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A lecture/mixed media presentation on "Women Hating. Racism and Violence in the Top-40" featuring singer/songwriter Alix Dobkin and sociologist Denslow Brown will be held Thursday, March 10, 1983, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Sandefur Theater in Guzzetta Hall, University of Akron. Sponsored by the Akron YWCA, the Institute for Lifespan Development and Gerontology Gender Identity Program and other university and community groups, the fee for this program wil be $2.00 for students and YWCA members, and $3.00 for others. For additional information, contact the YWCA at 1-253-6131.

Divorce Equity, Inc. and the Cuyahoga County Bar Association will pre sent the first monthly Divorce Education Project Seminar on Wednesday. March 16, 1983, at noon in the Justice Center. Advance registration is required. For information and reservations, call Divorce Equity, Inc.. at 321-8587. A $10 fee will be charged to cover the cost of the materials. Limited scholarship assistance is available.

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The theme of the third annual Guns or Butter Conference to be held March 24, 25 and 26 will be "Jobs Through Peace: Toward Real National Security."' In Cleveland the two evening sessions will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (East 22nd and Euclid), and the workshop and the Saturday event at Cleveland State University.

The fifth Women Writers Conference is planned for April 7-9, 1983 at the University of Kentucky. Featured participants will include Jo Carson. Susan Griffin, Kristin Hunter, Nancy Milford, and the Women's Experimental Theatre. For more information, contact Linda Panni!!, Department of English, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506.

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The Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League will hold a rummage sale from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Civic, 3130 Mayfield Road, in Cleveland Heights. CARAL is seeking donations of clothing, small appliances, toys, knick-knacks and other portable items. To arrange to drop off items, or to have them picked up, call 522-0169 no later than March 18. Items may also be dropped off at the CARAL office. 1836 Euclid Avenue, Room 203, Monday through Friday, from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Congressman Edward Feighan will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League at 7:30 p.m on Thursday. April 7, 1983, at the Church of the Covenant. 11205 Euclid Avenue, in University Circle. The meeting is open to the public Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 522-0169.

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Freedom of Choice, Ohlo (FOCO), a coalition whose members include the National Abortion Rights Action League of Ohio, Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio, the Ohio National Organization for Women, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations, will sponsor a statewide Lobby for Choice Day, Wednesday, April 20, 1983, in Columbus. The day will include lobbying at the Statehouse, luncheon with legislators, and a keynote address by Mildred Jeffries, National Abortion Rights Action League board member, founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, and former United Auto Workers staffer. Registrations must be in by April 12. For more information, call the Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League. 522-0169.

Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (EFCO) will salute its outgoing Executive Director. Christine Link, and welcome her successor, Deborah Van Kleef, at a festive gathering from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 29, 1983. at the Civic, 3130 Mayfield Road. Cleveland Heights. The party will feature refreshments and live music. Admission is $25 per person. For more information, call 621-8224.

We are forming a group of wimmin to share and learn outdoor skils. We are feminist and ecologically oriented. For further information as to meeting.dates and times, call Maxine, 381-2339, or Judy. 371:5916.

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The Women and Alcohol Project of WomenSpace will present the Women for Sobriety New Life Program on Wednesday, March 30, 1983, from 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m. at Cleveland State University, University Center Building Auditorium, East 22nd Street and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. The speaker will be Jean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., author, lecturer, sociologist and recovering alcoholic. Deadline for registration is. Monday, March 21, 1983. Make check or money order payable to WomenSpace and send to Women and Alcohol, 1258 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. Money cannot be accepted at the door. For more information call Paulette Zaryczny or Barbara Scott at 696-6967

A conference entitled Common Differences: Third World Women and Feminist Perspectives will be held at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, on April 9-13, 1983. Topics will include Colonization and Resistance, Third World Women: Images and Realities, and International Women's Movements. For further information, contact Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Anne Russo, Conference Coordinators, Office for Women's Resources and Services, 346 Fred H. Turner Student Services. Bldg., 610 East John Street, Champaign, III. 61820, or call (217) 333-3137.

Philadelphia will be the host city of the 1983 convention of the Gay Press Association the weekend of April 19, 30 and May 1, 1983. Preregistration for the convention for GPA members is $45; for non✦ members, $80. The deadline for pre-registration will be April 6, 1983. Inquiries about membership in the Gay Press Association and/or questions pertaining to the convention may be addressed to Mike Rutherford. Executive Director, Gay Press Association, P.O. Box 33605, Washington. D.C. 20033-0605, or call (202) 387-2430.

The First National Tradeswomen Conference is currently being planned for Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29, 1983. It will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and will bring together women from trades groups scattered over the country, as well as individual women working in blue collar jobs and advocacy positions. The conference will give women an opportunity to build a strong national network, share Ideas, and talk about what it is like to be a blue collar woman. To submit ideas. workshop topics, or obtain further information, send a long, selfaddressed, stamped envelope by January 1, 1983 to Tradeswomen Conference Planning Committee. P.O. Box 40644. San Francisco, CA 94140.

Self Defense ...

Women's self-defense classes are being co-sponsored by WAVAW and the CWRU Women's Center. Explore with other women the problem of rape, how it affects our lives, and what we can do about it. Learn to analyze victim behavior that makes you appear vulnerable to others. Reclaim your physical integrity by turning fear of rape into anger about rape and learn your options for reasonable choices in handling violent and potentially violent situations. In addition to learning practical physical techniques to be used when your judgment indicates their necessity, we will work on ending our vulnerability to rape. The next six-week class runs from March 17-April 21 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the CWRU Thwing Center Spartan Room on the third floor. The Instructor is Deborah McCormick and the cost is $15, more if you can, less if you can't, $1 minimum. For more information, contact the CWRU Women's Center by calling 368-5032 or 368-2679 (leave message), at Thwing Center, Room 110, 11111 Euclid Avenue, or write WAVAW, P.O. Box 14765, Cleveland, OH 44114. Wear comfortable clothing!

Special Training '83, a 4-day training for women martial artists endorsed by the National Women's Martial Arts Federation, will be held at The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, June 9-12, 1983. For more information, write Special Training '83 Committee. Roberta Schine. Coordinator, c/o The Karate School for Women, 149 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, or call (212) 334-8461 (evenings) or (212) 982-4739 (you may get answering machine).

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