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February 5, 2024 Original Radio Show ID:
Duration 57 minutes The Guest interview begins at 5 minutes.
--- Featuring Click the Name to access the Segment below 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces 2. Guest #1: Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk. Registrar of Voters, Recorder, Assessor 3. Guest #2a: Donna Roper, President, League of Women Voters - Sonoma County Chapter (LWV Sonoma) 3a. Guest #2b. Therese Scherrer, Chair of Voter Services, LWV Sonoma ---- ----
1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:
I am really excited today.
Joining me on the phone will be
Deva Marie Proto, who is Sonoma
County’s
Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar
of Voters. I first met Deva when
she was running for the office
the first time, and she has done
a fabulous job for our county.
We will be talking about the
mailers folks will or have
received, the upcoming election
and what they are about, and
general info about voting and
how folks can work at the polls
if they would like, Since this is Black History Month, I would like to share an important quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., about voting:
On
May 17th, 1957, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. delivered
his speech "Give Us The
Ballot." Delivered on the
steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, the speech touches
upon the frustrations
#CivilRights leaders and
African-Americans were
feeling from the federal
government's inaction three
years after the Brown V.
Board of Education passed in
the Supreme Court. Here is
an important quote:
"I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power." Source: May 17th, 1957 Speech at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC. YouTube video posted by Brave Films. Our History is Our Strength. In the scheme of things why is this important? Women have struggled and through those struggles have accomplished many positive things for all of us. Remember if we did not have the vote, we would not have a voice in the decision-making process on those issues dear to us.
February is Black
History Month, or
National African American
History Month, is an annual
celebration of achievements by
Black Americans and a time for
recognizing the vital role of
African Americans in U.S.
history. The event grew out of
“Negro History Week,” and Since
1976, every U.S. president has
officially designated the month
of February as Black History
Month. Other countries around
the world, including Canada and
the United Kingdom, also devote
a month to celebrating Black
history.
At our musical break, I will be
playing the spoken word
recording of, “Phenomenal
Women,” performed by the author,
Maya Angelou. A bit of history
about this poem. "Phenomenal
Woman" is a poem by Maya
Angelou, first published in
1978. The poem rejects narrow
societal expectations of women
and proposes an alternative
perspective on what defines real
beauty. Confidence and comfort
in one's own skin, the speaker
insists, are the markers of true
beauty. ---
2. Our
first Guest: Deva Marie Proto,
the Sonoma
County Registrar of Voters
(SCRV), helps us to understand
the process of voting in Sonoma
County. We should get two
pamphlets in the mail: The
Sonoma County Information Guide,
and the California State Primary
Election Guide. Deva explains
the difference, with the focus
on those elections affecting our
county, and those that are
statewide like the proposition,
state offices, and federal
offices. She also clarifies why
the candidates for their party’s
Presidential nominee is not in
these pamphlets and only on the
California Secretary of State’s
(SoS) website, with their
listing seen by
Clicking Here for SoS. Since
2021 all registered voters will
receive a ballot by mail. Deva
alerts us that we should receive
a text this week from the SoS’s
office letting them know the
ballots have been mailed. The
ballots can be mailed, dropped
off at the SCRV, dropped in a
ballot drop box, or brought to
one of the 31 in-person voting
centers (for locations
Click Here for SCRV webpage).
Deva also placed ballot drop
boxes around the county, having
listened to citizen suggestions,
and there placement is listed on
the SCRV’s website (Click
Here for SCRV). The Primary
Election is on Tuesday, March 5,
2024. If a non-presidential
candidate gains over 50% of the
vote, that candidate will be on
the November 5th ballot. If no
candidate receives over 50% of
the vote, then the top 2 vote
getters will be on the November
5th ballot. Deva reminds us that
one needs to be registered with
a qualified Party (for their
listing see the
SOS webpage by Clicking Here)
to be able to vote for the
Presidential nominate. SCRV’s
website is very informative (Click
Here for SCRV), as is the
California SoS on Elections
website (Click
Here for SoS).
