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June 24, 2024 Original Radio Show ID:
Duration 57 minutes .
--- Featuring Click the Name to access the Segment below 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces 2. Guest Rebecca Fein, Executive Director, Verity - Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention & Healing in Sonoma County ---- ---- 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have a special guest with me in the studio this morning. Joining me in the studio is Rebecca Fein. Rebecca is the Executive Director for Verity, with the mission: Verity is dedicated to providing comprehensive and compassionate support to survivors of sexual assault, rape, and human trafficking in Sonoma County.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
was in April. So many things to
cover and was unable to do so in
April and my idea is better late
than never. The theme this year
is, “Together We Can Build
Connected Communities,” Sexual
violence affects every community
in this Nation, leaving millions
of Americans — our neighbors,
friends, colleagues, and loved
ones — scarred. This is if you can believe it the last Monday of the Month and we will be doing the Women’s Spaces Pledge, I have some special happy birthdays to announce. On Friday June 21 which was the Summer Solstice and the full moon and we celebrated activists Susan Lamont’s birthday. She was born on the 21st and when she was born it was full. Special Happy Birthday to activist Robin Latham, an amazing woman and we were able to share our experiences when we were both part of the Harmony Festival that took place in Sonoma Co. A big Happy Birthday to our wonderful KBBF Board President, Alicia Sanchez one of my favorite people in this world. The party took place at another birthday woman, June Brashares home. A shout out to her wonder husband Woody Hastings for arranging it to happen. It was an amazing party and Ken and I truly needed. Special condolences to the family of our dear friend Timothy Osmer, a true man of the earth, passed away on Friday morning June 21. Special love and hugs sent over the airways to his beautiful partner and our friend Nikki Dohn. ---- 2. Our Guest, Rebecca Fein, Executive Director of Verity, Sonoma County's sexual assault prevention, intervention, and healing center, discusses her background, Verity's services, and the importance of storytelling in healing from sexual trauma. Rebecca joined Verity in 2023, bringing over a decade of nonprofit leadership experience. She has a BA in sociology from UC Davis and an MPH from Columbia University. Rebecca founded the Powerful Voices Project, a series of documentary films sharing stories of resilience from young women who have experienced sexual trauma. Rebecca recounts a transformative experience with a close friend, where sharing their personal stories of sexual assault led them to recognize the power of storytelling in healing. This realization spurred Rebecca’s involvement with Verity, where she began as a crisis line counselor. The crisis line, staffed by both professionals and trained volunteers, provides 24/7 support to survivors. Verity offers comprehensive services, including prevention education in schools, professional advocacy for survivors seeking resources like housing and legal aid, and trauma-informed counseling. Verity is co-located at the Family Justice Center, which consolidates multiple services for survivors, making it easier to access necessary support. It’s administrative office is at 1311 West Steel Lane. The organization's name evolved from "Women Against Rape" to "United Against Sexual Assault" and finally to "Verity" to create a more accessible and less stigmatizing identity. Recently, Verity updated its tagline to "Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention, and Healing" to clearly communicate its mission.
Rebecca emphasizes the
importance of meeting survivors
where they are and supporting
their individual journeys
towards healing and justice. She
also highlights the critical
need for stable funding for
victim services, referencing the
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
funding, which fluctuates
significantly. While the State
of California has provided
temporary backfill funding,
long-term stability is needed to
ensure continued support for
vulnerable populations. About our Guest: Rebecca Fein is the executive director of Verity, Sonoma County's sexual assault prevention, intervention, and healing center. She began her role at the organization in 2023, bringing 10 years of nonprofit leadership experience and a deep passion for the mission of Verity. Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from UC Davis, and a master's in public health from Columbia University.
Becky Fein is the founding
director of the Powerful
Voices Project, a
documentary film series that
tells stories of resilience,
hope, and recovery of people who
have experienced sexual trauma.
This interactive talk will
explore the power of
storytelling in service to
healing and changing the
conversation around sexual
assault and its survivors.
Guest Links:
Verity website: https://www.ourverity.org/
---- HerstoryOur History Is Our Strength Check out important dates to remember in Herstory at the National Women's History Alliance, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.
Special thank you to the National Women’s History Alliance for making women’s history alive. Shout out to Co-Founder and Retiring Executive Director, Molly McGregor who will be on the show when we celebrate Women’s History Month in March for making the fabulous list of Women in History where I get most of the info I present in this Herstory segment. -- Herstory Events: June 23, 1972 – Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is signed by President Nixon, one of the most important legislation initiatives passed for women and girls since women won the vote in 1920. This legislation guarantees equal access and equal opportunity for female and male students in almost all aspects of our educational systems.
Title IX is most famous for
its impact on expanding
opportunities for women and
girls in sports. In 1972,
there were just over 300,000
women and girls playing
college and high school
sports in the United States.
Female athletes received 2
percent of college athletic
budgets, while athletic
scholarships for women were
virtually nonexistent.
By 2012, the 40th anniversary of Title IX’s passage, the number of girls participating in high school sports nationwide had risen tenfold, to more than three million. More than 190,000 women were competing in intercollegiate sports—six times as many as in 1972. By 2016, one in every five girls in the United States played sports, according to the Women’s Sports Foundation. Before the passage of Title IX, that number had been one in twenty-seven. Source: https://www.history.com/news/title-nine-womens-sports
June 23, 1940 (November 12, 1994) – Wilma Rudolph, athlete, first woman runner to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. Wilma
Rudolph was an American
sprinter who overcame
childhood polio and went on
to become a
world-record-holding Olympic
champion and international
sports icon in track and
field following her
successes in the 1956 and
1960 Olympic Games. She was
the first American woman to
win three gold medals in
track and field during a
single Olympic Games.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph ---- Announcements
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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 The Great Vision, sung by Earth Mama, from the album Loving Kindness (2021 Joyce Rouse).
Singing for Our Lives sung by
Holly Near from the
album And Still We Sing –
The Out Spoken Collection (2002
Calico Tracks Music) ---- For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show
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Wednesday,
July 3, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations:
PJC
website
Saturday,
August 10, 2024,
National Organization for Women
(NOW) - California Conference,
at the Presbyterian Church of
the Roses in Santa Rosa.
To volunteer, have a booth, to
sponsor - please contact NOW
Sonoma County at