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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Ongoing

Cleveland Women's Chair. 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 al 321-9456.

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 pregnancy, 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.

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).

Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (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.

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.

LIGHT, the Women's Coordinating Committee of the GEAR Foundation, holds its regular meeting the first Tuesday of each month at the Gay Com-munity 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.

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 Pro-Cholce 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.

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.

Women in Skilled Employment (WISE) is a program at WomenSpace aimed at increasing opportunities, for women in non-traditional jobs. If you are interested in exploring any aspect of blue collar work for women, be it applying for a job yourself, or helping other women get and keep non-traditional jobs, please call Amy at 696-6967. A conference on the subject, is being planned for people in the fields of business, labor, and employment services for late July. Please call for further information.

The Cleveland Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT) is stepping up its activities to better inform the public of the boycott against the Nestle Corporation and its subsidiary, Stouffer's. Actions will include picketing. media exposure and the distribution and sale of informational pieces, buttons and bumper stickers. Those who wish to support the boycott 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.

Interested in helping serve the Cleveland Gay Community? The Gay Hotline needs volunteers to help staff the operation. Training for new volunteers consists of four classes, an interview, and on-the-job training with a senior volunteer. If you can help in this important and worthwhile work, please call the Gay Hotline, 621-3380, and leave your name and phone number. One of the Hotline Coordinators will get in touch with you.

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 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 community 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. Home Driented Maternity Experience (H.O.M.E.) is a national organization to support and assist couples who wish to give birth at home. Our aim is to help couples achieve the optimum experience of a safe home birth. Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., 1888 South Compton, Cleveland Hts. Any couple who wants to learn more about all the options available in childbirth for home, home-like or hospital settings are welcome to attend. For more information, call 651-5227 or 881-6921.

Appeals

Deb "D.J." Adler, who appeared as the opening act for Holly Near at KSU, founded Ariana Productions in June 1981 for the purpose of producing her first full-length stereo cassette tape. Deb seeks financial support for production costs. If you are able to contribute or wish to discuss a long-term, low-interest loan, please contact D.J. Adler, c/o Ariana Productions, P.O. Box 91010, Cleveland, 44101, or call 371-9820.

Helen Forelle, author of Conversations In a Clinic, is working on a sequel, recording the thoughts and emotions of women after they have had an abortion. Anyone who has had an abortion is urged to participate by writing her feelings or recording them on a cassette tape and mailing them to-Helen at P.O. Box 326, Harrisburg, S. Dak. 57032. Your identity is not needed and you are asked to omit it from your correspondence. The statements will be used at meetings and will be edited for inclusion in a pro-choice pamphlet to counteract misleading and exaggerated claims by so-called "pro-life" activists. If you are willing to say, "I had an abortion, I don't regret it, and I've had no adverse physical or emotional effects from it," please take the time to write.

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 Foun⚫ dation, 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 Volunteer Projects component of Women Together Inc. is conducting an on-going volunteer recruitment campaign to better serve battered women.. Women Together needs volunteers in the areas of childcare, crisis-line phone service, support group facilitation. direct service counseling, and public speaking. Requirements are that volunteers be sensitive to the needs of women, particularly battered women. Experience is helpful, but not mandatory. We offer training in each area of service. Interested volunteers may call Fay Grinage at Women Together, 431-6267. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Opportunities

Singers and musical performers are now being sought by The Tenth Muse Collective to perform at the Kent coffeehouse. Interested women should call 1-678-6665 or 1-673-8074 for more information.

"Sign Language for the Beginner. A chance to start understanding what those flapping arms really mean. The class will meet Sundays between 7 and 9 p.m. and continue through Thanksgiving. Please call the Gay Hotline at 621-3380 to register, as there will be limited enrollment. We can try to set up rides or car pools if needed. Cost is $20 for the 9-week class and approximately $10 for the book. Ask for starting date and location (possibly East and West) when you register.

Kentucky Collection of Lesbian Herstory is a committee of the Spiral Wimmin's Land Cooperative. The focus of the Archives is to gather materials and to continue networking. In order to do this, the Archives needs both money and donations of materials. For more information, send a selfaddressed stamped envelope (an extra stamp or two) to: KCLH, c/o iandras moontree, P.O. Box 264, Monticello, Kentucky 42633.

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