Women's Spaces Radio Show

This week's show celebrates Women's Equality Day (August 26th) with our guest Molly Murphy MacGregor of the National Women's History Alliance sharing its history and that of the Equal Rights Amendment awaiting Congressional OK. Molly emphasizes to get out the vote for leaders that support women's rights. See this show's unique web archive page for descriptions of the show segments, the bio of the...

For this week's show we featured guest Shekeyna Black announcing the Raise the Roof Festival and Fundraiser on this Saturday, August 13th, at the Monte Rio Amphitheater from noon to 8 pm for the Peace & Justice Center's new roof. Elaine and Ken will be going and hope to see you there! Our second guest was Debbie MacKay sharing some history of the League of Women Voters, notice of upcoming foru...

This week's show features guest co-author Sherry Glaser on her and Kym Trippsmith's new “Mama’s First Chicktionary, Taking the Dick our of Dictionary” . Join us for a seriously delightful casting of spellings, as major surgery is done on bringing "wumun" back into the English lexicon. Sherry ends the show with a tarot reading from a deck cut by our host Elaine. Check out the link for the bio of th...

This week's radio show features guest Nancy Pemberton of the Committee for Law Enforcement Accountability Now (CLEAN) on the Sonoma County Supervisors Closed-Doors Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Deputy Sheriff Association (DSA) that weakens the 2020 Measure P powers given to the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO for Sheriff accountability. It is a mouthf...

This week's radio show features guest Nancy Pemberton of the Committee for Law Enforcement Accountability Now (CLEAN) on the Sonoma County Supervisors Closed-Doors Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Deputy Sheriff Association (DSA) that weakens the 2020 Measure P powers given to the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO for Sheriff accountability. It is a mouthf...

 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, Cec...

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 out th...

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 pollinators vi...

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...

For this week' s show, Elaine announces a special zoom meeting on Monday June 13th to stop the closing of Athena House, a 33-year-old agency that helped women with addictions avoid prison. Nancy Rogers announces that the 52nd annual MLK-Juneteenth Community Celebration will happen live and in person this year at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Park in Santa Rosa on Saturday June 18th. Shekeyna Black...

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 descript...

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 the playlist...

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 treasury r...

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 the pl...