The Herland Voice : v.21: no.4(2003)
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- The Herland Voice : v.21: no.4(2003)
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- The Herland Voice is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma City.
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Volume 21, Number 4
Wimmyn 1 s Spirituality Workshop
W
hat's unique about wimmyn's (or
women's) spirituality? Come and
enjoy an exploration of the topic,
with a feminist slant, at 2 pm on Saturday,
April 12, at Herland. Besides discussing our
own spiritual journeys, we'll sample some
spiritual practices, including prayer, meditation, chanting, journaling and movement.
We'll share resources to continue the work
and our own journeys. Whether your journey has included traditional church or synagogue, pagan covens, dabbling in Eastern
religions, all of these, or none, your path
will be honored. Experience will be part of
the workshop, but participation will not be
required for anything you're uncomfortable
with.
Our workshop leader, Jonalu Johnstone
has served as a Unitarian Universalist minister for 10 years, since graduating from Harvard Divinity School. Currently, she has
relationships with both the First Unitarian
Church of Oklahoma City and the Channing
Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmond.
From her Southern Baptist background, she
brings the understanding that God is Love.
From her pagan training, she holds Mother
Earth as sacred. From her Unitarian Universalist convictions, she believes that truth
can found in every religion (and so can the
trickster!).
Two-Spirit Group
T
he next Two-Spirit meeting for Native
American lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women will be Thursday,
April 24, at 6:30 pm at Herland. Meetings
begin in a traditional manner with smudging and prayer. For additional information,
call the OKC Two-Spirit Hotline at (405)
317-7283.
Herland Spring Retreat at Roman Nose State Park
May 16-18 at Roman Nose State Park
Come and enjoy a fun-filled weekend of food, workshops, outdoor and sporting activities at
the Herland Spring Retreat. The band Iris will be
the featured entertainment for the Saturday night
concert at 8 pm. Iris features Cathy Cahill and
Marci Patrick on guitars and vocals, Deb Mills on
drums and vocals (and occasional guitar), and Sharlene on harmonica. Iris will have a guest bassist for
this concert, Terri Hoersch, formerly of Miss Brown
to You. The best way to describe Iris is -- Iris rocks!
Playing hits from the 60s through the OOs, Iris
pleases audiences from Oklahoma City to Eureka
~~~~~~~~~=-- Springs. This is a band you can really dance to!
Retreat activities typically include workshops on Saturday morning and an afternoon open
mic where everyone has a chance to share their talents. The Saturday evening potluck
begins at 5:30 pm and usually features some true gastronomical delights.
The canyons of Roman Nose offer ample recreational opportunities. Hiking trails, horseback riding, fishing, and a golf course are nearby in the park. Bicycling on and off road is
wonderful at Roman Nose. If that's not enough, a group usually ventures into Watonga to
check out the cheese factory tour
and get samples.
Registration includes all retreat
activities, Friday supper, Saturday
and Sunday breakfasts, and bunk
space in a cabin. Concert-only
tickets are $10 at the door. See
page 5 for pre-registration form.
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Women's Voices in War
Zones: A Writing Con-
test
Since Sept. 11, 2001 there has
been constant public reference to
concepts of terror, war, and security, but little debate about their
meaning. And the voices of
women and girls, both within the
US and in the rest of the world,
have been conspicuously absent
from the discussion. To bring
forward women's ideas on this
subject, and enable them to be heard in the public arena, Women's WORLD, a global free
speech network of feminist writers, is initiating a writing contest which will be co-sponsored
by the US weekly, The Nation. The topic is Women's Voices in War Zones. All women are
welcome to participate; age and citizenship are no barrier. Deadline for submissions is May
1, 2003. For details, please go to www.wworld.org.
