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IT'S A DOG'S LIFE

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Ongoing

Hard Hatted Women is a support and information-sharing group for women working in or actively seeking non-traditional blue-collar jobs. Not all these jobs are actually "hard-hatted'' or blue collar, but all are nonmanagerial. Group members work in heavy industrial, manual and skilled technical jobs that traditionally have been held by men. Hard Hatted Women meets the fourth Sunday of the month, from 1 to 3 p.m., at WomenSpace. To receive their bi-monthly newsletter and announcements of special events, please send $3 (more if you can) to Geri Braun, 1636 Victoria, Lakewood, Ohio 44107. For more information call Amy Schuman, 696-6967.

The Cleveland chapter of HOME (Home Oriented Maternity Experience) provides information and support to expectant parents considering home or home-like childbirth. Their resources include a library, a monthly discussion series and support group, counseling on nutrition and early pregrlancy, and referrals to childbirth classes. Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at 3280 West 54th St., Cleveland. Phone Bonnie Kowalski, 651-5227, for more information. The September 28 meeting will discuss medical considerations; the October 26 meeting will cover breastfeeding and postpartum care.

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.

Women for Sobriety is an organization that helps women overcome drinking problems by sharing feelings and setting goals in a supportive group setting. The Cleveland chapter meets on alternate Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at WomenSpace. The next meeting will be July 27. For more information call Paulette Zaryczny, 531-4518, or Ruth Schultz, 235-4126, or the WomenSpace Helpline, 696-3100.

Interested in helping serve the Cleveland Gay Community? The Gay Hailing needs volunteers to help staff the operation. Training for new voleniners consists of four classes, an interview, and on-the-job training olestons. Al you can help in this important and worthwhile ,621-3380, and leave your name and › Coirdinators will get in touch with you.

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Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohle (EFCO) can provide professionals from all areas to speak to your group or organization on the subject of abortion. EFCO also provides research assistance to students and professionals on reproductive issues. To arrange a speaker, contact EFCO, 439 The Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, or phone (216) 621-8224.

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To protest this sexist ad carried in Northern Ohio Live, call the magazine at 721-1800, Ross Salupo Advertising at 621-5230, and Orlando Baking Co. at 795-1000.

An appeal has gone out from Lucille Provero, President of the Elzabeth 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.

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 woman must have worked without pay as a homemaker for her family, 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, or Eastern, 464-1450, Ext. 275.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

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.

Horizon Center otters a Family Institute on Alcoholism, which includes lectures and discussions on alcoholism and the family's role in dealing with it. For more information call Peg Huffman, 292-5900.

The Cleveland Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT) is stepping up its activities to better inform the public of the boycott against Nestle's and its subsidiary Stouffer's. Actions will include picketing, media exposure and the distribution and sale of informational pieces, buttons and bumper stickers. Nestle is the subject of an international boycott because of its unethical promotion of Infant formula in developing countries.

Those who wish to participate by picketing Stouffer's restaurants near where they live or work may call Betsy Miklethun, 687-1900. For more information call Phyllis Mucha, 771-4815.

The Right-to-Life Convention in Omaha, Nebraska this year mandated August 8-9 as the day to invade abortion clinics. Last year they tried, and were met by pro-choice forces who helped make sure that women going to the clinics were not harassed and that clinics, the patients and the personnel were not threatened in any way.

Cleveland Pro-Cholce Action Committee would like anyone interested in helping us with clinic defense to call us at 321-6143, 371-7648, or 932-9344.

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.

The Women's Comprehensive Program at Cleveland State University has created the Re-Entry Women's Project to investigate and respond to the special needs and concerns of re-entry women students. If you are presently a returning woman student at CSU, or if you are considering returning to college, call 687-4876 or 687-4674, or stop in our office in the Corlett Building. 1935 Euclid Avenue, Room 124.

The WomenSpace Women and Alcohol project and the West Side Community Mental Health Center are sponsoring a neighborhood outreach project in the Detroit Shoreway area, until August 15. For more information, call Dagmar Celeste, 696-0758.

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