Herland Sister Resources : v.2: no.2(1986)
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- Herland Sister Resources : v.2: no.2(1986)
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VOLUME II, NUMBER 2
FEBRUARY, 1986
VISIONS- FOR A SOBER COMMUNITY
by Pat Reaves, OKC
Out From Under: Sober Dykes and Our Friends,
Jean Swallow, ed. Spinster's Ink, 1983, $8.95
"This is a record of our life here when we
finally decided to live. It is a record of
our journeys, our fights, our joy. It is a
road map and a vision, a sharing and a
song. Come with me. Come inside this book
I've been reading for the better part of a
year now and watch how the journey unfolds. Know that you can live. Know that
you are not alone. Know that there are
pieces of real joy when you take the bittersweet journey into recovery, when you do
get out from under." (from the Introduction)
Alcoholism is a ~ajor problem in the lesbian community. According to one study cited in Out
From Under, 38% of lesbians are alcoholic and
another 30% are problem drinkers. Out From
Under is a collection of the voices of lesbians
who are recovering alcoholics/addicts, co-alcoholics and adult children of alcoholics. These voices
take a variety of forms including poetry, narrative, interview and fiction, but they all echo a
common theme of recovery--making the choice to
live by staying sober and clean. The contributors
to this anthology offer the reader glimpses of
their day-to-day struggles, a lesbian political
analysis of drug dependence, information about
physiological and emotional healing in recovery,
and visions for a sober community.
· Alcoholism/drug dependence is more than an individual problem--it is a political issue. Historically
the excessive use of alcohol and other drugs has
been used to decimate potentially powerful
groups. In the U.S., they have been used in this
way with Native American, Black and Hispanic
populations. In the gay and lesbian communities,
.the most common public gathering places allowed
to exist have been bars. Alcohol has been given
a central place in our culture. The inevitable
effect ~ f ~lcohol/drugs is to stifle the user's
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 N.W. 19, Okla. City, OK 73106
ability to think rationally and creatively and her
ability to act. As a lesbian and as an alcoholic,
the lesbian alcoholic is doubly isolated. Breaking
the silence about the violence of alcoholism in ·
the lesbian community relieves the isolation of
the alcoholic lesbian and holds the prospect that
together we can achieve what we cannot alone.
The personal accounts in Out From Under reveal
the day-to-day struggles of recovery--the anxiety,
the pain and the courage to go on. The contributors share how they get through the struggle. All
rely on the support of others. Most use AA (in
varying degrees) as a support system. They share
also their joys and their visions of a sober and
clean community.
Swallow states in her introduction that Out From
Under was written primarily for herself and other
lesbians in recovery. Yet there is something here
for each of us. Alcohol and drugs affect all our
lives. With the frequency of alcohol problems in
the lesbian community (and in the larger society),
as Swallow says, "You are one or you love one."
The women speaking in Out From Under chal. lenge us not only to examine our own use of alcohol/ drugs and the role of alcohol and drugs in
our community, but the larger challenge--to face
life honestly making the choice to live and claiming our own power.
"Recovery is a process where the power is
in the now. It is a time when we are able
to venture back and pick up the pieces of
ourselves that have either been relinquished, lost or covered over. Recovery is
taking back all that we are, including who
we are now and where we have been, what
we have experienced, with all the strength
and dignity that are ours."
--from "Recovery Is Power In The Now,"
Suzanne Balcer
(Out From Under is available in Herland's lending
library and for purchase)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We encourage the exchange of information, personal opinions on issues of concern to the Oklahoma women's community, ar.d your stories and
experiences.
The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters according to space limitations. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and signed
by the author(s). Include your address and phone
number. If you wish to be published anonymously,
indicate so, but include your name, etc., for our
information, in case the editor has questions.
the right to look at or read another's mail. The
entire postal system has angered me for so long
and especially with the inefficiency with which
they approach the whole forwarding/return process, but this is going too far.
If you hear of anyone's having a problem like
this, please let us know. We will somehow try to
document these violations and, when sufficiently
armed and courageous, will possibly confront that
"venerable institution," the U.S. Post Office.
Contact HSR, Inc
OKC, OK 73106.
1fi30 N.W.
MAII.PROR
Mail or deliver your letters to HSR, Inc., 1630
N.W. 19, Okla. City, OK 73106. Deadline is the
15th of each month.
Dear Brothers and S_isters,
In an effort to independently study and research
the handwriting of AIDS victims, we ask your
help. An associate of mine and I are looking for
structural changes in handwiritng due to neurological interruption brought on by illness.
Often, changes in writing precede conscious onset of a condition. The handwriting before diagnosis would be extremely beneficial, as well as
after diagnosis. Any and all help is appreciated.
Data will be kept confidentiaL
Age, sex, sexual preference will be very helpful
statistics, and the more dated writing, the bet~
ter. Writing need not be signed for this project.
In an effort towards research, thank you.
Please · contact: Shelly Zaikis, MGA, Shell Inner
Systems, P.O. Box 74965, Oklahoma City, OK
73147, 405-946-69~~8.
Dear Readers:
One of our readers called to relay a very frightening tale. While she was out of state during
winter break, someone called and left a very
threatening message on her message machine.
The voice, that of a male, seemingly young, said
he had seen her copy of "that Herland newsletter, that Herland lesbian newsletter;" and went
on to make some very unfriendly remarks.
.
announces
the next meeting of the Collective
Open to the Public
Sunday, February 9, 1986, 6:30 p.m.
1630 N.W. 19
You're Invited
to
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
POT LUCK DINNER
1034 West Apache, Norman
7:00 p.m.
February 15, 1986
for directions, call 360-2585 (Phoenix)
sponsored by
Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S BIRTHDAY
purchases made with Susan B. Anthony
dollars at Herland, February 15, 1986,
will entitle you to a 10% discount
\
She called to inquire about the possibility of the
mailing list's being somehow made public, but I
assured her that not even the members of the
Collective know all the names on the list. Because her mail was held for her while she was
out of town, we decided that it very well may
have been someone who worked at her local post
office.
