WHAT'S HAPPENING

ANN GAYLOR, abortion rights activist and author of Abortion is a Bles-sing, will make media appearances on the Morning Exchango and with Dorothy Fuldhelm on May 3 and 4. This is an excellent chance to write and phone TV and newspapers encouraging them to Increase coverage of the pro-choice movement.

On May 5, Ms. Gaylor, sponsored by EFCO and the Reproductive Freedom Coalition, will do a workshop on pro-cholce organizing and lactics from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Park Plaza Hotel A luncheon will follow at which Ms. Gaylor will speak. The workshop is $2 00, the luncheon is $5.00; both are $6.00. For reservations call EFCO al 579-0028

The REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS NATIONAL NETWORK, a coalition of reproductive freedom groups, will hold a meeting on May 5 at Antluch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio to organize a demonstration at the Rightto-Life Convention on June 23. The meeting is open to representatives of all organizations. Call EFCO, 579-0028, for Information

Watch for the Voluntary Motherhood ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Friday, May 11. Write the PO and let them know you're a voluntary paront or non-parent!

The Pro-Choice Action Committee (PCAC) will meet at 8:00 pm May 14 to plan the Cleveland Involvement in the demonstration in Cincinnati at the Aight-to-Life Convention on June 23 Representatives of organizations are invited to attend For the location of the meeting call 570-0028 CARAL-West will hold a meeting May 17 at West Shore Unitarian Church. 20401 Hilllard Road, al 8.00 p.m For information, call 321-5424

COVENTRY BOOKS will be having a continuous multi media extravaganza about China in late May when owner Ellen Strong returns from the Prople's Republic Come in after May 21 and enjoy books, fresh brewed lea and a continuous slide show

CLEVELAND WOMEN WORKING is ollering a number of workshops designed to increase your ability to survive on the job and develop your potential for advancement or upgrading your present position Workshops will be held on Mondays after work, 5 45 lo 7 00 pm, al the CWW office. 1258 Euclid Avenue Cost is $2 50 lor members and $5.00 for nonmembers for each session The dales and topics are May 7-Assessing Your Job Ski

May 21-Your Legal Rights Or... How to Recognize Discrimination When it's Happening to You

June 4-How to Write a Resume That Works

CLEVELAND WOMEN WORKING will hold a 12-hour seminar for working women to Increase skills needed to enhance job opportunities. The seminar will take place on three consecutive Saturdays, May 5, 12 and 19, from 9:30 to 1:30 at the CWW office, 1258 Euclid. Cost is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Fee includes refreshments and all books and written materials used during the course. Call CWW at 588-8511 for more information or to make reservations. Limited space available

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 oflers services to help women become "job ready" and sell-supporting. No fees are charged. To be eligible, a person must have worked without 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, 645-4000, Ext. 250; Eastern, 484-1450, Ext. 275.

The NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION's First National Conference will be held at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, May 30-June 3. The conference has been shaped by contributions from all parts of the country and represents the interests of teachers at every educational level, community activists teaching in non-academic s81lings, students, staff, Third World women, and lesbians.

There are over 100 sessions (panels, seminars, debates, reports) on topics including funding, sex discrimination in education, and women's centers and educational programming. Arts presentations include theatre, music, graphic arts, poetry, film and crafts.

Cost is $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Room and board (double occupancy) for 4 days is $70, weekend (beginning Friday afternoon) is $35. Individual meals available on cash basis. Bus transport between airport and conference is $7 one way. Day care is free but must be reserved. Concert Friday night is $6 (Imited to first 1,000). You are urged to register immediately. For more info and registration forms contact Elaine Reuben, coordinator, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, or call her at (301) 454-3757.

CLEVELAND 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: Safety, Seminars making use of the recently completed slide/tape presentation on safety on the job will begin soon. These seminars, featuring crime prevention and safety tips, will be presented throughout downtown by trained speakers from CWW during the nex year,

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

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

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NORTH SHORE ALERT (anti nuclear fission) mools the 1st 1buruday of oach month at Church House, 2230 Luclid Ave at 7:30pm AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE sponsors a vigil for sale energy every Friday from noon to 100 at CII, Public Square

WOMEN AND OTHER PEOPLE, a celebration of woman, engagingly ex pressed in poetry, drama and song, will be performed at Center Repertory Theatro, 1830 Euclid Avenue, through May 13 On May 1, a bonafit per formance will be held for WomenSpace at 8:00 pm. Admission is $10 for the play only. $15 for the play and a reception with the cast, Julie Adams and Marllynn Lovell, and the director, Marge Champlon. Any amount over $5 55 is tax deductible. For reservations, contact WomenSpaco. 1258 Euclid Avenue, 800-3100

COMMONWORKS, a group of Cleveland area artists and media workern, with the cooperation of the Cleveland State University Women's Alliance, is sponsoring a film series with the theme Bread and Roses: Women and the Labor Movement. All of the films will be shown in the Main Auditorium of the CSU University Cantur, Euclid Ave and E. 22nd Strøel The programs are as follows

May 21-With Bablan and Banners

June 7-Salt of the Earth

June 14-Union Malde and I Am Somebody

June 21-Blow for Blow

June 28-Controlling Interest and The Fight Against Black Monday All programs begin at 7:00 pm The film showings will be followed by a coffee hour. Anyone who subscribes to the entire serios will pay for the first laur evenings and get free admission June 28 Call 937-2753 for fur ther information, including blocks of seats for organizations

THE FREE CLINIC has started a drop-in group for women who wish to discuss, explore, or develop their feelings for other worner, or may be considering coming out The group, Women With Women, moets al the Free Clinic on Friday evenings from 7 00 10 8 30 Any Interested woman is welcome

The FREE CLINIC is offering Individual and group counseling for victims of Incest, on Wednesday evenings between 7.00 and 10:00 p.m. To make an appointment, 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.

