WHAT'S HAPPENING

The CLEVELANO MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION and the Cleveland Music School Settlement Extension Division will co-sponsor an intensive dance therapy workshop for mental health professionals, educators, and others, conducted by Didi Levy, Certified Movement Analyst and dance therapist at the South Amboy Memorial Hospital. A member of the Board of Directors of the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, Ms Levy is the Coordinator of the Effort/Shape Certification Program of the Institute. For information call the CMDA studio at 283-2467. Deadline for registration is March 28. Fee for the dance therapy workshop is $45.00 for CMDA members and $50.00 for others.

The CLEVELANO MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION will hold its spring semester of classses from April 9 to May 26, 1979. In addition to the regular program of classes in modern dance, ballet, children's dance, mime, and modern jazz, special courses will be on parent/child creative movement, folk dance, awareness through movement (a course combining the use of yoga, T'ai Chi and the Feldenkrais method), postural anatomy, and movement meditations. Beginning April 9, a 50 percent discount will be offered to adults over age 62 For information, call CMDA al 292:2467.

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE sponsors a vigil for safe energy every Friday from noon to 1 00 at CEI Public Square

An International Conference is being called to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of THE SECONO SEX by Simone de Beauvoir, and to honor the book as a vital part of the theoretical tradition which sustains the effort toward women's liberation. The conference will be held at the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York Univer sily on September 27-29, 1979 The conference has three goals 1) commemorating and re-evaluating the single most seminal work of feminist theory. 2) bringing together individuals from different countries and different fields to discuss the tasks of feminist theory today. and 3) making possible the dialogue, sharing and enthusiasm which can serve as fertile ground lor new theoretical leaps Conference attendance will be by preregistration only. Day care will be provided. Pre-registration will begin after April 1, 1979 Please direct all submissions and all requests for preregistration forms and information to. Jessica Benjamin, The New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University, 19 University Place. New York, N.Y. 10003, or call (212) 598-2874

The FIRST NATIONAL WOMEN'S RUNNING CONFERENCE will be held in Cleveland on May 4 and 6 sponsored by Cleveland Women Running and Cleveland State University It will be held in the CSU gymnasium and is open to all women runners from would-be heginners to serious racers Response has been so enthusiastic from the US and Canada that the name could well be changed to North American Conference

The Conference will include a fun run in downtown Cleveland and discussions on a wide range of topics Experts in fields such as podiatry weight training, athletic injuries, and race walking will offer workshops and consultation There will be opportunities for wornen with similar career family or age concerns to talk together and for regional and na tional organizing of women s running groups

Coordinators for the Conference include Suzanne Trees Strickland of San Francisco, a masters runner, Kathy Switzer of New York, the first woman officially to enter the Boston Marathor, (1967). Sarah Mae Berman of Boston, a pioneer in women's running, and founders and presidents of women's running clubs in Toronto. Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Erie, and Washington, DC

For information about registration, write National Women's Running Conference. Park Plaza 2065 East 96th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 or call 566-9873

MUSIC GROUP FORMING. Anyone interested in joining our recorder ensemble please call Penny. 932-3326 All levels of experience are welcome

MORNING SEMINAR, an informal discussion group, will hold the following sessions: April 5, Fighting Drug Addiction, April 12. Becoming a Writer: April 26, Economics of Marriage, and May 3, Learning to Live With Alcoholism. For more information, call 333-2255.

JOB SURVIVAL WORKSHOPS. Are you tired of waiting for a raise or promotion that is long overdue? Do you need to know how to present your skills to a prospective employer? Are you curious about job opportunities in your industry? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you should sign up for Cleveland Women Working's career development program which will begin this spring. A series of workshops will be offered on some of the following issues: Analyzing Your Job Skills; Resume Writing: Assertiveness Training: Know Your Legal Rights; How to Sell Yourself in a Job Interview. Contact CWW If you are interested and want to be placed on a special career development mailing list

Barbara L. Whittum is delighted to announced that she has formally changed her name to BARBARA LOUISE.

The next Cleveland Pro-Choice Action Coalition meeting will be Monday night, April 2. The major topic for discussion will be planning our support lor the June 23 demonstration against the anti-abortion organization. For more information as to place, call EFCO at 579-0028.

