Women's Spaces Radio Show

Our first guest, Shekeyna Black, of the Peace and Justice Center announces their fundraiser Raise the Roof Festival, headlining with Momotombo (former members of Malo and Santana), on Saturday August 13th at the Monte Rio Amphitheater. As the Marketing Director of 6th Street Playhouse Shekeyna announces the special concert of Shana Morrison & Caledonia on July 30th. Our second guest, Cecilia S...

Women's Spaces featured our special guest, Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Jane Roe in Roe v. Wade, discussing the reversal of the 49 years of this precedent case, and the deleterious effect on women in job and business opportunities, financially,  and every aspect of life as a 2nd Class citizen. Listen and be inspired by this premier Women's Rights attorney to take action. Check...

This week's radio show features our host Elaine B. Holtz in conversation with our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the recent SCOTUS decisions curtailing our rights, especially women's rights by its overturning Roe v. Wade. See the link for the bio of the guest, show segment descriptions, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA22/W...

Our host Elaine B. Holtz comments on the recent overturning by SCOTUS of Roe v. Wade, a precedent for nearly 50 years. Our first segment guest Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters,  gives us an update on the certified count of the Primary Election. Our second segment guests Jill Plamann and Cindy Fenton share their passion to save pollinators with gardens of plants the pollinat...

This week's show features Jasmine Palmer, a alumna and advocate for Athena House, a substance abuse program for women in lieu of prison in operation for 33 years. It now faces closure. Jasmine shares a Gofundme site for raising funds to transition Athena House to a new location, as well as a gala fundraiser planned for July 23, 2022. See the show's webpage for links mentioned in the show and more...

This week's podcast features announcements of local events and a conversation between Women's Spaces' host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Vesta Copestakes on the Uvalde elementary school mass killing, meaningful gun control laws, and the January 6th Public Hearings, Saturday are Juneteenth celebrations and a benefit for the Peace and Justice Center, so check out our announcements on this show's unique...

We feature comments by our host Elaine B. Holtz on Memorial Day's lessons learned from the battlefield and another mass shooting by an 18-year-old enraged with legally purchased military style guns in Texas but this time 19 children and two teachers were killed with many wounded. Elaine asks, "When will the children come first?" Our featured guest is Grace Cheung-Schulman who talks about the Asian...

This week's show features the author and ritualist Carol Kilby on her new book "Evolutionary Dancer - Out, In, and On the Fringe of the Church." Carol shares her Odyssey as a Protestant minister seeking to reconcile the environmental and feminist crisis of our times with the Christian Church. It is a tale of meeting remarkable men and women and learning of the mystic traditions of religions and th...

We played a repeat of a previous show last week, but we were live again in the studio on Monday broadcasting Women's Spaces.  The Director of the stage play "Real Women Have Curves", Marie Ramirez Downing, and one of the actors making her debut, Reilly Milton, talk about preparing for the play, now at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa. Check out the show's web archive page for segment de...

This week's show is a May Day special. Dr. Harriet Fraad talks about the history of women in labor union movements and in today's labor struggles. Check out this show's web archive page for the bio of the guest, description  of the show's segments, links referenced, announcements (including some local events protesting the SCOTUS plan to revoke Roe v. Wade), this week in Herstory, and  t...

Our co-producer Ken Norton shares his participation as an undergraduate at San Jose State in the Survival Faire that preceded the first Earth Day by two months, where students buried a car to draw attention to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Paul Ehrlich's Population Bomb and the automobile's contribution to environmental damage. He is followed by guests Amy and Rachel Cohen, high school student...

Our featured guest is Arleen Arnink-Pate of Sonoma Media Investment who produces the Women in Conversation Series and on Wednesday 4/20 presents Winona LaDuke, Native American Elder and Environmental Activist, and Jamie Margolin, student leader of Youth Climate Marches, as a generational comparison of the Environmental Movement. Check out this show's web archive page for the bio on the guest, desc...

