatre group presenting a skit at the Petaluma Progressive Festival on July 31, 2016 about the Sonoma County Jail beatings of more than 20 inmates in May of 2015 by the Sheriff's prison guards.

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7/11/2016 WSA160711

Guest Kandis Nelson, who on last Friday evening organized a vigil protest in Santa Rosa against the violence due to prejudiced police officers, shares her insights of the recent police killings of Black civilians and the killings of the five police officers by a Black army veteran of the war in Afghanistan that went viral over social media.  Kandis hosts Heru Network meetings at the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County.

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7/4/2016 WSA160704

Guest 1.  Judy Kennedy recounts the dismay at seeing the mural honoring local community activists streaked with grafiti from rival gangs in the area and rallying the community for support in making the mural wall presentable for the annual Juneteenth Celebration which was to occur with the stage using the mural as a backdrop.  The temporary fix Judy came up with used poster size copies of the  photos of the honorees in the mural (See photo below.) The mural is now being restored by the original artist with a grant that will fund apprentices in the Art Quest program.

Guest 2.  Ilana ”Sugar” Laytart discusses the increasing participation of women in what has become a male-dominated cannabis industry.  Women Grow was founded a year ago for women to network and encourage each other as they transform the industry and will celebrate its first anniversary on July 7, 2016 with a special Networkng Event that will honor Lynette Shaw, the Godmother of Cannabis, for her 18 years of persevering in her healing work amidst the stress of fighting the Federal government in the courts until she was vindicated earlier this year in an historic victory against the DEA raiding medical cannabis dispensaries.
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6/27/2016 WSA160627

Guest 1.  Evelina Molina talks about the coming 5th annual Oaxaca in the Winecountry Cultural Festival in Roseland.  It is a colorful and musical immersion into the ancient cultural traditions and flavors of Oaxaca, Mexico. On July 3.the festival begins at 11:30 am and lasts until 5 pm in Roseland, Santa Rosa.

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Guest 2.  Crystal Rangel founded the Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant celebrates is second year.  Crystal is also a former programmer on Radio KBBF, the first bilingual radio station founded in the nation.  She shares how she was inspired to use modeling as a means to encourage Latina women to excel, not held back by limits imposed by society. 

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Guest 3. Fabiola Razo is a contestant in the 2nd Annual Miss Latina Wine Country Pageant and a recent graduate with her BA in Women and Gender Sturdies at Sonoma State Universtiy. Fabiola describes how she was attracted to enter the contest and the benefits she has received from support in realizing the beauty and gifts she and the other contestants are bringing into the community as young Latina women.  Fabiola and the other contestants will make an appearance at the Oaxaca in the Wine Country Community Cultural Festival on July 3 as a prelude to the grand Pageant on July 10, 2016 at the Graton Rancheria from 4-6 pm.
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6/20/2016 WSA160620

Guest 1.  Denia Zamora-Candela recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a B.A. in Applied Statistics.  Denia did this as a North Bay Dreamer, an undocumented immigrant born in Acapulco, Guerrero,  Mexico.  Denia is one of the featured Dreamers in a series of films to be presented at the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights monthly meeting on June 28, 2016 at 5:30 pm.

Guest 2.  Laura Wells has run as the Green Party's nominess for the State Controller and for the Governor of Califorina.  She discusses the importance of Third Parties in a democracy, and voter registration as tool.
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6/13/16 WSA160613

Guest 1.  Nancy Rogers shares the history of this 46th annual celebration of both the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr (the event began before there was a holiday honoring Rev. King) and that June 19th in 1865 in Galvestorn, Texas, when those enslaved were set free by Union troops - 2-1/2 years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became official on January 1, 1863.  This year's festivities will on Saturday June 18th be at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Santa Rosa by the Fairgrounds, 10 AM to 8 PM. Check the guest link for list of performers, tourneys and sponsors.

Guest 2.  Vesta Copestakes discusses the bullying  that arises during the election cycle in urging fellow citizens vote a specific way while forgetting our common humanity.
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6/6/16 WSA160606

Guest 1.  Vesta Copestakes visited the Bernie Sanders Democratic Presidential Campaign Rally in Cloverdale, CA with her daughter and granddaughter on Friday and gives us a report.

Guest 2.  Sabrina Krauss also visited the Bernie Sanders Rally in Cloverdale and shares her impressions.

Guest 3.  Susan Kinder discusses the services provided by Restorative Resources to bring more understanding and compassion to the justice process for both victims and perpetrators

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5/30/16 WSA160530

Guest 1.  Krista McAtee talks of how she came to found Transformative Travel to as a means of "awakening, empowering and engaging hearts and minds of young adults for global healing through volunteer travel."
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Guest 2.  Dr. Jill Stein shares her campaign goals as the Presidential Candidate for the Green Party and comments on the issues dear to her.
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5/23/16 WSA160523

Guest 1.  Lynette Shaw shares how she earned her title as Godmother of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries with her dogged compassion and willingness to help patients in her 18 year long legal battle with the Federal Department of Justice and DEA.  Lynette with her attorneys were able to keep the doors open 11 years with appeals to President Clinton's administration's lawsuit, U.S. vs. Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana and Lynette Shaw, to close the first dispensary in California and the United States to receive a local permit.  Finally on April 12, 2016, after 5 years in seclusion for fear of reprisals by the DOJ against her colleagues and friends, Lynetter received word that the DOJ and DEA dropped their challenges after being berated by the 9th Circuit Judge for denying Lynette her Constitutional Rights as afforded by the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment that denied budgeting the DEA's attack on Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in those states like California that have laws protecting its use..

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5/16/16 WSA160516

Guest 1.  Stephanie Blair talks about how the homeless services began at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Santa Rosa and the recent relocation of the Living Room for Homeless Women, that grew from church member's response to a need to its own non-profit organization.  The Incarnation 100 will have its second annual Bike Ride on June 11, 2016, which offer three routes to take. See the information at the guest link to join in on the fun while benefitting these worthy services: The Living Room in Santa Rosa, Sunday Open Table in Santa Rosa, and St. Andrew's Food Kitchen in Guerneville.


Guest 2. Mercedes Kirkel shares how she began channeling messages from Mary Magdalene and how she could tell the difference between her other thoughts and the felt voice of Mary Magdalene.  Mercedes recounts the guidance she received to proceed with this work.
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5/9/16 WSA160509

  Guest 1. Carolyn Eppel, shares her journey from once holding a professorship to homelessness to now volunteering to organize Camp Michela, a homeless collective in Santa Rosa living out of tents at present in Roseland on Sebastopol Road at the theparking lot by the Dollar Tree Store.

Guest 2. Dr. Kimberely Ellis talks of the importance of women entering politics and shares how she  discovered this and prepared herself and others for such careers and give voice to women and their issues. Kimberely is campaigning to become the President of the California Democratic Party and explains the delegate appointment system of the California Democratic Party.
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5/2/16 WSA160502

Guest 1.  Karen Hudson and the volunteers of GMO-Free Sonoma County gathered 24,000 signatures to put the Sonoma County Transgenic Contamination Prevention Ordinance on the November ballot.  Howerver, Karen reports of a delay by the Board of Supervisors, which deemed a fiscal study was first in order and gives an update on how county residents can participate. 

Guest 2. Cynthia Stebbins, a former university -trained IT specialist, became homeless due to health issues and caring for her dying mother.  Cynthia shares her odyssey and also announces the march and rally before the Santa Rosa City Council on the plight of the homeless in the county that needs to be addressed with rent control, affordable housing and medical care, and living wages.

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4/25/16 The Show was a rebroadcast of the show presented on January 11, 2016:

WSA160111

Special Look into the Hearth
of the Civil Rights Struggle

Guest:  Donzaleigh Abernathy shares insights as the daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy growing up amidst the Civil Rights struggle meeting violent oppositon and what sustained and inspired her.

Donzaleigh Abernathy was the featured speaker at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Santa Rosa High School auditorium on Sunday, January 17, 2016.

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4/18/16 WSA160418

Guest 1.  Shekeyna Black shares with us events coming up at the Peace & Justice Center, including the annual Awards Celebration and Fundraiser this Saturday evening, April 23 from 5-10pm.  Shekeyna also had some live theatre to announce. See the archive page for links.

Guest 2. Dr, Jacqueline Lawrence shares what moved her to write and produce the musical The Spirit of Us, a play that retraces the slavery and the Underground Railway to freedom through songs
from Negro spirituals to Gospel, to Rap and Hip Hop,
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411/16 WSA160411

Guest 1. Felicia Accomazzo shares her journey with cannabis first as a casual smoker for relaxation then a few years later as a patient.  3 years ago at the age of 30 she was found to have a rare brain tumor and she decided to treat herself with cannabis extracts while being monitored by her neurologist. The California Compassionate Use Act of 1996 made it legal in the state to use cannabis for medical purposes. The latest scans have pleased the neurologist because of the shrinkage of the tumor.  Felicia with her organizational skills and healing passion has now teamed up with Mercy Wellness in producing the Elevated CCC conference this weekend, April 16-17 in Rohnert Park, CA.

Guest 2.  Elle Yung shares her journey with cannabis and the concern of dispensaries and patients and growers over the legal requlations that have recently been legislated in California and signed by the Governor into law as the  Medical Marijuana Regulations & Safety Act (MMRSA).  The new law came almost 20  years after the Compassionate Use Act was voted into law by California citizens. What started as a seed dream of the folks at Mercy Wellness developed rapidly into a well-responded project that attracted speakers of of educational value to all involved, including Assemblyman Jim Woods who authored one of the 3 bills combined in MMRSA, and Lynnette Shaw, who opened the very first licensed California dispensary in 1997 and was recently vindicated in a federal appelate court decision.
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4/4/16 WSA160404

  Guest 1.  Marcia Singer talks of her journey as a soul sensitive person from graduate work in clinical psychology to her present channelling soul information with the Love Arts Foundation.  Marcia writes a column for the Upbeat Times called Word Play and considers herself to practice the first word she chose for the column, pronoia (the opposite of paranoia in that the universe is conspiring more good in your life.)
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3/28/16 WSA160328

March is National Women's Month

Guest 1.  Gloria Robinson has been active in Sonoma County since  moving from her childhood home in segregated Miami, Florida.  Gloria is one of the first appointed members to the County Commission on the Status of Women, where she coordinated the Women of Color Task Force.  She co-founded Petaluma Blacks for Community Development.  Gloria talks of her journey as child, wife, mother and citizen in becoming and remaining a community activist.
 

Guest 2. Dianna L. Grayer, PhD. applies her professional knowledge and passion to help people of the LGBT community in relationship matters and to shares her insights with the greater community in her new play: Private Lives, Private Lies, that will  be performing this coming weekend April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 7pm at the Graton Community Center in Graton.

