WHAT'S HAPPENING
Cleveland Women Working will be taking to the streets again this month as Safety Day hits downtown Cleveland on September 21. As part of CWW's Downtown Community Crime Prevention Project, Target: Safety, Safety Day will have something for everyone. It will be your chance to find out about your building's security, along with learning tips about making your office safer. A full day of activities will end with a party-in-the-park where you can get to know your co-workers. So mark your calendar for September 21. For more information and ways that you can help, call CWW at 566-8511,
Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) is holding a general meeting of people who support the pro-choice side of the abortion issue on September 20, 8:00 p.m., at the West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd. Dr. Ronald F. Swanger, former director of the Cleveland Department of Health, will address the meeting, which is open to all at no charge. During the meeting, CARAL leaders will discuss recent events in the Ohio Legislature and the U.S. Congress concerning the right to choose an abortion. For more information about CARAL, writo to P. O. Box 18089, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118.
The Friends of Coventry Books are pleased to invite you to the first in'a series of Third Thursday Forums. September's topic is Nuclear Energy Amy Hubbard, of North Shore Alert, will discuss the issue of reactor sale. ty, economics and energy alternatives. No Nukes by Gyorgy is recommended reading The forum is free and open to the public, on Thursday, September 20, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Coventry Books, 1824 Coventry Road. Cleveland Heights. For more information, call 932-8111.
Cleveland YWCA in cooperation with the Center for Human Services announces a lunchtime discussion group series on Surviving Divorce for women and men in the process of divorce or just recenly divorced. The group will meet for eight weeks on Wednesdays, noon to 1:00 p.m., from September 19 through November 7 at the Cleveland YWCA located at 3201 Euclid Avenue. The group will explore the normal griel process, relationships with the ex-spouse, legal issues, reactions of children to divorce and moving into new relationships. The leader will be Ellen Shafer and the fee is $24. Participants are encouraged to bring a sandwich and the YWCA will provide a beverage. For registration and further information, call the Cleveland YWCA at 881-6878. Financial assistance is available for all programs.
Morning Seminar, an informal discussion group, invites everyone who enjoys controversy, intellectual stimulation, and thought-provoking new ideas to join us. You are welcome to attend one session or the entire series. The following is a partial listing:
September 27-Rita Batchelder, CSJ, from Psycho-Educational Associates, will help us to understand the scope of emotional and behavioral problems all children encounter in adjusting to life.
October 4-Joyce Barrett, attorney, will show us how we can cut through legal jargon as well as understand our rights as women, marriage partners and mothers.
October 11-Olive Wertz, counselor with West Shore Unitarian Church, will explain agoraphobia, the fear of being in open or public places. October 18-Pat Larson, a knowledgeable source on criminal justice, will give some insights into the penal system. A former prisoner will also share some of his experiences.
October 25-Helen Slough will share her experiences as a patent attorney of forly years. Bring your inventions and ideas.
November 1-Polly Langermeier and Jo Anna Fitzgerald will lead a workshop on changing values in a changing world. Learn how to clarity your own values and help your children clarify theirs.
November 8-Carole Stringer from Rape Crisis Center will discuss with us Susan Brownmiller's book, Against Our Will. Become aware of the broad implications of the crime of rape.
All seminars are held Thursday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room of the West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Road, Rocky River, 333-2255. Cost is $1.50 per session, or $12.00 for the entire series. A nursery school program is provided for children ages 2 through 5 at a charge of $.50 per child. Babysitting for infants and toddlers is also provided.
Cuyahoga Community College plans to sponsor a class for women business owners set tentatively to begin the week of September 24. Modeled after a program developed by the Center for Women's Opportunities, the curriculum will include an orientation meeting plus 36 hours of classroom work. Participants will formulate a personalized business loan proposal and learn about aspects of setting up a small business. For schedule and fee information, contact Dr. Rachel Rhoefeld, Center for Urban Metropolitan Development, Cuyahoga Community College-Metro Campus, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
Also, the Center for Women's Opportunities is offering regional workshops for faculty and staff of two year colleges interested in providing these small business assistance classes in their communities. For Information on these workshops, write Carol Ellason, Director, Center for Women's Opportunities, American Assoc.of Community and Junior Colleges, One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 410, Washington, D.C. 20036,
A workshop on Rediscovery of Women in Photography will be held in Toronto, Ontario at the Baldwin Street Gallery, 38 Baldwin Street, Toronto, September 29-30, 1979. The workshop is based on Laura Jones' research on dozens of women photographers (over one hundred who worked before 1900). The work of most of these women has never been published. The workshop is geared to photographers, collectors, instructors of women's studies and individuals who have a special interest in women's history and women's work. There will be discussions of photographs taken by the participants as well as presentation of personal research projects.
The Second Lesbian and Gay Seminarians Conference: WE ARE A PEOPLE will be hosted by the Harvard Divinity School, November 8-11, 1979. The interdenominational gathering will feature a wide-ranging program of panels, workshops, and symposia designed by and for gay and lesbian seminarians, and will provide a forum for theological discussion and personal sharing among gays from across the nation. The Conference wishes papers on subjects related to and relating homosexuality and the various seminary and school of religion disciplines: New and Old Testament. Ethics. Comparative Religion, Psychology of Religion. Pastoral Psychology, Theology, Philosophy of Religion, etc. Papers received by September 15, 1979 will be given first priority. Papers will not be accepted after September 29, 1979. Paper submissions and questions should be sent to Bradley Prunty, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, phone (617) 623-6489
WOMENSPACE IS conducting its 1979 Membership Campaign For information, contact WomenSpace, 1258 Euclid Avenue, 696-3100.
