n the first segment, she’s a community organizer, whose passion is to serve our community’s most vulnerable.
Meet Donna Waldman, Director and Co-founder of the Jewish Community Free Clinic in Santa Rosa.

Her clinic operates 25 hours a week, and is manned by a dedicated workforce of doctors, nurses, translators and other staffers, who readily volunteer their time caring for those in need.
Donna’s dedication is based on one critical principle: health care is not a privilege — it’s a human right.
In the second segment, she was Born in Perth, Australia, and became a naturalized citizen in 2009.
Meet Angela Emerick, Immigration Attorney — spirited fighter for the downtrodden, specifically those struggling to become United States citizens.
For Angela the work she does is more than a job — it’s a labor of love.

Ordinary Women Taking Extraordinary Chances

In this biweekly talk radio series from KPCA 103.3 Petaluma, Rabbi Ted Feldman of B'nai Israel Jewish Center discusses topics relevant to the Petaluma and greater Bay Area community and engages in conversations with other community leaders. From human rights to ecology to religion and spirituality, Talking with Rabbi Ted contains timely and insightful discussions that will edify and broaden listeners' horizons.

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Affordable Housing – a hot topic issue here in Petaluma. But can you define it?
In the first segment, Ali Gaylord, Regional Director of MidPen Housing, says she can, and offers some number crunching to explain why her Foster City non-profit chose Petaluma, and how she believes MidPen can build 40 much needed rental apartments in the heart of our city.

In the second segment, meet Clint Gilbert, President of the Board of the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, who is passionate about Petaluma’s past, present and even its future.
Hear why he calls our museum it a living, breathing library, where “History isn’t meant to be locked away in dusty books. It’s meant to be experienced.”

Let's Talk Petaluma

In the first segment, she has worked for some of the most prestigious media agencies, including television, newspaper, and electronic news.
Now News Editor for the Petaluma Argus-Courier, hear from Kathryn Palmer, who has a passion for both copy and humanitarian relief. Last year, this newsmaker volunteered for Anti-Trafficking H.O.P.E, assisting survivors of both labor and sex trafficking. Why? Tune in and find out.

Then, meet Leonard Thompson, Fire Chief for the City of Petaluma and the Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District, who, before moving to the North Bay, spent 35-years with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
He is best known for navigating through the complexities of emergency services—spending nearly 40 years fighting to keep fire stations afloat.

Frontlines

Did you know that out of the approximately 1,132 community colleges in the United States, Santa Rosa Junior College was named one of the nation’s “Top 50 Community Colleges for Hispanics?”
Did you know that this junior college has initiated a new student housing development to provide affordable housing on for approximately 360 students?

Did you know that the man behind much of SRJC’s success once served as Special Assistant to Willie Brown, Speaker of the California Assembly, where he helped create legislation in higher education, mental health, small and minority business affairs and local government?
Meet Dr. Frank Chong, and find out why he has made it his mission to make education accessible and feasible for all.

Without Diversity There is No Unity

In the first segment, no job is too great, too abstract or out of reach for Elece Hempel. In fact, the more challenging, the better. From operating her own kiln to raise money for a cause, to working one on one with those in need. Is there anything she cannot do? A pathfinder, to be sure. Hear how she does it, and why.

Speaking of pioneers, in the second segment, meet co-owner of Redwood Gymnastics, Eric Van der Meer. Find out how this native of the Netherlands landed in the North Bay, and built a gold medal empire in Petaluma.

Blazing Trails

Talking with Rabbi Ted

Ordinary Women Taking Extraordinary Chances

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