Archived Radio Show

July 18, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220718

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. Shekeyna Black, Executive Director, Peace & Justice Center; Marketing Director, 6th Street Playhouse

3. Cecilia Sofranko, Queer Musician, Songwriter, Photographer 

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Congratulations to Leslie Graves for her organizing for Santa Rosa, CA the Women's March: We Won't go Back on last Wednesday July 13, 2022. It drew over 600 women to the rally, who had many networking opportunities to work for restoration of a Women's Right to Choose what is best for her body. 

Condolences to the family for the passing on July 7, 2022 of Ann Gray Byrd, a beloved activist in Sonoma County in the NAACP, Commission for the Status of Women, Community Action Partnership, and as an ordained minister advocating for the LGBTQIA+ and other disadvantaged communities. Here is the Press Democrat article about her:  https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/ann-gray-byrd-santa-rosa-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-86/  

Today is World Listening Day. Of course, that is perfect for a radio show!

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2. Our first guest Shekeyna Black announces the Raise the Roof Festival coming on Saturday, August 13th, at the Monte Rio Amphitheater to help raise funds for the needed new roof. There is a great lineup and headlines Momotumbo SF with former members of Malu and Santana. She also announces the special studio performance of Shana Morrison & Caledonia on Saturday, July 30 at 8 PM at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa. Shana is the daughter of the Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. The events will be listed under Announcements until they pass.

About our Guest: Shekeyna Black is the Executive Director of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County. She wears a second hat as the Public Relations Specialist at 6th Street Playhouse. She is passionate about the creative arts and the key role that music, theatre & dance play in our lives.
Previously, she was the Booking Agent at Redwood Cafe in Cotati until the pandemic happened, where she and the team were the recipients of the 2019 Boho Award for Best Live Music Venue.

Guest Links:

Peace & Justice Center:  https://www.pjcsoco.org/

6th Street Playhouse:  https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/

Guest Events:

Saturday, July 30 at 8pm, Shana Morrison & Caledonia, 6th Street Playhouse, Details and RSVP at https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/concert-series/shana-morrison-caledonia/

Saturday, August 13, 2022, Noon to 8 PM, Raise the Roof Festival  - Fundraiser for Peace & Justice Center's new roof, Monte Rio Amphitheater, 9925 Main St., Monte Rio, CA, RSVP at  https://www.pjcsoco.org/raise-the-roof-festival---august-13.html

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3. Our second guest Cecilia Sofranko likes to be referred with the pronouns she/her or they/them, which sparked the first question from our host Elaine on what they signify. Cecilia is intent on decolonization of ourselves from norms of our colonial past of patriarchy and Puritans that enslaves us in our own skin. She holds that liberation if found beneath the oppressive layers. Cecilia noted that some of the founding fathers were in their 20's, with most middle age except Ben Franklin who was 70, and white men. Cecilia describes her coming out as taking some time until she was age 25, as her mother dissuaded her when she announced she had a crush on a girl. When asked where she found her confidence in making this decision, she replied that she would be miserable if not. Cecilia said that 41% of Transgender folk commit suicide compared to the rest of society at 1%. She feels that language is the first step, therefore the pronouns of choice for identity. She teaches us the ABC's of LGBTQIA+.

1. L = Lesbian

2. G = Gay man

3. B = Bisexual

4. T = Transgender

5. Q = Queer - a sort of umbrella term for those not heterosexual.

6. I = Intersex, formerly known as hermaphrodite; someone not having tje standard xx or xy chromosomes; sometimes with both female and male genitalia; differing from standard male and female bodies.

7. A = Asexual, lack of sexual attraction.

8. + = stay tuned for new revelations.

Cecilia is quite lively and expressive on the air and has some insights worth listening to.

About our Guest: Cecilia Sofranko (pronouns: she/her or they/them) is a queer musician, song writer and photographer from Northern California dedicated to the work of decolonization in all aspects of life. Cecilia’s passion for LGBTQ+ education began as a teenage “ally” before finding her own identity in her late 20’s. Coming out later in life as a queer, gender non-conforming person provided a lot of perspective that she continues to share in hopes of allowing space for furthered education and nuance in conversations around marginalized identities.

Guest Links:

Cecilia Sofranko on Instagram and Tiktok: @futchdaddie

Cecilia's email: cdsofranko (at) gmail.com

Reference Links:

Ages of the Founders of the USA http://www.westerncivforum.com/american-founding-fathers/  

Intersex information: InterACT ()uses innovative legal and other strategies, to advocate for the human rights of children born with intersex traits): https://interactadvocates.org/

Intersex frequency: https://isna.org/faq/frequency/

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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:

Today is July 18, 2022, shh... do you hear that? It’s the sound of World Listening Day on July 18. World Listening Day is hosted every year by the World Listening Project, a nonprofit organization that is “devoted to understanding the world and its natural environment, societies, and cultures through the practice of listening and field recording.” They explore acoustic ecology, a discipline that studies the relationship between humans and the natural world as mediated through sound. So quiet down, open your ears, and get ready to study soundscapes on World Listening Day.

July 19-20, 1848 – The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York Women’s Rights Movement. 

From Wikipedia:  The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments,[1] is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Held in Seneca Falls, New York, the convention is now known as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author of the Declaration was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who modeled it upon the United States Declaration of Independence. She was a key organizer of the convention along with Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Martha Coffin Wright.
According to the North Star, published by Frederick Douglass, whose attendance at the convention and support of the Declaration helped pass the resolutions put forward, the document was the "grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women."[2][3]

Herstory Birthdays:

July 18, 1908 (1981) – Mildred Ryder, adopted the name “Peace Pilgrim” in 1953, a peace activist who was the first woman to walk the Appalachian Trail in one season, walked more than 25,000 miles promoting peace for 28 years.

July 22, 1849 (1887) – Emma Lazarus, poet, wrote “The New Colossus,” (1883), which was later inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

                        The New Colossus

                          by Emma Lazarus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Citation: https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/colossus.htm

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Announcements   

Saturday July 23, 2022, Keeping Hope Alive - Athena House Fundraiser Gala, RSVP at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-hope-alive-athena-house-fundraiser-gala-tickets-363451401927  

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Monday, July 25, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will be featuring guest to be announce.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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  Wednesday July 27, 11am, repeat of Monday's show, will will be featuring guest to be announce. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday, July 30 at 8pm, Shana Morrison & Caledonia, 6th Street Playhouse, Details and RSVP at https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/concert-series/shana-morrison-caledonia/

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Saturday, August 13, 2022, Noon to 8 PM, Raise the Roof Festival  - Fundraiser for Peace & Justice Center's new roof, Monte Rio Amphitheater, 9925 Main St., Monte Rio, CA, RSVP at  https://www.pjcsoco.org/raise-the-roof-festival---august-13.html

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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 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021 .

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

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