Women's Spaces Radio Show

Our host Elaine B. Holtz comments on the memorial service we attended of our friend Michael O'Brien, who practiced Tai Chi with us and who was a decorated Navy combat pilot flying reconnaissance over North Vietnam. The flag presentation ceremony was especially moving as we thought of the many pilots Michael knew and who did not return. Elaine interviewed Dr. Eleanor Pam, the first President of NOW...

After a month hiatus we are back to live broadcasting. This week's show is now online. Our host Elaine Holtz comments on the new documentary film "3 Seconds in October" on the Sheriff Deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in 2013 that was aired by KRCB last week. Our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad returns to discuss the Brittany Spears' case on the conservatorship controlling every aspect of her life....

The week's show is now online. Our Guest Nancy Rogers talks about Celebrating Juneteenth on Saturday June 19th in Sonoma County with the 51st Annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival. Since Singer/songwriter Zakiya Hooker is making a special appearance at this Juneteenth Festival, she joins us on Women's Spaces to talk of her life that was greatly influenced by her father, the legendary Blues and...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 6/7/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the weekend's graduation ceremonies and guests Christine Byrue and Maddy Ruddell on the Sunrise Youth Movement March to Fight Climate Change. The weekend's outdoor graduation ceremonies, welcomed after 2020's pandemic restrictions relegated them to Zoom meetings, brings our attention to the future of the youth. Elaine Hol...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 5/31/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guests Susan Lamont on the Memorial Gathering for the Birthday of Andy Lopez (2000-2013) and Monique Alcala on the National Organization of Women (NOW) - 50 Years of the Feminist Voice.  This week's show is now online for your listening convenience. All our show are archived at the website. Susan Collier Lamont speaks of the...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 5/24/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz presenting a Memorial for Alix Dobkin (1940-2021) and guest Shekeyna Black on the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County-  Our host Elaine B. Holtz gives a special Memorial Tribute for Alix Dobkin who just passed away on the 19th of May. Alix wrote the song "The Woman in Your LIfe is You." which she gave Women's Spaces th...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 5/17/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Battle in Palestine and guest Eris Weaver on the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition’s Memorial Ride of Silence and guest Tyra Benoit on the Sonoma Climate Mobilization.  Check out the show's web archive page for bios on the guests, links referenced for groups to become allied with, announcements, this week in...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 5/10/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Mother's Day Proclamation and guest Tina Rogers on Black Herstory: Sojourner Truth and Charlotte Vandyne Fonten .  Elaine comments on the Mother's Day Proclamation of Julia Ward Howe of 1870 and a modern version by Rivera Sun that Code Pink published. Every 2nd Monday of the month Tina Rogers presents Black...

  Women's Spaces Radio Show of 5/3/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the International Workers' Day and FDR's New Deal. For this show we will be talking with Dr. Harriet Fraad about International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the inter...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 4/26/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guests Nancy Wang on Chinese Americans in the North Bay and Sandy Tate on Lesbian Visibility Day. Our first guest Nancy Wang talks about the recent hate crimes against Asians because of the caustic rhetoric of the Trump Administration in 2020 and how the Redwood Empire Chinese Association offers the community glimpses into Chinese...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 4/19/2021 with guest Eszter Freeman on Making Sense as a Child of a Survivor of the Holocaust -   Check out the show's web archive page for bio on the guest, description of the interview, links referenced, this week in Herstory and the playlist at http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210419.html

This week's show is now online. Check out the show's web archive page to listen to the show, read descriptions of the segments, bios of the guests, this week in Herstory, links referenced, announcements and the playlist. You can also subscribe to our podcast. Elaine reviews the Eco Socialist Movements webinar and reads the The Code: Ten Intentions for a Better World. Tina Rogers is a regular guest...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 4/5/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz on April designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, our first guest Alicia Sanchez on Radio KBBF receiving the Silver Heart Award, and our second guest Terri Moon on Emotional Fluency Part 2 of 2. Check out the show's web archive page for bios of the guest, links referenced, this week in herstory and music playlist at http://ww...

Elaine B. Holtz, host, opens with her comments on Faith Ross being named Sonoma County Woman of the Year. Faith Ross is a frequent guest on Women's Spaces. Our first guest Kristin Flyntz calls in from Connecticut to read her poem "An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans" and Terri Moon helps us get out of our heads with emotional fluency. Check out the show's web archive page for bios on the gu...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 3/15/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Black Suffragist Ida B. Wells and the environmentalist Rachel Carson, and our guest Abrea Tillman on the services and Spring events of the Black Student Union  at SRJC Our guest Abrea Tillman is returning to college while being a mother of a young daughter at Santa Rosa Junior College and she shares the valuable...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 3/8/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Frances Harper and Black Suffragists and guest Deborah McKay on Carrie Chapman Catt, Founder of the League of Women Voters.   Check out the show's web archive page for bio of the guest, descriptions of segments, this week in Herstory, links referenced, announcements and playlist at  http://www.womensspa...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 3/1/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Presidential Pardon of Susan B. Anthony and guest Molly Murphy MacGregor on Establishing the National Women's History Month   See the web archive page for the show for the bio of the guest, this week in Herstory, and playlist at https://womensspaces.wordpress.com/2021/03/04/wsa210301/

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 2/22/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Celeste Austin on Black Lives Matter in Black History Month. Check out this show's web archive for links referenced, this week in Herstory and the music playlist at http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210222.html 

This week's show features some simple techniques in mindfulness to bring calm and inner peace in stressful times. Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel gives a simple way to remember how to handle sometimes stressful situations with her ABC, and her 911 guided meditations to change the thoughts, so that we show up strengthened in our reality with inner peace. Give yourself a treat, especially after the news of a...

This week features our host Elaine B. Holtz commenting on Harriet Tubman and Fanny Lou Hamer for Black History Month, reminding folks of V-Day and the Vagina Monologues going online this year and of the special NOW Chapter meeting by Zoom on Thursday, followed by Elaine and her partner an co-producer Ken Norton reading Elaine's poem "Friends and Lovers" as a special for Valentine's Day. The web ar...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 2/8/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guests Stephanie King on the Schulz Museum Online Exhibits and Programs and Faith Ross on the Petaluma Blacks for Community Development Brings the Museum Exhibit "To the Streets: The Family Portrait Project" for Black History Month  The Celebrating Families Project takes a look at the multicultural families of Petaluma, in its...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 2/1/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Theresa Rodriquez on Verity's Support for Victims of Human Trafficking. and Sexual Abuse. Theresa Rodriquez, the lead bilingual Verity case worker for victims, discusses human trafficking in the North Bay. Verity works together with the Human Trafficking Taskforce with include the county district attorneys, law enforcement an...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 1/18/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Pat Sabo on the Central Committee for the Democratic Party of Sonoma County and the Biennial Election of Assembly District Delegates. Learn about the organization of the Central Committee of the Sonoma County Democratic Party and the biennial election of Assembly District Delegates happening in January 2021. Also learn how t...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 1/25/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the Presidential Inauguration, the causes of the Insurrection, and Solutions in Electoral Campaigns and Federal Social Programs. Monday, January 25, show featured our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad in discussion with Elaine B. Holtz, Host, reflecting on the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and V.P Kamala Har...

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 1/11/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Regina Brennan on the Sonoma County Black Forum and Tina Rogers on the  Martin Luther King, Jr Birthday Celebration Elaine begins with Commentary on last week's insurrection incited by the President, resulting in the rioting and desecration of the Nation's Capitol, and narrow escape for the Vice-President and the Leader...