THE CLEVELAND FEMINIST THEATRE COLLECTIVE will have an open general meeting on Tuesday, April 10, at 7 30 p m. We will be reviewing the past two years' progress and discussing our search for new material. If you have any comments or questions, or want information on where the meeting will be held, please call Dianne Fishman, 932-5713, or Pal Dorner, 221-3484.

THE WOMEN'S WRITER'S CENTER, INC. is beginning its fifth year September 16, 1979. It is a one-year program of up to thirly credits in writing workshops and tutorials, in feminist literary history and aesthetics, and in Independent study projects. This year's visiting faculty include Mary Gordon, Judy Graham, Irena Klepfisz, Maxine Kumin and Grace Paley, who will join the resident faculty, Rachel devries, Mary Beth Ross and Rita Speicher. For details about curriculum, costs, transfer possibilities and financial aid, write Women's Writer's Center, Inc., Williams Hall, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York 13035

THE OHID WOMEN IN PRISON PROJECT has received permission 10 donate books to prison libraries. Needed are fiction, magazines, AM radios, cassettes, records, filmstrips and other material. Most urgently needed is fiction. Al this time it is not known whether non-fiction books of a political or feminist nature will be accepted, but novels written from those viewpoints will probably pass inspection. Even if you have only junk novels, please donate what you can to these women in cages with nothing to do. Separate books into fiction and non-fiction and include a list of authors and titles. Call Barbara Louise al 941-6530 for more information.

Professional help in the writing of funding proposals is now available to women's groups across the country through the WOMEN'S ACTION ALLIANCE, INC., the national non-profit center for women's issues and programs. They will evaluate your proposals in writing and will return them to you within three weeks. There is a $5.00 fee for postage and handling. If interested, write to Proposal Critique Service, Women's Aclion Alliance, Inc., 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

NORTH SHORE ALERT (anti-nuclear fission) meets the 1st Thursday of each month at Church House, 2230 Euclid Ave. at 7:30pm.

The WOMEN'S CAUCUS at Cleveland Marshall College of Law is cosponsoring a WOMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTS WORKSHOP together with the American Bar Association/Law Students Division. The Workshop will be held at the law school (18th and Euclid) on Saturday, May 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Individual workshops will allow law students and other individuals to share their knowledge with the community and provide basic legal information on Women and Credit, Domestic Relations, Landlord and Tenant Law, Handicapped Women, Rape, Battered Women/Domestic Violence, Rights of Lesbians, Women and Tax, Insurance, Employment Discrimination, Criminal Justice-arrest to trial, Welfare, Mental Health, and Reproductive Rights. Each workshop is 70 minutes, with a choice of 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Childcare is provided; bring your own lunch. Coffee and donuts will be served in the morning. There is a $5.00 fee (waivable upon request). For more information, call Alexandria Ruden at 721-4010 or 687-2344, or write Women's Legal Rights Workshop, Women's Law Caucus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.

WomenSpace will hold its WOMEN AND MONEY || Seminar on Saturday, April 28, 1979, at Cleveland State University, Main Classroom Building. The all-day seminar will have 12 workshops in three general categories: career and job-related topics, handling and spending money, and making money grow. Each participant can attend 4 workshops. Alexandra Armstrong, a Vice President with the Washington, D.C. brokerage firm Julia M. Walsh & Son, is the keynote speaker. Volunteers are needed to help with planning, mailing, registration, etc. If you want to volunteer, call Nita Casstevens at 696-3100, who is coordinating the seminar. Bernice Frieder is co-chairing the event. The cost will be $10 for nonmembers of WomenSpace.

HOME-LIKE BIRTH CENTER of Booth Memorial Hospital offers tours of the Center on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Women considering giving birth in the home-like environment should contact the Center early ennugh in pregnancy to be able to participate in the program. The Birth Center Staff are also available to lecture classes and groups about this unique program. Contact Carol Shulthesis, Director, Nurse-Midwifery Services, or Sarah Dannet, Nursing Educational Coordinator, at the hospital, 692-3500, for further information.

THE FREE CLINIC has started a drop-in group for women who wish to discuss, explore, or develop their feelings for other women, or may be considering coming out. The group, Women With Women, meets at the Free Clinic on Friday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30. Any interested woman is welcome.

