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The Women's Comprehensive Program at Cleveland State University has a Re-Entry Women's Project which helps women who have interrupted, delayed, or deferred their education. The Project includes academic and career counseling, financial aid information, and information about CLEP (College Level Examination Program), as well as a supportive environment for women. As part of the Project, three Brown Bag Lunches are scheduled for April 13 (12:15-1:15), April 21 (2:30-3:30), and April 27 (12:15-1:15), in Room 124, Corlett Building, 1935 Euclid Avenue. For more information, call 687-4674.

Perspectives on Women (GED 151) will be offered by Cleveland State University's Women's Comprehensive Program during Spring Quarter 1982. Although the course is offered for credit, all or part of the series can be attended without registration or commitment to the entire series. Lectures, held in Main Classroom, Room 317, from 12:15-1:05 p.m., are as follows:

March 30-Film: "The Emerging Woman''

Roles: Changes and Tradition, Maintaining the Balance

April 6-In Society: Is the Hand that Rocks the Cradle Beginning to Rock the Boat?

April 13-In Education: Record Numbers!! Adult Women in Higher Education

April 20-In Education: Re-Entry Women-Progress, Problems and Prospects

April 27-In Education: At School with Dick & Jane-Changes, Apparent or Real?

May 4-In Employment: Job Patterns-Stability, Mobility, Prospects. Rules: Who Is Talking and Who Is Listening?

May 11-Affirmative Action; Executive Orders; Compliance; Good Faith Efforts; EEOC; RSVP

Other Opportunities

Women rugby players needed for Cleveland Classic Rugby Club. Anyone interested can call 791-5568. The season is starting.

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.

Spinsters, Ink will be reading manuscripts through April 30, 1982, for selection for two books to be published by the fall of 1982. We are interested in poetry and prose, fiction or non-fiction, material which could be published either in pamphlet or book form. We encourage women of all races, ages and backgrounds to submit their work. Please include SASE and send to Spinsters, Ink, R.D. 1, Argyle, NY 12809.

Appeals

PUAR (People United Against Repression) has an ongoing Legal Defense Fund to provide victims of police brutality with monetary assistance for both criminal and civil lawsuits. Eligibility is determined on a case by case basis. Presently, PUAR is handling the legal expenses involved in the class action suit stemming from the "suicides" by hanging in local area jails. We are requesting donations from all concerned individuals and organizations to help us maintain the Legal Defense Fund, so that we may continue to help others. Please send your donations to PUAR, P.O. Box 05034, Cleveland, OH 44105. For more information about our Legal Defense Fund, please contact our Hotline, 851-9842.

The Gay Hotline needs women volunteers. In an effort to continue serving the community and update services, we are asking for women volunteers. Many women call who wish to talk with a woman, or a woman of color, and we don't have enough women for them to speak with. Training for new volunteers consists of four classes, an interview and on-thejob training with a senior volunteer. If you can help, please call the Gay Hotline at 621-3360 and leave your name and phone number for Tom O'Brien.

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.

Lesbian Incest Survivers are wanted to fill out a questionnaire on their experiences for a book. All responses are confidential. For Information or a questionnaire, write: Susan Marie, P.O. Box 304, Oakland, CA 94668.

The Womyn's Braille Press, Inc. is interested in locating qualified Braille transcribers around the country. Womyn who would like to volunteer time to transcribe booklets, pamphlets, and other information on womyn's issues should contact the Womyn's Braille Press, Inc., P.O. Box 8475, Minneapolis, MN 55408.

May 18-Goals; Quotas; Token; Quit "Chauvin"' Language

Us Around,

May 25-Maintaining Civility: Rights and Liberties Relationships: Women & Men, Maintaining Our Common Lives Together June 1-Impact Upon Role Relationships: In Business and Industry. with Intimate Others

June 8-Women's Rights, Men's Rights: Toward a More Democratic Society

For more information, call 687-4674.

The Women's Writer's Center is beginning its 8th year, offering study in. an environment which deals in feminist theory and which places the writing in historical and political continuity, envisioning the future. The Center seeks students with both traditional and non-traditional educational experiences. For further information, write or call The Women's Writer's Center, Inc.. Box AY, Williams Hall, Cazenovia, NY 13035.

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.

Women in Skilled Employment (WISE) is a program at Women Space 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 nontraditional jobs, please call Amy at 696-6967.

On Our Own, an independent production company in Columbus interested in promoting the various talents of women in the visual and performing arts, is planning an evening of non-profit entertainment with an anticipated date set for mid-May. They need poetry and short writing that will be produced into a play, plus people who would like to exhibit their art, crafts and/or photography, and of course, performers and volunteers. For information, contact Dian Perrin. (614) 262-4411, or Sandra Washington, (614) 291-0501.

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.

WomenSpace Helpline will be offering women a volunteer training program in counseling, advocacy and community referral beginning Saturday, April 3. Helpline volunteers will have the opportunity to learn new skills, work in a supportive environment, and provide critical community services for women in the Cleveland area. The WomenSpace Helpline operates weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It provides emotional support and makes referrals to agencies dealing with women's problems, including divorce, discrimination, abuse, and health care. For additional information, contact the WomenSpace Helpline at 696-3100.

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.

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Women who have filed sex discrimination charges or lawsuits against their employer who are willing to fill out a confidential questionnaire about their experiences should call Mary Taggart in Kent, Ohio at (216) 672-5433 or write her at 145 Johnson Hall, Box 197, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44243. Questionnaires may also be picked up from Cleveland Women Working, 1224 Huron Road in Cleveland.

Female career workers wanted (age thirties through fifties) 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. -