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3/21/16 WSA160321

March is National Women's Month

Guest 1.  Nancy Rogers talks about being raised in the Deep South in Arkansas as a black woman in a small town in the 1960's, living segregated from white people, going to college and then taking a bus out to Santa Rosa, California in the 1970s to start a new life. She took the advice of a woman on that bus to always pray for answers and direction and is now a mother and grandmother of a growing and vibrant family. Nancy talks of the challenges young black students face and the help that Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow provides with scholarships.
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3/14/16 WSA160314


March is National Women's Month
Women in Radio


Guest 1.  Adrienne Lauby shares how the show Pushing Limits Radio came into being as a popular show on KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.  Adrienne was for a time housebound due to a chronic illness and listened to radio but found that no show was presenting issues related to her as a handicapped person.  When her health improved enough she petitioned KPFA for such a show, convincing the management of its need.  In October 2003 Pushing Limits Radio aired its first show.  Pushing Limits Radio broadcasts its half-hour show on KPFA, Berkeley, CA, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Fridays @ 2:30 PM and can be heard over the Pacifica Network
 
Guest 2. Minkoff "Minky" Chatoy talks of her journey to radio.  She likes to spark conversation to bring out what people are really passionate about. In this capacity, Minky sees herself as A Fool in the Forest, the name of her show based on the character of Shakespeare's play As You Like It.  Her show is broadcast over Radio KOWS 107.3 FM from Occidental, CA in Sonoma County.

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3/7/16 WSA160307

March is National Women's Month

Guest 1.  Molly Murphy MacGregor talks about the National Women's History Project and it's 2016 theme and honorees:  “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service
and Government”. Visit the guest link to see the list of honorees this year.
 
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Guest 2. Carol Singer, long time member of the Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), talks about the goals of NOW being important today and invites guests to visit the meeting and join the chapter in its activites in the county.

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2/29/16 WSA160229

March is Women's History Month

Amazing Women Pilots of World War II 

 Guest 1. Jeanne Slone is filling the void of history's recgognition of women who served the US in the military in WWII by authoring 3 books:  She Flew Bombers; She Built Ships; She Was An American Spy.  Jeane will speak at a benefit luncheon for AAUW on March 12, 2016 at the Church of the Roses in Santa Rosa.

Guest 2.  Kathleen Riley discusses the American Association of Universtiy Women, empowering women since 1881. AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.

Guest 3.   Lenita Marie Johnson discusses Black History Month and a recent performance at the Santa Rosa Community Baptist Church of The Spirit of Us - A Black History Musical Presentation
written and directed by a church member Jaqueline Lawrence. 



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2/22/16 WSA160222

Guest 1.   Congresswoman (Ret.) Lynn Woolsey talks about the mission of LiteracyWorks to help adults improve their literacy and basic learning skills for the workplace.  She shares her personal journey of a time when she needed public assistance as a young mother.  LiteracyWorks is seeking support and donations.

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Guest 2. Susan Hagen shares how she came to holding writing circles for women.  As a former firefighter upon seeing the news story immediately knew that she had to interview women who were involved in the 9/11 Trade Center rescue efforts so their contributions would not be lost to history amidst the male dominant narrative of the media news. She and co-author Mary Carouba crafted the vision into the book Women at Ground Zero.
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2/15/16 WSA160215

Guest 1.   Faith Ross discusses the bridges of understanding being built in the north bay counties and her work with young people in leading them in dialoguing on racial issues. 
Faith announces some Black History Month events in Petaluma, Free and Open to the Public - click the archive link above for details.

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Guests 2. and 3. Nancy Wang and Judy Cheung join us to help us cheer on the Chinese New Year and discover 28 years of service of the the Redwood Empire Chinese Association in preserving preservation and sharing of Chinese culture, language, and heritage with the northern California community. 

The 100-foot long dragon along with smaller dragons and lions can be seen at the upcoming gala celebration and fundraiser on Saturday February 20th at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, doors opening at 5pm.

Click the archive link above for details of events and to hear the show.
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2/8/16 WSA160208

Black History Month: We present today's featured biography on Ida B. Wells

Economic Policies and Women's Well-Being
Guest:   Dr. Harriet Fraad, Psychotherapist, Author, discusses economic impacts on women from policy decisions since 1970,  She shares how egalitarian ideals had also to develop into behaviours in her own home with her husband of 50 years, the economist Dr. Richard Wolff.
Dr. Fraad and Dr. Wolff will speak together this Sunday February 14th at 2 pm in Sonoma at a Praxis Institute Event.

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2/1/16 WSA160201 

Black History Month: We describe its beginnings and present today's featured biography on Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, PhD (the 4th African-American woman to earn this title of Doctor of Philosophy). She lived from1858-1964;104 years of shining her light this life.

One Billion Rising Against Violence to Women
returns to SF Bay Area this upcoming Valentine's Day

Guest 1.   Katie Anderson talks about her personal odyssey to leading the organization of this year's annual One Billion Rising Against Violence to Women event on February 14th.  It coincides with events aournd the globe!

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1/25/16 WSA160125

The Status of Women in Sonoma County

Guest 1.   Jan Blalock talks of her path to becoming a Sonoma County Commissioner  on the Status of Women it's mission, its support for Planned Parenthood, and it's sponsorship of the upcoming annual One Billion Rising event on February 14th. 

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Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty

Guest 2Leslie Christianer discusses the Investors' State Settlement of the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) awaiting ratification by the US Congress.  Thisis a secret corporate tribunal that can override laws and regulations in the US.
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1/18/16 WSA160118

Homeless and Human in Sonoma County

Guests 1.  and 2.  Adrienne Lauby and Charlene Love share their experiences working with the homeless in Sonoma County.  Charlene herself became homeless through a health crisis when disability payments were not able to meet her rent. They put a human face and humanity in the "problem" from which so many people look away  and recommend folks to challenge their sense of identity and look the person in the eye and converse a bit to get to know them.  Homeless are people like you but in dire straits due to mostly situations beyond their control like unsustainable wages and illness.   Last year's count as this time numbered over 3,000 homeless. A Homeless Action sleepover and workshop is occuring at the Chanate Road former hospital site on 1/18/16 to 1/19/16 and possibly longer and they seek your participation as Sonoma County residents.

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1/11/16 WSA160111

Special Look into the Heart
of the Civil Rights Struggle

Guest 1.  Donzaleigh Abernathy shares insights as the daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy growing up amidst the Civil Rights struggle meeting violent oppositon and what sustained and inspired her.
Donzaleigh Abernathy will be the featured speaker at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Santa Rosa High School auditorium on Sunday, January 17 at 7 p.m.

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1/4/16 WSA160104

Guest 1.  Vesta Copestakes discusses the main news of 2015 concerning Sonoma County, which included homelessness and the lack of living wages.

Guests 2. & 3.  Amanda Moody and Melissa “Missy” Weaver talk about choosing their careers in theater, how they dealt with self esteem, and their collaboration in producing a play, Amanda reads a part from their play Serial Murderess now being presented at Main Stage West in Sebastopol. through January 17th.

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  2015  
12/28/15 WSA151228

Guest 1.  Magick Altman reads her poem on the Solstice and gives a Tarot Reading for people active in builiding community for 2016.

  Guests 2.  Ana Salgado talks about persevering in community causes as an immigrant from Mexico. Ana worked much for the Andy Lopez memorial.

Guest 3.  Julie Combs gives a 2015 wrap up report for the City of Santa Rosa with a nod to the influence of grassroots movements.  Julie announces her bid for election to a second term as City Councilperson.

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12/21/15 WSA151221

Guest 1.  Amanda Carles is an In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) care provider for her child and other medically challenged people of all ages but especially the elderly. She discusses the difficulties dealing with the Board of Supervisors holding the wages so low or raising them at the expense of losing the health benefits, while the Supervisors raised their own salaries to one of the highest in the state.

 Guests 2. Christi Camblor talks about the challenges and joys of her veterinarian career with Sonoma County Humane Society and the  organization Compassion Without Border that she co-founded and which provides free and low cost care to animals.

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12/14/15 WSA151215

Guest 1.  Sgt. Jeanne Krucker discusses the challenges and skills of being a woman in law enforcement.  She is the Coordinator of Coffee with a Cop event that happens around the city periodically so people can see we're all human and hopefully this will enter into split-second decisions on meeting one another in a confrontation.

 Guests 2. Gina Cuclis discusses the new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act that President Obama signed into law that rewrites No Child Left Behind law of incessant testing of students and gives power back to states and local school districts to determine how to improve troubled schools.
Gina takes this opportunity to announce her candidacy for First District Sonoma County Supervisor.

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12/7/15 WSA151207

Guest 1. Karen Hudson, Coordinator, GMO-Free Sonoma County, is working to gather 29,000 signatures on petitions circulating in the county  to qualify a new 2016 County Initiative for the ballot "Healthy Farms and Families" by March 2016.  Karen invites you to a Signature Gathering Day beginning with a half-hour training that will be held this Saturday Dec. 12 at 10:30 AM at SoCo Nexus in Rohnert Park. See the Guest Link for details. Karen reports on the health danger of using the herbicide gyphosate as the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer recently declared glyphosate to be  carcinogenic and the problems farmers have with pollen from GMO plants of neighboring farms contaminating their crops transgenically.

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 Music Break:  What Goes Around lyrics and music by Linda Ferro, from her CD Remember This (Amazon link for purchase)

 Guests 2. Shekeyna Black talks about Linda Ferro's artistry and the fundraising event to help her meet medical expenses that will happen this Saturday Dec. 12, 1 to 7 pm at Twin Oaks Tavern 5745 Old Redwood Highway in Penngrove.

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11/30/15 WSA151130

Guest 1. Susan Lamont updates us on a poltical guerilla theatre action in the Santa Rosa Mall on Friday 11/27/15 where before the shoppers a group supporting justice reenacted the torturous beatings over 5 hours by Sheriff Freitas' prison deputies of 20 inmates in the Sonoma County Jail 7 times , Sheriff Freitas denies the incident happened but refuses to release videos. Francisco Lozano videotaped the justice group's theatre and posted it to the KBBF FaceBook page.  Susan Lamont co-authored with Marni Wroth a Close to Home Op-Ed in the Press Democrat on 11/2/2015 called: Out of control and no end in sight.

 Guests 2. Joan Mahler and Gail Thomas discuss the opening of the new Sonoma West Medical Center to replace the Palm Hospital in Sebastopol and the support of the community rallied by Joan Mahler and her husband Dan Smith.

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11/23/15 WSA151123

Guest 1. Linda "Deer" Dominitz talks about the dangers of GMO Salmon as wonder grows about its FDA approval.