Womyn of Color Club
The group will have a pot luck at Jacqueline's house on Sunday, April 13, at 4 pm. For information or directions, call (405) 842-3464 or email womynofi:olor@gay.com
www.herlandsisters.org
Email: herlandsisters@cox.net
Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma Oty, OK 73112
(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Club
T
he Herland Book Club meets on the first
Monday of every month. Tue next
meeting on April 7th at 7 pm will be to
discuss Her/and and the Yellow Wallpaperby
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Tne selections for
the following months are:
May - Tipping the Velvetby Sarah Waters
June -A Wanan'.s' Reality
by Anne Wilson Schaef
July - Wanan on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
August - Zami: A New Spelling ofMy Name
by Audre Larde
Saint Sybil
S
ybil Ludington, Matron Saint of the Forgotten Woman, is an occasional contributor
to this space.
Dear St. Sybil,
Tue war has started now, so don't you think war protestors should just shut up and support their country? I hope you're with me on this, Sybil.
Yours angrily,
Ima Paytriot
Dear/ma,
Ifyour child were bullying another child at schoo~ and one day your little Precious fell
upon the other one and started beating the dickens out of him, would you sit back and
cheer little Darling on, or would you try to make her stop? Ifyou tried to make her stop,
it wouldn't mean you loved her any less, would it? It wouldjust mean that you wanted
her to behave responsibly and decently.
Book Review
At the rally for peace at Penn Square Mall last Saturday, amidst all the honking for
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
peace, a passing call came from a pickup: "Support your country, you #*@% #!s. " And
Reviewed by RF
a protester replied softly to herself, ''Sorry, I belong to the voting dass and we believe the
This book was a dessertof the heart for me.
country is ours to direct, not to support " This was a little arrogant, but the point was
How about if I list the reasons rather than
well taken. This country is yours, Ima. You need to vote and info!TT1 yourself, and when
editorialize:
necessary, protest. When did they stop teaching school children that patriotism is the last
1. Tue romantic chemistry between the two
refuge ofa scoundre~ and that ''My country, right or wrong'~ is a stupid, wicked senticharacters.
ment?
2. Rambling writing style.
Signs seen at a peace march in Oklahoma City the Sunday after the war began, held
3. Philosophical observations on gambling and
on the sidelines by two pro-war supporters: 1) Our troops are in Iraq protecting your
life.
rights, including the right to protest, and 2) There's a word for what you're doing: Trea4. Pointing out in painful detail some of the
son. As contradictory as the signs we~ they both were absolutely wrong. Protest is
core dysfunctional conditioning of women.
5. Tue younger woman leading the older into · intensely patriotic, and the US is not in Iraq protecting American rights. Iraq has neither
atliflcked the US nor threatened to.
freedom.
6. Each of the women firldi~ themsel\les by .· .- 'Ima, head on out to tfie Spintual Walk for Peace next Sunday, and listen to the reflections from speakers offaith and conscience - in other words, give peace a chance. You
losing themselves in the other.
might like what you hear.
7. An expression and understanding of loving
Peace,
the earth as a living persona.
Sybil
P.S. And here is what you might have heard last month, from Nathaniel Batchelder of the
There were many other things I liked about
Peace
House: What makes me so sad about this war is that it is just so very far from my
the book but I guess the main thing is that
vision
of
America's possibilities in the world. Some of you have heard me say that half of
it's a book I will enjoy reading more than
humanity
-- that's 3 billion people -- survives on less than $2 a day per person, without
once.
reliable access to safe water. And 20% of humanity -- that's 1.2 billion people -- survive
on less than $1 a day per person, without safe water, sanitation, basic literacy, basic
Herland Hiking Club
health
care - any real opportunity to develop their human potential. That is the backdrop
ointhe
of
our
lives,
every day, even a year ago, and two years ago. Many people work to inHer1and
crease
America's
foreign aid support for programs helping impoverished people end their
Hiking
poverty
-not
a
hand-out,
but a "hand-up" -- with programs for immunizations, vitamins,
Group for its
Microcredit
Lending
for
Self-Employment,
fighting infectious diseases like tuberculosis,
regular monthly
AIDS
and
malaria.