If this ~~ true, then her and our civil rights have
been violated. There is no legalese backing this
up, but I feel very strongly that NO ONE has
405/848·5429
SHIRLEY M. HUNTER, M.A.
COUNSELING
PENN PARK OFFICE COMPLEX• SUITE 301
5001 N PENNSYLVANIA• OK LAHOMA CITY, OK 73112
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Review of the movie, by Gail Garloch, OKC
A turning point in my life occurred around age
seven when I discovered books that didn't have
pictures. When I get to participate with an author and let my imagination supply the pictures,
the soundtrack, the sensations of taste, smell,
temperature, then I nearly always like the book,
custom-made for my tastes.
Whenever I have read Alice Walker's ·T he Color
Purple, Celie didn't look anything like Whoopie
Goldberg, and · Mister wasn't anything like the
gently beautiful Danny Glover, though Shug
Avery did kind of favor Margaret Avery. And the
color purple itself ("I think it pisses God off if
you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it") had been rare and
deep like a lone violet, not expansive fields of
cosmos (purple? pink? lilac?).
next reading of Alice Walker's wonderful
book with no pictures will be greatly enriched by
my experience of the movie.
"I like the book
better," is what most people have said about the
movie "The Color Purple." I like the novel best
for its truth and depth and complexity and evocative language, but I like the movie best for its
accessibility and truthfulness and soundtrack and
sense of community (the unity that comes from
authentic collaboration of producers, director,
actors, writers, huge staff).
My
"The Color Purple" is a magnificent movie, grand
entertainment in a variety of styles, from
Harpo's juke joint on the river where Shug sings
the blues, to the delight of little girls playing
sophisticated patty-cake games in the fields and
among the laundry, to marvelous comic sequences
such as Mister's attempt to cook a breakfast.
Steven Spielberg is a master of special effects,
and this film enjoys some spectacular moments,
yet each is fully integrated to support exploration of character and theme. Quincy Jones' contribution·, the music, includes American gospel
music and blues and African ceremonial drums-wonderful effects with the soundtrack allowing
the African experience to parallel .life in
Georgia. Nothing in the film is heavy-handed. The
acting is masterful, so fine, in fact, that I was
never aware of watching actors.
One surprise: not since the Tom Mix days of my
childhood have I seen a movie audience so actively involved in events onscreen, cheering and
booing, muttering and explaining to neighbors,
and audibly sobbing and guffawing. This isn't a
movie· that one can view politely · and from a distance. It takes sides and demands audience participatioi. on the side of love, of justice, of forgiveness and reconciliation. The film contains a
good deal of physical violence and emotional bru-
tality, and yet it makes a most affirmative
stance for nonviolence. "The Color Purple" begins
with man's inhumanity to woman and spends its
energies toward overcoming that with the only
force in the world that can--with love: the love
of women for each other, for themselves and finally for those who wrong and brutalize them. And
in the process, though it takes decades, everybody is changed.
If you haven't read The Color Purple, see the
movie; and if you have read The Color Purple,
see the movie. And if you've seen the movie,
you're probably ready to . see it again. One of
the powerful songs in the film tells why: "Right
Now! God's Trying to Tell You Something! Right
Now!"
THE NEW YORK GAY FILM FESTIVAL: 1986
"Seduction: The Cruel Women" holds feminism,
not to mention politics in general and the workaday world, has disappeared in the face of overwhelming sexual obsession. The film reflects one
way that lesbian-feminist discourse has changed
over the past half dozen years: less talk about
child custody, more about sadomasochism.
"Novembermoon" is a heavily plotted World War
II drama set mostly in Paris. A French woman,
Ferial, falls in love with a Jewish woman, November. What makes it atypical as a lesbian love
story--and this very small genre already has ·its
conventions--is that we don't get a sense of either woman's previous relationships. Usually (in
"Lianna," "Another Way," "A Woman Like Eve"),
one character is straight to begin .with and the
film makes this clear by giving her a husband
with children.
Among the "encores" (shown at previous festivals), I can recommend Nouchka Van Brakel's "A
Woman Like Eve," sort of a "Lianna" transported
to the Netherlands--and predating it. But I'd be
wary of "Olivia," a girls' boarding school picture
from 1951. When I saw it 11 years ago, it was
still titled "The Pit of Loneliness," and it failed
my criteria. ·No sex, one death.
excerpts from The Village Voice, Vol. XXXI, No.
2, January 14, 1986, C. Carr, pp. 53, 59.
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LOCAL NEWS
••House Bill 1377, still in committee, defines an
unborn individual as a person on whose behalf
another can be sued by causfog its death. House
Bill 1378 prohibits any person for being liable
for any act or omission that results in a live
birth instead of an abortion.
Realistically, these bills will probably not come
out of committee but, technically, they could.
House Bill 112 affects the licensing of child care
facilities by requiring as a condition of licensing,
a background check of employees and potential
employees. In the House version of the bill, the
check would include sexual preference. The Senate amended it to delete the sexual preference
requirement, and replaced it with a check of
criminal records. That bill as amended by the
Senate is now under consideration by the House
of Representatives.
Sexual preference is not an indicator for child
abuse. Contact your Oklahoma legislators in support of the bill as amended.
••The Oklahoma Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, 2920 N. Robinson, OKC, 73103, 405-5245577, requests your involvement regarding the
tragedy of the recent K~rr-McGee incidents.
Write to Mike SYllar, the Environmental Protection Agency aJ:id the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a~k .what . is going on!
