Archived Radio Show

January 31, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220131

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces

2. Nancy Wang, President, Redwood Empire Chinese Association

3. Susan Lamont, Social Activist, Member of the Police Brutality Coalition of Sonoma County

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz. This is the last show of the month and time for reciting the Women's Spaces Pledge together. Tomorrow begins the Lunar New Year of the Tiger and our first guest via telephone is Nancy Wang, who will describe how her family observes traditional Chinese festivities at this time of the year. Long time Sonoma County activist Susan Lamont will then come on via telephone to share her observations of the effectiveness of Sonoma County's IOLERO after the enactment of Measure P.

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2.  Our first guest Nancy Wang shares the history and mission of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association (RECA of offering Chinese culture and language classes for children, helping emigrees, and visiting senior homes. Events are open to the public. Unfortunately, the pandemic has for the second year caused RECA not to hold its colorful annual Lunar New Year's Celebration and Buffet at a physical venue.  Nancy describes the meaning of this year of the Tiger with a personal touch. Nancy is especially happy that her college boys will be coming home for the Lunar New Year to celebrate the tradition.

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

About our Guest: Nancy Wang is Chinese American, who was born in Taiwan. She attended junior college in Japan and settled in California with her husband in 1977. She has been part of Redwood Empire Chinese Association (RECA) since it began in a garage in 1988 with the goal of teaching children Chinese culture and language.
Nancy has been involved in many organizations and committees and has served on the Santa Rosa's City Council Advisory Committee (CAB) for 15 years, plus many other associated civic committees.
She has been honored with various awards from city, state, federal government both personally and on behalf of the Redwood Chinese Assoc.
She is the mother of three children and six grandchildren. She is excited that her oldest grandson has started college and soon will begin a new generation to join RECA.

Guest Links: 

Redwood Empire Chinese Association: https://recacenter.org/

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3. Our second guest Susan Lamont shares her observations of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), its history of being formed as a result of the sustained public protests of the killing of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by Sheriff Deputy Eric Gelhaus, and the recent process of hiring its new director, and the importance of transparency. Susan notes how input from the Citizen's Advisory Council (CAC) of IOLERO has been ignored, though it was a vital part of it founding review process for oversight of the Sheriff's Office.

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

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a 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.

Guest Links: 

Police Brutality Coalition of Sonoma County: www.facebook.com/PBCSonomaCounty/

IOLERO Community Advisory Council (CAC): https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-Advisory-Council/

Susan Lamont's email for newsletters: peacenik (at) sonic.net  

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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

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

January 29, 1941 – Robin Morgan, poet, political theorist, activist, co-founder of the Women’s Media Center, author of over twenty books, edited trailblazing anthology Sisterhood is Powerful in the 1970s.

January 30, 1890 – Angie Debo, spent lifetime examining historical implications of settlements of Native Americans Indians, wrote And Still the Waters Run in 1940 describing the “criminal conspiracy” that defrauded Oklahoma’s Five Civilized Tribes of their lands.

January 30, 1912 (1989) – Barbara Tuchman, author, historian, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for The Guns of August and in 1971 for Stillwell and the American Experience in China.

January 31, 1960 (1982) – Betty Parsons, gallery owner and artist, exhibited watercolors in 1935, created the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1946, showed the work of many avant garde expressionists.

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Announcements 

Thursday, February 17, 6:00 pm, NOW Sonoma County Chapter Planning Meeting, via Zoom.  For details see http://nowsonoma.org/Events.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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