GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE September 7, 2001

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Survivor's Alicia to bring abs, attitude to AIDS walk

by Lisa Kropf

Cleveland-Alicia Calaway, best known for her featured role in CBS's reality series Survivor: The Australian Outback, will be the special guest at the 2001 Dr. John Carey Memorial AIDS Walk and 5K Run, to be held Sunday, September 23 at Edgewater Park.

One of Manhattan's elite personal trainers, Calaway's outstanding physique and finger-wagging squabble with fellow Kucha tribe member Kimmi made her a standout on the series.

Calaway will bring her abs and attitude to

Cleveland when she meets participants and signs autographs at the AIDS Walk and Run from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

She will also speak at the opening ceremony and lead participants in a three-minute warm-up prior to the official start of the event.

"AIDS awareness has always been important to me on a very personal level" said Calaway, who lost a close friend to AIDS. "If I can help in any way to build awareness of this devastating disease and generate support of such an important community event, I am happy to do what I can."

A 1994 winner of the Amateur Athletic

Capital City Volleyball's fall season begins next week

by Scott Bishop

Columbus Capital City Volleyball, the city's gay, lesbian, and bisexual volleyball league, has announced the dates for its fall 2001 season.

The season will run September 19 through November 14, and games will be played between 6:30 pm and 10:30 pm on Wednesday evenings at Berliner Athletic Complex off Greenlawn Ave.

The deadline for registration is September 12. Registration materials will be available on Capital City Volleyball's web site: www.columbusvolleyball.org.

team; individual players are encouraged to attend the open gym to find a team. Additionally, players looking for teams and teams looking for players can use the bulletin board on Capital City's web site to post messages. Cost is $240 per team, up to eight players. Add $10 for each player over eight.

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Registration will also be accepted at an open gym September 12 from 6:30-10:30 pm at Berliner Athletic Complex.

The fall season will see two levels of play: A/B Division: Players must register as individuals; the league's committee will organize teams. Cost is $35 per person.

C/D Division: Players must register as a

dates.

The league will provide head referees for all divisions. Teams will be responsible for providing secondary referees and line judges. Capital City Volleyball is awaiting final confirmation of season dates and location from the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. See the web site or contact the league for further up-

Capital City Volleyball can be reached by e-mail at ccv@columbusvolleyball.org, by phone at 614-265-7363, ext. 2, or on the web at www.columbusvolleyball.org.

Scott Bishop is a committee member of Capital City Volleyball.

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The C.G. Jung Educational Center of Cleveland

Robert H. Hopcke, M.F.T.

MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HOMOPHOBIA Lecture: Friday Sept. 14, 2001 7 to 9 p.m. Cost Lecture: $18 ($12 members) ($10 students) Counselor and Social Worker CPE/2 hours

FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE ANALYLTIC COUCH: WHAT FREUD AND JUNG REALLY SAID

ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY Workshop: Saturday Sept. 15, 2001 10a.m. to 4p.m. Cost Workshop: $50 ($40 members) ($30 students)(1 hour lunch)

Robert H. Hopcke, M.F.T., is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in private practice in Berkeley, CA. He is currently the Director of the Center of Symbolic studies, a nonprofit organization he founded with others to further the study of psychology, sociology, and religion. He is the author of the national best-seller, There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives, and most recently, A Couple of Friends: The Remarkable Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men. His scholarly work in analytical

Path to Wholeness; Men's Dreams. Men's Healing; A Guided Tour of the Gol-

Counselor and Social Worker CPE: 4.5 hours

Location: Beech Brook Center

psychology includes Jung: Jungians, and Homosexuality; Same-sex fove: A 3737 lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH lected Works of C.G. Jung; and The Persona: Where Sacred Meets Profane, Information: Jung Center Voice Mail 440-779-7583 all published by Shambhala.

Union's Ms. Connecticut Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Competition, Calaway is a medical exercise specialist of the American Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation and is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

"I'm challenging everyone to come out and join me at Edgewater Park on September 23," said Calaway. "Just knowing that by participating in an event like this you can do something to help to ensure the survival of others, has to be the ultimate personal reward."

AIDS Walk/Run participants are encouraged to collect pledges or make a personal donation, and

finishing male and female runners, overall, and in the age groups of 15 and under, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, and 60 and above. An award ceremony for runners will take place on the main stage at 1:00 p.m.

