CENTER for Reproductive Health

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Events

The Dinner Party comes to Cleveland May 10 through August 9, at 3130 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. Exhibit hours are 12 noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Monday, closed on Tuesdays. General admission is $3.00; group rates (20 and over) $2.50; over 60 $2.00; under 12 $1.00; under 6 free. A recorded tour narrated by Judy Chicago is available at an additional cost.

Proterm will present NARAL President Ms. Robin Chandler Duke speaking on."Abortion and Family Planning: What Will We Tell Our Children' at Amasa Stone Chapel, 10940 Euclid Avenue, on Thursday, June 4, from 3-5 p.m. Free of charge.

Robin Chandler Duke, President of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), consultant to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, and a member of the institute of International Education, will be the featured speaker in the first of the 1981 lecture series sponsored by Preterm, on Thursday, June 4, at the Amasa Stone Chapel, 10940 Euclid Avenue, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Ms. Duke's presentation will be "Abortion and Family Planning-What Will We Tell Our Children?" She will address the changes in abortion and family planning policies taking place on the state and federal levels and discuss the impact they will have on the future. The lecture is free and open to 300 participants. To register, or for more information, call Preterm, 368-1006.

The Congressional Union, an organization of feminist historians and activists, is calling on women across the U.S. to rally on July 4 in Washington, D.C., and in communities across the nation, in celebration of "National Women's Independence Day". The group is urging women to re-commit themselves this July 4 to demands for equality and justice, demands they charge have been ignored by the U.S. Government for over 200 years. According to the Congressional Union, the July 4 celebrations will represent a call for "the inalienable rights of women: to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, to justice and equality under the law, to control over their lives and bodies, and to freedom from. violence".

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The Tenth Muse, Kent Women's Coffeehouse, will present its last regularly scheduled coffeehouse of the season on Saturday, June 6, 1981, featuring Robin, Mary Beth, Cindy and Friends. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and the music starts at 9:30 p.m. The Muse is located at 202 N. Lincoln Street (behind Hillel) in Kent.

The women of the Muse Collective-Bonnie, Pat, Cindy, Barrie, Chrisse, Diana, Sue, and LouAnn-would like to take this opportunity to thank the women of Northeast Ohio. Your backing has. made it possible for us not only to bring Betsy Rose and Cathy Winter and Therese Edell to Kent this season, but also to be able to buy our own sound equipment.

Oven Productions Summer Picnic for women only. Sunday, July 5, 1:00 p.m. until dark. CWRU's Squire Valleevue Farm (Pink Pig). Follow the purple arrows to picnic area No. 3; follow road to last shelter. Do not inquire at house. Potluck picnic; Oven will provide charcoal and ice. BYOB, pop and cider will be sold. Come enjoy softball, volley bail and organized games with prizes. Student/staff/fáculty CWRU/University Hospital please bring 10. Donation $1.00.

The June Women's Open House, to be held June 27th, will present Gail Coleman from Canton. This month our location will be 2336 Milton (near Silsby) in University Heights (Milton Road runs parallel to So. Green Road just south of Cedar near the John Carroll University area).

Ongoing

Cleveland Women's Choir. Anyone interested in singing feminist music. drop in at 3178 Meadowbrook on Thursday evenings, 7:30, or call Penny at 932-3326.

DIGNITY, an organization for Catholic and other Christian gay women and men, welcomes new members. Meetings are at Hallinan Center, CWRU, the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, beginning with a women's meeting at 7 p.m. and Mass and a program at 8 p.m. For more information, call Patti at 321-9456.

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 Cyn. thia Griggins. There are no fees or eligibility requirements at the Free Clinic, 12201 Euclid Avenue.

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

Parents of members of the Gay Educational Awareness Resources (GEAR) Foundation have formed a chapter of Parents of Gays (POG). POG members are meeting to explore their feelings about gay family members, supporting GEAR Foundation activities, and inviting members of the GEAR Speakers' Bureau to address clubs and professional organizations. For more information, contact the GEAR Foundation, P O. Box 6177, Cleveland, Ohio 44101, 621-6546.

The Geauga Women's Center, 11984 Caves Road, 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 feedback (good or bad) to expand its referral lists. Come share your experiences. For further information, call 729-1199, or call Nancy at 729-4887. Sue at 338-8398, or Sally at 729-0481.

The Grassroots Female Leadership Coalition invites all women to meet the 2nd Tuesday and the 4th Saturday of each month from 9-11 a.m. at McDonald's Restaurant (downstairs lunchroom), 3050 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland. We are concerned with reaching grassroots women in the cominunity as well as encouraging those interested to take on leadership' roles in order to tackle domestic, economic, and political problems which all women, particularly minority women, face. For further information, call Geraldine Roberts on the Job Bank Action Line, 361-0373.

LIGHT, the Women's Coordinating Committee of the GEAR Foundation, holds its regular meeting the first Tuesday of each month at the Gay Community Center, 2641 West 14th Street. All women GEAR members and other interested women are invited. LIGHT also coordinates Rap groups twice a month. The 2nd Thursday meeting is an Open Rap and the 4th Thursday focuses on a specific topic of interest. For further information on the LIGHT meeting, Raps, to offer suggestions, or to volunteer, call Sarah at 381-8179.

The Cleveland Pro-Choice Action Committee is an ongoing activist organization dedicated to full reproductive freedom for all women. We have monthly meetings where we discuss political issues and plan our ongoing work. We disseminate information about a woman's right to choose, about the dangers of the so-called "Human Life Amendment,' forced sterilization, contraceptive rights and other pressing issues. We are involved in defense of the clinics, and supporting other women's

causes.

For more information as to the address, availability of childcare and other agenda items, please call Barbara at 321-6143 or Deborah/Linda at 932-9344.

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