A National Conference on Violence Against Women will be held October 2-5, 1979, at the Executive Tower Inn, Denver, Colorado. The speakers will include Flo Kennedy, Del Martin and Robin Morgan. For reservations call Bobble Culpepper, (303) 629-3046. Fees are $120 for the total conference, plus hotel room
Judith Sahn
With the goal of making the powerful tools of computer technology available to more women, the Feminist Computer Technology Project was launched at the National Women's Studies Association Conference in Lawrence, Kansas in early June. Among the objectives of the Project are preparing a questionnaire to be distributed through selected women's computer technology resources and the potential constituency of the Project; and obtaining funding from various private sources for a first experimental computing center to be set up in 1980. All woinen sharing the goals of the Project are invited to join by sending a short description of their backgrounds and interests along with $2 to cover initial iling costs to: Helen Eisen-Rolkopf, 4407-C Normandy Trace Drive. St. Louis. Missouri 63121.
Lesbian parents (lesbians in the parenting role) share special problems: custody, creating positive male role models, money, meeting other lesbian parents, coming out (or not) to our kids, their teachers and other parents, the conflict between our social lives and our children's needs. We need to share our frustrations and strengths, get together with our kids, and have a good time. If you are interested in forming a lesbian parents support group. call Gail or Barb at 261-5744.
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 offers services to help women become "job ready" and self-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 be 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.
Bernadette Devlin McCallisky, the Irish socialist, will speak in Cleveland in mid-October about the ten-year struggle in northern Ireland against the brutality of British rule The exact date is not yet known, but will appear in the next issue of What She Wants In 1969, when she was 21, MCCallisky campaigned as a socialist and won election to the Irish Parliament She had been active in the People's Democracy and the struggle for Catholic civil rights and an end to British imperialism. She was jailed for her activities against British troops.
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AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE sponsors a vigil for sale energy every Friday from noon to 1 00 at CE1, Public Square
The National Women's Studies Association will hold its annual convention at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, from May 16-20, 1980. The planned program will include panels, seminars, and papers in feminist education and presentations in the arts. Participants can look forward to discussions of Women's Studies Programs in academic institutions and of feminist alternatives to traditional education. For further information contact Elaine Reuben, Coordinator, NWSA, University of Maryland, Col. lege Park, MD 20742.
SHEPN KOYECH (translated from the Yiddish as "Drawing Strength }. an anthology of writings by Jewish lesbians wants submissions written from a Jewish-lesbian-identified perspective For more information write Shepn Koyech, PO Box 6050. Boston, MA 02209
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, 56 Park Avenue, New York New York 10021
Anyone interested in beginning recorder class starting in September please contact Penny Guy, 932-3326
The FREE CLINIC is offering individual and group counselling for vi 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.
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 1.00 a.m every Friday on WZAK. Del Jones is the coordinator. Ideas are welcome. Contact Julie Patterson at 581-8281 with advertising suggestions.
NORTH SHORE ALERT (anti-nuclear fission) meets the 1st Thursday of each month at Church House. 2230 Euclid Ave at 7:30pm
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 AI 306 just north of Rt. 322
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS OF AMERICA, INC. is sponsoring Operation Job Bank. The purpose of the program is to improve the economic living standards of the unemployed, the underemployed, and the untrained. It will explore such ideas as opening concession stands in downtown office buildings and establishing a public marketplace controlled by community co-op groups. For more information about the project, write or call Hotline, Domestic Workers of America Incorporated, 1258 Euclid Avenue, Room 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
The GEAUGA WOMEN'S CENTER, 11984 Caves Ro., Chesterland. Ohio. at the northwest corner of Wilson Mills and Caves Road (Community Church of Chesterland, downstairs), has a Drop-In Center open the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 8 to 10 p m. Offered are support groups, self-help/health, information and referral service on doctors, lawyers, therapists, social services and divorce, and various speakers. The group needs leedback (good or bad) to expand its referral lists Come share your experiences. For further information, call Nancy at 729-4887. Carolynn at 286-2081. Sue al 338-8398. or Sally at 123-3871.
PRO-CHOICE QUIZ-WIN A T-SHIRT!
Complete this questionnaire correctly and win a pro-choice t-shirt. All entries must be received by September 30th.
1. Mary Rose Dakar
2. Mary Boyle
3. Robert Drinan
4. Sean Morton Downey 5. Jimmy Carter
6. Bob Packwood
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7. Michael Schwarzwalder
8. Joseph Califano
9. Louis Stokes
10. Joseph O'Rourke 11. Henry Hyde 12. Margaret Sanger EFCO
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-He is a "voice for choice" in the Ohio State Senate.
-She votes against family planning and abortion funding in Congress.
-As a Catholic priest and Congressman he's against abortion...for everyone but women!
-He wants to be the "right-to-life" president in 1980.
-He says, "Life is unfair."'
-She's not pro-abortion, she's pro-choice!
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-He's infamous for the women's death amendment.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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