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June 8, 2020, and
July 6, 2020
with a 3-part series of
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the show's page.----  Marianne Williamson has returned to Women's Spaces for our show in 9/18/2023 Conversation. Previously she was on our 1/14/2013 and 2/25/2013 shows on Law of Divine Compensation. ----  Attorney
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February 13, 2023 Original Radio Show ID:
Duration 57 minutes
--- Featuring Click the Name to access the Segment below 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces 2. Friends and Lovers, Poem by Elaine B. Holtz and read with Ken Norton 3. Guest, Vesta Copestakes, Community Advocate ---- ---- 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: February is Black History Month and tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. We have a special treat for everyone, Ken and I will be reading the poem I wrote, “Friends and Lovers.” This is becoming a tradition every year.’ Joining me on the phone for this special Valentine’s show will be Vesta Copestakes former publisher for the Sonoma County Gazette and we will be talking about how she handles her activism and relationship which can be challenging and how she will be celebrating Valentines Day. This is going to be a dynamic show. Happy Chinese New Year. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. What’s in Store for the Year of the Rabbit? The Year of the Rabbit, we’re meant to take a step back, and (if you can believe it) chill. Rabbits are quick, but gentle creatures, and 2023 will be a year when thoughtful action is rewarded more than huge risks. After all the difficulty and tumult of the last few years, 2023 is for cultivating peace and patience! February is Black History Month
Black History Month recognizes
and honors important people and
events in the history of
African-American history. In
1926 noted historian, Carter G.
Woodson, originated the idea of
“Negro History Week”. Woodson
chose the second week of
February because it marked the
birthdays of two Americans who
greatly influenced the lives and
social condition of African
Americans – former President
Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist
Frederick Douglass.
The tradition of what became Black History Month greatly influenced the expansion of academic scholarship and the corresponding recognition of the rich history of African Americans. The theme for Black History Month 2023 is, “Celebrating Black Resistance. “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since our arrival upon these shores,” the Association for the Study of African American Life and History said. “These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction.” Source: https://www.ktnv.com/news/national/the-theme-of-black-history-month-2023-is-black-resistance Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and here is a bit of history:
By the Victorian Age, sending
your love a note emblazoned with
hearts was a long-established
yearly tradition in England. In
America, people were writing
each other love notes, too, but
it was not until 1847 that the
holiday went industrial. Ester
Howland, daughter of a
stationary store owner, started
mass-producing embossed, lacy
Valentine’s Day cards in 1847,
setting the scene for the modern
tradition of using the
sentiments of greeting card
company employees to express our
deepest feelings for one
another.
Source: https://lifehacker.com/the-true-history-of-valentine-s-day-1848502152 ----
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Friends and Lovers
- poem of Elaine B. Holtz, who
reads it her partner Ken Norton. ---- 3. Guest, Vesta Copestakes, talks about love, her exposure to it, a loving relationship in later life, and the community aspect of love, affording lots of new relationships through volunteering for committees and action groups. Vesta shares the importance of love in her being raised by a single father, which she would later have in common with him through the raising of her daughter as a single mother. Vesta met her second husband, Alan Joseph, later in life through a business relationship. When they compared priorities in their lives, both listed their children as being the most important. Sharing more notes convinced them that their relationship could be solid. Mutual respect is paramount, with no demands made on the other, yet in a spirit of cooperation. Listen for yourself as Elaine and Vesta share insights on loving relationships formed in the later part of life. About Vesta Copestakes is the former publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette, a community-building publication both in print and online. She believes her mission is to connect people, share knowledge, experiences, and love of our home. Her community service experience includes Forestville Chamber of Commerce (board, vice president, president), Forestville Planning Association (founder and board member), Forestville Education Foundation (founder and board member), Friends of Forestville School (board member), Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Sonoma County (board member). She is a member of the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council and chairs the Vacation Rental Committee. Guest Link: Email of Vesta: vesta [at] sonic.net ---- 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: February 15, 1820 (1906) – Susan B. Anthony, inspirational leader of 19th century women’s right movement, national suffrage strategist, lecturer, activist. February 16, 1870 (1927) – Leonora O’Reilly, labor organizer, founding member of the Woman’s Trade Union League, helped found NAACP. February 16, 1905 (1988) – Louise Larson, first Chinese American and first Asian American reporter in a mainstream daily paper (1926), received many awards, wrote memoir Sweet Bamboo (1989). February 18, 1931 (2019) – Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. February 18, 1934 (1992) – Audre Geraldine Lorde, writer, authored a book of poetry or essay almost every year, fought sexism and homophobia, joined the struggle for civil rights and feminism, created Kitchen Table Women of Color Press with others in 1988, wrote A Burst of Light to highlight her response to liver cancer.
Kitchen Table: Women of
Color Press was an activist
feminist press that was
closely related to the
National Black Feminist
Organization (NBFO) which
was started in 1980
following a phone
conversation between Barbara
Smith and at the suggestion
of her friend, poet Audre
Lorde. Beverly and Barbara
Smith and their associate
Demita Frazier together
cofounded the Combahee River
Collective (CRC).[1]
The Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press was most active beginning in 1981, but the Press became inactive soon after Audre Lorde's death in 1992. Smith explains how the motivation for starting a press run by and for women of color was that "as feminist and lesbian of color writers, we knew that we had no options for getting published, except at the mercy or whim of others, whether in the context of alternative or commercial publishing, since both are white-dominated."[2] Smith has stated, "Until this society completely transforms itself, and justice for all people prevails, there will undoubtedly be a need for Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Table:_Women_of_Color_Press ----
Announcements
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---- Saturday, February 25, 3023, 10 AM to 3 PM, Black American History Celebration, Community Baptist Church of Santa Rosa, 1620 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa, CA. Tel. 707-546-0744.
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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
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
Islands in the Sky, sung by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers from the album Ultimate Dolly Parton (2003 Heritage Records). And I Love You So, sung by Helen Reddy from the album I Am Woman (2006 Capitol Records). What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love, sung by Dionne Warwick from the album Hidden Gems – The best of Dionne Warwick Vol. 2 (2005 Warner Special Products – Manufactured & Marketed By Warner – Strategic Marketing)
----- For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists:Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show
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