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WHAT SHE WANTS will hold a workshop on newspaper production, Wednesday, September 10, 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Topics will include fundamentals of type and layout as well as a discussion of use of production tools and equipment. Women who may be interested in working on WSW are encouraged to participate. Call 932-8259 (8-10 p.m. weekdays) for location.

"Gerty, Gerty, Gerty Stein is Back, Back, 8ack." a one-hour, onewoman dramatic special starring Pal Bond as Gertrude Stein in a lighthearted recreation of the life and times of this fascinating woman will be aired on PBS (Channel 25) Saturday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is planning a special issue on racism and anti-Semitism as they affect women and youth within the criminal justice system. You are encouraged to make a contribution to this issue. whether it be a paragraph, a poem, a graphic, an interview, or an article. If you write, be sure to add "Attn: Coordinating Committee" to the front of the envelope For further information, cail Stephanie at (206) 323-2215 or Janice or Ann at (206) 325-8031. Through the Looking Glass is a collective of 15 women who do jail and prison support work Their newsletter provides and encourages a radical analysis of different forms of incarceration, and provides space for women and youth inside to communicate with the outside and each other to try to break the isolation of those in prison.

Women USA, a communications network for women s groups. is circulating copies of A People's Petition for Reproductive Freedom to send to federal, state and local representatives Their goal is to collect a million Signatures from the grassroots level. The petion informs representatives that signers (1) support reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right. as basic as freedom of speech the press or religion (2) oppose government interference with this right whether it takes the form of proposed additions to the Constitution to outlaw abortion, or legislative restrictions on abortion funding that punish and endanger the lives of poor women. and (3) believe the right of the individual to make free and informed decisions on childbirth, contraception, sterilization and abortion is part of a constitutionally protected right to privacy that no arbitrary court or legislative act can be allowed to inhibit If you are interested in circulating copies to friends and/or women's groups contact Mim Kelber Women USA. P O. Box 8214. Washington. D.C 20024

The first annual Woman of Promise Award for previously unpublished women writers is being sponsored by the Feminist Writers Guild in conjunction with the Guild's New York Chapte: The award will be sponsored yearly for differing literary forms and will be administered by different Guild chapters on a rotating basis. The 1980-1981 award will be in poetry and will be administered by the New York Chapter. All Guild members are eligible to become candidates for the award Candidates must be previously unpublished and must be current members of the Feminist Writers' Guild as verified by the Guild administrator. Yearly membership dues are $10 regular/$5 low income and should be sent to the Feminist Writers' Guild, P.O. Box 9396. Berkeley. CA 94709. A candidate may join the Guild in order to qualify for the award.

All entries must be typed. Each writer can submit up to three poems or a maximum of six pages. Exceptions to length may be made only in cases when a single poem exceeds six pages. Name. address, and ZIP Code will be placed in the upper right corner of the first page of each poem. On succeeding pages of a poem, the title and page number should appear in the upper right corner of the 81⁄2 x 11" paper. A $2 entry fee must accompany each manuscript.

Manuscripts for the 1980-1981 Award in Poetry may be submitted until November 15. 1980. Winners will be selected by January 15. 1981.

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Healing Ourselves/Women and Hearth will take place September 27-29 at Heathcote Center in Freeland. Maryland. Workshops will include The Effects of Radiation on Women. Acupuncture. Women and Alcoholism. Politics of Women's Health Care, Massage. Dance as a Healing Art. Practical Herbology. Basic First Aid, Sexuality. Emotional Wellbeing. MidWives and Home Birth. Cancer and Women, Spirituality and Health, the Aging Process. and many more. In addition there will be a fire circle. singing, dancing, morning yoga. Sweat hut, and a celebration of our healing energies.

Cost for the weekend is $55 for women. $20 for children, which includes vegetarian meals and lodging. Indoors or out. Childcare will be provided by advance arrangement only. Space is limited so please preregister. Contact Heathcote Center. 21300 Heathcote Road. Freeland MO 21053. (301) 329-6041 for more information. Sliding scale is available and work exchange (please arrange in advance).

