Receives NAIRD (National Association of Independent Recording Distributors) Indie Award for Lifeline, the album with Ronnie Gilbert
Receives LACAAW (Los Angeles Commission on Assults Against Women) Humanitarian Award
Presented with the Key to the City of Fresno
Receives the 1984 Cable Car Award: Outstanding achievement by a recording artist, Holly Near’s Journeys
Peace Music Festival in Ecuador with Pete Seeger, Leon Gieco, Holly Near, Inti Illimani, Silvio Rodriguez, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Grupo Raiz, and many others
Nominated Ms. Magazine 1985 Woman of the Year “For fulfilling and expanding our ideals of excellence”
MCs and sings at first annual Redwood Records Festival.
Performs for Margaret Randall Defense Fund
ings at a benefit for the Sanctuary Movement with Jackson Browne and Mandy Patinkin in Washington, DC
Named The Women’s Foundation “Woman of Note” for her outstanding Achievements in Music
