Sonoma County Gazette February 2022 article on Women's Spaces
Celebrating 10 Years on Radio. Download pdf:
---- Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returned
on
February 12,
2024 discussing the History of Black Women in Literature and in
Music. and previously on
May 11, 2020,
June 8, 2020, and
July 6, 2020
with a 3-part series of
Feminism and Black Lives Matter.
Click here for
the show's page. ---- Marianne Williamson has returned to Women's Spaces for
our show in 9/18/2023
Conversation. Previously she was on our 1/14/2013
and
2/25/2013 shows on Law of DivineCompensation.
----
Attorney
Gloria Allred
has returned to Women's Spaces for our
July 11, 2022 show
on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps.
She also contributed as a guest on
March 5, 2018, and on
June
15, 2020.
Click the dates above for show's webpage.
----
Lynn
Woolsey, Congress-woman (Retired) returned on
10/16/2023
and on 8/162021 to speak on bold
steps for our Nation to take.
---- , Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen returned
on
Monday June
29, 2020 as a guest on Women's Spaces to discuss the Millionth
Circle of women coming together.
Visit
the show's page by clicking here.
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When our representatives are making important
decisions that impact all of our lives I believe it is important to ask
one basic question before making
those decisions, Is this good for
the children? Just imagine what our world would be
like if that question was asked prior to making decisions about going to
war, the environment, education or healthcare.
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2/1/2022: Sonoma County Gazette February 2022
article on Women's Spaces
Celebrating 10 Years on Radio.
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8/30/2021: The top menu bar has changed with the Radio and TV selections
now reduced to one selection for Archives. Clicking it leads one to a
webpage with the choice for either Radio or TV shows, which leads to their
archived show list.
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3/5/2018: Women's Spaces Show begins to air a repeat broadcast on Radio KPCA
103.3 FM Petaluma and
at this link stream
on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM.
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10/30/2017: Women's Spaces celebrates its 5th Anniversary
returning to RadioKBBF for a weekly live 1-hour
show at 11am, repeating at 11pm.
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3/21/2017: The mp3 audio player has been changed so the shows no
longer autoplay on opening the webpages of shows archived in 2017 and
forward, as well as on the home page.
7/13/2015: The 11 AM Monday show on Radio KBBF FM-89.1 now repeats
at 11 PM.
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Radio KBBF FM-89.1 for North San Francisco Bay Area begins
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Pacific Time. See
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Elaine,B. Holtz, the host of Women's Spaces, was
honored to be one of the lead banner bearers, of the Santa Rosa Women's
March 2019 which drew 4,500 marchers along with banner holders Dr.
Jacqueline Lawrence of Legacy Showcase, her granddaughter Grace, Miss Sonoma
County Tyler-Avery Lewis and Miss Sonoma County's Outstanding Teen, Pinkeo
Phongsa. 2019 Photo by Leslie Graves
ERA
Coalition's Petition to President Biden to place the states-ratified
Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution
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On Monday's show of
December 16, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz comments:
I have a special guest for this show, joining me on the
phone from Washington DC will be Zakiya Thomas, President and
CEO of the ERA Coalition and ERA Coalition Forward.
Ihe ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality (ERA Coalition
Forward); a movement of movements, which convenes a diverse
coalition of nearly 300 partner organizations across the
country, representing 80 million people.
From gender, racial, economic and reproductive justice to labor
and LGBTQ+ rights, partners represent interconnected,
intergenerational, and intersectional organizations all united
under one banner: to advance equality and build a foundation for
equal treatment under the law.
Our
Guest, Zakiya Thomas,
President of the ERA Coalition,
highlights the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA) as essential for
gender equality, reproductive
justice, and LGBTQ+ rights.
Inspired by her grandmother’s
activism, Thomas leads over 300
organizations advocating for the
ERA's inclusion in the U.S.
Constitution. Passed by Congress
in 1972, the ERA prohibits
sex-based discrimination but
stalled due to economic and
fear-driven opposition.
Thomas urges support for "The
Legacy We Deserve" campaign,
calling on President Biden to
direct the archivist to publish
the ERA, completing its
constitutional process. While
not a solution to all
gender-based inequalities, the
ERA would establish a legal
foundation for addressing
discrimination and safeguarding
rights like those protected
under Title IX and Title VII.
With strong Congressional
backing from leaders like
Representatives Cori Bush and
Ayanna Pressley, Thomas calls
for collective action. She
encourages signing the petition
at sign4era.org, contacting
President Biden, and supporting
local gender equality efforts.