It
just
seems
our
nation
is more focused on protecting "ours" than on
outing to Martin helping
others
to
get
"theirs."
The
United
States
spends more in two days for military
Nature Park,
preparations
than
it
spends
for
humanitarian
assistance
such as I mentioned in a whole
5000 W. Memoyear.
America
could
be
a
world
leader
in
human
development.
That could be our image
rial, at 10 am on
to
people
everywhere.
Our
country
and
Saturday, April
our flag could be symbols associated with The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
12th. There is also an optional coffee gath2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. The Voice is
building
health clinics, schools, water
ering beforehand at Panera's, comer of
offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles
treatment
plants,
railroads
and
other
Memorial & Meridian, at 9:30 am.
reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those
things that help people live better. That
of Herland Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters
to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the
could be America's image in the world.
A Big Thank You
writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or
And
I
think
if
that
were
the
way
America
Thanks very much to our own personal
articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonywas perceived around the world,
locksmith who donated her services to remously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
although a donation is requested to meet publication and
we wouldn't have to worry too much
key the Herland locks for us. Thank you,
distribution costs.
about terrorist attacks.
Rita!
J
PFLAG-OKC
A
newly-fonned chapter of Parents,
Friends, and Families of Lesbians
and Gays (PFl.AG) will hold monthly
meetings at 7 pm on the third Thursday of
every month at First Unitarian Church. The
meetings will be a combination of support
and education programs, and may occasionally include planning for advocacy events
when necessary. The first meeting will be
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. The
church is located at 600 NW 13th Street, at
the intersection of NW 13th Street and
Dewey. Parking is available behind the
church, on the street in front of the church,
and across 13th Street.
PFLAG promotes the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends
through support, to cope with an adverse
society; education, to enlighten the public;
and advocacy, to end discrimination and to
secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides
an opportunity for dialogue about sexual
orientation and gender identity, and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG-OKC joins other chapters in Norman, Stillwater, Tulsa, and Muskogee. The
Nonnan chapter has won awards for its
"Safe and Welcoming Schools" program.
That program, started by the national
PFLAG organization, supports and endorses
efforts by public and private elementary and
secondary schools to create a safe and welcoming environment for all students and
school personnel. It is an excellent example
of the types of educational programs that
PFLAG-OKC envisions.
To contact PFLAG-OKC, send an email to
OKCPFLAG@aol.com. For additional information about PFLAG, please see the national organization's web-site at
www.PFLAG.org.
Family Pride
T
his group for gay and lesbian parents and their kids meets the 3rd
Tuesday of each month in the sanctuary of Church of the Open Arms. The
next meeting is April 15th, at 7 pm. For
more info, contact Dedra at (405) 3500607 or email at familyprideokc@cox.net.
RAIN Benefit with Wendy Woo
N
ationally acclaimed musicians Garrett "Big G" Jacobson and Wendy Woo are the
featured acts for the May Music Fest 2003, Saturday, May 3 at 6:30 pm. The historic Oklahoma City Farmers Market, 311 S. Kline in Oklahoma City, is the location
for the second-annual event.
RAIN-Oklahoma and carePoint have come together to host an event that benefits people living with AIDS across the Western region of Oklahoma.
"With a mixture of jazz and blues, these acts are guaranteed to take the crowd through
a variety of emotions, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows," said RAIN Executive Director Jean Ann VanKrevelen. 'We are incredibly fortunate to have such talent perfonn at this unique location."
RAIN-Oklahoma provides unique, volunteer-based services that are not duplicated in any
other program in the state. In addition to training volunteers to provide non-medical, practical support, RAIN works within all types of community groups to reduce the stigma of
AIDS through education. In 2002, RAIN served 205 people through 400+ volunteers.
Nearly half of RAIN's clients are in Oklahoma City or the surrounding areas.
carePoint is a primary point of entry into Oklahoma's HIV service delivery system. HIV
positive persons living in the 405 and 580 area codes are eligible for their services. These
include case management, homeless outreach, education, housing assistance, medication
management and testing and counseling. In addition, carePoint offers peer support and
HIV+ prevention case management.
