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Featuring Guests

1. Jan Blaock,  Immediate Past Chair, Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women

2. Renee Riggs, Community Activist for Neighborhood Improvements

3. Cecile Querubin, Member, Community Advisory Board of Santa Rosa

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Our Featured Guests

1.  Jan 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.

About our Guest: Jan Blaock was appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women by first district Supervisor Susan Gorin in 2015. She is a two term Past Chair of the Commission, is a Junior Commission mentor, member of the Sonoma County Human Trafficking Task Force and Northern California Representative for the Association of California Commissions for Women. Jan is a member of the National Association of Commissions for Women and, having successfully launched the Voices of Sonoma County Women Project, was invited to collaborate with the NACW on a National project and was honored to present the project with the team at the 2019 NACW conference in Chicago.

Guest Event Link:  Listening Session for the Voices of Sonoma County Women’s project hhttps://www.facebook.com/events/461519134539655/

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2. Renee Riggs and 3. 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. 

About our Guest: Renee Riggs is a Santa Rosa resident for the past 12 years. She works to organize neighborhoods with the goal of influencing public policy that impacts where we live. She is involved in several civic endeavors including, Southeast Greenway, Santa Rosa Together and local political and bond measures. I first met Renee when she did a meet up with Santa Rosa City Council where she put me to work as a volunteer greeting and meeting people and for the next several years I was on her list and enjoyed every moment supporting and helping her whenever I got the call. We need more Renee Riggs in our community.

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About our Guest: Cecile Querubin has a passion for community outreach and engagement. Cecile engages community members in productive work to help residents understand the needs of their own neighborhoods, learning the long-term and fulfilling commitment to engaging in democracy.
She holds a MA in Psychology with an emphasis in Organization Development from Sonoma State University, works at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital where she facilitates leadership development, enrichment, and learning and engagement programs. She has spent the past ten years working with nonprofits and community organizations on issues of homelessness, equity, transparency and collaborative teamwork with groups such as Santa Rosa Together and as a member of the Community Advisory Board of Santa Rosa.

Guest Event Link: Building Neighborhood Power, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM, at Santa Rosa Water Operations complex, 35 Stony Point Rd in Santa Rosa   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-neighborhood-power-tickets-73015498321

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This Week in Herstory

Compilation by the National Women's History Alliance

January 29, 1926 – Violette Neatly Anderson is the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

January 29, 1926 – Violette Neatly Anderson is the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

February 1, 1978 – First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC.

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Announcements

The NOW 2020 Woman Suffrage Centennial Calendar is available. Suggested donation $15. Contact NOW Sonoma at info@NOWSonoma.org

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Saturday, February 1, 2020,  9:30 - 1:00 PM, Building Neighborhood Power, presented by Santa Rosa Together, Santa Rosa Housing for All, The Sonoma Intersections Coaltion and the City of Santa Rosa, at 35 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, CA. Free to the public.  Spanish translation & children activities provided!    Eventbrite link.

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  We will gather from 5 - 5:15PM in the 7th Street parking garage, 521 Seventh Street and walk to the Museum together as Modern Suffragists. Wear your suffrage outfits and gear or borrow a suffrage sash from our stash of sashes. Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/

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Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

Bella Ciao sung by Betsy Rose and the Womansong Chorus from the album Welcome to the Circle (Released July 2007 @ 2006 Paper Crane Music)

The House I Live In sung by Maxine Linehan from the album An American Journey - Live  (2014 Feminist Recording Studio)