Archived Radio Show

January16, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230116

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Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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

2a. Guest Ana Diez Garcia, Trustee-elect, Vice-President, Roseland Public School District

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: Our guest is the newly elected trustee to the new Roseland Public School District, Ana Diez Garcia, who shares her remarkable path as a 26-year old Latina to the elected office, an inspiration for women and men of all ages. Ana personally gives me faith in the future, and I am interested in hearing about her campaign and goals.
Special Condolences to Priscilla Presley mother of Lisa Marie Pressley who made her transition on Thursday, January 12. What a shock it was, she was only 54 years old. You know as a mother of one daughter all I could do was cry when I heard the news. Life is such a mystery, and I began to think about it and time itself. From my perspective when it is your time it is your time. Some never make it, others live to 105 and in-between shows me when it is your time well that’s it. I say to myself when I wake up in the morning, Thank you Great Spirit for another day.

Well, today is an historic day; we are honoring Dr. Martin Luther Kings Birthday which is a federal holiday. As is done every year, the Community Baptist Church in Santa Rosa is hosting A Day On - Not a Day Off for the National Day of Service in his honor. 

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2. Guests Ana Diez Garcia shares her remarkable path as a 26-year-old Latina to the elected office of Trustee for the Roseland Public School Board, an inspiration for women and men of all ages. Ana describes how she met the challenges in her life. On hearing of the plans for the City of Santa Rosa to annex the unincorporated area of Roseland, where she grew up, she made a point of attending the City Council meeting and voice her opinion. She made an impression on Councilman Eddy Alvarez who appointed her to a position on the city's Charter Review Committee. Supervisor Chris Coursey appointed Ana to the Commission on the Status of Women. Ana then entered the campaign for Trustee of the Roseland School Board and after a tough campaign won. This is such an inspiring interview with lessons we can all incorporate into our own lives on persisting through the seeming insurmountable obstacles and speaking one's truth to power.

About our Guest: Ana Diez Garcia is a student and a full-time employee at an all-women’s law firm as a legal assistant. In able to support her campaign for Roselands Trustee Board in 2022 and complete her degrees she left the firm and worked for G4 Firearms.
In November of 2022, she became Roseland’s top vote getter as a Trustee-Elect for the Roseland School District; she subsequently was nominated and voted in as the district’s Vice President.
Her experience includes from 2021-2022 she was appointed to the Charter Review Committee of Santa. In and in 2022 she was appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women in Sonoma County, and she still serves on that board.
Ana is proud that she is now a member Unidos del Condado de Sonoma County and the California Latino School Board Association. As a notary of the State of California and a sworn elected official, she strongly believes in honesty and the well-being of families within our communities. She has a goal to become a certified herbalist.

Guest Link:

email: AnaDiez4Roseland@gmail.com

Roseland Public School Board of Trustee email for Ana Diez Garcia:
adiaz-garcia@roselandsd.org

Roseland Public School Board: https://roselandsd.org/

Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women: Click Here

City of Santa Rosa Charter Review Committee: Click Here

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 Herstory/a>

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Birthdays: 

January 16, 1927 (1998) – Estela Trambley, teacher, writer, playwright, pioneer in Chicano literature, addressed challenges of life in the Southwest and explored the cultural demands of gender roles and marriage.

January 17, 1939 – Martha Cotera, pioneering Chicana feminist, author of two seminal texts Diosa y Hembra and Chicana Feminist, founding member Raza Unida Party in Texas (1969), one of the mothers of Chicana Feminism.

January 19, 1905 (1995) – Oveta Culp Hobby, second women in the U.S. Cabinet (20 years after Frances Perkins), first Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953), awarded the Distinguished Medal of Service for her work as Director of the Women’s Army Corps (1945).

January 19, 1946 – Dolly Parton, singer and songwriter best known for country music, her most famous movie, “Nine to Five,” dealt with sexism in the workplace. 

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Announcements  

Monday, January 23, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature the show will feature: to announced. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, January 25 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show, will feature the show will feature: to announced. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 10 AM - 2 PM, Lunar New Year, Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, 1835 W. Steele Ln., Santa Rosa, CA. The Redwood Empire Chinese Association, the Museum of Sonoma County, and he Children’s Museum of Sonoma County brings you all of the wonders and joy for the Lunar New Year. For info on tickets email: info@cmosc.com https://www.sonomacounty.com/sonoma-events/lunar-new-year-celebration 

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

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

A'int Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, sung by Lydia Violet from the album Already Free,  (2016 Lydia Violet). 

Ella's Song. , sung by Emily Ebert from the Album: We Who Believe in Freedom (2018 Emily Ebert).

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