About our Guest: Deva
Marie Proto
has been employed with
the County since 2007, and in
the Clerk-Recorder-Assessor
department since 2009. She grew
up in Sonoma County, has a
bachelor’s degree and a master’s
in public administration from
Sonoma State University. She is
serving her second term as an
elected County official. Guest Links:
California Secretary of State - Elections: Click Here for SoS
---- 3. Our second guests: Donna Roper and Therese Scherrer give us the history of the League of Woman Voters (LWV). LWV began nationally just 6 months after the passage of the 19th Amendment for Woman’s Suffrage in 1920, so the new women voters would be informed voters. The local LWV began as the Santa Rosa Chapter in 1953 and in 1978 emerged as the Sonoma County Chapter. Up until the end of the 1960s, LWV hosted the Presidential Debates, but push-back from the Parties on the rules of debate caused the LWV to stop its involvement. It hopes to educate the public with its workshops and forums it hosts locally. It is an all-volunteer organization, and it welcomes new members, especially those who would like to participate in the organization of LWV events. A Candidate Forum for the SoCo Board of Supervisors race in District 3 is Wednesday evening. The LWV Sonoma website has events listed on its home page. The LWV Sonoma is offering free zoom Civics Class series of 3 episodes beginning on Tuesday February 6. RSVP is required for each class to get the Zoom Information. If you have missed an episode, you can see them at the LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel. These events can also be seen in our Announcements section below. The LWV has been reaching out to high school and college students to inform them on the importance of voting and to encourage them to vote. About our Guest: Donna Roper is the current President, League of Women Voters of Sonoma County. Donna Roper has always been involved in social justice issues as early as high school and throughout her career in the non –profit field. She grew up with three sisters outside of Boston but ended up in San Francisco in 1976 where she started a 25-year career with the YMCA while earning her master’s degree in education. She then worked at the Sonoma County Volunteer Center, Camp Okizu (a camp for children with cancer) and finally River to Coast Children’s Services in Guerneville. She initially got involved with the League by helping to distribute voter registration cards in western Sonoma County and then became a moderator for some of the candidate forums and became the Voter Service Chair. Now she leads the LWV organization as President. About our Guest: Therese Scherrer is currently the Voter Service Chair, League of Women Voters of Sonoma County Therese is new to California, migrating to Sonoma County from the Upper Midwest in 2020. A 30-year League veteran, her involvement spans across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and now Sonoma County as Voter Service Chair. Her career path led from the high-tech sector to human services and foundation management, with side trips into homesteading, llama raising, and organic farming. She holds undergraduate degrees in Communications and Computer Science, and a master’s in planning and social policy. Therese is happiest getting her hands dirty in the garden, biking year-round, hiking in the redwoods, and working on social and political issues. ---- Guest Links: League of Women Voters - Sonoma County Chapter: www.lwvsonoma.org LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@leagueofwomenvoterssonomac9305 Guest Events: LWV Civics Class Series: Click Here for LWV
---- 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.
Special thank you to the National Women’s History Alliance for making women’s history alive. Shout out to Co-Founder and Retiring Executive Director, Molly McGregor who will be on the show when we celebrate Women’s History Month in March for making the fabulous list of Women in History where I get most of the info I present in this Herstory segment. Herstory Events:
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
Rosa Parks, a trailblazer known for her courageous participation in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, ignited the movement against racial segregation on public transit. Her defiance to give up her seat led to her arrest on Dec. 1, 1955, but led to revolutionary change. The United States Congress has since honored her as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.”
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Maya Angelou has a distinct voice as a Black writer and activist. She left a legacy with her large body of work, including memoirs, poems, essays and plays. She rose to fame in 1969 after the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” one of her autobiographies detailing her early years as a young Black woman. ----
Announcements
---- February 2024 NAACP Black History Month Activities, for more information see https://www.facebook.com/naacpsonoma
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---- Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, via Zoom, LWV Candidate Forum for County Supervisor of the 3rd District, For info Click Here for LWV site.. ----
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Thursday, February 15,10:00 - 11:00 AM, Catch A Beat, Led by Tina Rogers, Sonoma County Library Roseland Branch, Sunday, February 18, 2:00 PM, Catch A Beat, Led by Tina Rogers, Sonoma County Library Rohnert Park-Cotati Branch, For moe information see link: https://events.sonomalibrary.org/events/upcoming?keywords=catch-a-beat , Download PDF for Catch-a-Beat in English and Spanish . ---- Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Rohnert Park/Cotati Regional Library, Telling Our Stories Through Ethnic Studies Panel Discussion, sponsored by Sonoma County Office of Education and NAACP of Sonoma County. Part of the Celebrate Black History Month series of Sonoma County Libraries - For more information on this series see : https://sonomalibrary.org/blackhistorymonth ----
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Click Here for Video of Marianne Williamson 11/20/2023 in Conversation. ----
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 Phenomenal Women, Poem written and recited by Maya Angelou. from Recorded and presented on You Tube by Islandbreed 0001 YouTube Channel.
My Vote is My Voice
sung by Kathleen Bertrand from
the single My Vote is My
Voice
(2020 Kibe Music)
---- For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show
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Regstrar
of Voters - Sonoma County:
Tuesday
February 6 2024, 6 PM, League of
Women Voters Civics Class:
Democracy: It's Up to Us!
Three FREE, virtual (Zoom)
presentations in February and
March at 6pm on Tuesdays.
Registration is required; sign
up for each class separately,
click RSVP link below for class
date. For missied classes a
recording will be at the
Wednesday,
February 7, 2024 Peace
and Justice Center
issues new weekly list of events
and links to community
non-profit organizations:
Video
Zoom Recording of