Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA190520

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Featuring Guests

1. Leslie Graves, Organizer, Stop the Bans Rally in Santa Rosa on May 20

2. Charlie Toledo, Executive Director, Suscol Intertribal Council in Napa County

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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 Our Featured Guests

1. Leslie Graves announces the Stop the Bans Rally in Santa Rosa, which she stepped up to the plate to organize in alliance with the nationwide action #StoptheBans to protest the recent state laws banning abortion in Alabama and restricting women's reproductive choice in 12 other states, threatening Roe v. Wade in future Supreme Court decisions. Folks will gather at the renewed Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa on Tuesday evening May 21, 5 to 7 pm.

About our Guest:  Leslie Graves has organized the Women's March in Santa Rosa.

Guest Event links:

Stop the Bans Rally in Santa Rosa on Tuesday Evening May 21, 5 - 7 pm, fb event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/441727359937635/

Find a Stop the Bans Rally in any location in the USA at http://www.stopabortionbans.org/     #stopthebans

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2.  Charlie Toledo shares her family history as members of the Towa People in New Mexico.  Charlie talks of her grandfather who was separated from his parents as a child and placed with a family as a servant against his will.  Her grandfather was deprived of his native language and his native religion was replaced with Roman Catholicism.  Charlie recounts how she was then raised in that imposed religion unitl she rebelled in her teen years during the time of popular resistance to the Vietnam War as she helped young men resist the draft.  She would learn from her early political activism to apply her fervor to restoring indigenous people rights in the USA.  After her move to Napa County she reorganized the Suscol Intertribal Council in 1992 to make it a safe place to hold native ceremonies and a community center "to bring healing between the existing population and the people who historically inhabited Napa Valley and nearby counties."  In 1995 Charlie attended the UN World Conference on Women which produced the Declaration of Indigenous Women. This led to the 2002 establishment of the Secretarial of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and to the 2007 UN Dedclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

About our Guest:  Charlie Toledo is a descendent of the Towa People, a native to New Mexico. She is the Executive Director of the Suscol Intertribal Council, a community-based organization 501(c)3 incorporated in 1992, located in Napa, California. She has extensive experience as public speaker, presenter and community organizer in regional, statewide, national and international forums. Since 1986 worked in alternative healthcare fields, background in mediation consultation for individuals, families, and organizations. She has been an organic gardener since 1978. She has lifelong commitment to social justice and international work on Human Rights and Environmental social justice issues. Charlie is affiliated with Women’s Intercultural Network, with consultative status to the United Nations.See the numerous affiliations of Charlie Toledo at www.suscolcouncil.org/About.html

Guest Link: www.suscolcouncil.org

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Announcements

Tuesday Evening May 21, 5 - 7 pm, Stop the Bans Rally in Santa Rosa, event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/441727359937635/

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

I Am Woman sung by Pink Martini from I Am Woman Single  (2018 Heinz Records)

Pale Moon by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanyegi – Beloved Woman of the Cherokee  (2011 Becky Hobbs)