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Mike Synat, 1713 Longworth Bldg., Washington,
D.C. 20515, · 202-225-2701
Environmental Protection Agency, First
International Bldg., 1201 Elm St., Dallas, TX
75270
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 4, 611
Plaza Dr., Suite 1000, Arlington, TX 76011
••The Metro OKC Chapter of the National Organization for Women will meet Wednesday, February 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Okla. Blood Institute, 1001 N. Lincoln Blvd. Sister Leona Luecke,
of the Benedictine Peace House, will speak at
6:30 p.m. on ."Women for Guatemala."
1
••ThP, National March for Women's Lives, sponsored by the National Organization for Women,
will take place March 9, 1986, in Washington,
D.C. The theme for the march is "Keep Abortion
and Birth Control Safe · and Legal." Participants
will assemble at ' 10:00 a.m. on the Mall between
7th and 14th Streets. A rally will be held at
noon at the Lincoln Memorial.' Participants are
urged to wear white.
Accordin~
to Mt,trgaret Cox, OKC NOW Chapter,
Eleanor Smeal, national NOW president, is expecting 100,000 for the Washington march.
"We're expecting between q0-100 women from
Oklahoma to attend," said Cox. Contact her at
528-0400 to coordinate transportation. A similar
march will be taking place March 16 in Los
Angeles. ,
••The Chautauqua ·Center offers opportunities for
personal growth and transformation. On Sunday,
Feb. 2, from 1:30-6:00' p.m., they are sponsoring
"Experienc ing Chautauqua/ Open House." On the
first Sunday of each month, individuals interested
in learning more about the center are invited to
tour the facility, sip hot teas, participate in an
orientation and join them for meditation, a light
supper and visiting. A $4 donation is requested.
On Feb. 14-16 Chautauqua is sponsoring a women's retreat, "Reflection and Renewal Time."
Winter is the time to go inward to our roots,
the source of all inner wisdom, for nourishment,
purification and a sense of peace. In this workshop, they will use meditation, chanting, guided
imagery, journal keeping, snoozing, sitting in
front of the fire, hiking on the land and quiet
time to refresh and renew. Limited to eight, the
room and board and workshop fee is $100.
For information, contact Dr. Becky Cohn at P.O.
Box 5119, Norman, Ok 73070, 405-321-2148.
..The Second Fret, 3009 N. Classen, is featuring
Peggy Johnson on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 9:00 p.m.
Johnson sai·d she'll be joined for part of the performance by Mary · Reynolds. "If you've never
heard her, I urge you to come out," added
Johnson. "Jf .you've never heard us, let me just
say, you'll be pleased."
..The Oklahoma Big Mountain Support Group will
meet Tuesday, February 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Native American Center, 2900 S. Harvey, in
Oklahoma City.
••The Oklahoma Big Mountain Support Group is
announcing a tentative late February date for a
benefit performance of the play, "Running on
Indian Time," a satirical look at Indian ~tereo
types held by many non-Indians. The play is to
be presented by the American Indian Ensemble of
Tulsa. Call the Native American Center, 232-2512
for details.
Beverly K. Evens, MSW
527 N.W 23rd 5rreer
Oklohomo Ctry, OK 7.310.J
(405) 521 ·6241
NATIONAL NEWS
••sweet Honey in the rock will appear at the
Robinson Center Auditorium in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are $8 each, are non-reserved, and can
be ordered from the Arkansas Women's Project
at 1601 Dennison, Little Rock, AR 72202. For
more information, contact the Women's Project at
501-372-5113.
Sweet Honey in the Rock, a very fine a cappella
group, was most recently featured on the madefor-television special, "Martin Luther King: The
Dream and the Drum," aired on public television
Jan. 15. Based in Washington, D.C., they don't
get out this way often, so don't miss their
southern tour.
The group's albums and tapes, "Sweet Honey in
the Rock," "Believe I'll Run On,"
"Good News" and "We AIL.Everyone of Us," are
available through Herland for $8.98.
If you haven't heard Sweet Honey recorded, a
live concert will be an a-mazing introduction! If
you know their music, you know a trip to Little
Rock is on the agenda. Contact Herland about
coordinating transportation.
••woman to Woman/ Mujer a Mujer invites you to
participate in a 10-day exchange of experience
with Latin American women in Mexico.
According to Elaine Burns, organizer for the~e
events, "the trip last November was powerful and
built momentum for more!" It introduces U.S.
women to Latin American women's realities and
struggles; introduces Latin American women in
Mexico to U.S. women's realities and struggles;
builds relationships between activist women on
both sides of the border.
A group of 12 U.S. women representing a variety
of U.S. women's realities and organizing experiences will spend 10 days in Mexico City, visiting with women about land, water and services,
workplace rights · in the (U.S.-based) assembly
plants, the maquiladoras, rape, batterings, incest,
forced sterilization, homophobia, involuntary motherhood, and self-determination for the peoples of
Central and South America.
Women will be talking about their lives, their
communities, their organizations and their visions,
bringing any . pictures, music, poetry or other
materials that would help in this sharing. All discussions will be fully translated--a knowledge of
Spanish is not necessary.
The cost is $300 for all expenses except roundtrip transportation. Full and partial scholarships
are available for community-based grass-roots
wome-..
The dates are June 12-22, July 3-13, August 29-
September 7, and November 20-30. If interested,
please write Woman to Woman/ Mujer a Mujer,
1524 Summit, Little Rock, AR 72202. If very interested, please include which dates you prefer
and some information about yourself and/ or your
organization.
••A Womyn's Land Conference is being planned
for the fall of 1986 by Heathcote Women's Community and Conference Center, Freeland, Maryland. The conference planning is just getting
started, so if you are interested in participating,
let your interests be known. They are looking
for people who will assist in · the development
and location.
Contact Heathcote Community,
213 0 0 Heathcote, Freeland, MD 21053,
301-343-0280.
••Deviance is a new, eclectic collection of prose
and poetry dedicated to the exploration of the
female experience.