This week's show features Elaine commenting on the confirmation of the first black woman to SCOTUS as Associate Justice and our guest Vesta Copestakes on her community involvement activity as Chair of the Vacation Rental Committee of the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council and its proposal for a revised Vacation Rental Ordinance to the Sonoma County Supervisors. Check out our web archiv...

We featured guest Laura Wells discussing the new California Left Unity Slate, a merger of the Green Party and the Peace and Freedom Party to support seven candidates in 2022.  Laura is included in that slate in her run for State Controller. She describes this Office. She also talks about Public Banking to fund services needed by state residents with low interest that is paid to the state trea...

We took a break on 3/21/2022 but are back this week with a show featuring Dr. Dianna Grayer discussing her new stage play "Release: Unearthing the Silent Rumblings". The first showing is on April 2 at Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati. This Black production consists of 4 short plays sure to stir the hearts and minds of the audience. It is an invitation to talk about race in a safe place. Included...

The show features Judy Hardin Cheung talking about the Redwood Empire Chinese Association and two Chinese American women who were quite influential in the area in improving relations and helping the community thrive: Song Wong Bourbeaux (1906-1996) and Frances Lok (1928-2021).  Judy is also the author of Poetography, combining poetry with her photographs. Our host Elaine B. Holtz comments on...

Our host Elaine B. Holtz comments on the Peace Rally held Sunday at Old Courthouse Square. Our guest is Molly Murphy MacGregor, E.D. and Co-founder of the National Women's History Alliance, whose 2022 theme is "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." Check out the web archive page of the show to listen at your convenience, read bio of the guest and descriptions of the show's segments, this week...

This week's show is the last show of the month and time for reciting the Women's Spaces Pledge. Our first guest is Aja Gianola-Norris, Director of the musical Hair now showing at the 6th Street Playhouse until March 6, 2022. Our second guest is Katrina Phillips, the President of the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights. Both guests share what in their lives prepared them for their roles. Check...

Our guest Faith Ross announces Black History Month exhibits and events in Petaluma in February. Our second guests Mary Munat and Trina de La Chapelle share their experiences in Braver Angels' workshops to improve communication and dialogue with those of another political persuasion for the sake of preserving our democratic Republic. They announce two upcoming workshops that are sponsored by the So...

Valentine's Day Special, features our host Elaine B. Holtz and her partner and co-producer Ken Norton reading her poem "Friends and Lovers", and guests Jackie Elward, Nancy Rogers and Celeste Austin responding and  talking about their supportive loving relationships. Check out the show' web archive page for descriptions of the segments, bios of the guests, announcements, links referenced and...

Our host Elaine B. Holtz comments on the controversy over Whoopi Goldberg's remarks on the Nazi enacted Holocaust,; for Black History Month we play a recording of Donzaleigh Abernathy's speech to the Martin Luther King, jr, Birthday online event, and our guest Tina Rogers describes how willing Donzaleigh was to do this for her godfather Martin. Tina also discusses the glass-ceiling shattering life...

As usual our last show of the month features us reciting the Women's Spaces Pledge together. Our first guest is Nancy Wang of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association who helps us know the spirit of the Lunar New Year of the Tiger. Our second guest is Susan Lamont, local activist who shares her observations of the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) and i...

Our guest is Gilda Gonzales, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern California, serving 19 counties north of San Francisco.  She talks of the future of abortion and the 7-point plan for California to address the various State's restrictive laws,. Check out the page to listen to the show at your convenience, for the bio of the guest, links referenced of the study of the restrictions and the 7-p...

Learn about two upcoming events and the organizations that sponsor them: the Martin Luther King jr. Online Birthday Celebration "Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope on Sunday, January 16 from 7-9 PM; the Sonoma County Black Forum & NAACP's Food Distribution for Times Like These on Saturday, January 22, 10 AM - Noon. http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA22/WSA220110.html

Our first show of the year 2022!. Our guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel guides us in ABC of Making New Year Resolutions. Dr. Keel was our guest the first show of last year, as well, and, after applying her technique she shared that show, our co-producer Ken was able to retrain his brain from an anxiety disorder he had suffered from for 20 years, and  after one year has passed Ken has not had any m...