 Guest 2. Susan Lamont talks about her current investigation of law enforcement brutality. Recently 20 inmates in the Sonoma County Jail have complained of torturous beatings by Sheriff Freitas' prison deputies, which he denies happened but refuses to release videos and Suasan co-authored with Marnit Wroth a Close to Home Op-Ed in the Press Democrat on 11/2/2015 called: Out of control and no end in sight.
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11/16/15
WSA151116

Guest 1. Dianna Richardson talks about her love for Early Music, of which Johan Sebastian Bach is the most known, and the dedication of Sonoma Bach to bring  Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music and workshops to Sonoma County. 

 2. Laurie Toby Edison, Photographer, & Debbie Notkin, Writer, co-Authors of Women En Large and Familiar Men, talk about the size bias in the United States, beginning last century.  They both will be leading the Body Obsession Teach-In this evening at the Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa.

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11/9/15 WSA151109

Guest 1. Sharona "Cha Cha" Tracy co-founded the collective Art Flair with six other artists. Cha Cha describes their latest focussed art on Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate for speakng up for women's rights in Pakistan.

 2. Shekeyna Black has been named the new Center Coordinator for the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County. She shares her vision with us and news of upcomig events.

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11/2/2015 WSA151102

Guest 1. Kayla Kramer talks of her path of realizing her gender Identity as a female, yet she was born as a male, to her transformation. She talks about the challenges and triumphs on her path.

2. Host Elaine B. Holtz reads a couple of her poems.

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10/26/2015 WSA151026

Guests 1. Claudia Garate House and Omar Medina talk of the Strike School recently held to prepare the 2100 members if the County does not meet their demands of the upgrades to their COLA and Health Insurance for County employees represented by SEIU. These employees are half the County workforce and make the least amount, forcing some to seek pulbic assistance.

2. Host Elaine B. Holtz reads a couple of her poems.

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10/19/2015 WSA151019

Guest 1. Jess Perez, since 13-year old Andy Lopez was killed by a Sonoma County Sheriff deputy, has been active with the Justice for Andy Coalition.  One key demand was the purchase of the empty lot where Andy was killed and naming it in his honor.  Jess Perez updates us on the progress after the County's purchase of the lot for a park on getting a commemoration for Andy Lopez.

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Guest 2. Alicia Sanchez was named one of the five Honorees listed on the Living Peace Wall dedicated on Sunday, October 11, 2015.  The wall was created by Michael Gillotti to honor peacemakers.  Alicia discusses Non-violence as a long-time committment.

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Guest 3.  Julie Kawahara discusses how she made her choices for Fair Trade and eventually became the new owner of Kindred Fair Trade Handcrafts.  She talks about the certication process in assuring the artisans are compensated fairly for their work.  The movement has spread to foods, and chocolate is the main concern because of widespread us of child slavery in its production.  Look for the labels indicating Fair Trade!

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10/12/2015 WSA151012

Guests 1. and 2. Sarah Schrader of Sonoma County Chapter of Americans for Safe Access addresses individual patient concerns and Tawnie Logan of Sonoma County Growers Alliance discusses grower concerns with the new laws on Medical Cannabis signed by California Governor Brown last week.

Guest 3. .  Karen Hudson, Coordinator, GMO-Free Sonoma County, announces the kickoff party for launching the signature gathering to qualify a new 2016 County Initiative for the ballot "Health Farms and Families" on Thursday October 15, 2015 at the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Bank in Petaluma 6-8:30pm.  Karen reports on the health danger of using the herbicide gyphosate as the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer recently declared glyphosate to be  carcinogenic and the problems farmers have with pollen from GMO plants of neighboring farms contaminating their crops transgenically.

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10/5/2015 WSA151005

Guests 1.  Ana Selgado and Jess Perez give a status report on the purchase for a park of the lot site in the southwest neighborhood of Santa Rosa where 13-year old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by a Sheriff Deputy who mistook Andy's toy gun for an assault rife.

Guest 2: Christine Cobaugh and Janie Hirsh announce the 6th annual Pomo Honoring Month to be held in Sebastopol in October. 

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9/28/2015 WSA150928

Guest 1.  Letitia Henke talks about volunteering her company's resources to rally food and clothes donations during the Valley Fire that ravaged Lake County in September and the spirit of the communities to help one another facing the fire danger and the rebuilding challenges to come.  Letitia formed a non-profit for the public to participate called Help Lake County.

Guest 2.  Barbara Oritz Howard discusses how she came to found the project to put a woman on the $20 bill, while leading her exterior restoration construction company in New York City in a male dominated industry.  A poll on the project's website favored Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who became one of the country’s leading abolitionists before the Civil War, returning to rescue family members and other slaves via the Underground Railroad.

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9/21/2015 WSA150921

Guest 1.  Susan Lamont just stepped down from her managing the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County and reflects on the failure of the task force to achieve oversight of county law enforcement and the the secret picking of credentialed candidates for the election of a County Sheriff' after the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in a southwest neighborhood of Santa Rosa by a Sheriff Deputy in October 2013.

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9/14/2015 WSA150914

Guests 1.  Elizabeth Craven, Director, and Laura
Jorgensen, Actor, in Main Stage West's play 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog now showing in Sebastopol during September, discuss the challenges and rewards in producing theatre.

Guest 2: Marsha Vas Dupre, former 2-term Santa Rosa City Councilmember and present Chair of the Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) discusses women's rights and the importance to protect those rights.

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9/7/2015 WSA150907

Guest 1. Julie Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilperson talks on controlling rent hikes for community stabilization in which 46% of residents are renters and hikes are topping 50% which are forcing people to move out of the area.

Guest 2: Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama talks of her professional career and how it moved in the direction of the Earth Mama project.

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8/31/2015 WSA150831

Guest 1. Adrienned Bousian discusses the mission of Planned Parenthood to provide safe reproductive health services to both men and women.  Preventative medicine accounts for 97% of Planned Parenthood services.  Adrienne also countered the false misrepresentations through deceptive videos provided by recent groups on the donation of organs after some abortion procedures.  Women are encouraged to tell their stories and social media links are listed on the show's archive webpage.

Guest 2: Linda Proulx talks about the grassroots history of the Southeast Greenway Campaign.

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8/24/2015 WSA150824

Guest 1. Cassandra Lista and Evelina Molina of Occupy Sonoma County talk about the upcoming film and workshop on September 21st on GMO's in Spanish with English subtitles in Roseland and why GMO's are such a danger.

Guest 2:  Molly Murphy MacGregor talks about the National Women's History Project beginnings at Sonoma State University when Elaine was a student in Women's Studies.  The National Women’s History Project will be celebrating its 35th Anniversary with a special event recognizing Sonoma County as the birthplace of the National Women’s History Project and National Women’s History Month. The event will be held on Saturday, August 29th at the Petaluma Woman’s Club from 12:00 to 5:00.  Last minute tickets are available by calling the NWHP office at (707) 636-2888.

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8/17/2015 WSA150817

Guest 1: Ellen Bukstel discusses her musical training in a musical family and how she was led into making socially conscious songs, including  Who's the Pusher Now

Guest 2: Ilana “Sugar” Sochaczewski talks about the Women Grow trade organization for women in the emerging cannabis industry that was once male dominated.  Sugar also talks about the prevalent media images and reporting of young males' interest in the plant overshadows all the women who use the herb for medical therapy and Women Grow hopes to change that public image.
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8/10/2015 WSA150810

Guest 1.   Valerie Hausmann talks about the Center for Sacred Studies in Guerneville, CA.

Guest 2.  Heather Estes, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern California, talks about her 30-years with Planned Parenthood and its 100-year history of helping people with reproductive issues and their medical treatments.

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8/3/2015 WSA150803


1. Vesta Copestakes talks about the free Celebrate Our Community at the newly purchased Downtown Park of Forestville on Wednesday, August 12, 4 - 8 pm

Guest 2:  Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey talks about her reasons for having represented the 5th District for 10 terms until she retired in 2013.  Education was and is a top concern for her and she shares news of new developments in a federally supported program Literacy Woks in the county, that began in 2001.  Literacyworks opened the Literacyworks Center for Adult and Family Literacy in partnership with Santa Rosa Junior College on July 1, 2015 on the SRJC Petaluma Campus.

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7/27/2015 WSA150727

1. Carmen Mitchell and Saskia Baur describe the choices and challenges on the path to becoming actors.  Self-esteem is a necessity to weather the storms and persist in theater.

Guest 2:  Shekeyna Black describes the behind-the-scenes production and marketing of the Shakespeare at the Cannery production of Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa, now playing Fridays and Saturdays through August 15, 2015. Shows starts at 7 pm.
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7/20/15 WSA150720

Guest 1:  Jessica Ruskin discusses the offerings of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, especially for kids to encourage the expression of their imagination in  a graphic medium like cartoons.  Jessica also reveals what inspired her along her path to choose her education to prepare her for working in a leading role in a museum.

Guest 2: Mimi Kennedy discusses how she was inspired to become an actress and also an activist.Mimi discusses the history of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), of  which she was a founding member.

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7/13/15 WSA150713

1. Senator Noreen Evans discusses the challenges of being a woman in the legislature and how she met them.

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Guest 2: Alice Chan talks about how she became active in local politics when her children grew up.  She helped found the new PAC called the Coalition for Progressive Grassroots, which will address local representation and issues.


 
7/6/2015 WSA150706

1. Evelina Molina helped produce and was the MC the 4th Annual Oaxaca in the Wine Country in Roseland, Sonoma County, on Sunday 7/5/15.   The Guelaguetza, or Los lunes del cerro (Mondays on the Hill) is an annual indigenous cultural event in Mexico that takes place in the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca, as well as in nearby villages. The celebration centers on traditional dancing in costume in groups, often gender-separated groups, as is traditional, and includes parades complete with indigenous walking bands, native food, and statewide artisanal crafts such as prehispanic-style textiles.

Guest 2: Susan Jensen, 20-year soccer team member, comments on the USA Women Soccer Team winning the World Cup.  Susan Jensen is the CEO of Economy Plumbing in Santa Rosa, CA.

Guest 3.  Caroline Banuelos headed a group of teachers from Sonoma County to visit the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles with a grant provided by the Museum.  She reports on the impact the museum tour had on her and the need for tolerance workshops in every community.  Caroline is the  Volunteer Relations Manager at Ceres Community Project in Sonoma County.

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6/29/2015 WSA150629

1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, host, on President Obama's Eulogy for the slain 9 black church members Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina

Guest 2: Evelina Molina discusses her path as an activist to entrepreneur and secretary of the newest Lions International Club: Sonoma County Leones En Accion (Lions in Action) , a bilingual club in Santa Rosa - Roseland, California

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6/22/2015 WSA150622

Guest 1: Julie Combs discusses Santa  Rosa City Council meetings to come on affordable housing and rent control. She reports on the event Coalition for Grassroots Progess in Petaluma last Saturday, at which she was the MC and former Mayor and now City Councilwoman of Richmond Gail McLaughlin and political author Norman Solomon were featured presenters.