Publication begins spring,
1986. Subject matter is unlimited and theme issues are currently being planned. Deviance will
be a forum for saying what must be said--by
anyone--with all viewpoints welcomed. Send SASE
to Deviance, c/o P.O. Box 1774, Pawtucket,
RI 02862.
••charitable giving in the U.S. in 1984 by individuals,
foundations
and
corporations,
and
through bequests totaled $7 4.25 billion. Gifts by
individuals made up $61.55 billion of that total.
In Oklahoma, Herland Sister Resources, Inc., is
.ioined by more than 11,000 organizations eligible
to receive charitable contributions.
Under present law, for charitable contributions
made in 1986, individuals who do not itemize
their deductions will be allowed to deduct the
full amount of their charitable contributions.
However, this deduction for non-itemizers is set
to expire after 1986. (from Jan. 2 letter from
Sen. Don Nickles)
••As noted earlier, l.K.Y.K. promised to publish
in December and the women came through. Some
of the articles had obviously been written for an
'85 summer publication (pre-NOW Convention/ election), but we were so glad to see the first issue ·
of our subscription that this is not to be mistaken for quibbling. It's a beautiful, four-color, slick >magazine. The things that make . it so attractive,
also make it very expensive to produce, thus the
$27 subscription rate. There is no other like it.
Here's hoping for a long and beneficial career.
Publisher:
Editor:
Typesetter:
Advertising:
Circulation:
Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
Elaine Barton
Marian Hulsey
Marian Hulsey, 521-8434
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.. LATE BREAKING NEWS• •
HERLAND COFFEEHOUSE
The Berland Collective is pleasecl to announce
that we have been chosen by the Arkansas Women's Project as one of ten communities across
the country to offer a homophobie workshop series.
presents
D O N N A
for your entertainment
The series, developed and facilitated by Suzanne
Pharr, Director of AWP, and funded by a grant
from the Chicago Resource Center, is scheduled
for sometime this spring. The exact dates will be
'announced in the March Berland newsletter.
Friday, February 28, 1986
8:00 p.m.
Berland Sister Resources, Inc .
1630 N.W. 19, OKC
Three sessions will address general homophobia,
internalized homophobia and political organizing,
and will be presented to both non-lesbians and
lesbians.
AMNESTY WEEKEND
Overdue library books
No overdue Charge
For further information, contact Pat Reaves,
525-8013, but specific details will be sent along
t o you as soon as the dates are finalized.
during Center hours
Saturday, February 8, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 9, 1:00-6:00 p.m.
SPRING FESTIVAL/WOMEN'S RETREAT
AT ROBBERS CAVE
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Call for Proposals
Aft er the fall retreat at Osage Hills received
such rave notices, the Berland Collective is organizing a second one.
We received positive feedback on the workshops
offered there, and would like to know who among
you would like to present a workshop, or .if
there is a particular topic you would like to see
addressed.
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LARRY M. PRATER, M. D.
SII Clnsen Prnrns in n ~I Bids ,
1110 N . Clonen Blvd.
O klahoma Ciry, Ok. 7)106-6808
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first week in May for the Robbers Cave treat
we promised you last fall and had to postpone.
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FACT SHEET. CIVIL RTS. RESTORATION ACT
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
(prohibiting sex discrimination), Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting race discrimination), · Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of an individual's disability/handicap) and
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 each barred
a particular type of discrimination in federallyassisted (funded) "programs or activities."
From 1972 to 1984 the wording of Title IX that
prohibits sex discrimination in "any education
program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance" was interpreted by the federal governments to mean that the prohibition against
discrimination was extended to the entire institution if it received federal funds for any program
or activity.
The Reagan Administration reversed this interpretation and narrowed the prohibition to only the
particular program receiving federal funds, not to
the entire institution. On Feb. 28, 1984, the U.S.
Supreme Court upheld this limited interpretation
in the Grove City College v. Bell decision.
·
The wording of Title IX that prohibits sex discrimination is similar to the wording that prohibits other types of discrimination in the three
other major civil rights acts mentioned above.
Thus, immediately after the Grove City decision
was announced, William Bradford Reynolds, head
of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, announced that he would apply Grove
City to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and to· the
Age Discrimination Act.
The Civil Rights Restoration Act clearly defines
"program or activity" to include "all the operations of...(an institution)" in order to restore the
intent of the Congress in the original legislation
and, thus, the original interpretation pre-Grove
City,
The Civil Rights Restoration Act is being
blocked in the U.S. House of Representatives by
an abortion rider. The opposition to the Civil
Rights Restoration Act has used the strategies
of delay and of attaching numerous amendments
and riders to block passage of the bill since
1984. The abortion rider being used in the House
is referred to as the Tauke-Sensenbrenner Amendment. In the Senate, Senator Orrin Hatch of
Utah has pushed an incredible number of amendments--some speculate as many as 1000--in the
effort to block the Civil' Rights Restoration Act.
The abortion rider, while being sponsored and '
pushed by Rep. Tom Tauke, R-Iowa, and Rep.
Jim S~ 1senbrenner, R-Wisconsin, is really the
brainchild . of . the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops, an organization that purports to be a
strong supporter of civil rights, but that obviously is willing to sacrifice 20 years of tivil rights
progress for three-fourths of American citizens in
an effort to impose its religious beliefs upon this
nation.
Prqponents of the Civil Rights Restoration Act
of 1985 are refusing to accept the TaukeSensenbrenner Amendment. The position of proponent groups is that the major civil rights act
changes shoulcl be restored to . their original intent without substantive changes that either
broaden or narrow the provisions of the acts
first passed by the Congress in the 1960s and
1970s. Proponent groups · are convinced that the
abortion rider is a ploy to kill the Civil Rights
Restoration Act.
Unless the Civil Rights Restoration Act becomes
law, the federal government can continue to fund
institutions which discriminate against women,
minorities, disabled persons and senior citizens.
This is why the Civil Rights Restoration Act
must become the law of the land.
