Archived Radio Show

July 25, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220725

Listen to the Show on the Mp3 Player below

Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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

2. Nancy Pemberton, Attorney, Member of the Committee for Law Enforcement Accountability Now (CLEAN) and the Community Advisory Council of Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO)

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Shout out to Athena House, which just held its Gala Fundraiser. Hold the date August 13th for the Raise the Roof Festival and Fundraiser for the Peace & Justice Center's new roof, to be held at the Monte Rio Amphitheater. See its poster under Announcements. 

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2. Our guest Nancy Pemberton shares the history of IOLERO in Sonoma County. Its formation was sparked by the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez when carrying a plastic toy gun, but the history of law enforcement abuse goes back to a 2000 report by the US Committee on Civil Rights calling for more oversight of the Sheriff and other police departments in the county. After 3 annual reports by the then Director of IOLERO Jerry Threet about the uncooperative Sheriff, Measure P was drafted in 2017 to give IOLERO more power in demanding responses from the Sherriff. The fire that year in 2017 and subsequent years and the rise of the pandemic delayed its placement on the ballot until 2020 and the Black Lives Matter protests. The county voters passed Measure P by 65% in 2020.  The Deputy Sheriff Association (DSA) claimed to the Public Employees Relations Board (PERB), that they should have been consulted with before placing the measure on the ballot, and PERB agreed with the DSA. The county then appealed and PERB was ordered to reconsider the decision. However, behind closed doors, the Sonoma County Supervisors agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 3 provisions with DSA, which Nancy claims weakens the power of IOLERO for Sheriff accountability. Nancy outlines these reversals in a letter to Supervisor Linda Hopkins, which is available at the Guest LInks below.

About our Guest: Nancy Pemberton is a member of the Committee for Law Enforcement Accountability Now (CLEAN) and the Community Advisory Council of Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO). She is committed to ensuring vigorous civilian oversight of law enforcement in Sonoma County. An attorney, mitigation specialist, and investigator, Pemberton conducted capital and non-capital investigations at the trial and post-trial stages of litigation throughout the United States and
internationally until her retirement in 2014.
Pemberton co-founded and serves on the board of the Institute for International Criminal Investigations, an international NGO that trains professionals in the art and science of investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide. She also volunteers with the Sonoma Chapter of ACLU-NorCal, the Center for Justice & Accountability and the Akonadi Foundation.

Guest Links:  

Nancy Pemberton's Letter of July 13, 2022 to Supervisor Linda Hopkins:
Click here to download the pdf.

CLEAN email: cleancommittee@gmail.com

CLEAN fb page: www.facebook.com/CLEANcommittee/  

Reference LInk:

2020 Measure P Text on the Ballot passed by 65% of the voters: Click here for Sonoma County website.

IOLERO on Measure P MOU with DSA - Click here for webpage  

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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:

July 24, 1920 (1998) – Bella Abzug, lawyer, political activist. Congressional Representative from New York (1973-77), initiated proposal for Women’s Equality Day.

July 24, 1897 (1937) – Amelia Earhart noted aviation pioneer and author, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, first person to fly solo across the Pacific from Hawaii to the mainland.

July 27, 1891 (1980) – Myrtle Lawrence, sharecropper, and labor organizer, worked within biracial Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union from 1936 to 1943, honored on the 1976 Bicentennial Freedom Train Exhibition.

July 28, 1879 (1966) – Lucy Burns, suffragist, formed National Woman’s Party with Alice Paul, picketed the White House for women suffrage and arrested six times.

July 30, 1939 – Eleanor Smeal, women’s rights activist, co-founder, and president of the Feminist Majority Foundation (1987) and publisher of Ms. Magazine, president of National Organization for Women (1977-1982 and 1985-1987).

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Announcements   

Saturday, July 30 at 8pm, Shana Morrison & Caledonia, 6th Street Playhouse, Details and RSVP at https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/concert-series/shana-morrison-caledonia/

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Monday, August 1, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be featuring guest to be announce.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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  Wednesday August 3, 11am, repeat of Monday's show, will will be featuring guest to be announce. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday, August 13, 2022, Noon to 8 PM, Raise the Roof Festival  - Fundraiser for Peace & Justice Center's new roof, Monte Rio Amphitheater, 9925 Main St., Monte Rio, CA, RSVP at  https://www.pjcsoco.org/raise-the-roof-festival---august-13.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 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

If I Can Dream, sung by Kina Carina Jaarnek from the album Kina Carina Jaarnek and Elvis Presley Band (2005 Winterland Records).

The Times They Are a Changing, sung by The Brothers and Sisters from the album Dylan's Gospels (1969 Ode Records)

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

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