Clear Beginnings. a series of women's writing workshops which emphasize. in a supportive group atmosphere. clarity and creativity in poetry, personal essay, and prose, will begin Wednesday morning. October 1 at Ohio Art Center, and Monday evening. October 6. at Century House Bookstore in Chesterland. Ohio. Both morning and evening ses. sions will run for eight weeks. and groups will be limited to ten par. ticipants Other workshops and seminars are available by request.

Application forms may be obtained at Century House Bookstore. 8254 Mayfield Rd., and Ohio Art Center. 7840 Mayfield Rd.. in Chesterland. For further information. call Ms Ptender. 729-1569. or Ms. Mitchell. 338-8408.

A handbook on sexual harassment on the job has been published by the American Federation of State. County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) The book reviews court decisions and presents ways in which employees, with union support, can recognize and respond to sexual harassment on the job. Copies of the handbook are available through AFSCME International Headquarters. 1625 L Street. N.W. Washington. O C. 20036. (202) 459-4913.

Feminist Writers Guild meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Cleveland Heights Public Library. 2345 Lee Road. Or you may contact Pat at 791-0311 (eve) or Jan at 475-0075 (eve).

WOMEN IN SOLAR ENERGY, a conference to recognize and educate women in solar technology, will be offered October 20-21 at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. The program will include introductory and advanced sessions, panels, group discussions. and hands-on workshops. Topics to be covered are solar applications, education. money, organizing for action, and training. This event will take place in conjunction with the Fifth National Passive Solar Conference of the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society. For more information write WISE/Passive Solar 1980, Box 778, Brattleboro, VT 05301, or call (413) 545-3450.

An appeal has gone out from Lucille Provero, President of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation, for donations to save and preserve the Stanton home, which has been threatened by a housing development project. The foundation's goal is to raise the necessary funding to purchase the house from Ralph Peters, the Seattle man who bought it last year as an interim preservation move. Tax deductible contributions may be sent to the Foundation. 32 Washington Street. Seneca Falls, NY 13148. Elizabeth Cady Stanton conceived the resolutions included in the First Women's Rights Convention "Declaration of Sentiments" July 19, 1848..

The F.L.O.W.E.R Fund (For Love Of Womyn Emergency Resource Fund) has been established by womyn to provide community assistance for womyn in need of emotional and financial support. Money is coming from projects developed within our womyn-identified community. Your ideas. energy and concern are urgently needed. Please address contributions and correspondence to: The F.L.O.W.E.R. Fund. P. O. Box F-11, Akron. Qhio 44308.

A film festival. Chile 1970-1980: Years of Freedom, Years of Resistance. will take place September 12-14 in Room 6 (Auditorium). University Center, Cleveland State University. Featuring "The Battle of Chile-Part III" (released this year), the film festival will exhibit 12 other outstanding documentary movies (U.S. and foreign) about the Allende years and the popular resistance to repression that has followed the 1973 military coup. One $5 ticket purchased in advance will admit bearer to all 13 movies. Tickets at the door (good for the entire series) will be $7.50. For schedule of films and further information, write to Chile Solidarity Committee. c/o Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry. 3800 Bridge Ave.. Cleveland. O. 44113. or call 281-2600.

The Invisible Alcoholics: Women and Alcohol Abuse in America. by Marian Sandmaier. McGraw-Hill. $9.95. Former director of Women's Programs for the National Clearing House for Alcohol Information (HEW) and board member of the National Women's Health Network, Sandmaier reveals why women drink, why treatments designed for men won't work for women and what does work, why women alcoholics experience more depression, polydrug addiction, and suicide than men. A "Women's Guide" section gives up-to-date. practical information on sources of help for the drinking woman.

The FREE CLINIC is offering individual and group counseling for victims of incest on Tuesday 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 requirements at the Free Clinic (12201 Euclid Avenue).

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