The work for which Martin Luther King, Jr.
fought and died, and the work for which the entire Civil Rights community has struggled for
over the past 20 years has been gutted in less
than two years.
The Civil Rights Restoration Act must pass
cleanly with no substantive amendments. Massive
lobbying on March 10 in Washington, D.C., following the National March for Women's Lives on
March 9, is essential to this effort.
--National Organization for Women, Jan., 1986
. CASSIA
MEALOR.,,,.
524-3017
1820 N.W. 30
Oklahoma City
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VOLUME II, NUMBER 2
FEBRUARY, 1986
VISIONS- FOR A SOBER COMMUNITY
by Pat Reaves, OKC
Out From Under: Sober Dykes and Our Friends,
Jean Swallow, ed. Spinster's Ink, 1983, $8.95
"This is a record of our life here when we
finally decided to live. It is a record of
our journeys, our fights, our joy. It is a
road map and a vision, a sharing and a
song. Come with me. Come inside this book
I've been reading for the better part of a
year now and watch how the journey unfolds. Know that you can live. Know that
you are not alone. Know that there are
pieces of real joy when you take the bittersweet journey into recovery, when you do
get out from under." (from the Introduction)
Alcoholism is a ~ajor problem in the lesbian community. According to one study cited in Out
From Under, 38% of lesbians are alcoholic and
another 30% are problem drinkers. Out From
Under is a collection of the voices of lesbians
who are recovering alcoholics/addicts, co-alcoholics and adult children of alcoholics. These voices
take a variety of forms including poetry, narrative, interview and fiction, but they all echo a
common theme of recovery--making the choice to
live by staying sober and clean. The contributors
to this anthology offer the reader glimpses of
their day-to-day struggles, a lesbian political
analysis of drug dependence, information about
physiological and emotional healing in recovery,
and visions for a sober community.
· Alcoholism/drug dependence is more than an individual problem--it is a political issue. Historically
the excessive use of alcohol and other drugs has
been used to decimate potentially powerful
groups. In the U.S., they have been used in this
way with Native American, Black and Hispanic
populations. In the gay and lesbian communities,
.the most common public gathering places allowed
to exist have been bars. Alcohol has been given
a central place in our culture. The inevitable
effect ~ f ~lcohol/drugs is to stifle the user's
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ability to think rationally and creatively and her
ability to act. As a lesbian and as an alcoholic,
the lesbian alcoholic is doubly isolated. Breaking
the silence about the violence of alcoholism in ·
the lesbian community relieves the isolation of
the alcoholic lesbian and holds the prospect that
together we can achieve what we cannot alone.
The personal accounts in Out From Under reveal
the day-to-day struggles of recovery--the anxiety,
the pain and the courage to go on. The contributors share how they get through the struggle. All
rely on the support of others. Most use AA (in
varying degrees) as a support system. They share
also their joys and their visions of a sober and
clean community.
Swallow states in her introduction that Out From
Under was written primarily for herself and other
lesbians in recovery. Yet there is something here
for each of us. Alcohol and drugs affect all our
lives. With the frequency of alcohol problems in
the lesbian community (and in the larger society),
as Swallow says, "You are one or you love one."
The women speaking in Out From Under chal. lenge us not only to examine our own use of alcohol/ drugs and the role of alcohol and drugs in
our community, but the larger challenge--to face
life honestly making the choice to live and claiming our own power.
"Recovery is a process where the power is
in the now. It is a time when we are able
to venture back and pick up the pieces of
ourselves that have either been relinquished, lost or covered over. Recovery is
taking back all that we are, including who
we are now and where we have been, what
we have experienced, with all the strength
and dignity that are ours."
--from "Recovery Is Power In The Now,"
Suzanne Balcer
(Out From Under is available in Herland's lending
library and for purchase)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We encourage the exchange of information, personal opinions on issues of concern to the Oklahoma women's community, ar.d your stories and
experiences.
The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters according to space limitations. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and signed
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number. If you wish to be published anonymously,
indicate so, but include your name, etc., for our
information, in case the editor has questions.
the right to look at or read another's mail. The
entire postal system has angered me for so long
and especially with the inefficiency with which
they approach the whole forwarding/return process, but this is going too far.
If you hear of anyone's having a problem like
this, please let us know. We will somehow try to
document these violations and, when sufficiently
armed and courageous, will possibly confront that
"venerable institution," the U.S. Post Office.
Contact HSR, Inc
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Mail or deliver your letters to HSR, Inc., 1630
N.W. 19, Okla. City, OK 73106. Deadline is the
15th of each month.
Dear Brothers and S_isters,
In an effort to independently study and research
the handwriting of AIDS victims, we ask your
help. An associate of mine and I are looking for
structural changes in handwiritng due to neurological interruption brought on by illness.
Often, changes in writing precede conscious onset of a condition. The handwriting before diagnosis would be extremely beneficial, as well as
after diagnosis. Any and all help is appreciated.
Data will be kept confidentiaL
Age, sex, sexual preference will be very helpful
statistics, and the more dated writing, the bet~
ter. Writing need not be signed for this project.
In an effort towards research, thank you.
Please · contact: Shelly Zaikis, MGA, Shell Inner
Systems, P.O. Box 74965, Oklahoma City, OK
73147, 405-946-69~~8.
Dear Readers:
One of our readers called to relay a very frightening tale. While she was out of state during
winter break, someone called and left a very
threatening message on her message machine.
The voice, that of a male, seemingly young, said
he had seen her copy of "that Herland newsletter, that Herland lesbian newsletter;" and went
on to make some very unfriendly remarks.
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announces
the next meeting of the Collective
Open to the Public
Sunday, February 9, 1986, 6:30 p.m.
1630 N.W. 19
You're Invited
to
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
POT LUCK DINNER
1034 West Apache, Norman
7:00 p.m.
