The Spiral Wimmin's Land Cooperative is a group of Lesbians cofounding/creating a rural Lesbian community in southeastern Kentucky. We are committed to understanding co-operative process and consensus decision making, cooperating to build and maintain ourselves and our community. For more Information, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (an extra stamp or two) and a small donation (if you can) for printing costs. Subscription to the Spiral newsletter is $2.00 (more if you can, less if you can't). The newsletter is free to Lesbians in prison and Lesbians in mental institutions. Write: Spiral WLC, P.O. Box 337, Monticello, Kentucky 42633, or call (606) 348-5215.

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Interested in journalism or helping to serve the gay community? High Gear is in need of reporters, writers, and layout workers. Classes will be held for those interested in working on the newspaper.

The Women Students Leadership Training Project, funded for its first year by grants from WEAA and the Carnegie Corporation, is sponsored by the National Student Educational Fund (NSEF). The two-year project. which will work closely with the National Women Students Coalition, will provide students with the necessary information, training, and leadership skills to combat sex discrimination on campus and at state and national levels. In addition, the Project will develop an information and support network of students and others concerned about sex equity in postsecondary education and will publish a resource manual. For more information, contact Kathy Baron, NSEF, 2000 P St., NW, Suite 305, Washington, DC 20036.

Female career workers wanted (age thirties through fiftles) to participate in research on women working full-time outside the home. Write for questionnaire. Responses confidential. Mary Lynn Crow, Ph.D., UTA Box 19359, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019.

The National Institute of Aging has awarded a grant to Radcliffe College to transcribe and analyze interviews with elderly black women leaders. Researchers will process the interviews and study the coping strategies black women have developed for survival. The interviews, conducted as part of the Radcliffe College Black. Women Dral History Project, will become part of the data collection at the Murray Research Center. For information, write to the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138.

For articles on the lesbian-feminist experience, write to the LosblanFeminist Studies Clearinghouse (LFSC), whose purpose it is to explore and study all segments of the lesbian-feminist community, especially third world lesbians. The LFSC is especially interested in hearing from women who work and write off campus, or beyond academe entirely. A major activity of the LFSC calls for the sharing of information and publications. New articles are currently being solicited. For a brochure describing available materials, and to submit new work, write to the LesbianFeminist Studies Clearinghouse, Women's Studies Program, 1012 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Volume Ill of the Guide to Research in Women's Studies in Language and Literature, sponsored by the Modern Language Association's Divison of Women's Studies, consists of annotated bibliographies of women writers in several languages. The annotations are short and must be completed by March 1982. For more information about the Hispanic sections write to Diane Marting, 341 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. For information about other languages or the overall project, write to Luciana Csaki, 409 West 62 Street, Kansas City, MO 64113.

Beginning in October 1981 and continuing for a year, Mary Clare Powell and Anne Cheatham will travel around the U.S. looking for women who are creating the new. Anne will collect material for a book called The Future is Female, seeking to interview women who are conceiving or creating genuinely new structures for business, education, health care, law, the arts, banking, resource use, etc.-any facet of the culture. She hopes to find these women, talk with them, write about them, and create a network of them for their support. Mary Clare will look for feminist artists who are not widely known, and she too will seek to create a network of them. She will also carry a portable display of feminist art from the Washington, D.C. area which she will display wherever she can-people's houses, women's centers, art centers.

Both women are collecting names and addresses of women to contact. If you have names, please contact them at 8002 Iliff Drive, Dunn Loring, VA 22027, or (703) 560-3088, or Anne at work (202) 225-3153, before September 1. If you would like a copy of the directory they develop, write to the above address.

Herizon Center offers 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 Geauga Women's Center, 11984 Caves Read, 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.

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The GEAR Foundation will be publishing a Literary Anthelegy sometime in the near future. All contributions (prose, poetry, music, cartoons, artwork, etc.) should be sent to the GEAR Foundation Literary Anthology. P.O. Box 6177, Cleveland, Ohio 44101, attention: Lavender Rich. All contributions should carry a name and address for contact by one of the editors and a name to be used for publication credits. All material used shall be released to the GEAR Foundation and shall remain the property of the GEAR Foundation.

Services and Resources

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 687-4676 or 687-4674, or stop in our office in the Corlett Building. 1935 Euclid Avenue, Room 124.

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 olfers 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.

Twenty-two new articles and reprints are now available from the LesbianFeminist Study Clearinghouse, a non-profit clearinghouse established in 1978 to foster and publicize the study of lesbian experience from a feminist perspective. LFSC functions as an exchange mechanism for the sharing of Lesbian-Feminist vision, perspectives, and scholarship. The Clearinghouse seeks to represent the voices of all segments of the Lesbian-Feminist community, espcially Third World Lesbians and women working and writing in settings other than "academia".

Most of the important work and thinking is done in the community, in our political and cultural projects, and in our lives; LFSC exists mainly to share material and writing based on this work. While women's studies or Lesbian-Feminist "academic" work is still encouraged and solicited, it is a priority for 1981 and beyond that LFSC reflect community-based perspectives and issues. Highest on the list are materials and articles related to racism.

For a brochure, write to L.F.S.C./Women's Studies Program, 1012 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Women Together, Inc., operator of a shelter for battered women that houses approximately 200 women and 400 children per year, has a new volunteer program called "Sponsorship". Volunteer sponsors are assigned women who call the hotline and shelter residents upon their departure. Volunteers accompany clients to groups for abused women and help provide emotional support. If you are interested in training for the sponsorship program, call Fay Grinage, 431-6267.

A Registry of Women in Religious Studies (1981-82 edition), compiled by Carol Bohn and Lorine Getz, has just been released by Edwin Mellen Press, $4.95.