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6/15/2015 WSA150615

Guest 1: Kandis Nelson  discusses Juneteenth Celebration and its history since 1865 when Black Americans in Texas were first informed of the Emancipation Proclamation two years after President Lincoln's declaration.  Juneteenth has been an annual event in Santa Rosa since 1979, and occurs this Saturday beginning at 10 AM at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park on Hendley Drive adjacent to the fairgrounds.  Sports events for the kids begin at 10:30AM. 

Kandis formed a discussion group for participants to better understand the collective and personal history of African Americans. All open-minded people are invited to the monthly Heru Network meetings held at the Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center, Santa Rosa on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.

2.  Roberta Teller, discusses storytelling in circles for Boomer women as they age as elders in the community.  Roberta produces her own show Wise Woman Storytelling on Radio KOWS 107.3 FM, Thursdays Noon - 1 pm

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6/8/2015 WSA150608

Guest 1:Tamara Kamner talks of her production work with the Seva Foundation and her own companty Tapestry Productions.  Her last event celebrating Wavy Gravy's 79th birthday in Rohnert Park raised over $160,000 for the SEVA Foundation, that restores sight to the blind in Nepal since 1979.  SEVA Foundation also raised over $800,000 for relief from the large earthquake that recently hit Nepal. 


2.  Helen Caldicott, MD, in a prerecorded interview on 6/.3/15, talks o f her research on the damage to human cells from ionizing radiation, made more prevalent by the nuclear energy and war industry. She discusses the ongoing pollution of the air and water and land by the Fukushima melt down of 3 reactors in March 2011. Dr. Caldicott decries the fact that 52% of the world's population are women and they have failed to stop the suicidal course of the men, "sleepwalking toward annihilation."
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6/1/2015 WSA150601

Announcement:  Women's Spaces presents:  Iron Jawed Angels Film Showing in Santa Rosa at the Radio KBBF Hall on Wednesday June 24, 2015.

Guest 1: Lilith Rogers announces the next presentation of her one-woman play Rachel Carson Returns at St. John's Episcopal Church in Petaluma from noon-3 on Saturday June 6, 2015 and how she was inspired to write the play.

  Commentary on the host's
Letter to the Editor of the Press Democrat, published  Friday May 22, 2015:

Misplaced priorities

EDITOR: What? Ninety-three billion dollars allocated for the military in the so-called balanced budget? Who are we as a nation? Are we a nation that values life or promotes death? ....



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5/25/2015 WSA150525

Guest 1: Cassandra Lista reports on the Global March Against Monsanto that occurred in Santa Rosa, CA as well as in many cities thorughout the USA and other countries this past Saturday May 23, 2015.  The insidious role of GMOs in the food supply is discussed.

Guest 2: Leslene della Madre discusses the rise of patriarchy and the need for women to stop being handmaidens of patriarchy.  Leslene is the author of Midwifing Death - Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother
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5/18/2015 WSA150518

Guest 1: Erin Carlstrom, Santa Rosa City Councilwoman, discusses the challenges she had as a mother from pregnancy onward in her professional life as an attorney and as an elected official.

Guest 2:  Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Director of Moms Across America, on why she founded the organization that educates the public about the toxicity of GMO food and animal feed to the American family. She also announces the nationwide March Against Monsanto on Saturday May 23, 2015, including the one in Santa Rosa at Courthouse Square 2-5pm.
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5/11/2015 WSA150511

Guest 1: Sarah Shrader reports on the Unity/Day of Lobbying Conference of Americans for Safe Access in Washington, DC, and on the injustices woman face as mothers who treat their own disease or that of their husband or children with cannabis.  ASA is putting much effort to support CA AB258 bill to allow medical cannabis use for those awaiting organ transplants.  She talks of the local work in Sonoma County.  Sonoma ASA meets the first Thursday of the month at 6pm at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa, CA

Guest 2:  Jane Klein talks of her support of her husband Ed Rosenthal in their 30-year marriage, and the stressfull time in 2003 when she was a mother of teenagers and Ed was charged and convicted of marijuana distribution by the U.S. Federal Government. The sentencing became a national spectacle as the jurors came forward to complain that all information concerning California state's medical marijuana law was withheld from them, including that the City of Oakland appointed Ed to set up their medical marijuana municipal program. As a result of the public uproar, Ed was only sentenced to time served in stead of facing many years in prison.
Jane also encouraged attending the special event raising money for Seva Foundations's work, especially in Nepal after this last devastating earthquake. The event is Wavy Gravy's 79th Birthday Party at the Sonoma Mountain Event Center on May 17th 3 - 10 pm.  Visit the Seva site for more information.
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5/4/2015 WSA150504

Guest 1: Julia Heyman, Standing Women, Ojai Chapter Coordinator, talks on the origins of Standing Women and announces the 9th annual  Standing Women (and men whom they care about) for a world in which every child is honored for who they are and nurtured at 1 p.m. local time May 10, 2015. 

Guest 2:  Molly Murphy MacGregor, co-founded in 1980 and continues to lead the National Women's History Project in Santa Rosa, California.  The Project brought women's stories into history text books and women artists to the attention of the public. The Project moved Congress to first declare a National Women's History Week and then a National Women's History Month.

National Women's History Project logo

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4/27/15 WSA150427

Guest 1: Dmitra Smith is the Program Director of the  Sonoma County Junior Commission on Human Rights, which welcomes interested high school students ages 14-18 to submit an application to the third year of the county-wide Junior Commission on Human Rights by May 15, 2015.

Guest 2: Elisabeth "Liz" Smith talks of her 20-year work with the Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods, which served nearly 4,000 Humboldt County youth in 2014. 
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4/20/15 WSA150420

Guest 1: Caroline Banuelos recently was awarded the 2015 Legacy Award of the NAACP of Sonoma County.  She talks about her love of community that drives her decisions.  She is the Volunteer  Volunteer Relations Manager of the CERES Project in Sebastopol.

Guest 2: Sherry Glaser talks about her new play Taking the High Road -  Cosmic Confessions from Behind the Cannabis Curtain that came out of the DEA raid on the Love-In-It Co-op in Ukiah. 

Poetry: I Am from the Old School  written and spoken by Elaine B. Holtz
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4/13/15 WSA150413

1. Janey Hirsh , Producer, American Dreamplayers

Announcements

Music Break: Earth Song by Michael Jackson and performed by Lisa Lavie

Guest 1: Janey Hirsh discusses producing the theatre piece and CD Frackula.  Fracking is the theme and the dangers are presented of this deep injection drilling of oil.  

Guest Link: www.americandreamplayers.org

Poetry:  If Only  written and spoken by Elaine B. Holtz
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4/6/15 WSA150406

Guest 1: Julie Kawahara, Owner of Kindred Handcrafts in Santa Rosa and a member of the Board of Directors of Sonoma County GoLocal announces the Earth Day Celebration in Santa Rosa at the Courthouse Square on Saturday April 18, 2016.

Guest 2:  Annie Day, Co-Producer of Film: Revolution and Religion: A Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian.  Annie recounts bringing these two revolutionary thinkers together in New York for this historic dialogue. Bob Avakian is a Revolutionary Communist and
is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.  Cornel West, a Revolutionary Christian, is Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

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3/30/15 WSA150330

March is Women's History Month - Women Past and Present Making History

Guest 1: Honorable Jeanne Martin Buckley, former Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner of Juvenile Court, talks on how she chose her lawyer profession and the challenges of being a mother attending night classes at Empire Law School to earn her Juris Doctor degee.  Judge Buckley also shares the extra considerations she took as a woman and the first woman appointed to the Superior Court.  Judge Buckley now assists with resolution of cases before going to trial with the firm Resolution Remedies.

Guest 2:  Marsha Vas Dupre, former Santa Rosa City Councilwoman, and President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Chapter of Sonoma County, discusses her earlier years as a teacher and how it influenced her political goals.

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3/26/15 WSA150323

March is Women's History Month

Guest 1: Shirley Zane discusses how she entered politics and the influences in her life.

Guest 2:  Dotty LeMieux talks of her love of helping candidates win elections after running in a couple of her own.

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3/16/15 WSA150316

March is Women's History Month

Guest 1: Holly Near, singer and songwriter, discusses the inspirations and small acts of courage that helped form her music career and activism. 

Guest 2:  Gayle McLaughlin, discusses how she and committed activists in Richmond formed a citizen's group Defining Our Destiny that dared to take on Chevron for the sake of community health.  She was elected to the City Council, and became Mayor as another fire broke out at the Cheveron Refinery in Richmond.  She successfully led the city suit against Chevron.

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3/10/15 WSA150309

March is Women's History Month

Guest 1: Vesta Copestakes discusses the opportunity she siezed in creating the "Written By Readers" format of the Sonoma County Gazette as a response to the tremendous letter writting of readers concerning the events of 9/11 in 2001. 

Guest Link: www.sonomacountygazette.com

Guest 2:  Barbara Miller, an old friend who has lived mostly outside of the USA, dropped into visit to relate how the Women's Movement affected her attitude and decisions.

Guest 3.:  Aura Walker, a clinical hynotherapist by profession,  talks about how her concern as a mom for her children's health and future, turned into a moment of creating a petition Ban Fracking in California on moveon.org that sparked like-minded people in the L.A. area after Fracking was approved by Governor Brown of California.  The petition already has gathered about 38,000 signatures and the goal is 40,000. 

Calling all mom and dads and grandparents to sign the petition!

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3/2/15 WSA150302

March is Women's History Month

Guest 1: Rebecca Hollilngsworth, Director of Youth Outreach and Education, as well as Member of the Board of Directors, talks about the history and present emphasis of the National Women's History Project. 

Guest Link: www.nwhp.org/

Guest 2:  Linda Ferro talks of the nurturing power of music as a new grandmother and a leader of The Linda Ferro Band. Linda sings for us the Lullaby for Landon, that she composed for her new grandson, loving him from top to toe.

Guest Links: www.lindaferro.com

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2/23/15 WSA150223

Guest 1: Raynetta James talks how she came to collect Black Memorabilia after hearing of the assassination of Martin Luther King as a way to transform the rage of injustice due to racism into respect and understanding of the gifts of African-Americans to our culture in spite of the realities of racism present in the culture.  Raynetta is a retired Corporate Securities Paralegal and fromer President of the Forestville Chamber of Commerce.  She is active in our communtity as Co-Chair of the Sonoma County Active Aging Taskforce and other communty efforts on senior issues and elder abuse. 

Raynetta's Black Memorabilia collection can be seen at the exhibit Art as Part of Black History Fri., Sat. & Sundays 11am-4pm, from Feb. 6th - Mar. 1st, 2015 at the Occidental Center for the Arts

Guest 2:  Carolyn VanDyk, a local attorney who earned her Juris Doctorate at Empire College, participated on a panel this past week on February 19th  at the SRJC Black History Month Event: “Black Lives Matter Legal Discussion”,hosted by the Black Student Union/NAACP College Chapter.  We continue the discussion of this topic.