February 15, 1986
for directions, call 360-2585 (Phoenix)
sponsored by
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SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S BIRTHDAY
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dollars at Herland, February 15, 1986,
will entitle you to a 10% discount
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She called to inquire about the possibility of the
mailing list's being somehow made public, but I
assured her that not even the members of the
Collective know all the names on the list. Because her mail was held for her while she was
out of town, we decided that it very well may
have been someone who worked at her local post
office.
If this ~~ true, then her and our civil rights have
been violated. There is no legalese backing this
up, but I feel very strongly that NO ONE has
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Review of the movie, by Gail Garloch, OKC
A turning point in my life occurred around age
seven when I discovered books that didn't have
pictures. When I get to participate with an author and let my imagination supply the pictures,
the soundtrack, the sensations of taste, smell,
temperature, then I nearly always like the book,
custom-made for my tastes.
Whenever I have read Alice Walker's ·T he Color
Purple, Celie didn't look anything like Whoopie
Goldberg, and · Mister wasn't anything like the
gently beautiful Danny Glover, though Shug
Avery did kind of favor Margaret Avery. And the
color purple itself ("I think it pisses God off if
you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it") had been rare and
deep like a lone violet, not expansive fields of
cosmos (purple? pink? lilac?).
next reading of Alice Walker's wonderful
book with no pictures will be greatly enriched by
my experience of the movie.
"I like the book
better," is what most people have said about the
movie "The Color Purple." I like the novel best
for its truth and depth and complexity and evocative language, but I like the movie best for its
accessibility and truthfulness and soundtrack and
sense of community (the unity that comes from
authentic collaboration of producers, director,
actors, writers, huge staff).
My
"The Color Purple" is a magnificent movie, grand
entertainment in a variety of styles, from
Harpo's juke joint on the river where Shug sings
the blues, to the delight of little girls playing
sophisticated patty-cake games in the fields and
among the laundry, to marvelous comic sequences
such as Mister's attempt to cook a breakfast.
Steven Spielberg is a master of special effects,
and this film enjoys some spectacular moments,
yet each is fully integrated to support exploration of character and theme. Quincy Jones' contribution·, the music, includes American gospel
music and blues and African ceremonial drums-wonderful effects with the soundtrack allowing
the African experience to parallel .life in
Georgia. Nothing in the film is heavy-handed. The
acting is masterful, so fine, in fact, that I was
never aware of watching actors.
One surprise: not since the Tom Mix days of my
childhood have I seen a movie audience so actively involved in events onscreen, cheering and
booing, muttering and explaining to neighbors,
and audibly sobbing and guffawing. This isn't a
movie· that one can view politely · and from a distance. It takes sides and demands audience participatioi. on the side of love, of justice, of forgiveness and reconciliation. The film contains a
good deal of physical violence and emotional bru-
tality, and yet it makes a most affirmative
stance for nonviolence. "The Color Purple" begins
with man's inhumanity to woman and spends its
energies toward overcoming that with the only
force in the world that can--with love: the love
of women for each other, for themselves and finally for those who wrong and brutalize them. And
in the process, though it takes decades, everybody is changed.
If you haven't read The Color Purple, see the
movie; and if you have read The Color Purple,
see the movie. And if you've seen the movie,
you're probably ready to . see it again. One of
the powerful songs in the film tells why: "Right
Now! God's Trying to Tell You Something! Right
Now!"
THE NEW YORK GAY FILM FESTIVAL: 1986
"Seduction: The Cruel Women" holds feminism,
not to mention politics in general and the workaday world, has disappeared in the face of overwhelming sexual obsession. The film reflects one
way that lesbian-feminist discourse has changed
over the past half dozen years: less talk about
child custody, more about sadomasochism.
"Novembermoon" is a heavily plotted World War
II drama set mostly in Paris. A French woman,
Ferial, falls in love with a Jewish woman, November. What makes it atypical as a lesbian love
story--and this very small genre already has ·its
conventions--is that we don't get a sense of either woman's previous relationships. Usually (in
"Lianna," "Another Way," "A Woman Like Eve"),
one character is straight to begin .with and the
film makes this clear by giving her a husband
with children.
Among the "encores" (shown at previous festivals), I can recommend Nouchka Van Brakel's "A
Woman Like Eve," sort of a "Lianna" transported
to the Netherlands--and predating it. But I'd be
wary of "Olivia," a girls' boarding school picture
from 1951. When I saw it 11 years ago, it was
still titled "The Pit of Loneliness," and it failed
my criteria. ·No sex, one death.
excerpts from The Village Voice, Vol. XXXI, No.
2, January 14, 1986, C. Carr, pp. 53, 59.
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LOCAL NEWS
••House Bill 1377, still in committee, defines an
unborn individual as a person on whose behalf
another can be sued by causfog its death. House
Bill 1378 prohibits any person for being liable
for any act or omission that results in a live
birth instead of an abortion.
Realistically, these bills will probably not come
out of committee but, technically, they could.
House Bill 112 affects the licensing of child care
facilities by requiring as a condition of licensing,
a background check of employees and potential
employees. In the House version of the bill, the
check would include sexual preference. The Senate amended it to delete the sexual preference
requirement, and replaced it with a check of
criminal records. That bill as amended by the
Senate is now under consideration by the House
of Representatives.
Sexual preference is not an indicator for child
abuse. Contact your Oklahoma legislators in support of the bill as amended.
••The Oklahoma Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, 2920 N. Robinson, OKC, 73103, 405-5245577, requests your involvement regarding the
tragedy of the recent K~rr-McGee incidents.
Write to Mike SYllar, the Environmental Protection Agency aJ:id the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a~k .what . is going on!