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feature a repeat of our show on 12/16/2024 with our guest Zakiya
Thomas, CEO of the ERA Coalition, advocating for the passage of the
Equal Rights Amendment.
Monday,
December 23, 2024 11 AM #
repeats 11 PM PT,
the show will feature
a repeat of our show recorded on
12/16/2024 with our guest Zakiya Thomas, CEO of
the ERA Coalition, advocating
for the passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment, Radio KBBF 89.1 FM,
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at
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Wednesday,
December 25, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations. It
includes ongoing peace protests:
PJC
website
www.pjcsoco.org
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Wednesday,
December 25 , 2024, 10 AM PT
(new time), the show will feature
a repeat of our show recorded on
12/16/2024 with our guest Zakiya Thomas, CEO of
the ERA Coalition, advocating
for the passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment,, Radio KPCA
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broadcast over Radio KPCA on the
same day as before but at a new
time on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM.
Above: Elaine B. Holtz speaks at Women’s Rally in
Santa Rosa CA to Mobilize and Defend Reproductive Rights on October 2, 2021.
Elaine is the Host and Co-Producer with Ken Norton of the Women’s Spaces
Radio Show and the former President of the Sonoma County Chapter of the
National Organization for Women (NOW). Elaine has the crowd recite the
Women's Spaces Pledge to overcome shyness in speaking your mind on important
issues. This rally
was in concert with the nationwide protests called by the Women's March
https://womensmarch.com/
and locally sponsored by the Sonoma Democratic Party.
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Above: The Sonoma County Gazette honors Elaine B. Holtz as
she hands over her column Santa Rosa Snippets to Leslie Graves beginning
with the November 2020 issue. 2020 Photo by Sonoma County Gazette.
2020 Rose Parade float commemorating the Women's
Suffrage Centennial. Photo and Clip of the passage of the float and the Women
Suffragist marchers. January 1, 2020
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Elaine Holtz, CMedia Producer Profile and the Art of
Interviewing by Evan Johnson, May 7, 2015
Elaine produced TV shows
on CMEDIA Cable Access in Santa Rosa from 2005 to 2014. See the video
below:
Above video:
Elaine Holtz, in this CMedia Producer Profile, discusses
her Art of Interviewing
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Elaine B. Holtz, Co-Producer/Host of Women's Spaces, and Ken
Norton, Co-Producer/Sound Engineer, with guests Nancy Rogers and Dr. Harriet
Fraad in front, and behind friends June Brashares and Eileer Moribito
after the show of
February 27, 2017 in the new studio in Santa Rosa, CA at Radio KBBF
89.1 FM - Photo by Francisco Lozano, KBBF-fm.org Webmaster
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Miss Sonoma County Tyler-Avery Lewis with
Elaine B. Holtz as she takes the Women's Spaces Pledge at the Santa
Rosa Juneteenth Festival on June 16, 2018. Elaine says: "What a joy it was listening to
this young woman repeat the words after me. This is what my life is
about. Share the Pledge with your friends and make the pledge every
day - it appears on the right margin of every page on our website
womensspaces.com and can be downloaded."
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Elaine, Ken and Rosey in the Women's Spaces booth at
the Petaluma Progressive Festival on 8/25/2019. - 2019 Photo by Nichole
Perry .
5. Recent Shows
Shows of up to a month ago are in this section. Women's Spaces Radio Show is
broadcast live every Monday at 11 AM PT
and repeats at 11 PM on
KBBF 89.1 FM broadcasting over the North San Francisco Bay area from
its San Rosa, California studio and streaming at
kbbf.org. The
show is also repeated on Wednesdays at 11 AM on Radio KPCA 103.3 FM broadcasting to
Petaluma and streaming at
www.kpca.fm.
The shows since December 2019 are available as
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shows to listen online at your convenience on this website at the
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Click the
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---- Sonoma County GoLocal's New Executive Director, Dr. Merith Weisman
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On Monday's show of
December 9, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz comments:
I have a special guest this
morning. Joining me in the
studio is Dr. Merith Weisman
director of Sonoma County GO
LOCAL here in Sonoma County
Merith has been director since
November 2024. Her career spans
nonprofit work and fostering
partnerships between public
higher education and local
communities. We will be talking
about – the benefits of
supporting local businesses
during these holiday seasons. I
can hardly believe Christmas
2024 in a few weeks.
