David Sanchez, a Kindergarten teacher from Santa Maria  is president of the 340,000 member California Teachers Association.

A traveling half-scale replica of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial from

Washington D.C. is visiting Santa Rosa for a few days,

eliciting memories, mourning and emotion.

"The Wall That Heals" is a project of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

The United Veterans Council of Sonoma County took the lead inbringing the wall to Santa Rosa.

Below is an aerial view of the full size Viet Nam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

Click on the logo to link to a schedule of convention speakers.

Each eveningthis week, KRCB News Director Bruce Robinson will be talking with columnist Susan Swartz and writer and media critic Norman Solomon, about events as they unfold in Denver. You can hear those full reports here .

To hear previous work by Susan Swartz on KRCB, click here .

To read more about Norman Solomon’s work,

click here .

When the 19^th amendment was adopted 88 years ago, giving American women the right to vote, rural Californians played a pivotal role in the outcome.

  Visit the National Women's History Project website here .

This year, the National Women's History Project and the YWCA of Sonoma County host an event for on this important day.  Details are  here.