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Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA200720

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Featuring

1. Elaine B. Holtz,  Co-Producer and Host, Women's Spaces

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Commentary

1. Elaine B. Holtz originally planned for Dmitra Smith, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights  (CHR) 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.

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Dmitra Smith, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights  (CHR) of Sonoma County, rescheduled for the show in 2 weeks on August 2, 2020. That show is now online at

Poetry Recited

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 Herstory

Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

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

Born July 22, 1849 (1887) – Emma Lazarus, poet, wrote “The New Colossus,” (1883), which was later inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:

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August 26 - November 8, 2020, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum The Petaluma Museum Association’s suffrage exhibit has been rescheduled. This postponement has provided the opportunity to coordinate the exhibit’s opening reception with the national celebration of “Women’s Equality Day”. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 26th, 5 to 8 pm! The exhibit will be dedicated to our former Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and our former Mayor, Helen Putnam, and we are delighted to report that Mayor Barrett will be attending the opening to bestow the honors. 
https://www.petalumamuseum.com/2020/04/18/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  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/ and at http://sonco.ca.lwvnet.org/

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Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar

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

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For music purchasing opportunity: 

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