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2/16/15 WSA150216

Guest 1:  Kandis Nelson talks about the discussion group she formed for participants to better understand the collective and personal history of African Americans. All open-minded people are invited to the monthly Heru Network meetings held at the Sonoma Colunty Peace & Justice Center, Santa Rosa on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.

Guests 2:  Trisha Almond, discusses her involvement with producing the annual Vagina Monologue Show in Petaluma. One in three women and girls worldwide will be a victim of rape or violence in their lifetimes. Our community is not immune.  The event is on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 3.00PM. This event is free to the public. Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Avenue, Santa Rosa. The event benefits Guided To Safety, the non-profit organization serving as
Sonoma County’s Resource for education and information on Domestic Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault.

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2/9/15 WSA150209

Guest 1:  Julie Combs speaks on the achievements of the Santa Rosa City Council in 2014 and looks ahead to working with the new Council Members.

Guests 2:  Daila Bravo and Johanna Jaggers discuss the sponsorship of 1 Billion Rising event in Sonoma County. One in three women and girls worldwide will be a victim of rape or violence in their lifetimes. Our community is not immune. The County of Sonoma Commission on the Status of Women is organizing a special local event as part of the global movement, One Billion Rising that seeks to end violence against women.  The event is on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 3.00PM. This event is free to the public. Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Avenue, Santa Rosa.
1 Billion Rising event 2/14/15

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2/2/15 WSA150202

Guest 1:  Letitia Turner Hanke-Ryzhkov President, North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce, talks about the diverse membership of the Chamber.Letititia discusses how she rose to be the owner of a ARS Roofing and gives advice to aspiring women.  The Chamber is hosting a benefit this Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6 pm:

Celebrate Black History Around the World
A Story of Food, Music & Fashion

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1/26/15 WSA150126

Guest 1:  Lilly Fogelman discusses her founding the Risk Dance Company now in its 11th year.  She announces her upcoming show on 1/30, 1/31, and 2/1/15 at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa.

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1/19/15 WSA150119

Guest 1:  Jenny Chamberlain, District Director for Supervisor James Gore,  discusses the successful campaign she managed, the volunteer spirit of love for community, and now her leadership post.

Guest 2: Mary Ratcliff,Editor,discusses the rise of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper to being the first newspaper  online and still the most visited, while addressing the issues that matter most to Black Americans.  Mary, also talks about her being white and female as editor of a Black newspaper, and the ongoing but necessary struggle to understand the histories of one another.
 
1/12/15 WSA150112

Guest 1:   Linda Heiser, President of the Santa Rosa Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), talks about the organization and its scholarships.  The AAUW is the nation’s leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls. Since our founding in 1881, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political.  The Santa Rosa Chapter sponsors local scholarships and programs, including a new forum on immigration to be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday 1/15/15 at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa..

Guest 2: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.,  Author, Jungian Analyst and Activist, talks about her newest book Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman.  Dr. Bolen updates us with the plans of an upcoming UN sponsored 5th World Conference on Women.

Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD 

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1/5/15  WSA150105

Year Beginnng, Reflection and Looking Ahead

Guest 1:  Julie Combs speaks on the achievements of the Santa Rosa City Council in 2014 and looks ahead to working with the new Council Members.

Guest 2: Shekeyna Black, owner of A Miracle Productions, talks of challenges as a woman in the entertainment industry.  She also shares keywords of resolutions for the New Year gathered at her New Year's Eve Party at the Arlene Francis Center.

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12/29/14 WSA141229

Year End Reflection and Looking Ahead

Guest 1:  Alicia Sanchez reflects on Radio KBBF's role in the community, especially with the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by a Sheriff deputy.  The new studio came on line this month and promises to be conducive to even more commnunity involvement.

Guest 2: Susan Jensen reflects on being an owner/manager of Economy Plumbing, a local plumbing business, in a typically male industry.  Susan is the daughter of the host of this show, Elaine B. Holtz. The need to develop Public Relation to be.

Guest 3:  Erin Carlstrom, City Councilwoman, invites city of Santa Rosa citizen for input on the agenda and goal setting for the next 2 years at the upcoming city council meetings in January.

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12/15/14 WSA141215

 Guest 1:  Wendy Krupnic discusses her work at The Environmental Center of Sonoma County, a project of the Sonoma County Conservation Council. It is operated jointly with the Sierra Club's Redwood Chapter, Sonoma Group, mainly by volunteers 

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12/8/14
WSA141208

Guest 1:  Judy Rice, Chairwoman, Healing Committee, Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force of Sonoma County, gives her latest update on the issues brought up by the Sheriff deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez. 

Guest 2.  Penney Rossenwasser, discusses her new book, Hope into Justice - Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite Our Fears.  Penney encourages meetings to talk out those fears that arise out of the history of growing up Jewish in the USA.  This would allow less reactive and more conscious social justice activism.
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12/1/14 WSA141201

Guest 1:  Susan Lamont, the Project Coordinator of the Freedom from Militarization Project just begun by the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County,discusses the reasons and goals for the project.

Guest 2.  Alix Dobkin, the singer and writer of the song The Woman in Your Life is You, who has so graciously agreed for the song to be the theme song of Women's Spaces, talks about the early 1970's and the coming together of Feminism and Lesbianism to usher in a new era of freedom of expression for women.

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11/24/14 WSA141124

Human Rights

Elaine B. Holtz, the host of Womens's Spaces, announces her "legacy" appointment by Sonoma County Supervisor Mike McGuire to the county's Human Rights Commission.  Mike is taking on his new elected office of State Senator in January. 

Presentation of
Eleanor Roosevelt's Speech on Human Rights in 1948
 
Guest 1:  Lettie Romero, a leader in the North Bay Organizing Project, discusses how its collective of 20 organizations work on common causes.  Lettie also discusses how the new Immigration Order of President Obama may affect the North San Francisco Bay communities.

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11/17/14 WSA141117

Guest 1:  Sara Shor, the US National Organizer for 350.org discusses the KL Pipeline's risk to the environment.

Guest 2:  Gail Raborn, a regular monthly guest, looks at Self Esteem and speaking one's truth.

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11/10/14 WSA141110

1.Terri Carrion on the Peacemaker Award
2. Nicole Smart - Star Staffing
3. Dianna L. Grayer, Ph.D. - Author, Journaling: A Workbook To Transform Your Self-Esteem

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11/3/14 WSA141103

Get out and Vote!

 Guest 1:  Maria Myott, National Communications Coordinator of the Restaurant Opportunity Centers United (ROC United) discusses advocacy for those in service jobs requiring to earn more in tips than in wages, like in restaurants and nightclubs.

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10/27/14 WSA141027

Anger and Conflilct Resolution

1. Gail Raborn- Hypnotherapist

2. Elizabeth Seaman - Author, Conflict - The Unexpected Gift

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10/20/14 WSA141020

1. Shekyna Black - A Miracle Marketing (AMP)

2. Linda Ferro- Musician and Songwriter featuring her song
Please Peace

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10/13/14 WSA141013

1. Judy Kennedy - Street Teach murals

2. Speech to the UN Youth Assembly by 16-yearr old Malala Yousafzai (recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)

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10/6/14 WSA141006

Guest 1:  Jane Hirsh, author of the radio play Close One, and founder of the American Dream Players in 2000 performing the play, comments on its special presentation today.

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9/29/14 WSA140929

Guest 1:  Stephanie Hiller discusses the Women's Declaration for a Change of Heart first conceived by her with The Women's Network of Santa Fe

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9/22/14 WSA140922

Guest 1: Kenna Lee, calls in from New York City, having just participated in the People's Climate March yesterday, Sunday, 9/21/14.  Kenna traveled there with her three kids from Petaluma, California.

Guest 2.  Amy Hanks, announces the Progressive Festival this Sunday from noon to 5 pm, free admission.  Amy also updates us with the action to overturn Citizens United Decision of the US Supreme Court with an amendment supported by the Sonoma County local chapter of Move to Amend.

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9/15/14
WSA140915

 Guest 1: Alicia Sanchez, President of the KBBF Board of Directors and Office Coordinator, talks about the KBBF Fundraiser Gala Start on Saturday September 28, 2014.

Guest 2.  Terri Carrion, co-Founder of 100,000 Poets for Change, an international social media phenomena begun to give expression to artists especially for social justice, announces the annual celebratory march for Sustainability and Peace in Santa Rosa on Saturday  9/27/14 beginning at noon.

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9/8/14
WSA140908

Guest 1: Susan Lamont of the Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center discusses the recent protest of the Urban Shield convention at the Marriot Hotel in Oakland showcasing the militarization of law enforcement officers and its relation to the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in Sonoma County, CA, and that of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.

Guest 2.  Lisa Maldonaldo, Executive Director of the North Bay Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, discusses the Fast Food Forward - the fast food industry workers strikes, and how it affects our economy and community.

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9/1/14 No Recording

Guest 1:  Caroline Banuelos, Chairwoman, Sonoma County Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force, talks on the task force mission.

Guest 2.  Susan Lamont announces the protest of the Urban Shield convention in Oakland at the Marriot Hotel and what this means for increased militarization of our local city police and county sheriff forces.

 
8/25/14
WSA140825

Guest 1: Gail Raborn, clinical hypnotherapist, educator and writer, on transforming out of upsets and traumas with heightened self-esteem.  Gail is a regular monthly guest on Women's Spaces Radio Show.

Guest 2.  Kaiya Kramer, announces her new show on KBBF, Fridays 6-8pm, and talks about her transformation with gender issues.

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8/18/14
WSA140818

Guest 1: Tracy Shepherd founded Beautiful Bodacious Badassess as a means to teach self-confidence. 

Guest 2.  Linda Seeley, discusses the Mothers for Peace in San Luis Obispo that are supporting the closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

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8/11/14
WSA140811

Guest 1: Tracy Shepherd founded Beautiful Bodacious Badassess as a means to teach self-confidence. 

Guest 2.  Caroline Banuelos, Chairwoman, Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force of Sonoma County, appointed by Supervisor Susan Gorin in the aftermath of the sheriff killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez and the community upset with the militarization of our Sheriff and City Police officers, discusses the mission  and accomplishments to date.

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8/4/14
WSA140804

Featuring:
Linda Sartor
discussing her autobiographical book
 Turning Fear Into Power:
One Woman's Journey Confronting the War on Terror

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7/28/14
WSA140728

Guest 1: Anna Salgado, a member of the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez discusses the meeting she attended of the Healing Committee, Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force of Sonoma County.

Guest 2.  Linda Seeley, discusses the Mothers for Peace in San Luis Obispo that are supporting the closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
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7/21/14
WSA140721

Guest 1: Judy Rice, Chairwoman, Healing Committee, Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force of Sonoma County, gives an update on the issues brought up by the Sheriff deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez.

