Hotlines & Support Groups

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.

For advice on how to prevent crime (how to secure yourself and your property or how to do community organizing on the issue), call the SelfHelp Anti-Crime Hotline toll-free at 1-800-368-5664 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The hotline is a program of the privately-funded Eisenhower Foundation for the Prevention of Violence.

People United Against Repression (PUAR) operates a Hotline to receive complaints of police brutality. The Hotline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you have a complaint, dial 851-9842 and leave your name and telephone number. Your call will be returned within 24 hours and an appointment for follow-up will be made at that time. The identity of callers to the Hotline is completely confidential.

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. For meeting dates and information, call Paulette Zaryczny, 531-4518, or Ruth Schultz, 235-4126, or the WomenSpace Helpline, 696-3100.

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 lobbies 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 Hawali. New York State has its own number, 212-344-2531. For more information, call or write Mim Kelber, Women USA, 76 Beaver Street, New York N.Y. 10005.

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

Parents of the Gay Educational Awareness Resources (GEAR) Foundation have formed a chapter of Parents of Gays. 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, or call 621-6546..

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.

Hope for the gay alcaholic. Call the Gay Hotline at 621-3380, Alcoholism Services of Cleveland at 391-2300, or Alcohlics Anonymous, 241-7387.

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, physiclans, therapists, attorneys and self-help groups. The staff regularly researches and updates a resource bank to insure that current-information is available.

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Cleveland women's community has the opportunity to explore their sexual, psychological, social and political identites with the Women with Women rap groups that meet at the GEAR Foundation, 1241 West 14th Street, Cleveland. The raps are sponsored by L.I.G.H.T. (Lesbians in GEAR Hanging Together), the women's group of the GEAR Foundation, and are held every second-and fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The rap on the second Thursday is an open rap, and that on the fourth Thursday is a topic rap.

May 13-Planning meeting. Come out and discuss ideas for the summer months. Some ideas, include mini-music festival, car repair workshop, craft demonstrations,

May 15-A Saturday. Start summer with New Games! We will meet at the Center at 10:00 a.m. and if the weather is nice, we will go to a neighboring park. See May issue for more details.

May 27-Lesbians and the Law. Alexandria R.. facilitating. Come with questions about what our rights are. For more information, call 321-3380.

Home Oriented Maternity Experience (HOME) holds meetings on the 3rd Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. on support and information for home childbirth. The meetings are held at 2067 West 44th Street, Cleveland 44113. Children are welcome. For more information, call 651-5227 or 881-6921, or call 281-9151 for directions on getting to the meetings.

Pamphlets & Books

Working Women, a 128-page handbook of resources, rights and remedies for working women everywhere, can be ordered from Southern Exposure, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702. Single copies. $4; bulk order discounts available.

More than 1/3 of your federal taxes goes to military spending. Redirect your tax money through tax-deductible contributions to organizations working to end militarism and promote peace, or to any number of taxexempt projects doing what our tax dollars should be doing. A new book, the Gift-Giving Guide, tells you everything you need to know about charitable giving. To order, send $7.50, plus your name and address, to Funding Exchange, 80 Fifth Ave., Room 1204-J, New York, NY 10011.

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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, D.C. 20005.

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.

Lesbian-Feminist Study Clearinghouse has 21 new articles available on such topics as sexuality, racism, literature and politics. Send for a free brochure to L.F.S.C./Women's Studies, 1012 Cathedral of Learning," University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund has produced a brochure entitled Bays and the Law: A Guide for Laypeople written, by Rosalyn Richter, Esq., available in English and Spanish. The brochure addresses some of the most common legal questions about discrimination against gay people. The brochure is $1.00 per copy, which includes postage. For orders of 25 or more, the price is $.50 per copy. Write to Lambda Lega! Defense and Education Fund, Brochure Request, 132 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10026. Allow one month for delivery.

Cleveland East NOW meetings-the regular meeting is the second Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church. Shaker Blvd, at Belvoir. Board meetings are the fourth Monday of every month at 8:00 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church, Derbyshire Road and Euclid Hts. Blvd. Both meetings are open to the public.

The Grassroots Female Leadership Coalition invites all women to meet the second Tuesday and the fourth Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 11:00 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.

WomenSpace is holding its Annual Meeting on May 19, at Trinity Cathedral (22nd & Euclid). Buffet dinner 5:30, meeting 7:30. Mariwym Heath, ERA coordinator, National Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs, will speak on "Women's Role in the 80s." Includes election of officers and board members. Call 696-6967 for more information.

People United Against Repression (PUAR) has monthly meetings on the first Saturday of each month. Call our Hotline, 851-9842, for more information.

Information on tax resistance (with a feminist/pacifist perspective): protesting income taxes; resisting income taxes: telephone tax resistance; information about IRS; a critical look at right-wing tax evasion; statements from tax resisters; resources. $.60 to cover printing/postage. Write: Tax Resistance, 331 17th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112.

The 1982 Index/Directory of Women's Media provides a network of existing women's media as well as ideas women have on the overall issue of restructuring the communications system. The Directory, with 351 women's periodicals (over 100 outside the U.S.), is an aid to networking and is published to increase communication among women nationally and internationally. The 1982 volume also includes a five-year (1977-1981) Index to Media Report to Women. To order a copy, send $8 to Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, 3306 Ross Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008, (202) 966-7783.

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The Natiorial 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 par"cent 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.

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

Jome Des, an anthology of Northern Ohio women's poetry, is now available at Coventry Books and Six Steps Down. Price is $2.00, or call Laura at 238-6410 after 6 p.m. for mall order. Proceeds will go toward women's relief fund and a battered women's shelter.

Other Opportunities

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.

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.

ADS & BARTER

$.25/word classified ad $.20/word barter

Oil filter change, plugs, gas filter, minor repairs. Exterior and interior car care. Reasonable rates. Call 321-0304 or 299-1788.

Persons needed who enjoy living with others, to find and share living arrangement-west. Children and pets welcome. Mother of one. Call 676-9039; ask for Mary Ann. Leave name and number if I am not home.

Will barter plants for pottery pots. 932-8259 evenings.

Will plan and guide weekend backpacking trip in exchange for Chinese cooking lessons. Evenings 932-8259.

Feminist roommate wanted to share large 2-bedroom apartment in Shaker Square area. Low rent and utilities. Call 229-9943.

Student needs low-cost housing from mid-May to August. Prefers East side. Call Pam at 381-4435.

Wanted: non-smoking feminist to share Cleveland Heights, home. Rent negotiable. 382-7433 days and 381-8616 evenings.

Lesbian/feminist wanted to share apartment near Coventry Rid. $150 mo. & util. Available June 1. Lots of space & privacy. Call Louise, 932-1692, before 8:30am or after 7:00pm.

OWL Farm, located in S. Oregon, is seeking women to live, work & love this land. Terms negotiable. Contact: Oregon Women's Land Trust, P.O. Box 1692, Roseburg, Oregon 97470.

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