Sponsors include the Oklahoma City Fanners Market, May Sound and Lighting, M.A.C
AIDS Fund and the UCO Jazz Lab. Hosting the event is RAIN Advisory Board Member and
KWTV Anchor Angela Buckelew.
Tickets will go on sale March 17 and are available by calling (405) 947-3434 or (800)
324-RAIN. They are also available at the RAIN Oklahoma offices at 1601 N. Drexel Blvd. in
Oklahoma City and at CarePoint, 1200 N. Walker, Suite 500 in Oklahoma City.
The Day of Silence Pr-=ojeet: April 9, 2003
Founded in 1996, this project has become the largest single student-led action towards
creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender
expression. The Day of Silence institutes a visible silence, a silence during which participants protest anti-LGBT discrimination and abuse. Such an effort also allows us to reflect upon how powerful silencing can be, to focus on how we can make our own voices
stronger and to begin to stop silencing ourselves.
15th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
APRIL 17 - 20, 2003
Camp Sister Spirit brings together womyn, women, wimmin, womoon, sisters, mothers,
aunts, nieces, daughters and friends who come to join Southern Sisters in a celebration of
a deep-south spring. This festival creates a community of sisters of many ages, many
races, and many walks of life for empowerment, encouragement and entertainment. The
weekend includes day/night stages, great southern meals (vegetarian and meat), workshops, and more. Accommodations include RV/tent sites, and cabin bunks (limited must
pre-register early). Buildings are ramped and there are private hot showers. No illegal
drugs/alcohol, S/M, or pets are allowed. 1ickets are sliding scale depending on income.
Boys age 6 and under welcome.
PERFORMING THIS YEAR:
Dorothy Hirsch, Trish Williams, Lucie Blue
Tremblay, Shelley Graff, Bonnie Morris, De
Luna, Beth Peterson, and more!
For more info contact:
Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
PO Box 12
Ovett, MS 39464
or www.campsisterspirit.com
A Poem: Pray for Peace
Attributed to Ellen Bass, via email
Pray to whoever you kneel down to:
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic
cross, suffering face bent to kiss you,
Buddha still under the Bo tree in scorching heat,
Yahweh, Allah, raise your arms to Mary
that she may lay her palm on our brows,
to Shekinhah, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
to Inanna in her stripped descent.
Hawk or Wolf, or the Great Whale, Record Keeper
of time before, time now, time ahead, pray. Bow
down to terriers and shepherds and siamese cats.
Fields of artichokes and elegant strawberries.
Pray to the bus driver who takes you to work,
pray on the bus, pray for everyone riding that bus
and for everyone riding buses all over the world.
If you haven't been on a bus in a long time,
climb the few steps, drop some silver, and pray.
Waiting in line for the movies, for the ATM,
for your latte and croissant, offer your plea.
Make your eating and drinking a supplication.
Make your slicing of carrots a holy act,
each translucent layer of the onion, a deeper
prayer.
Make the brushing of your hair
a prayer, every strand its own voice,
singing in the choir on your head.
As you wash your face, the water slipping
through your fingers, a prayer: Water,
softest thing on earth, gentleness
that wears away rock.
Making love, of course, is already a prayer.
Skin and open mouths worshipping that skin,
the fragile case we are poured into,
each caress a season of peace.
If you're hungry, pray. If you're tired.
Pray to Gandhi and Dorothy Day.
Shakespeare. Sappho. Sojourner Truth.
Pray to the angels and the ghost of your grandfather.
When you walk to your car, to the mailbox,
to the video store, let each step
be a prayer that we all keep our legs,
that we do not blow off anyone else's legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle
or a skateboard, in a wheel chair, each revolution
of the wheels a prayer that as the earth revolves
we will do less harm, less harm, less harm.