Guest 2.  Julie Fadda Powers, Editor,  and Alex Russell, Managing Editor of North Bay Business Magazine, discuss suceeding as professiooinal women and working together.

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7/14/2014
WSA140714

Guest 1: Dolores Oinelas reads her speech she gave in Court House Square on Saturday 7/12/14  to those who marched for justice for the slaying of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Sheriff Deputy Erich Gelhaus. Dolores produces Encuentro de Mundos (Meeting of Worlds), a very informative bi-lingual Spanish and English show on KBBF on Sundays 8-10 AM.

Guest 2:  Gail Raborn, clinical hypnotherapist, educator and writer, on transforming out of upsets and traumas with heightened self-esteem.  Gail will be a regular monthly guest on Women's Spaces Radio Show.

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7/7/2014
WSA140630

Repeat of the show of last week 6/30/2014
Guest 1: Julie Combs
2.  Poetry Reading:  Journey with me by Elaine B. Holtz

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6/30/2014
WSA140630

Guest 1: Julie Combs, City Councilwoman, discusses Mayor Scott Bartley's investigation of City Councilman Gary Wysocki for speaking loudly to City Attorney Karen Fowler to protest the closing of City Hall out of fear of fellow pupils marching for justice of 13-year old Andy Lopez, slain by Sheriff deputy Erich Gelhaus, which was announced during his campaign for County Treasure.

2.  Poetry Reading:  Journey with me by Elaine B. Holtz

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6/23/2014
WSA140623

Guest 1: Taylor Anderson Stevenson discusses some of the injustices in local police handling of attacks on women that have been brought to the attention of the Woman's Justice Center of Santa Rosa.  She announces a petition for Law Enforcement Reform at her link.

Guest 2:   Jesse Froehlich, discusses her company's economical solution for catching rainwater to water our gardens and feed the water table using recycled food-grade 55-gallon drums.  She announces a hands-on installation Workshop in Petaluma on August 2, 2014, with details at her link.

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6/16/2014
WSA140616

Guest 1: Katie Evenbeck, talks of the Episcopal retreat center St. Dorothy's Rest in Camp Meeker, Sonoma County, that welcomes all, not just Episcopal, to restore their faith, hope  and love
 
Guest 2:   Kandis Nelson, announces the Juneteenth Festival at the Arlene Francis Center.  Juneteenth commemorates the date 6/19/1865 that the last group of slaves received word of the Emancipation Proclamation of a couple of years earlier.  Kandis also discussed the African cultural heritage group Heru she founded to discover their rich ancestral past.
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6/9/2014
WSA140609

Guest: Lorrain Franklin Taylor, Founder, 1,000 Mothers Against Violence, www.1000mothers.org , tells of her journey from the time of the shooting and killing of her twin sons, both college students to the present. 

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6/2/2014
WSA140602

Poetry:  We honor Maya Angelou, who just passed away with this recording of her reciting her poem

Evelina Molina on Andy Lopez events around his 14th birthday next Saturday, June 7th.

Mimi Kennedy on the Progressive Democrats for America

Erin Carlstrom, Santa Rosa City Councilwoman, with the monthly city report.

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5/26/2014
WSA140526

Guest 1: Judy Rice on the Human Rights Commission of Sonoma County

Guest 2:  Julie Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilwoman

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5/19/2014 WSA140519

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5/8/2014 RC140508

Mother's Day Special on Radio Consciencia
with host Evelina Molina and guest Elaine B. Holtz of Women's Spaces

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5/5/2014
WSA140505

Interviews of 2 Local Candidates in Sonoma County and the author Starhawk

Community Announcements

Music: Union Miners by the Weavers with Ronnie Gilbert
http://youtu.be/RXQuytT2tMQ

1.  (21:00) Erin Carlstrom, candidate for the CA State Assembly, 10th District

Music:  Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - sung by Anne Alvarezful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itP2pVL05M

2. (32:50) Pete Foppiano, candidate for Sonoma County Supervisor, 4th District

Music:  Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - sung by Anne Alvarezful - continue with second half

3.  (43:15) Starhawk discusses her new book: The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups

61:15
4/28/2014 Listen to the community announcements, interviews of guests and commentary
 WSA140428

Community Announcements
We planned interviews with two local candidates but experienced technical difficulties with the phones.  Elaine commented on the two songs.
Break for Song:  Let There be Peace on Earth Gladys Knight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLgwt-AgvbA


Break for Song: Make Me a Channel of Your Peace by Anne Alvarezful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itP2pVL05M


58:20
     
4/21/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140421

Listen to the community announcements, interviews of guests and commentary

 Community Announcements

Break for Song:  Fair trade song for my school (Fairtrade I should Cocoa)  http://youtu.be/jRjSwCDs6_Q

1. Sasjua Baur of Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products, Inc. discusses her companies committment to fair trade and ecologically sustainable operations.
Guest Link: http://guayaki.com

Break for Song: Mongolian Music - Healing Soul Spirit Song
http://youtu.be/JiP9WH0zN0Y

2. Judy Rice of the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission and the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Sonoma County Sheriff deputy Erich Gelhaus.  Judy announces upcoming town meetings.

Guest Link:  Sonoma County Human Rights Commission webpage

59:37
4/14/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140414

Listen to the community announcements, interviews of guests and commentary

 Community Announcements

Break for Song: Mother Earth Song by Wendy Loesje Blond
http://youtu.be/tPKPJgSujJQ

1. (08:00) Ken Norton, sound engineer and webmaster for Women's Spaces, remembers the burying of a new car for Earth Day 1970 in San Jose State University.

2. (15:00) Julie Kawahara, owner of Kindred Fair Trade Handcrafts, talks the economics and social justice aspects fo fair trade.
Guest Link:  www.kindredhandcrafts.com

Break for Song: 
The Earth is our Mother – Witches Chant
 http://youtu.be/Y_S93xMn_uo

3. (33:00) Shirley Zane, Sonoma County Supervisor, discusses the drought concerns in the county and action taken by the County Water Board.

58:18
4/7/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140407

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 Community Announcements

Break for Song: For What its Worth by the Staples Singers
http://youtu.be/ChVHnFWYKwo

1. Erin Carlstrom, regular monthly guest, gives her Santa Rosa report as City Councilmember.

Break for Song: Train Song by Children Love to Sing
http://youtu.be/kFMGS3Oi4SM

2. Deb Fudge, Candidate for Sonoma County Supervisor
Guest Link:  www.debfudge.com
 
58:18
3/31/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140331

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song

2. Susan Chunco of the Sonoma County Green Party discusses Fracking.

Break for Song

3. Margaret Koster discusses the Move to Amend project to put the people in democracy and money out of campaigns.
Guest Link: https://movetoamend.org/

59:41
3/24/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140324

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  Save the Hero, by Beyone

2.  Amanda Servin on Verity, the Rape Crisis Center of Sonoma County.
Guest Link: http://ourverity.org/

Break for Song: Women's Honoring Song by Joan Henry

3.  Terri Carron on the Food for Thought film series at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa.


59:31
3/17/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140317

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  A Fine Tradition - Women's History Project

2. 23:00 Janeen Murray gives the Sonoma County GoLocal report.
Guest Link:  http://sonomacounty.golocal.coop/

Break for Song: A Fine Tradition - Women's History Project Part 2

3. 40:00 Monique Lusse of Equity Design discusses using accounting for strategy.
Guest Link:  www.equitybydesign.com

58:48
3/10/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140310

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song: I Am Woman by Helen Reddy

2. 15:00 Vesta Copestakes, Publisher, Sonoma County Gazette
Guest Link:  www.sonomacountygazette.com

Break for Song: Bad Romance by Women's Suffrage

3. 36:00 Carylon Alexander for Women's History Month talks about two sisters Angelina and Sara Grimke, whose aristorcratic family owned slaves yet they were abolitionists and suffragettes, and about Francis Harper, a hghly educated black woman counterpart to the Grimke sisters.  Carlyon also remembers being part of the first integrated classroom in West Texas.

59:33
3/3/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140303

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song: Sister  by Chris Williamson
http://youtu.be/IYQhRCs9IHM

2.  Women's History Month is celebrated with this look in to the host's history in being part of the first Women's Studies Program at Sonoma State University.  Elaine B. Holtz shares a recording of her speech as a graduate in front of the assembly of graduates in June 1975. At the time she was 35 years old and a single mother with her daughter Susan 10 years old in the  audience. 

Break for Song:  Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
  http://youtu.be/IYQhRCs9IHM

Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920.

2.  Rebecca Hollingsworth, member of the National Women's History Project Board of Directors, talks about the Project and its 2014 National Women's History Month Theme and Honorees:
Celebrating Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment.

Rebecca Hollingsworth on Women's Spaces Show

Guest Link:  www.nwhp.org


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2/24/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140224
The Recording failed!
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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  Break The Chain
http://youtu.be/fL5N8rSy4CU

2.  15:00  Lilly Clements, SSU Student and Director of the Vagina Monologues to be on stage next week on March 6, 7  and 8th.  The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler, will benefit the non-profit Sonoma County Rape Crisis Counseling.

Guest Links: SSU Reserve tickets link

 Sonoma County Rape Crisis Counseling link: ourverity.org

Break for Song:  Song of the Soul by Cris Williamson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7

3.  30:00  Michaela McGivern on her shamanic healing and energy work.  Learn about soul retrieval after traumas and the wisdom to be gained in your personal life.

Guest Link:  http://michaelamcgivern.com/

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2/17/2014 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140217

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  Break The Chain
http://youtu.be/fL5N8rSy4CU

2.  19:45  Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray on Sonoma County GoLocal update and the benefits of shopping and using services, like local banks or credit unions, locally.  The print magazine Made Local will be available the end of February.

Go Local

Guest Links:
 sonomacounty.golocal.coop

Break for Song:  Windmills of your Mind
Sinne Eeg
http://youtu.be/k-KiCCGdKnc

3.  34:00  Gail Raborn, clinical hypnotherapist, educator and writer, on the use of self-hypnosis to tranform out of upsets and traumas with heightened self-esteem. 

