even productions
p.o. box 18175, cleveland heights, ohio 44118 (216) 321-0692
We were very pleased to raise $776.82 for the Goldflower Committee, and we want to thank all those people who donated time, energy, materials, and money to make the benefit possible. We hope that everyone in the audience was as pleased as we were with the quality of the concert.
This fall will be Oven Productions' fourth production season. Over four seasons we have learned a great deal, and are starting to make some changes. Probably the most obvious change is that we will be producing fewer events. The support of the women's community over the years has been crucial to Oven's survival, but at the same time the politics of the collective and some realistic financial considerations have pushed us toward expanding our base of support. We need to find larger and possibly broader audiences, not only to produce more income, but to bring the ideas and spirit of feminism before more people. Our attempts to expand this way will take careful long-range planning and more time will be spent building interest in each event. We do anticipate that this season will be just as great as the others; some of our old and favorite events like the variety show will be produced again. We think that slowing down some and planning well will help us reach our goal of fin-
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ancial solvency and the production of quality women's culture.
The internal changes in Oven will be less obvious to our audiences, but we want interested women to know that we welcome ideas and help. Oven will still be organized collectively, but the work load will be distributed a little differently. We have a paid coordinator and a part-time paid public relations woman. Other jobs are:
1. Stage womanger
2. Writer/reviewer
3. Posters/tickets
4. Resources -finding halls, volunteers, etc. 5. Day of production jobs.
Women who join the collective make a commitment to participate in decision-making, learn one of the skills, and attend business meetings. Women who want to help are asked to work with a collective member on a specific job for a particular event. Areas Nos. 2. 4 are those where we can definitely use some help. Oven Productions has been working with the same few women since the beginning we'd like to find some more committed women to work. Please call Oven (321-0692) if you are interested.
In the interests of keeping the state of our
Rape Crisis HOT LETTER
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center 3201 Euclid Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44104 391-3912 (answered 24 hrs., 7 days)
Volunteers are an essential part of the operation of the Rape Crisis Center. Our ability to provide services to the community is entirely dependent upon the commitment and support of the volunteer staff.
Volunteer-advocates provide sensitive counseling to people in crisis who come to CRCC for help. They speak to the public about rape and the services offered by the Center. Advocates provide greater access to the community-at-large by representing the concept and the actuality of help for persons who have been victims of rape and related offenses. They also provide a sometimes delicate link among a variety of professionals who may come into contact with a person who has been assaulted.
We ask that persons who work with the Center be tolerant and open to all kinds of people, regardless of their lifestyle, race, national origin, religion, politics or sex. If someone has been the victim of rape or attempted rape, we hope that they will recognize their need to work out that experience before they try to become involved with the support of others. While we are a feminist organization, a fact which we find to be inseparable from the existence of rape, we do not push that, or any other philosophy on per sons we are counseling.
Working at the Rape Crisis Center is a job that requires a great deal of tact, empathy, understanding, and emotional maturity. The rewards, though largely intangible, are many. When someonC responds with understanding to an explanation of what it means to be raped, or when a woman calls back later and tells you how much you have helped her, it can really make your time seem well-spent.
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Volunteer Profiles
Delores Dempsey has been doing hotline and hospital advocacy at the Rape Crisis Center for almost a year. She volunteered "to help others as the Center had helped me". She believes that her need for the supportive atmosphere of women helping each other which prevails at the Center is the major factor keeping her active at RCC, For Delores, the reward comes when she can help people and "spread the word" of the Center. Delores lives in Lakewood and is the mother of two daughters ages 10 and 13, and a son age 14. She works as a sales representative for a food company.
Sandy Coster became a Rape Crisis volunteer almost two years ago, after she discovered that she wanted to get involved in something besides her job. "Once I volunteered, I became a budding feminist,” says Sandy. Sbe recalls a friend's observation that the Center is a political group. “We are, and I love it! I have changed in the period that I have been here, and it was for the better." What does she find most rewarding about working at Rape Crisis Center? "The women I meet--all types and categories. The other volunteers, the victims--fascinating, all of them. I learn from them; I get a lot from it." Sandy, a working mother of two daughters, ages 10 to 16, works on the hotline, does hospital advocacy, and is part of the speaker's bureau.
financial situation open to our supporters, here is our budget for the Goldflower Defense Committee Benefit Concert held June 10:
Income:
Concert proceeds
T-shirt sales (Oven donation) Interchurch Council donation
Total
$1,635.00
46.50 204.00
$1,885.50
Expenses:
PSA's, news releases
30.80
Posters, tickets (129.82 EmPress donation) 59.25 Hall Childcare
26.00
20.00
Phone
64.95
Hospitality
10.00
Sound (40.00 Syrensound donation) Lights (technicians donation)
125.00
10.00
Travel Izquierda
262.68
500.00
$1,108.68 $776.82
Oven organizational expense
Total
Net Profit (donated to Goldflower)
Rape Crisis Advocates Training Sessions
Concentrated session September 10 through 14
6-10 p.m. each evening
Three week session
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October 10 through
26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 10 p.m.
The brochure "Rape Resource” is now available in large quantities from the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. The information in the brochure answers some commonly asked questions such as:
What is Rape?
How can I prevent it from happening to me? What should I do if it does happen to me or -to someone I know?
Experience has taught that if there is greater understanding of the crime of rape, it is easier for a victim and the people around her/him to adjust to the crisis s/he has experienced. Hopefully, knowledge of the reasons and motivations for rape will help build strengths and decrease the level of fear that exists among most women.
A grant from the Cleveland Foundation has made it possible for the Rape Crisis Center to offer "Rape Resource" free of charge to Cleveland schools, health centers and other non-profit organizations. Business and profit-making organizations can make the brochure available to their employees or members by purchasing them from CRCC according to the prices listed below. Anyone requiring mailing or delivery of the brochures should pay the postage/delivery fee.
No. of
Copies
Price per Copy
Postage/ Delivery
1-5 5-24 25-99
.50
1.00
.40
1.50
.30
2.50
100-249
.25
3.50
250-999
.20
10.00
– Beverly Compter
1,000 +
.15
12.00 per 1,000