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Featuring Guests

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1. Stephanie King, Marketing Director, Charles M. Schulz Museum

2. Faith Ross, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development

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Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces

This coming Friday, February 12 according to the Chinese Calendar 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The Ox.is The second animal of the Chinese zodiac. According to astrologers, the Ox denotes the hard work, positivity and honesty that will be manifested in all of us in the coming 12 months, So Happy New Year to our Chinese brothers and sisters.

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Discussion with Featured Guests:

1.  Stephanie King, Marketing Director, discusses the changes the Charles M. Schulz Museum has undergone since the beginning of the pandemic restrictions. Most of the staff work remotely at home and more exhibits have come online. There are even free downloads for entertaining the children at home. See the links to these webpages below Guest LInks.

About our Guest: Stephanie King has been working for the Schulz Museum for 2-1/2 years. She has her BA degree from UC Santa Cruz in History of Art and Visual Culture and has worked at other museums.

Guest Links:

Schulz Museum On-Demand: https://schulzmuseum.org/schulz-museum-on-demand/

Hidden Treasures: Unseen Originals from the Collection: https://schulzmuseum.org/hidden-treasures-online/

Schulz Museum At Home (free): https://schulzmuseum.org/museum-at-home/

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2. Faith Ross talks about how Petaluma Blacks for Community Development has adjusted their annual Museum exhibit for Black History Month and taken it to the Streets for the pandemic as Celebrating Family Portraits. With the help of the City Mayor and City Manager of Petaluma, and Paige Green Photography, Petaluma Family portraits, featuring the multicultural families of Petaluma, are exhibited in over 40 storefronts in downtown Petaluma from January 29 – March 15, 2021.

About our Guest: Faith Ross has lived in Sonoma County since 1975. She is a retired Auditor/Appraiser for the County of Sonoma, Assessor’s Office. Faith is on the board of several local organizations- Petaluma Community Relations Council and the Black Forum. Faith is the president of Petaluma Blacks for Community Development. She and her husband have two grown sons and eight grandchildren.

Guest Links:

New website for Petaluma Blacks for Community Development https://pbcd4us.com/

Celebrating Familiy Portraits Project in downtown Petaluma from January 29 – March 15, 2021.  https://pbcd4us.com/celebrating-family/

Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

Herstory Events:

February 12, 1869 – The Utah Territorial Legislature passes a bill allowing women to vote. In 1871, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leaders of the early suffrage movement, visited the Utah Territory. They wanted to witness women in Utah exercising their right to vote.

Herstory Birthdays:

February 9, 1944 – Alice Walker, writer, first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, for The Color Purple (1983).

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions:

February 18, 2021, Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. via Zoom, National Organization for Women (NOW)-Sonoma County Chapter, 30 minute membership meeting followed by a Special Program Honoring Black History Month and the Newly Elected City Councilwomen of Sonoma County with presentations and Q & A. Our Presenters are:

• Tina Rogers – Overview of Black History Month

• Jackie Elward – Vice Mayor – Rohnert City Council

• Natalie Rogers – Vice Mayor – Santa Rosa City Council

• Skylear Palacios– Council Member Healdsburg City Council

NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. Come join our chapter serving California North of San Francisco!

Free and open to the public:

Join Zoom Meeting on 2/18/2021 6:30-8:00 pm, Click here.
Meeting ID: 875 8875 3750 Passcode: 520289
No internet device? Join by Phone +1 669 900 9128 (San Jose)

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Celebrating Familiy Portraits Project in downtown Petaluma from January 29 – March 15, 2021.  https://pbcd4us.com/celebrating-family/

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Music Selections

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

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For music purchasing opportunity: 

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show