Women's Enrichment Enrichment Center
COURSE LISTINGS
Introduction to Microcomputers
General overview of available: hardware and software. Introduction to Basic, Will provide some hands-on experience. Women, no children. Class limit 12. Facilitator: Ana Maldonado. Fee: $20.
8 Thursdays beginning July 7, 8-9pm
Women's Self Defense
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 you judge them necessary, we will be working on ending our vulnerability to rape. Wear comfortable clothing. For women 16 and older. Class limit 20. Facilitator: Deborah McCormick. Fee: $15 (more if you can, less if you can't; $1 mimimum).
7 Thursdays, beginning June 30, 7-9pm.
A Basic Understanding of American Sign
Learn both the philosophy and techniques of non-verbal communication (mime, gestures, and body language) in order to understand the deaf culture. Open to women and men. Workshop limit 20. Facilitator: Dianne Fishman. Fee: $10.
6 Thursdays beginning July 7, 7-8:30pm, or Saturdays beginning July 9, 1-2:30pm. Please indicate your preference.
Greek Folk Dance Workshop This workshop series will be an intensive course in basic Greek folkdancing. Greek dance is one of the few forms of folk dance that has endured as a living part of its mother culture. It provides a highly cre ́alive, energetic, and androgynous form‘of self-expression. Class Imit 25. Facilita lors: Sharon Vrettas and Mary Vrettas, Fee: $20.
4 Mondays beginning July 12, 7:30-9:00pm.
introduction to Tarot
This class will give you a foundation” to practice the art of reading Tarot. We will
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study all 78 cards as well as various spreads you can use to answer questions or take a general look at what's going on in your life. Bring plenty of paper for notetaking. The Morgan Grear deck will be used. Materials: $10 for the deck. Facllitator: Fran Rosen. Fee: $20.
6 Tuesdays beginning July 12, 7:30-9:30pm.
Mysteries of Construction
Learn the mysteries of wall construction, plumbing, electricity, foundation construction, tile, wall papering, stair building, roofing, etc. so they won't be mysteries any. more. Come for a day/weekend and help rebuild a cottage at Pymatuning. Along with the work there will be time for swimming, canoeing, and fishing. No fee other than registation. If interested, sign up and a schedule of weekends and skills content will be mailed to you. Attend one and all— the question is, how much do you want to learn?
Beginning Needlepoint
This workshop will explore the beginnings of stitchery, talk about different fabrics, show examples and teach basic stitches, such as the cross, continental, and bargello stitches. Workshop limit 10. Facilitator, Diana Owens. Fee: $10 plus free minikit available from facilitator.
4 Saturdays, July 16823, August 13820, 10-11am.
Swimming
Swimming lessons at your own speed or be pushed if your need it at Cleveland Hts. YWCA, 2340 Lee Rd. Pool rental is by the hour, so the number of women interested will determine the number of classes (4-10). Bring a friend, as the "buddy" system ensures safety. Facilitator: Randi Powers, Water Safety Instructor. Fee: $25-30 per person, depending on response.
Mondays beginning June 20, 7:30-8:30pm. Registration meeting June 4 at The Civic at 1pm.
Organic Gardening
Growing your own food for health and onJoyment in an urban environment is not on ́ly possible but essential. By gardening collectively we can strengthen our individual self-sufficiency while creating a community of growers with diminishing dependence on commercial food suppliers. Join us and -we'll share seeds, plants, and gardening.innovations. Materials required: shovel and
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Registration fee: Please include check or money order for $5.00 payable to the Women's Enrichment Center, c/o What She Wants, P.O. Box 18405, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. This registration fee is non-refundable.
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hoe. Facilitators: Agritrust Institute/Peggi Cella, Cheryl Neal-Reed. Fee: $15. Organizational meeting July 9, 11am; duration: 8 weeks
WEC is an open collective. Call us at 321-3054 and leave a message or join us at our meetings. Meeting times: Thursday, June 16 & Tuesday, June 28 at 7:30pm at The Feminist Lending Library, GW 109, in The Civic, 3130 Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights.
REGISTRATION
Registration for the Summer series will be by mail and via telephone. Please use the mail registration form or call 321-3054, Monday-Friday from 10-5. Facilitators will contact you directly to confirm meeting dates and times.
FEES
The registration fee is $5.00 regardless of the number of classes you take. This fee
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can be paid at the first class meeting or by Including it with your mail registration. The purpose of the fee is to cover printing and advertising costs and space rental for courses. It is not refundable.
Course fees are payable in full at the first course meeting. Do not include course fees when registering by mail.
Unless noted otherwise, course fees are offered on a 100% to 75% sliding scale basis for underemployed and unemployed women. When paying registration and course fees by check or money order, please make it out to the Women's Enrichment Center.
OTHER INFORMATION
For additional Information on classes, workshops, or new course listings, please call the Women's Building at 321-3054. Childcare for courses will be available upon request. Please give us advance notice. Also, if you'd like to facilitate a course, workshop, or series, or if you have a special interest in a subject not listed, please contact us. We want to hear from you.
The Women's Enrichment Center is a collectively-run education project. We are seeking ways for women to regain collective and individual control of the éducational process and power to shape the intellectual life of our time to our needs. Our goal is to facilitate ongoing education for women which is widely available, informal, and closer to the needs of the participants. Our focus is to provide a supportive learning atmosphere in which women can develop themselves. As such, the Women's Enrichment Center offers an alternative to the conventional system of education.
Courses are led by women who see themselves to be qualified by life-experience and/or academic experience. Groups are open to all women regardless of age, race, or education. The Women's Enrichment Center was established by a group of politically active feminists who believe that this idea should expand the learning experience of women in the Greater Cleveland Area.
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not been seen. Until the 1973 coup, she held a position with the National Council of Social Development, afterwards, she worked as a social worker. with churches to assist relatives of people detained, "disappeared”, or killed. Her children and husband have filed several legal proceedings on her behalf, all unsuccessful.
Hanna Vasilena Mykhaylenko, 45-year-old school librarian from Odessa in the Ukraine, was arrested in February, 1900, 'and charged with anti-Soviet agitation and propagan da”: Hanna Mykhaylenko had fought for the right of Ukrainians to read, write and speak their native language. In her trial, she was found "nonaccountable for her acts" and been forcibly placed in a speciał psychiatric hospital. There is serious concern for her health, as she suffers from cancer and asthma, and has a heart condition:
Mampe Ntshingwa, 20, was arrested in May, 1982, near Johannesburg, South Africa, and has been held in-
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communicado and without charge ever since. Ms, Ntshingwa is a member of a black consciousness group called. the Azanian National Youth Unity Organization.
It is difficult to read these accounts without a sense of alarm and disbelief. It is all the more frightening to know that there is a world-wide pattern of human rights abuses against hundreds of thousands of people on the basis of their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language or religon-people who have not used or advocated violence.
Factual information is one of the most powerful tools for bringing about change in society, By getting the facts-publicized in our own country, and by continuing to let each offending government know that we are watching them and that what they are doing is contrary to internationally recognized human rights standards. we have a chance for bringing about a more humane-world.
-Gene Epstein Richmond`
June, 1983/What She Wants/Payt1i3