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Mike Synat, 1713 Longworth Bldg., Washington,
D.C. 20515, · 202-225-2701
Environmental Protection Agency, First
International Bldg., 1201 Elm St., Dallas, TX
75270
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 4, 611
Plaza Dr., Suite 1000, Arlington, TX 76011
••The Metro OKC Chapter of the National Organization for Women will meet Wednesday, February 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Okla. Blood Institute, 1001 N. Lincoln Blvd. Sister Leona Luecke,
of the Benedictine Peace House, will speak at
6:30 p.m. on ."Women for Guatemala."
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••ThP, National March for Women's Lives, sponsored by the National Organization for Women,
will take place March 9, 1986, in Washington,
D.C. The theme for the march is "Keep Abortion
and Birth Control Safe · and Legal." Participants
will assemble at ' 10:00 a.m. on the Mall between
7th and 14th Streets. A rally will be held at
noon at the Lincoln Memorial.' Participants are
urged to wear white.
Accordin~
to Mt,trgaret Cox, OKC NOW Chapter,
Eleanor Smeal, national NOW president, is expecting 100,000 for the Washington march.
"We're expecting between q0-100 women from
Oklahoma to attend," said Cox. Contact her at
528-0400 to coordinate transportation. A similar
march will be taking place March 16 in Los
Angeles. ,
••The Chautauqua ·Center offers opportunities for
personal growth and transformation. On Sunday,
Feb. 2, from 1:30-6:00' p.m., they are sponsoring
"Experienc ing Chautauqua/ Open House." On the
first Sunday of each month, individuals interested
in learning more about the center are invited to
tour the facility, sip hot teas, participate in an
orientation and join them for meditation, a light
supper and visiting. A $4 donation is requested.
On Feb. 14-16 Chautauqua is sponsoring a women's retreat, "Reflection and Renewal Time."
Winter is the time to go inward to our roots,
the source of all inner wisdom, for nourishment,
purification and a sense of peace. In this workshop, they will use meditation, chanting, guided
imagery, journal keeping, snoozing, sitting in
front of the fire, hiking on the land and quiet
time to refresh and renew. Limited to eight, the
room and board and workshop fee is $100.
For information, contact Dr. Becky Cohn at P.O.
Box 5119, Norman, Ok 73070, 405-321-2148.
..The Second Fret, 3009 N. Classen, is featuring
Peggy Johnson on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 9:00 p.m.
Johnson sai·d she'll be joined for part of the performance by Mary · Reynolds. "If you've never
heard her, I urge you to come out," added
Johnson. "Jf .you've never heard us, let me just
say, you'll be pleased."
..The Oklahoma Big Mountain Support Group will
meet Tuesday, February 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Native American Center, 2900 S. Harvey, in
Oklahoma City.
••The Oklahoma Big Mountain Support Group is
announcing a tentative late February date for a
benefit performance of the play, "Running on
Indian Time," a satirical look at Indian ~tereo
types held by many non-Indians. The play is to
be presented by the American Indian Ensemble of
Tulsa. Call the Native American Center, 232-2512
for details.
Beverly K. Evens, MSW
527 N.W 23rd 5rreer
Oklohomo Ctry, OK 7.310.J
(405) 521 ·6241
NATIONAL NEWS
••sweet Honey in the rock will appear at the
Robinson Center Auditorium in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are $8 each, are non-reserved, and can
be ordered from the Arkansas Women's Project
at 1601 Dennison, Little Rock, AR 72202. For
more information, contact the Women's Project at
501-372-5113.
Sweet Honey in the Rock, a very fine a cappella
group, was most recently featured on the madefor-television special, "Martin Luther King: The
Dream and the Drum," aired on public television
Jan. 15. Based in Washington, D.C., they don't
get out this way often, so don't miss their
southern tour.
The group's albums and tapes, "Sweet Honey in
the Rock," "Believe I'll Run On,"
"Good News" and "We AIL.Everyone of Us," are
available through Herland for $8.98.
If you haven't heard Sweet Honey recorded, a
live concert will be an a-mazing introduction! If
you know their music, you know a trip to Little
Rock is on the agenda. Contact Herland about
coordinating transportation.
••woman to Woman/ Mujer a Mujer invites you to
participate in a 10-day exchange of experience
with Latin American women in Mexico.
According to Elaine Burns, organizer for the~e
events, "the trip last November was powerful and
built momentum for more!" It introduces U.S.
women to Latin American women's realities and
struggles; introduces Latin American women in
Mexico to U.S. women's realities and struggles;
builds relationships between activist women on
both sides of the border.
A group of 12 U.S. women representing a variety
of U.S. women's realities and organizing experiences will spend 10 days in Mexico City, visiting with women about land, water and services,
workplace rights · in the (U.S.-based) assembly
plants, the maquiladoras, rape, batterings, incest,
forced sterilization, homophobia, involuntary motherhood, and self-determination for the peoples of
Central and South America.
Women will be talking about their lives, their
communities, their organizations and their visions,
bringing any . pictures, music, poetry or other
materials that would help in this sharing. All discussions will be fully translated--a knowledge of
Spanish is not necessary.
The cost is $300 for all expenses except roundtrip transportation. Full and partial scholarships
are available for community-based grass-roots
wome-..
The dates are June 12-22, July 3-13, August 29-
September 7, and November 20-30. If interested,
please write Woman to Woman/ Mujer a Mujer,
1524 Summit, Little Rock, AR 72202. If very interested, please include which dates you prefer
and some information about yourself and/ or your
organization.
••A Womyn's Land Conference is being planned
for the fall of 1986 by Heathcote Women's Community and Conference Center, Freeland, Maryland. The conference planning is just getting
started, so if you are interested in participating,
let your interests be known. They are looking
for people who will assist in · the development
and location.
Contact Heathcote Community,
213 0 0 Heathcote, Freeland, MD 21053,
301-343-0280.
••Deviance is a new, eclectic collection of prose
and poetry dedicated to the exploration of the
female experience.