We she made it! On December 6th,
just three days ago my sister
Evelyn Diane Holtz reached the
great age of 80. Wow she has
been in my life for eighty
years. Happy Birthday Evelyn,
wishing you always the best life
has to offer.
Our
Guest, Dr. Merith Weisman,
shared her experience in
Indonesia after the 2004
tsunami, which killed 220,000
people, including 200,000 in
Aceh. The disaster devastatedinfrastructure
and the local economy. Drawing
on her research in Central Java,
she joined Plan International to
aid recovery, translating
grants, teaching program
management, and collaborating
with international volunteers.
Inspired by her activist
grandmother, she emphasized how
resilience and family influence
drive action during crises.
Remarkably, the tsunami’s
aftermath ended a 50-year war in
Aceh, allowing rebuilding and
peace.
The discussion then focused on
GoLocal, a Sonoma County
initiative promoting local
businesses. Dr. Weisman
highlighted the economic and
environmental benefits of
shopping locally, which retains
three times more value than
big-box or online alternatives.
GoLocal offers rewards programs,
networking, and advertising
opportunities, supporting
businesses like Dee Jays Sash,
Economy Plumbint, and Glass & Wolf HVAC. The session
urged prioritizing local
spending to create resilient,
thriving communities, especially
during the holidays.
---- MaDonna Feather Cruz reports on this year's Alcatraz Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering
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On Monday's show of
December 2, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz comments:
This morning’s guest is Madonna
Feather Cruz, who joins us to
share her experience at the 57th
annual Alcatraz Sunrise
Ceremony, an event she has
participated in since infancy.
Madonna was previously on the
show with her daughter Rayna
Cruz, and together they continue
their family’s legacy of
honoring Native American
traditions. The ceremony, held
on Native American Heritage Day
(November 29), commemorates the
historic Alcatraz occupation and
serves as a powerful reminder of
Indigenous resilience and
cultural preservation.
Madonna will discuss the deeply
spiritual aspects of this
gathering and what she hopes
participants take away from it.
This year marks the 57th annual
event, with the first taking
place in 1977.
Our
Guests, MaDonna Feather Cruz,
reflects on the recent Alcatraz
Sunrise Ceremony held on
Thanksgiving morning, an annual
Native American gathering that
honors the 1969 occupation of
Alcatraz Island by the Red Power
movement. A
legacy native and cultural
preservation advocate, Madonna
emphasizes the event's
importance in showcasing
indigenous resilience and unity
since its inception in 1975.
he describes the ferry ride to
Alcatraz, filled with
traditional drumming, singing,
and camaraderie. On the island,
attendees participate in dances,
songs, and speeches from
indigenous leaders, with
solidarity expressed by other
communities. A moving highlight
is the reading of a letter from
Leonard Peltier, a Native
American activist and political
prisoner.
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archive page! Click above Episode ID Button for this show's
unique web archive page and listen to the audio recording, read
the bio of the guest, and see links referenced.
On Monday's show of
November 25, 2024, our host Elaine B. Holtz comments:
Elaine returns after a four-week
flu-related absence for a live
show featuring MaDonna Feather
Cruz and her daughter, Reyna Joy
Cruz. MaDonna, a Native American
advocate and enrolled member of
the Round Valley Indian Tribes,
raises awareness about Missing
and Murdered Indigenous Women
(MMIW) and cultural
preservation. Reyna, a costume
designer and winner of the 2024
Diversity in Business Award,
shares insights on her work. In
honor of Native American
Heritage Month, MaDonna
discusses her involvement in
events like the Alcatraz
Occupation and Native American
Heritage Day, sharing her
family’s traditions and history.
It promises to be an inspiring
show.
Our
Guests, MaDonna Feather Cruz and
her daughter Reyna Joy Cruz share their journey of resilience, activism, and cultural
competency within Native American communities. MaDonna, a
third-generation Indian boarding school survivor, honors her
grandmother’s activism through her involvement in the International
Indian Treaty Council and Alcatraz Sunrise Ceremonies, symbols of
resistance and heritage preservation. Reyna promotes cultural
awareness through art and kindness, addressing ignorance with
understanding. They reflect on systemic challenges, gender equality,
and Native history, reframing Thanksgiving as a time for education
and gratitude. Together, they emphasize tradition, community, and
passing on values to future generations.