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.

An International Conference is being called to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of THE SECOND SEX by Simone de Beauver, 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 sity 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 dif ferent fields to discuss the tasks of feminist theory today; and 3) making possible the dialogue, sharing and enthusiasm which can serve as fertile ground for 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. 10983, or call (212) 598-2874.

HOME-LIKE BITH 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 enough 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, 692-2500, for fur ther information.

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

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.

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.

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

FEMINST 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 1.00 a.m, every Friday on WZAK. Barbers Lombarde (Cleveland NOW) is the comdinator ideas are welcome. Contact Barb Lombardo at 835-5042 or Jube Patterson at 581-8281 with advertising suggestions

WOMEN IN HOUBINO ANO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT in the subject of a stato wide conference May 30 31, 1970, at the Nell House Hotel in Col umbus, Ohio, being sponsored by the Federal Women's Program (FWP) of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The con forance provides an opportunity for raprenentatives of housing, communi ty development, and women's groups to exchange information and Iden lify resources for meeting women's housing and communily development noede Panels and workshops will focus on four major topics. Carnors in Housing and Community Development. Housing Issues, Discrimination, and Community Development Dr Donna Shalala, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and flendarch, will be the keynole speaker at the conference Write to fWP Coordinator, HUD Arna Office, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 for røgistration informa lon

WANTED: Poetry and line drawings by Clovaland area women for an an thology to be published in the fall of 1979 Deadline is May 31, 1979 Plonso submit not more than 4.pooms or six pages of manuscript to Batyagraha Publications, 3000 W 135th 61. Cleveland, Ohio 44111 Enclosed a noll addressed slamped envelope

SHEPH KOYECH (translated from the Yiddish as "Drawing Strength*'). an anthology of writings by Jewish lesbians, wants submissions written from a Jowish-lesbian-Identified perspective for more information, wrile Shopn Koyach, PO Box 8050, Boston, MA 02209

CHOMO-URI, a women's multi-arta magazine, is senking submissions for its upcoming special issue on Women and the Performing Arts. Graphica pholography, poetry, songs, fiction, non-liction, plays, interviews. rovlows, and assays are welcome in the areas of music, dance and Theatre Pays in two complimentary coples Please send all submissions with a self-addressed stamped return envelope to Chomo Uri, PO Box 1057, Amherst, MA 01002. Submission deadline is September 15, 1979

Lisa Broberg wishes to announce that she has legally changed her namo to Lisa Mainsong.

THE CLEVELANO WOMEN'S CHOIR welcomes new members. The only experience necessary in enjoying singing Choir rehearsals are on Tues day eveninge For more information, call Lisa at 321 0304

The WOMEN'S SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE (WEPA) has chosen Regis College in Denver, Colorado for the location of its fourth session, August 9-23, 1979 W8PA was founded in the belief that both personal and professional growth can be fostered by a fuller integration of our values and Identities as women and as professionals WDPA is a par sonally supportive environment which enables women in the fields of ar chitecture, planning, design, landscape architecture, environmental psychology, and other environmental design fields to gather together for an exchange of idean, and to explore the particular qualities, concerns, and abilities which they as wumen bring lu environmental design. It is the only school of planning and architecture to be entirely conceived, found ed, financed and run by and for wornen.

This year's theme is Transitions: Designing for the Future as if Women Mattered. Participants may attend the full two-week session, August 9-23, or the four-day weekend session, August 9-12 The weekend se9sion will focus on the future from both a global and a personal perspeclive. Women of all ages and stages of their professional development are encouraged to attend. There are no academic credentials required, only a committed interest in the built environment, and environmental design field. Child care will be provided, and the college is wheelchair access). ble. The cost for the two-week session for room, bdard and fultion is $400 (based on double occupancy), and $100 for the 4-day weekend session. Enrollment is limited, so early application is suggested The registration deadline is July 1. For applications and more information, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to WSPA, Box 102 Palornar Arcade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, or call Sue Aitcheson (617) 731-0957

WISCONSIN WOMYN'S LAND COOP, Norwalk, Wisconsin, announces summer 1979 retreat facilities for your womyn's group. Available are primitive camping on 60 acres of women's land, exclusive barn use for workshops/encounters, cookhouse and outdoor children's area Foos are $5.00 per day per womon for a minimum of 5 and maximum of 20 womyn. For booking call (608) 269-5301 WWLC is open to wornyn of all ages on the last full weekend of every month and the preceding five days The land is open to boys until their 10th birthday.

The LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION has agreed to fund a National Center on Poor Families. The planning committee that developed the proposal for this Center is now soliciting applications and suggestions for members of the Center's Board of Directors and for the position of Executive Director. The Board will include 18 people: five legal services field attorneys, six legal services clients; two legal services paralegals; five in dividuals affiliated with other significant interest groups working in the area. Criteria for Board membership are: demonstrated commitment to promoting the freedom and stability of poor families; demonstrated commitment to fighting the oppression of both men and women that is caused by rigid sex-based definition of roles in the family; ability and a perience; ties to local community or to groups concerned with these issues; regional, urban-rural, ethnic, racial and gender diversity The group is particularly interested in receiving applications and recommen dations of third world people.

People interested in being considered as a board member should send a letter describing their background, qualifications and interest, and including the names and addresses of two people who know you lo. Laurie Woods, MFY Legal Services, 759 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019 Applications must be received by April 30, and the Board will be selected on May 7 on the basis of the criteria described above

The Board will select an Executive Director and will determine the location of this new Center, which will begin operation in the fat The Executive Director must be an attorney with legal services experience Of other legal experience with the problems facing poor families. Expres sions of interest should be submitted to Ms. Woods for the position of Exeecutive Director by May 15

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