Publication begins spring,
1986. Subject matter is unlimited and theme issues are currently being planned. Deviance will
be a forum for saying what must be said--by
anyone--with all viewpoints welcomed. Send SASE
to Deviance, c/o P.O. Box 1774, Pawtucket,
RI 02862.
••charitable giving in the U.S. in 1984 by individuals,
foundations
and
corporations,
and
through bequests totaled $7 4.25 billion. Gifts by
individuals made up $61.55 billion of that total.
In Oklahoma, Herland Sister Resources, Inc., is
.ioined by more than 11,000 organizations eligible
to receive charitable contributions.
Under present law, for charitable contributions
made in 1986, individuals who do not itemize
their deductions will be allowed to deduct the
full amount of their charitable contributions.
However, this deduction for non-itemizers is set
to expire after 1986. (from Jan. 2 letter from
Sen. Don Nickles)
••As noted earlier, l.K.Y.K. promised to publish
in December and the women came through. Some
of the articles had obviously been written for an
'85 summer publication (pre-NOW Convention/ election), but we were so glad to see the first issue ·
of our subscription that this is not to be mistaken for quibbling. It's a beautiful, four-color, slick >magazine. The things that make . it so attractive,
also make it very expensive to produce, thus the
$27 subscription rate. There is no other like it.
Here's hoping for a long and beneficial career.
Publisher:
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.. LATE BREAKING NEWS• •
HERLAND COFFEEHOUSE
The Berland Collective is pleasecl to announce
that we have been chosen by the Arkansas Women's Project as one of ten communities across
the country to offer a homophobie workshop series.
presents
D O N N A
for your entertainment
The series, developed and facilitated by Suzanne
Pharr, Director of AWP, and funded by a grant
from the Chicago Resource Center, is scheduled
for sometime this spring. The exact dates will be
'announced in the March Berland newsletter.
Friday, February 28, 1986
8:00 p.m.
Berland Sister Resources, Inc .
1630 N.W. 19, OKC
Three sessions will address general homophobia,
internalized homophobia and political organizing,
and will be presented to both non-lesbians and
lesbians.
AMNESTY WEEKEND
Overdue library books
No overdue Charge
For further information, contact Pat Reaves,
525-8013, but specific details will be sent along
t o you as soon as the dates are finalized.
during Center hours
Saturday, February 8, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 9, 1:00-6:00 p.m.
SPRING FESTIVAL/WOMEN'S RETREAT
AT ROBBERS CAVE
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Call for Proposals
Aft er the fall retreat at Osage Hills received
such rave notices, the Berland Collective is organizing a second one.
We received positive feedback on the workshops
offered there, and would like to know who among
you would like to present a workshop, or .if
there is a particular topic you would like to see
addressed.
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FACT SHEET. CIVIL RTS. RESTORATION ACT
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
(prohibiting sex discrimination), Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting race discrimination), · Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of an individual's disability/handicap) and
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 each barred
a particular type of discrimination in federallyassisted (funded) "programs or activities."
From 1972 to 1984 the wording of Title IX that
prohibits sex discrimination in "any education
program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance" was interpreted by the federal governments to mean that the prohibition against
discrimination was extended to the entire institution if it received federal funds for any program
or activity.
The Reagan Administration reversed this interpretation and narrowed the prohibition to only the
particular program receiving federal funds, not to
the entire institution. On Feb. 28, 1984, the U.S.
Supreme Court upheld this limited interpretation
in the Grove City College v. Bell decision.
·
The wording of Title IX that prohibits sex discrimination is similar to the wording that prohibits other types of discrimination in the three
other major civil rights acts mentioned above.
Thus, immediately after the Grove City decision
was announced, William Bradford Reynolds, head
of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, announced that he would apply Grove
City to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and to· the
Age Discrimination Act.
The Civil Rights Restoration Act clearly defines
"program or activity" to include "all the operations of...(an institution)" in order to restore the
intent of the Congress in the original legislation
and, thus, the original interpretation pre-Grove
City,
The Civil Rights Restoration Act is being
blocked in the U.S. House of Representatives by
an abortion rider. The opposition to the Civil
Rights Restoration Act has used the strategies
of delay and of attaching numerous amendments
and riders to block passage of the bill since
1984. The abortion rider being used in the House
is referred to as the Tauke-Sensenbrenner Amendment. In the Senate, Senator Orrin Hatch of
Utah has pushed an incredible number of amendments--some speculate as many as 1000--in the
effort to block the Civil' Rights Restoration Act.
The abortion rider, while being sponsored and '
pushed by Rep. Tom Tauke, R-Iowa, and Rep.
Jim S~ 1senbrenner, R-Wisconsin, is really the
brainchild . of . the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops, an organization that purports to be a
strong supporter of civil rights, but that obviously is willing to sacrifice 20 years of tivil rights
progress for three-fourths of American citizens in
an effort to impose its religious beliefs upon this
nation.
Prqponents of the Civil Rights Restoration Act
of 1985 are refusing to accept the TaukeSensenbrenner Amendment. The position of proponent groups is that the major civil rights act
changes shoulcl be restored to . their original intent without substantive changes that either
broaden or narrow the provisions of the acts
first passed by the Congress in the 1960s and
1970s. Proponent groups · are convinced that the
abortion rider is a ploy to kill the Civil Rights
Restoration Act.
Unless the Civil Rights Restoration Act becomes
law, the federal government can continue to fund
institutions which discriminate against women,
minorities, disabled persons and senior citizens.
This is why the Civil Rights Restoration Act
must become the law of the land.
The work for which Martin Luther King, Jr.
fought and died, and the work for which the entire Civil Rights community has struggled for
over the past 20 years has been gutted in less
than two years.
The Civil Rights Restoration Act must pass
cleanly with no substantive amendments. Massive
lobbying on March 10 in Washington, D.C., following the National March for Women's Lives on
March 9, is essential to this effort.
--National Organization for Women, Jan., 1986
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