---- Note: We took a four week break. Repeats
of past shows were broadcast. ----
On Monday March 5, 2018,
Elaine interviewed
Gloria Allred,
who shares her journey from teacher to
attorney advocating for
women's rights for 40 years. Gloria talks of
what sustains her in her committment to social change.
Gloria's hope is that this year will be known as the Year of Empowerment for
Women, and she certainly is a mentor as she confronts rich and
powerful men Harvey Weinstein, Judge Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, O.J.
Simpson and even the President Bill Clinton of the United States as she
represents courageous but hurt women.
On Monday June 15, 2020
Gloria Allred returned for a second visit to Women's Spaces
to talks about her friend and client Norma McCorvey, the
"Jane Roe" whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case
that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade, who is
portrayed with her "deathbed confession" in the FX film aka Jane Roe,
of switching from the volunteer and unpaid poster child of
the Pro-Choice movement to become the
paid-with-over-$450,000 poster child of the Pro-Life of
Fetus movement Operation Rescue. Ms. Allred asserts, as does
Norma in her confession that she was always Pro-Choice.
Erin Brockovich
was our second guest on the show ,
of July 9, 2018.
Erin shares her story on becoming one of the
most successful consumer activists in taking on PG&E in Hinkley, CA,
in 1993, about which a movie was made called Erin Brockovich.
Erin encourages us to break free from the box of other's
expectations and to develop the self-esteem needed for the
long and persistent fight for justice. Erin comes to Sonoma
County to help those who were victims of last October wildfire storm
that appears to have been sparked by PG&E's negligent behaviour
in
protecting their equipment from nearby brush and trees as required
as a public utility. Erin warns of legislation that would shield
PG&E from accountability in future wildfire disasters in California,
inspite of the corporation's vast wealth.
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7. Andy
Lopez (2000-2013) - The Democratic Process to Hold the
Sheriff's Office to Accountability & Transparency to the
County (2013 - 2022)
We
have been discussing in the following listed shows since October
2013 the killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez
in a southwest neighborhood of Santa Rosa by a Sheriff Deputy and
the community response. The Independent Office of Law
Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) was
established by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on
September 18, 2015. Visit the
IOLERO government website to read its history here.
Sonoma County voters passed Measure P - Evelyn Cheatham
Effective IOLERO Ordinance on November 3, 2020 with
66.5% of the vote to give IOLERO more authority in its
demands to the Sheriff's Office for Accountability and
Transparency. Women's Spaces has chronicled the
7-year process of this democractic change with the TV
and radio shows listed below. Note: In the show id WSA are radio shows and
WS are TV shows.
List of Show Id Pink buttons that
deal with Andy Lopez
and LEO Accountability
Above Photo: Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces,
interviewing Santa Rosa Councilwoman Julie Combs with Ken
Norton at the soundboard in the new studio in Santa Rosa, CA at Radio KBBF
89.1 FM - Photo by Francisco Lozano, KBBF-fm.org Webmasterp
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Herstory!The National Organization for Women
marked its 50th Anniversary in 2016 and the Sonoma County Chapter of NOW
celebrated the Golden Anniversary on
October 22, 2016. The Video of the event by Evelina Molina is up on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/qfvPckt_ySc and
featured below for awhile:
More Herstory! On April 20, 2016 the US Treasury announced that the picture of the first woman to grace the $20 bill will be that of Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who founded the Underground Railroad to free slaves.
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Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams returned
on
February 12,
2024 discussing the History of Black Women in Literature and in
Music. and previously on
May 11, 2020,
June 8, 2020, and
July 6, 2020
with a 3-part series of
Feminism and Black Lives Matter.
Click here for
the show's page.
Attorney
Gloria Allred
has returned to Women's Spaces for our
July 11, 2022 show
on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps.
She also contributed as a guest on
March 5, 2018, and on
June
15, 2020.
Lynn
Woolsey, Congress-woman (Retired) returned on
10/16/2023
and on 8/162021 to speak on bold
steps for our Nation to take.
, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen 
Monday,
December 23, 2024 11 AM #
repeats 11 PM PT,
the show will feature
a repeat of our show recorded on
12/16/2024 with our guest Zakiya Thomas, CEO of
the ERA Coalition, advocating
for the passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment, Radio KBBF 89.1 FM,
North SF Bay or live streaming
at 
Wednesday,
December 25, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations. It
includes ongoing peace protests:
PJC
website
Erin Brockovich
was our second guest on the show , 
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