Guest Links: 

http://telehealing.com/
 
2/10/14 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
WSA140210

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  Break The Chain
http://youtu.be/fL5N8rSy4CU

2.  13:30  Carolyn Hunt on One Billion Rising to end violence against women, the 2nd annual worldwide event on Valentine's Day.  A special gathering will be held at the site of the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by a Sheriff Deputy Erich Gelhaus in Southwest Santa Rosa at Moorland Avenue and West Robles, called  “Mother’s In White” Healing the Heart of Moorland

Guest Link:
One Billion Rising Event in Santa Rosa 2/14/14

Show Links from 2013 on One Billion Rising:
WSA130214  on Radio KBBF
WSS130214 on TV  :
One Billion Rising Hearts of the World, art by Potenza

Break for Song:  Holocaust Memorial Day - Never Again
Juliana Meyer
http://youtu.be/jAHS58T52yM

3.  29:00  Eva Kor, author of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, of which a film was made, and survivor of the twin experiments in Auschwitz, talks of her book and the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, which she founded in Terre Haute Indiana.
Eva Kor
Eva Kor  - from theforgivenessproject.com website

Guest Links:
www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org

IMDB Film Trailer of Forgiving Dr. Mengele

http://theforgivenessproject.com/stories/eva-kor-poland/


59:58

2/3/14
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WSA140203

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1. Community Announcements

2.  20:30  Erin Carlstrom, regular monthly guest, gives her Santa Rosa report as City Councilmember.
Erin Carlstrom

Guest Link: erincarlstrom.com

Break for Song:  Black History Month - A Tribute to Black Women
In tribute to the Greene Sisters, and to all Black Women who were never able to ask "When Will We Get Paid, For The Work We Done"
http://youtu.be/O4R0ZHFhSdc

3. 36:50  Sabryyah Abdullah speaks on Black History Month and announces the the Black History Film Festival in Santa Rosa in February at the Arlene Francis Center.
Sabryyah Abdullah on Women's Spaces TV show
Guest Link: 
http://pachline.org/black-history-month-film-festival/



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1/27/14 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:

WSA140127

Recording defect first 25 minutes of show left out. Last 36 minutes of the show can be heard. 

1.  Elaine B. Holtz on the Women's Spaces Pledge and commentary on her poem I Am Woman I Am All Women

2.  17:40 Interview with Amy Hanks of Move to Amend - Sonoma County, discussing amendment to move money out of the campaigns and lobbying.  Amy served on the Board of Directors of Moms for Clean Air in Petaluma.

Guest Links:
https://movetoamend.org/ca-santa-rosa

www.facebook.com/MoveToAmendSonomaCounty

http://momsforcleanair.net

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1/20/14 Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:

WSA140120

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1. Community Announcements

Break for Song:  I Have A Dream
Written by: Cris Inserra
Sung and arranged by; Susan Salidor
http://youtu.be/nannkgd59lc

2. 25:15 Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray gives the GoLocal report and the benefits of shopping with locally owned businesses.br />
Janeen Murray on Women's Spaces TV Show       Go Local

Guest Link:    ssonomacounty.golocal.coop

Break for Song: Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Mervis Staples
http://youtu.be/BHVBH_e7kmM

3.  42:30  Evelina Molina, host of Radio Consciencia on KBBF, on her Permaculture and Earth Activist training with Starhawk and Charles Williams.

Link:    www.earthactivisttraining.org


59:14
1/13/14 Original Show ID:
WSA140113
no upload - defective recording
 

1/6/14
Click for the Show's Archive Page to listen to a recording:
 
WSA140106

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1. Community Announcements

2.  Dara McCuistion, discusses her involvement first with the police killing of Oscar Grant when living in Oakla and now the recent killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Sheriff deputy Erick Gelhaus.  The growing militarization of the police and endangerment of our children is at stake. The action Mothers in White to happen on Tuesday 1/7/14 at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will be discussed.

Related Link:  www.facebook.com/marchforandylopez

2.  Cat Cvengros, the Development Director for Social Activists for Youth (SAY), a 43-year old organization in our county, discusses the exciting developments in revamping the old Warwick Hospital into a center to help youth in need of support and the organizations reach out to the community.

Guest Link: 
http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/news/Pages/SocialAdvocatesforYouth.aspx

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  2013  

12/30/2013

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WSA131230

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2013 End of Year Wrap-up and Vision for 2014

1. Community Announcements

2.  18:00 Regular monthly guest Santa Rosa City Councilwoman Erin Carlstrom on city affairs.
Erin Carlstrom

Guest Link: erincarlstrom.com

3. 37:00 Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray gives the GoLocal report and the benefits of shopping with locally owned businesses.

Janeen Murray on Women's Spaces TV Show

Go Local

Guest Links:
 sonomacounty.golocal.coop

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12/23/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131223

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1. Community Announcements

2.  Interview with Susan Lamont on the publication of the first issue of New Press / Nueva Prensa.  The first issue includes articles on the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez by Sheriff Deputy Erick Gelhaus on a sunny afternoon in an unincorporated are of SW Santa Rosa.
www.facebook.com/OccupiedPressNorthBay


2.  Interview with Starhawk, who will be giving the Street Action Leadership Training in non-violence at the Arlene Francis Center on Saturday 12/28/1 1pm-5pm.  She speaks about the importance of strategy and planning campaigns and seeing the event as part of the campaign. It takes works, including the glammorous busy time needed to work on events.

Guest Links: http://starhawk.org/
Permaculture classes:   www.earthactivisttraining.org/

Related Links:
http://arlenefranciscenter.org/
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12/16/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131216

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1. Community Announcements

2.  27:00  Interview with Carline Banuelos on the Sonoma County Democratic Latino Club of which she is the President.  We also discussed the annexation proposal for Southwest Santa Rosa unincorporated islands of residents where 13-year old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by Sheriff Deputy Erick Gelhaus.

Caroline Banuelos on Women's Spaces

Guest Link:
Sonoma County Latino Democratic Club www.facebook.com/groups/111701316521/ 

60
12/9/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131209

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1. Community Announcements:  Carol Goshorn, Founder,
Sonoma County Networking Association meets at our Radio Station
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
KBBF 89.1 FM Bilingual Radio Station
1700 Corby Avenue, Suite B
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Admission is free once as a guest of SCNA.  Come and meet some of the KBBF Programmers and enterprising local business people.

Guest Link:  http://www.sonomacoeventsunlimited.com/SCNA.html

2. Guest Marguerite Rigoglioso, PhD, Founding Director, Seven Sisters Mystery School. discusses Mary and other Virgin Births and their significance to women today.  There is even a connection to honey bees.

Bee Goddess
Anotolian Mother Goddess wearing a Beehive styled tiara

Guest Link: www.sevensistersmysteryschool.com

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12/2/2013 The audio of a previously broadcast TV Show was broadcast over Radio KBBF.

Original TV Show
WS131101

Taylor Anderson-Stevenson, Advocate, Women's Justice Center, joins Elaine in discussing this tragedy amidst the militarization of our community law enforcement departments in the cities and counties.
Taylor Anderson-Stevenson on Women's Spaces TV Show

Recorded 11/1/13

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12/2/2013 The audio of a previously broadcast TV Show was broadcast over Radio KBBF

Original TV Show
WS130823

Guests:  Kevin Conway and RobRoy MacLeod, Facilitators, on the non-profit organization M.E.N., set up to address the
issues of abuse of women and children, and made up of a volunteer collective of men, many whom were once clients themselves.
Kevin Conway and Robroy McLeod on Women's Spaces TV Show

Recorded 8/23/2013

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11/25/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131125

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1. Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray gives the GoLocal report and the benefits of shopping local for holiday gifts.

2. Interview with Valerie Barber, mother of Jesse Hamilton, a young man tasered and then shot to death by Santa Rosa Police officers in 2008.  Jesse was the 36th person shot in our county after the US Civil Rights Commission report in 2000 recommending a Civilian Review Board of law enforcement. Since Jesse there have been 20 more such killings in our county.

www.counterpunch.org/2013/11/01/sonoma-countys-kill-list




59
11/18/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131118

1. Sharon Riegie Maynard is interviewed about the upcoming convocation Women Standing sponsored by her organization Women's Grassroots Congress, the Women's School and Women's Spaces on Saturday November 23, 2013.

Link:  Women Standing Event

2. Starhawk is interviewed on non-violence training and its importance in public gatherings for political action.

Guest Link:  http://starhawk.org/

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11/11/2013 pending upload  
11/4/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131104

 1.  Regular monthly guest Santa Rosa City Councilwoman Erin Carlstrom: What's Up Santa Rosa
Erin is a regular featured guest the first Monday of the month.  Erin came into the studio with her 1-week old baby boy Adlai.

Erin Carlstrom

Guest Link: erincarlstrom.com

2.  Guest:  Susan Lamont of the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County discusses  the Center and its Annual Peacemaker Awards Celebration on Saturday, November 9, 2013, 5-9:30 pm.  The recent police killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez, who was mistook for a terrorist while walking with a toy gun in a southwest unincorported neighborhood of Santa Rosa  on a sunny afternoon, is looked at, especially in light of a Citizen Police Review Board that has been sought to establish for over 10 years in the county.

  Guest Link:
www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org

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10/28/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131028

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1. Guest:  Susan Lamont of the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County discusses  the Center and its Annual Peacemaker Awards Celebration on Saturday, November 9, 2013, 5-9:30 pm.  The recent police killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez, who was mistook for a terrorist while walking with a toy gun in a southwest unincorported neighborhood of Santa Rosa  on a sunny afternoon, is looked at, especially in light of a Citizen Police Review Board that has been sought to establish for over 10 years in the county.

  Guest Link:
www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org

2.  Guest:  Terri Carrion announces the All Communities Mass Demonstration & Vigil for Andy Lopez to be held on
Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 5-8 pm.  The March will assemble at the parking lot of the Dollar Store in Roseland on Sebastopol Road just west of Dutton, and will march to Old Courthouse Square. 
See 100tpc.org for details.


59
10/21/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131021

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1. Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray of Sonoma County GoLocal discusses our local economy

Janeen Murray on Women's Spaces TV Show  Go Local
Guest Link:
 sonomacounty.golocal.coop

2.  Guest:  Evelina Molina on participating in the Human Mural FUKUSHIMA IS HERE on Ocean Beach in San Francisco last Saturday 10/19/13  that was organized by Fukushima Response.  Evelina is standing at the top horizontal bar of the first E in HERE, alongside Ken Norton, who will be taking care of the sound board for the show today.  Evelina is the Producer/host of Radio Consciencia on Radio KBBF 89.1 FM Mondays-Fridays 9-10 AM.



Guest Link:  www.fukushimaresponse.org
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10/14/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131014

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Regular Monthly Guest  Sharon Maser on the Women's School in Sebastopol.
Guest Link:  womensschool.org

2.  Guest: Maggie Hohle, local Sonoma County organizer of Fukushima Response, a regional network of concerned individuals, discusses the necessity for public response on this continuing tragedy unfolding at the nuclear energy plant sharing our Pacific Ocean and sky.

Host Elaine B. Holtz and Maggie Hohle on Women's Spaces Radio KBBF

Producer/Host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Maggie Hohle  - Photo by Evelina Molina

Guest Links:
Fukushima is Here event, Saturday October 19, 2013 www.fukushimaishere.info

 www.facebook.com/FukushimaResponseBayArea

www.fukushimaresponse.org

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10/7/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA131007

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Guest  RobRoy MacLeod ,Facilitator, on the non-profit organization M.E.N., set up to address the
issues of abuse of women and children, and made up of a volunteer collective of men, many whom were once clients themselves.

