Archived Radio Show

January 30, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230130

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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

2.  Guest, Alice Waco, Retired Teacher and Counsellor, Peace and Social Justice Advocate

2a. Guest, Susan Lamont, Peace and Social Justice Advocate

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have special guests this morning. Joining me in the studio is longtime activist, Alice Waco and we will be talking about her life and her activism. Alice Waco is a retired teacher/counselor and a longtime activist for peace and justice. in Sonoma County she started an organization of teachers, Educators for Social Responsibility, around the issues of Nuclear War, deforestation and educating without bias. As a local teacher union president, she led a strike for collective bargaining for teachers ‘ negotiation in Santa Rosa.
Women’s Spaces is dedicated to ordinary women doing extraordinary things and I believe when these women in our area get a bit older we need to hear their stories. Why, well in my mind for motivation along with getting a deeper understanding of where they got their inspiration and courage. In my mind Alice is one of those women.
Also joining us in the studio is longtime activist, Susan Lamont. Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County's Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She is here to support Alice Waco and fill in when needed. Susan will also announce a Solidarity Vigil for Tyre Nichols and a similar police killing in our county of Branch Wroth in  2017 at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa this evening from 6 to 8 PM. 

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2. Guest Alice Waco is assisted by Susan Lamont in recounting Alice's path to and in social activism. Her life began in 1931 during the Depression when the family was in survival mode and her father worked for the WPA, but unfortunately had a drinking problem. Her first experience of racism was when she witnessed her father throw a Black man off their porch. Alice felt an affinity towards the kind nuns who taught her, and vowed to be like them, even becoming a nun at age 19. At the age of 42 she had a inner calling to leave the convent. She first worked at the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) since she loved educating young people. She eventually became a science teacher and taught at Santa Rosa High School. At the time she left the convent she met her soulmate, a former priest, Bill McGee. Alice was a staunch union supporter and led her teachers' union. She also founded Educators for Social Responsibility, around the issues of Nuclear War, deforestation and educating without bias. Alice describes her visits to Nicaragua in support of CANTERRA to help the education efforts in Nicaragua, including teaching farming skills. After her retirement as a teacher, Alice joined the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and spent the next 20-25years volunteering in prisons with AVP, whose 3-day workshops helped prisoners experience the goodness in themselves and then in others. Alice ends the interview encouraging peace talks begin in the war in Ukraine. Don't miss this show and hearing Alice tell her remarkable story.

About our Guest: Alice Waco Alice Waco is a retired teacher/counselor and a longtime activist for peace and justice. in Sonoma County she started an organization of teachers, Educators for Social Responsibility, around the issues of Nuclear War, deforestation and educating without bias. As a local teacher union president, she led a strike for collective bargaining for teachers ‘ negotiation in Santa Rosa.
Her passion for Peace and Justice drew her to Nicaragua during the revolution on an education tour which led to her commitment for 35 years to organize a nonprofit in USA to fund CANTERA, a popular Education organization in Nicaragua.
When she retired from teaching and counseling, she joined an international group, Alternatives to Violence Project(AVP) and spent the next 20-25years volunteering in prisons with AVP.
Notably through all the years she has been in Santa Rosa, her life has been woven into the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County from its very beginning, organizing through the wars, protesting locally and at the School of the Americas in Georgia. Being part of a community is how she lives her spirituality and stays healthy. The most prized part of her life was with her soulmate Bill McGee. 

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About our Guest Susan Lamont a is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County's Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace.

Guest Event:

Monday, January 30, 2023, 6 - 8 PM, Solidarity Vigil Police Killing in Memphis.

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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,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Birthdays: 

January 29, 1926 – Violette Neatly Anderson is the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

January 29, 1941 – Robin Morgan, poet, political theorist, activist, co-founder of the Women’s Media Center, author of over 20 books, edited trailblazing anthology Sisterhood is Powerful in the 1970s.

January 30, 1890 – Angie Debo, spent lifetime examining historical implications of settlements of Native Americans Indians, wrote And Still the Waters Run in 1940 describing the “criminal conspiracy” that defrauded Oklahoma’s Five Civilized Tribes of their lands.

January 30, 1912 (1989) – Barbara Tuchman, author, historian, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for The Guns of August and in 1971 for Stillwell and the American Experience in China. 

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Announcements  

 Monday, January 30, 2023, 6 - 8 PM, Solidarity Vigil Police Killing in Memphis. See poster under Guest Event above.

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Monday, February 6, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will be a repeat of the 1/3/2022 interview with Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on The ABC of Manifesting New Year Resolutions. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show, will be a repeat of the 1/3/2022 interview with Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on The ABC of Manifesting New Year Resolutions. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday, February 4, 2023 2 - 3 PM, Lunar New Year, Northwest Santa Rosa Library (Coddingtown), sponsored by The Redwood Empire Chinese Association and the  Sonoma County Library, For info on this free event https://events.sonomalibrary.org/event/dragon-dance-and-cultural-performances

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Saturday, February 11, 2022, 2 - 3 PM, Lunar New Year, Petaluma Library,  sponsored by The Redwood Empire Chinese Association and the  Sonoma County Library, For info on this free event https://events.sonomalibrary.org/event/dragon-dance-and-songs-reca

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

The Chimes of Freedom, sung by Julie Felix from the album Starry Eyed and Laughing  (2002 Remarkable Records).   

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