The event begins at Edgewater Park at 9:00 a.m. with registration.

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Participants may also visit a variety of vendors and educational exhibits.

The 5K Run will begin at 11:15 a.m. and walkers will step-off immediately afterward.

To receive a registration form or a Team Survival Guide, call the event hotline at 440-735-9255 or www.cleveland.com/

are eligible to earn other exciting TASKFORCE visit

rewards based on the total turned in at registration at the event on September 23.

OF GREATER CLEVELAND

Those that turn in a minimum of $100 will earn a free admission ticket to Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, a $37 value. Those that raise $150 or more will earn a 2001 Cleveland AIDS Walk/Run T-shirt and a pledge of $250 or more will earn participants a collapsible captain's chair.

Jay Pontiac of Bedford will also present "The Pontiac Ultimate Challenge." All participants who turn in $250 or more at registration on September 23 will also be entered for a chance to win a new Pontiac Aztek.

The top three money-raising teams and individuals are also eligible to earn prize packages, including a pair of roundtrip airline tickets, courtesy of Southwest Airlines, to the top money-raising walker and runner. Awards will also be given to the top three

AIDS Walk

www.hermescleveland.com.

The 2001 AIDS Walk is Northeast Ohio's largest annual fundraising event for HIV and AIDS. The event is made possible through the generous support of sponsors, including ́ the New Q104, the AIDS Funding Collaborative, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland.com, Hometeam 19/43, WCLV, Charles Schwab, the City of Cleveland, Eaton Corporation, Mount Sinai Foundation, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Vic & Joan Gelb,

Glaxo Wellcome, Ohio Savings Bank, Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Hermes Sports & Events, Embassy Suites Hotel, Jay Pontiac, Provide-a-Ride, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and Southwest Airlines.

Lisa Knopf is the event coordinator for the 2001 Dr. John Carey Memorial AIDS Walk and 5k Run.

Workplace summit to feature gay-themed ads

by Allan Mann

Cincinnati Commercial Closet founder Michael Wilke will bring his collection of 85 of the best and worst gay-themed commercials and political ads from around the world to the 11th annual Out and Equal Workplace Summit in the Cincinnati area October 5-7. Wilke was covering the emergence of gay marketing and advertising for Advertising Age in 1996 when he was invited by New York's lesbian and gay film festival to put together a report about gay images in commercials.

"I began talking to my usual contacts at advertising agencies about the

the intersection of race and sexual orientation; shareholder activist Shelley Alpern, assistant vice president at Trillium Management Asset Corp., an investment firm devoted to socially responsible asset management; and Cynthia Martin, former president of Eastman Kodak's Global Customer Service and Support, who was named by the Gay Financial Network as one of the 25 most influential gay and lesbian executives in corporate America.

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project" he said, “and, six months later, I had collected more material than I knew what to do with."

The 11th annual Out and Equal Workplace Summit is expected to attract more than 500 members of LGBT employee resources groups, human resource and diversity professionals, straight allies and others who advocate for LGBT equity in the workplace to the Cincinnati area.

Other plenary session speakers include Mandy Carter, one of the nation's best known African-American lesbian activists, leading a panel of workplace advocates addressing

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More than 45 workshops will address the challenge of creating safe and equitable workplaces for LGBT employees. Workshops run the gamut from "Gays, God and the Workplace," a workshop for human resources professionals on dealing with conflicts between LGBT employees and co-workers with strong religious convictions, to "Marketing to the Gay Community," covering ways in which LGBT employees can help their company do a better job of selling its products and services.

A number of workshops are focused on transgender issues, and an entire cluster is devoted to challenges faced by employee resource groups.

A gala celebration is scheduled to give "Outie" awards to individuals and businesses that have distinguished themselves in support of LGBT employees. A riverboat trip to view the Cincinnati skyline from the Ohio River is also on the agenda.

The registration fee for the three-day conference, which covers all plenary sessions, workshops and meals, is $450 for participants who register by Sept. 15. Oneand two-day registration packages are also available. To get more information and register, visit Out and Equal's web site at http://www.outandequal,org, or call 415-

439-4272.

Allan Mann is a board member of Out and Equal.