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Featuring

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1. Amy Nykamp, President, Sonoma County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW)

2. Lynn Woolsey, Former Congresswoman, Marin/Sonoma, CA

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1. Our guest,  Amy Nykamp, has just been seated as 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Board of Supervisors will issue a Gold Resolution, declaring the NOW Sonoma Woman's Suffrage Calendar of 2020 to be an historical document, that played a key role in our county's remembrance of women's suffrage.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 Guest Events below.

-report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer

 About our Guest: Amy Nykamp is an Adult Reference Librarian for the Sonoma County Library. She also has a background in working with children and teens and was part of the team at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library and helped with the production of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Sonoma County Chapter’s 19th Amendment Centennial 2020 Woman Suffrage calendar, which included national and local California heroes. Amy is NOW Sonoma's new President.

Guest Link:

Sonoma County Chapter NOW http://nowsonoma.org/

Guest Events:

NOW Sonoma Monthly Membershiip Online Meeting,  Thursday, August 19, 2021, 6:00 - 8:00 PM http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html#1

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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2. Our guest, Congresswoman (Ret.) Lynn Woolsey, shares her 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.

-report by Ken Norton, Co-Produce

About our Guest: Lynn Woolsey was elected in 1992—the “Year of the Woman”— and joined 23 other freshman women Representatives in the 103rd Congress (1993–1995). Woolsey used her experience as a member of the Petaluma City Council in California to mount a successful congressional campaign and to build a two-decade career in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Woolsey was born in Seattle, King County, Wash., November 3, 1937; graduated from Lincoln High School, Seattle, Wash.; attended the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1955–1957; B.S., University of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif., 1980; human resources manager and personnel service owner; teacher, Marin Community College, Indian Valley, Calif.; instructor, Dominican College of San Rafael, Calif.; member, Petaluma, Calif., City Council, 1984–1992; vice mayor, Petaluma, Calif., 1989 and 1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993–January 3, 2013); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.

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Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

Herstory Birthdays:

August 15, 1913 (1998) – Aurora Castillo, community activist, co-founded Mothers of East Los Angeles (1984) which worked against a proposed prison and hazardous waste dump in East Los Angeles.

August 17, 1927 (1997) – Elaine Hedges, educator, helped create the field of Women’s Studies, founding member of the National Women’s Studies Association, founded the Women’s Studies Program at Towson University, one of the oldest programs in the country, writer, and editor for The Feminist Press.

August 18, 1927 – Rosalynn Carter, U.S. First Lady from 1977 to 1981, politically active while in the White House, focused on mental health, senior citizens, and community voluntarism, co-founded the Carter Center with her husband in 1982.

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Announcements

NOW Sonoma Monthly Membershiip Online Meeting,  Thursday, August 19, 2021, 6:00 - 8:00 PM http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html#1

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NOW Sonoma Special Online Meeting Event on Women's Equality Day, Thursday, August 26, 2021 6:00-8:00 pm PDT. On this Women's Equality Day and 101st Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Sonoma County Supervisors are making a Gold Resolution that our chapter's Centennial 2020 Woman Suffrage Calendar for being an historical document that played a key role in our county's remembrance of women's suffrage. 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, Jill Ravitch - Sonoma County District Attorney, Gaye LeBaron - Historian and journalist with the Press Democrat, and Lynn Woolsey - Former U.S. Representative (1993-2013). Join us by Zoom or on our new Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonomacountynow

To register for the August 26th Zoom Meeting, click: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/honoring-women-of-sonoma-county-tickets-166886334519

 NOW Events Page:  http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html

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Peace and Justice Center Annual Award Nominations due by August 31, 2021: https://www.pjcsoco.org/nominations-for-annual-awards.html

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 at   and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021 .

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For music purchasing opportunity: 

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