Womanpower is a free semi-annual newsletter focussing on issues of concern to professional social workers and the women they serve. Available on request from Womanpower. The National Association of Social Workers, 1425 H St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, O.C. 20005.

If you are a woman with a problem and don't know where to turn, WomenSpace's Help Line, 696-3100, may be able to put you in touch with helpful community resources. The Help Line's hours are 9 a.m, to 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. Women who call for assistance are provided with information and referrals by a staff of trained women specialists who can assess the caller's needs and refer her to vocational/career resources, social service agencies, physicians, therapists, attorneys and self-help groups. The staff regularly researches and updates a resource bank to insure that current information is available.

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

Women USA was founded in 1979 as a national communications network for women. In additon to operating a hotline, it monitors.legislative and executive actions in Washington affecting women, publishes a newsletter and organizes lobbles and other mass activities for women. It is currently conducting a nationwide campaign to collect signatures on a People's Petition for Reproductive Freedom, co-sponsored by women's and civil rights groups. The toll-free hotline number, 800-221-4945, operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in every state except Alaska and Hawaii. New York State has its own number, 212-344-2531. For more informa"tion Call or write Mim Kelber, Women USA, 76 Beaver Street, New York N.Y. 10005.

The National Women's Political Caucus has released a handy directory of women officials in the Federal government, major political parties, state legislatures and major cities. According to Iris Mitgang, Chair of the bipartisan women's organization, the number of women in political office in the U.S. has tripled since 1974, with women now representing 12 percent of all elected officials. The directory can be obtained free by writing to Jeannine Dowling, Corporate Public Affairs, Philip Morris, Inc., 100 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

A GEAR Foundation Cook Book is being planned. If you have any culinary and epicurean delights you would like to share for publication, please submit them to The GEAR Foundation Cook Book, P.O. Box 6177, Cleveland, Ohio 44101. Include your name and address for contact by one of our food editors. All types of recipes, menu plans, etc., are needed. Any and all contributions are welcomed.

The Cleveland Women's Handbook is a collection of thoughts by women' on women and their lives, and a comprehensive listing of services and agencies which serve women. It includes consumer information and questions to help us choose, use and influence those services and agencies. The Handbook is sponsored by Cleveland Women's Counsel, the Rape Crisis Center, Women Together and WomenSpace. Individual copies are $5 each plus $1 postage and handling. Orders of 5 or more are $4 each, plus postage and handling. The Handbook is available to lowincome women through social service agencies: Call CWC, 321-8587, for information. Also, call CWC if you are interested in distributing the Handbook. through your social service agency. Copies can be ordered from Cleveland Women's Counsel. P.O. Box 18472. Cleveland Hts.. Ohio 44118.

The State of Ohio Women's Information Center now has a toll-free number so persons outside the Columbus area can call free of charge for informa. tion on women's issues and legislation. Call 800-282-3040 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Women Against Pornography slide show and presentation is now available in Cleveland to any interested women's group. For information contact Diana or Judie at 523-1875 or 631-0024.

The Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE) reproduces published and unpublished accounts and analyses by and about women in the Third World, for feminist groups, church-based women's groups, union-affiliated women, women's studies departments, and human rights, Third World support and anti-imperialist solidarity groups. For a bibliography, write WIRE Service, 2700 Broadway, Room 7, New York, NY 10025.

Women's Career Network Association has lectures, workshops information and monthly meetings to share goals, experiences, information. $75 annual membership includes the "Cleveland Business Woman** newsletter. WCNA, 106 E. Bridge St., Berea, Ohio 44017; 243-3740.

Women's Network in Akron is an informational clearinghouse for women's interests, referral service, emphasis on career development and personal growth. Annual membership, $15 and up. Contact Ann M. Gargano, Women's Network, 39 E. Market St., Suite 502, Akron, Ohio 44308, or telephone 1-376-7852.

Women who are blind can now have access to feminist literature through a new service provided by the Womyn's Braille Press, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. WBP has announced the launching of a service which offers feminist books, periodicals and other information on women's issues, both in Braille and on tape. WBP also produces a quarterly newsletter for women, which is also offered in Braille, in print and on tape. For further information, contact the Womyn's Braille Press, Inc., at P.O. Box 8475, Minneapolis, MN 55408.

Hazard Alert, published by the Council on Hazardous Materials, has published its first issue. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, contact Marge Grevatt, 1223 West Sixth Street, Cleveland 44113.

Experience women's art and literature through the Judy Chicago Word and Image Network (JC/WIN), a mail-order catalogue that lists posters. slides, poetry, books, postcards, casettes, discussion kits, pamphlets and reading lists. Available in the fall of 1981. Reserve a copy by sending a check or money order for $2.50 to JC/WIN, 1728 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005,

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Classified Ad Rate: $.20 per word, payable in advance.

Experienced AB Dick 360 Offset press operator, part-time, Lakewood area, hours flexible. Ask for Jean Quirk at 228-0700.

The Women's Writer's Center: An independent feminist institute offering a year-long program of writing workshops and women's literature. Faculty for 1981-82 include: Olga Broumas, Michelle Cliff, Rachel deVries, Judy Grahn, Susan Griffin, Rhoda Lerman, Barbara Smith, Rita Speicher, Mona Vold. Information: WWC, Box AY Williams, Cazenovia, New York 13035.

Understanding music theory will help your playing and songwriting. Private lessons in reading music, ear training, and basic theory. I also do lead sheets and handle copyright forms. Call Lisa at 371-0483.1

Moving? Van and driver/helper available. Experienced. Reasonable rates. Call Lisa or Gayle, 371-0483, evenings.er,weekends.

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