All are welcome to WOMEN'S FOLK NIGHT on the second Tuesday of every month at the Coach House, located on Abington Road near Euclid Avenue. Admission: $1.00.

Anyone who can contribute toward a handbook to be made available to women office and clerical workers on the subject of confronting sexual harassment on the job, please write to: Working Women United, 593 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10021.

FEMINIST ISSUES N.O W. is a radio program broadcast from 7:30 to 8:00a.m. every Sunday morning on WMMS and from 12:30 to 1:00a.m. every Friday on WZAK. Barbara Lombarde (Cleveland NOW) is the coordinator. Ideas are welcome. Contact Barb Lombardo at 835-5042 or Julle Patterson at 581-8281 with advertising suggestions.

The COMMUNITY SEXLINE, a telephone education and referral service in human sexuality, is open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Trained volunteers and professional staff answer calls from the community at large in a non-sexist, non-judgmental and growthenhancing way. The number is 621-6226.

Make your old newspapers work to support a worthy community agency. Cive them to the Head Help Paper Drive The container will be parked dai. ly at the Geauga Market House on Rt 306 just north of Rt. 322

CLEVELANO WOMEN WORKING's Downtown Safety Project, designed to reduce crime and fear of crime among downtown employees, has progressed several steps in its initial calendar of activities. It has a new name, Target: Salety. Seminars making use of the recently completed slide/tape presentation on safety on the job will begin soon These seminars, featuring crime prevention and salety tips, will be presented throughout downtown by trained speakers from CWW during the next year.

Downtown Crime Prevention Surveys have been distributed widely and initial results are being tabulated. Over 1000 responses have been received so far. If you are interested in helping by filling out a survey. distributing surveys, having seminars in your office, or have a general in terest in safety on the job, call Kathie FitzSimons at 566-8511

NATIONAL BAY TASK FORCE member Rhonda Carlson, a student at the Graduate School of Social Work of the University of Texas, is conducting a research survey to determine how lesbians define themselves and their community. She needs lesbians willing to complete a fairly long, specific questionnaire. Questionnaires and all correspondence will be kept strictly confidential, but a distillation of the results will go into Ms Carlson's master's thesis which she hopes will eventually be published It is not re quired to be "'out' to participate All that is required is that you be a les bian. For more information, or a questionnaire, write Rhonda Carlson, 3014 Millmar Drive, Dallas, Texas 75228

DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS (women who have lost the support they were dependent upon) can get help through the Displaced Homemakers Program at all campuses of Cuyahoga Community College. The program of fers services to help women become "job ready" and self-supporting No fees are charged. To be oligible, a person must have worked withoul pay as a homemaker for her family, had not been gainfully employed, and is at least 35 years old. Courses include how to find and keep a job, interviewing, community resources, and budgeting. Call the campus nearest you: Metro, 241-5966; Western, 845-4000, Ext 250, Eastern. 464-1450, Ext. 275.

Many women suffer from an early, traumatic, sexual experience. The majority are molested by a father, step-father, relative or close friend of the family. They feel alone, Kurt, and bitter. They often feel there is nowhere to turn for help as no one would understand.

The FREE CLINIC is offering individual and group counselling for vic tims of incest, on Tuesday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 pm To make an apointment, call 721-4010 and say you want an appointment with Joyce Spencer or Jan Felixson. There are no fees or eligibility re quirements at the Free Clinic (12201 Euclid Avenue).

HEAD HELP (8142 Mayfield Road, Chesterland) is looking for volunteers If you are youth-oriented and non-judgmental, we want you to become one of our telephone hotline workers. We provide training and supervi sion. You will learn how to answer hotline calls, holp people with problems, give Information, and make referrals. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Call Robin, Volunteer Coordinator, at Head Help. 729-1768. 286-9497; 834-8331.

WEEKEND FORUM FOR WOMEN. Fifty-two half-hour TV shows have been initiated by Channel 3, WKYC-TV, as Public Affairs Programming The Forum will be aired each Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 to 6:30 AM.

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WOMEN IN MUSIC is now in the planning stages. A committee has been formed in New York City to plan the Congress' presentation of scholarly papers and performances of music by past and contemporary women composers. The Congress will be held in New York City in October, 1979. For more information, contact Jeannie Pool at P.O. Box 436, Ansonia Station, New York, New York 10023.

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