Guest Link:  www.sonomacountymen.org

58
9/30/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130930

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Sharon Maser, regular monthly guest from the Women's School in Sebastopol

Guest Link:  womensschool.org

2. Susanne Duggan talks of the Free Pussy Riot show and Women's Art Show happening tonight 6-10:30 pm at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa.

59
9/23/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130923

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Sharon Maser, regular monthly guest from the Women's School in Sebastopol

Guest Link:  womensschool.org

2. Producer/Host Veronica Faisant of KPFA's The Week Starts Here

Guest Link:  www.facebook.com/KPFA.VF
59
9/16/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130916

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Regular monthly guest Janeen Murray of Sonoma County GoLocal discusses our local economy and the upcoming Invest Local Conference to be held at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa on September 26, 2013.

Janeen Murray on Women's Spaces TV Show

Guest Link: Invest Local Conference

2.  Jill Stein, MD, 2012 Green Party Candidate for President of the United States, and head of the Green Shadow Cabinet, discusses her call to political action.

Jill Stein on Women's Spaces TV Show

Guest Link: www.jillstein.org
www.greenshadowcabinet.us
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9/9/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130909

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary
 
The topic of both our guests is

Project Censored - The Movie
Sonoma International Film Festival Winner:
Most Viewed Film
www.facebook.com/ProjectCensoredTheMovie

Project Censored the Movie logo

Showing at the Arlene Francis Center for Spirit, Art and Politics in Santa Rosa, CA
on September 18, 2013  6-9 pm

1.  Terri Carrion, organizer of the Food & Film for Thought at the Arlene Francis Center, on presenting the movie Project Censored at the Center.
Terri Carrion on Women's Spaces TV show
Guest Link:  Event Notice
arlenefranciscenter.org

2. Nora Barrows-Friedman of Electronic Intifada on her being featured in themovie Project Censored concerning media.
Guest Link:  electronicintifada.net/people/nora-barrows-friedman
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9/2/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130902

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1.  Regular monthly guest Santa Rosa City Councilwoman Erin Carlstrom:
What's Up Santa Rosa
Erin is a regular featured guest the first Monday of the month.  Erin is also some months on her way to motherhood.

Erin Carlstrom

Guest Link: erincarlstrom.com

2.  Linda Hemenway on organizing for action.  Linda is an Instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College
Linda Hemenway

3.  Sonny Cordeiro of Oranizing for Action-CA (OAC-CA) talking about the Gun Violence Prevention Vigil to be held on 9/6/13 12:30 to 2:30 P.M. at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa
www.sonomacountygazette.com-Article

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8/26/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130826

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary:

1.  Jule Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilmember, on the Economics of Happiness film viewing at the Arlene Francis Center and the Happiness Initiative

Guest Links: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/about-the-film

combsforcouncil.com/happiness-initiative

2.  Sharon Maser, regular monthly guest from the Women's School in Sebastopol

Guest Link:  womensschool.org

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8/19/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130819

Listen to the interviews of guests and commentary

1: Janeen Murray of Sonoma County GoLocal talks about the upcoming 2nd Annual Invest Local Conference on September 26th, 2013
Janeen Murray on Women's Spaces TV Show

Guest Link: Invest Local Conference

2.  Connie Baxter Marlow, talks on the new book The Trust Frequency, co-authored with Andrew Cameron Bailey

Elaine B. Holtz and Connie Baxter Marlow on Women's Spaces TV Show - photo by CB Marlow
Women's Spaces host Elaine B. Holtz and Connie Baxtor Marlow at the Community Media Center studio in Santa Rosa, CA - Photo by Connie Baxtor Marlow

Guest Link: thetrustfrequency.net

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8/12/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130812

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1.  Guest Robyn Kasper, Board member of C Media Lab (Community Media Center) talked about City of Santa Rosa sponsored meetings to guage the community interest in the Media Center.

Guest Link: cmedialab.org/community-access-meetings

2.  Guest Arlene Alpert, creator of The Successful Person's Newsletter and specialist in communication and relationships

Guest Contact:  arlenealpert10 (at) aol.com
+1(561)744-4988

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8/5/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130805

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1.  Sharon Riegie Maynard talking about the Women's Grassroots Congress.   Sharon is the Founder of Weaving the World Media and Host of Weaving the World show.  She is also the mother of 9 children who was widowed when her oldest was only 13 years old.

Sharon Riegie Maynard
Guest Link:  www.linkedin.com/in/sharonriegiemaynard

22. Santa Rosa City Council Woman Erin Carlstrom on city affairs.  Erin is a regular featured guest the first Monday of the month.  Erin is also some months on her way to motherhood.

Erin Carlstrom

Guest Link: erincarlstrom.com

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7/29/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130729

 Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1.  Sharon Maser, Founder, Women's School in Sebastopol, CA , on fear and spirituality.  Sharon is a regular guest on the 2nd and last Monday of the month.

Guest Link:  womensschool.org


2. Roberta Teller on sacred wisdom circles for Boomer Women

Guest Link:  robertatellerblog.com

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7/22/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130722

 Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1.  Terri Carrion,
co-Founder 100,000 Poets for Change, on the movie Shift Change
Guest Links:  100tpc.org
shiftchange.org

2. Christine Kurtz,President, Sonoma County Bee Association, on Honey Bees
Guest Link:  sonomabees.org

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7/15/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130715

 Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1. Janeen Murray, Sonoma County GoLocal, on celebrating Independent Businesses Month in July
See also the Video interview with Janeen on GoLocal  Show WS130201
Guest Link: sonomacounty.golocal.coop

2.  Robbi Bryant – published author of several books and President of Redwood Writers group, advising on writing and publishing and encouraging people to write.
Guest Link:  redwoodwriters.org


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7/8/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130708

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1. Sharon Maser – Women’s School Topic: Women and Joy - A regular feature on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.
Guest Link:  womensschool.org

2.  Mary Radu – Pathmaker Coaching, talks on the new book LIVE SMART AFTER 50! on which she collaborated.
Guest Link:  www.pathmakercoaching.com

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7/1/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130701

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1.  Erin Carlstrom – Santa Rosa City Councilwoman “What Up in Santa Rosa” - A regular feature on the First Monday of the Month
Guest Link:  erincarlstrom.com


2.  Adrienne Bousian, Vice President of Public Affairs. Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific
Guest Link: www.plannedparenthood.org/shasta-pacific

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6/24/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130624

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1. Sharon Maser on Sisterhood
2.  Laura Wells on State Banks
58
6/17/2013 Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130617

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music

1. Guest Ann Hancock, Executive Director and co-founder, Climate Protection Campaign, Sonoma County, California, discusses Sonoma Clean Power coming to Sonoma County

2.  Guest Milli Cantu, on the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarshp Gala coming up on June 29, 2013
58
6/10/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130610

Weekly show with Host Elaine B. Holtz featuring interviews and music
58
6/3/2013 Recap of Eve Ensler interview
58
5/27/2013 Radio Show: Not Available due to technical glitch.
Guest: Sharon Maser
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5/20/2013 a
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130520a

1.  Guest: Potenza
on her gift of her artpiece in the series
Hearts of the World
 for KBBF's 40th Anniversary

2. Guest: Evelina Molina, host of Radio Conscience on KBBF, in dialog.
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5/20/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130520

Guest: Eve Ensler on her new book
In the Body of the World

This was a special "Share Space", as Evelina Molina provided part of her Radio Consciencia show time to make the interview possible for Eve's tight schedule.
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5/13/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130513

Guest: Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen on her new book Moving Toward the Millionth Circle:
Energizing the Global Woman's Movement

Fifth World Conference on Women logo

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5/6/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130506 

Guest 1: Sabriyyah Abdullah, Programming Coordinator of KWTF, reading Mothers Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howell and Ain't I a Woman by Sojourner Truth

Guest 2: Jodi Evans, CoFounder of Codepink: Women for Peace,interview on Codepink.

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4/8/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130408

Mothers for Peace of San Luis Obispo
Guest:  Linda Seeley, Co-Founder

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4/1/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130401

Guest Terri Carrion, co-Founder of 100,000 Poets for Change, on Springing Forward event first weekend in April at Arlene Frances Center in Santa Rosa, California

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3/25/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130325

Fluoridation Dangers
Guest: Dr. Paul Connett

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3/18/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130318

Women's History Month and Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor, on founding the Women's History Project in Sonoma County leading to the U.S. Women's History Month

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3/11/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130311

Women's History Month and Guest: Renee Asteria and Sol Atash, Empress Meditations Band


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2/25/2013                      
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130225

Marianne Williamson on her new book The Law of Divine Compensation.
Divine Compensation book cover by Marianne Williamson

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2/14/2013
Original Radio Show ID:
WSS130214

Women's Spaces Show on KBBF featuring the  streaming audio of the special live TV show on Valentine's Day, contributing to the international action One Billion Rising to end violence against women, from the Community Media Center in Santa Rosa.

One Billion Rising Hearts of the World, art by Potenza

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2/4/2013  
Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130204
 
Prelude to One Billion Dancing Against Sexual Violence around the planet - discussion with Veronica Jacobi, Kathleen Johnson, and Roke Ronir who will participate in the Flash Dance on February 14, 2013.  Black History Month is also a topic.

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1/28/2013
KBBF
Radio Show WSA130128:
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Guests Sharon Maser and Shrona "Cha Cha" Tracy of the Women's School in Sebastopol, plus call ins.

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1/14/2013
KBBF

Original Radio Show ID:
WSA130114

Guest:  Marianne Williamson on the Sister Giant movement and her new book The Law of Divine Compensation
Marianne Williamson

Recorded Live Broadcast from the KBBF Studio in Santa Rosa on 1/14/2013 with the help of Engineer: Evelina Molina
Divine Compensation book cover by Marianne Williamson



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12/17/2012
KBBF

Original Radio Show ID:
WSA121217

Guests: Alicia Sanchez, Evelina Molina and Mary Norman on Ending the Year 2012 and the Mayan Calendar Cycle

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11/26/2012
KBBF

Original Radio Show ID:
WSA121126

Guest: Erin Carlstrom on her Election to the Santa Rosa City Council in November

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11/26/2012a
KBBF

Original Radio Show ID:
WSA121126a

Guest: Vilma Ginzberg, PhD. Psychology,
on Peace is Patriotic
Peace is Patriotic appears in Vilma Ginzberg's forthcoming poetry collection, making noise.   Vilma is the Healdsburg Literary Laureate Emerita 2008/2009. 

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5/30/2012
KBBF
 
Original Radio Show ID:
KBBF12053

Evelina Molina interviews the host of Women's Spaces Elaine B. Holtz after the broadcast of the audio
portion of the 2006 Womens' Spaces Show Video interview in honor of Dolores Huerta receiving
the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Evelina translated Elaine's English into
Español during the interview. 
 
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