Archived Radio Show

September 5, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220905

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. First Guest Eva Granahan, Columnist, Sonoma County Gazette; Activist

3. Second Guest Major (Ret.) Renee Marie, Peace Poles in Schools

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Today is Labor Day's 140th celebration in the United States. Condolences to the family and community on the passing of Kathleen Susan Finigan, local activist for the homeless and former member of the Sonoma County Commission for Human Rights. Happy Birthday greetings to Rev. Randolph DeJon Hurley today. And for tomorrow Happy Birthday to our great granddaughter Satori Trinity Jensen as she turns 4 years old.

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2. Our first guest Eva Granahan announces the Apple-y Ever After Festival and Fundraiser for and at the Arlene Francis Center is Old Railroad Square of Santa Rosa on this Saturday, September 10, 2022, from Noon to 11 pm. This is a family affair with food, yoga, massage, live music and DJs. For her 30th birthday party she is helping to raise money for the Arlene Francis Center, which is the community cultural center in the heart of historic Railroad Square district in downtown Santa Rosa. This is the first fundraiser she’s planned in several years now but is enjoying the challenge. The pandemic has affected the AFC with the inability to offer its venue for events for a couple of years, so the funds are sorely needed. Midnight Sun is headlining, along with fine local talent.

About our first Guest: Eva Granahan is a Sonoma County local, committed to social justice and activism, writes for the Sonoma County Gazette (free monthly newspaper across the county). She is the proud mother of a two-year-old daughter.

Guest Link: 

Read the AFC plea for its fundraiser: www.arlenefranciscenter.org

Guest Event:

Click for Tickets at Allevents  

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3. Our second guest Major (Ret.) Renee Marie shares why she chose to volunteer for the Army. She saw on "Being all you can be," and it spoke to her servant heart, especially having a student loan to pay off. Renee talks about her experience as one of a few women among men and some of the ridicule she received. She also had to report about a commander's hand that had a more than helpful intent. She decided to retire from the Army in 2016 upon reading the reports of a presidential candidate's loose behavior around women. Major Marie was first introduced to the Peace Pole Project at the World Peace Sanctuary in Wassaic, NY. She was so moved to see 193 Peace Poles erected for all member countries of the United Nations, that she decided to spread the message of Peace Poles, "May Peace Prevail on Earth," to schools.  When called back to duty in Afghanistan, Major Marie was invited to place a Peace Pole at a school in Kabul with 900 co-ed students, and she relates on the awkwardness of being confronted by a local on wearing her uniform while gifting a Peace Pole. At a school in Sacramento, CA, after the Peace Pole for Schools Placement Ceremony, a girl stood up and promised to never bully again. Her teacher later reported that this was a sincere statement as her behavior did change. Over 200,000 Peace Poles have been planted since 1970.

Major (Ret.) Renee Marie - Photo from www.facebook.com/PeacePolesForSchools/.

About our second Guest:  Major (Ret.) Renee Marie is a Sacramento area artist, poet, and retired Army Combat Veteran. Major Marie relocated to Sacrament from Vermont in 2006 to serve as Chief Patient Administration Officer for the Army Medical Command’s West Coast Community Based Warrior Transition Unit operating out of the McClellan Park Airbase North Highlands. After three years in 2010, the Vermont National Guard recalled her to join a Deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. There she served as the Commander of a Level II, NATO clinic serving over 8,000 U.S. Coalition troops and local nationals if they met the medical rules of engagement criteria “Life, Limb or Eyesight” emergencies. She holds an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology and worked over 12 years in public school across the country before returning to full-time military service. Major Renee Marie retired from the Army in 2016.

Guest Links:

Peace Poles For Schools, directed by Major (Ret.) Renee Marie:  www.facebook.com/PeacePolesForSchools/

Email Major Renee Marie at : peacepolesforschools (at) gmail.com

World Peace Sanctuary  in Wassaaic, NY: www.worldpeace.org/sanctuary/

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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:

September 1, 1933 (2006) – Ann Richards, second woman elected governor of Texas (1990).

September 6, 1860 (1935) – Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, first major settlement house, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1931), suffragist, helped establish American Civil Liberties Union (1920).

September 4, 1906 (1988) – Elaine Yoneda, Communist labor organizer with the International Longshoreman’s Union, argued for free day care for women and equal pay for equal work in 1930s, interned in 1942 with her Japanese American husband because she felt family should stay together.

September 8, 1859 (1918) – Mary M. Kimball Kehew, union organizer, co-founder of the Union for Industrial Progress (1892), first president of the National Women’s Trade Union League (1903).

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Announcements  

Saturday, September 10, 2022, Noon to 11 PM, Apple-y Ever After Festival and Fundraiser for and at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 in Old Railroad Square. Family event. Donation $30 Requested, No one turned away. 

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Monday,September 12, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be a repeat the show on which we interviewed Rosita Stevens-Holsey on her aunt, Dr. Pauli Murray. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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  Wednesday September 15, 11am, repeat of Monday's show, will will be frepeat the show on which we interviewed Rosita Stevens-Holsey on her aunt, Dr. Pauli Murray. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Monday September 19, 2022, 7:00–8:30 pm, Sonoma County NOW Monthly Board and Membership Meeting (in Person) featuring Film Showing of California Women Win the Vote (in 1911), Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, 95401
Tickets: Online only, SEATING LIMITED, no fee. Click Here for Eventbrite.

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Through End of September 2022,  Sue Kearney: Fluid Art — Flow and Fascination, Cafe Frida Gallery, 300 S A St, Santa Rosa. About Sue: https://suekearney.com/ Sue's show continues through end of September. Meet the Artist, each Wednesday 10:30–noon. Feel free to tell your friends, and to come by again for a sit and a cuppa.

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

Union Maid, sung by New Harmony Sisters Band from the album Ain’t I A Woman (1977 Paredon Records).

No More Wars sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Songs from the Road of Life (2004 Beckaroo Records)

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

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