Archived Radio Show

May 30, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220530

Listen to the Show on the Mp3 Player below

Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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

2. Grace Cheung-Schulman, Co-Founder, Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition (AAPIC) of the North Bay

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  I have a special guest this morning. Joining me in the studio will be Grace Cheung-Schulman who is one of the founders of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Coalition (AAPIC) of the North Bay. We will be talking about some of the challenges and concerns that Asians Americans have in our county and in the United States as a whole.

Today is the last Monday of the month and we will be doing the Women's Spaces Pledge.

It is Memorial Day and we remember those loved ones who were called to serve in a war and who passed on their lessons learned.

The mass shootings these last two weeks, and most recently that at an elementary school with easily purchased military style high magazine guns by an 18-year-old angry male in a Texas small town, is bringing grief to a national level. Political campaigns funded by the National Rifle Association with dark money, even from other countries, has made our democracy into a dollarcracy, and has hampered any meaningful gun regulation. The Republican Texas Governor Abbott boasts of his major relaxation of gun regulations in his state. When will the children come first?

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2.  Our guest Grace Cheung-Schulman shares her immigration story, beginning in Hong Kong. She developed a strong desire to travel overseas as a child and her dream came true when she was accepted to study in music and the arts in Canada. In Santa Rosa Grace became her church music director and directed musicals at the Sixth Street Playhouse. With the rise of the pandemic and the politization of it by the previous President calling it the Chinese Virus, hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders increased, causing Grace to reach out and form the AAPI Coalition for mutual support. Grace notes there are about 23 million Asian American and Pacific Islander people in the United States, comprising 50 ethnic groups originating from 40 countries. AAPIC reaches out to other groups serving these people and to promote events and network for support.

AAPIC Mission Statement:
https://mailchi.mp/0e17be5b55dd/mv-statements

Our primary mission is to celebrate culture, empower community, and promote positive change of the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the North Bay. Our vision is that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community’s collective voice is stronger as we come together as we meet our needs and have confidence in each person’s sense of identity.

Women's Spaces Host Elaine B. Holtz and Grace Cheung-Schulman in the studio of Radio KBBF.                               Photo by Ken Norton

About our Guest: Grace Cheung-Schulman was born and raised in Hong Kong. She left Hong Kong to study music and education in Canada. Upon her return, she pursued an arts management career administering music copyright and arts festivals and performing arts programs. She has an MBA degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton where University where she worked before relocating to Sonoma County.
In Santa Rosa, she worked for 4 1/2 years as the music director at a church and co-directed musicals at Sixth Street Playhouse.
Grace is concerned about the environment, social justice, and Palestinian rights. As a volunteer photographer and in technical support person for local nonprofits which included the Southeast Greenway Campaign and Homeless Action!
Currently, she is a freelance events & fine arts photographer; clients include Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. In 2021, she co-founded and co-chaired the AAPI Coalition of the North Bay (AAPIC) in response to the rise of anti-Asian violence in the country.

Guest Links:

 Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition (AAPIC) of the NorthBay email: AAPIC.northbay@gmail.com

AAPIC North Bay fb page: www.facebook.com/AAPIC.NB

AAPIC Mission Statement:
https://mailchi.mp/0e17be5b55dd/mv-statements

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 Herstory

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

Herstory Events:

May 29, 1943 – “Rosie the Riveter” by Norman Rockwell appears on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

Herstory Birthdays:

May 27, 1907 (1964) – Rachel Carson, scientist, and environmentalist, wrote Silent Spring which became a cornerstone of the modern environmental protection movement.

May 31, 1912 (1997) – Chien-Shiung Wu, renowned physicist, first Chinese American elected to National Academy of Science (1958), first woman elected President of American Physical Society (1975), received National Medal of Science (1975).

May 31, 1928 – Sonia Pressman Fuentes, NOW co-founder, first woman attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the EEOC U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

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Announcements  

Monday, June 6, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be  featuring guest to be announced.   Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live/

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Wednesday June 6, 11am, repeat of Monday's show, will will be featuring guest to be announced. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca/

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Ongoing Events:

Meet our candidates for Superintendent of Sonoma County Schools, Amie Carter, Brad Coscarelli, and Ron Calloway!
For details of this past event of April 18, 2022 see http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html 
Post Event Viewing: For video of event https://youtu.be/VAjoQDwgoBI

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January 22 - June 5, 2022, Exhibition, Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Sonoma County Museum, for more information visit: https://museumsc.org/exhibitions/

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 at    and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021  at .

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

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