And as you work, typing with a new manicure,
a tiny palm tree painted on one pearlescent nail
or delivering soda or drawing good blood
into rubber-capped vials, writing on a blackboard
with yellow chalk, twirling pizzas, pray for peace.
With each breath in, take in the faith of those
who have believed when belief seemed foolish,
who persevered. With each breath out, cherish.
Pull weeds for peace, turn over in your sleep for peace,
feed the birds for peace, .each shiny seed
thatspills onto the earth, another second of peace.
Wash your dishes, call your mother, drink wine.
Shovel leaves or snow or trash from your sidewalk.
Make a path. Fold a photo of a dead child
around your VISA card. Gnaw your crust
of prayer, scoop your prayer water from the gutter.
Mumble along like a crazy person, stumbling
your prayer through the streets.
The Music Scene
by Jill Gamer
I was lucky enough to hear Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor at The Blue Door recently. I read enough rave reviews of them that I decided it was a show I shouldn't miss, and I was right. Chip Taylor first heard Rodriguez at the SXSW festival in 2001 when she was playing
fiddle. He needed a fiddle player and she agreed to join him. Early on in a European tour, he asked if she could sing. She said she could
only sing backup, that she wasn't good enough to sing lead. Their audiences thought otherwise because from the moment she sang, people went wild everywhere they went. Taylor immediately began to write duets that they could sing together. He's also trying to work with
Rodriguez on a solo effort to showcase both her fiddle playing and singing.
Taylor writes almost all the songs on the CD, Let's Leave This Town, that the two recorded together. There's a nice mixture of duets and
harmony singing to make every song interesting. Taylor is a wonderful songwriter, but his voice is not the strong point of the CD. However, with Rodriguez singing along, their voices blend nicely together and his voice becomes more of a highlight than a hindrance.
Rodriguez's voice is beautiful and strong, and has a fairly strong twang at times, which took me by surprise because of her Hispanic ethnicity. But it's mesmerizing and I find myself replaying certain songs again and again just to hear her voice. Her fiddle playing is gorgeous
too.
There are a lot of strong songs on this CD and I really look forward to hearing more from them, or Rodriguez on her own. I highly recommend that you search for this CD because it's definitely worth being able to hear Carrie Rodriguez for yourself, and being able to hit the
replay button again and again. You can find information about it at TrainWreckRecords.com. By the way, Chip Taylor wrote "Wild Thing"
and "Angel of the Morning" and he and Rodriguez performed both at the show, and the small but enthusiastic crowd got to sing along! It
was a great show, and I'm sorry most people in OKC missed it, but check out their website and keep your eye out for more from Carrie
Rodriguez.
EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Strut Your Mutt
0
n Saturday, May 3rd, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, Church of the Open Arms
will host "Strut Your Mutt", the 5th Annual Dog Contest and Cookout.
A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category which includes Best Tail Wag, Most Talented, Best Dressed, Owner Look-a-like, Most
Lovable Mug, Best Kiss, Best Smile,
and Best Bark. This day of doggie
celebration will also include a Hot Dog
Cookout. The Cookout menu includes
hotdogs, chips, soda, and dessert.
During the afternoon there will be prize
raffles, a Doggy-Walk, and a Doggy
Obstacle Course Contest. For the kids,
there will be "Name the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" and "Color the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" contests with a prize
awarded each winner.
Each participant will receive a free doggy goody bag and scarf. The Dog Contest is free but a $5 suggested donation is requested for the Cookout. Contest registration begins at 3:00 pm with judging following at 4:30 pm. Church
of the Open Arms is located at 3131 N. Pennsylvania. For more information
call 525-9555.
April
Saturday. April 5: Mary Reynolds and Louse Goldberg,
Full Circle Bookstore, Fifty Penn Place, 7 pm
Saturday. April 5: Molly Whitworth, Borders on Northwest
Expressway, 8 pm
Sunday. April 6: Freefall opens for John Mc.Cutcheon,
Stage Center, 7 pm (call 528-4422 for tickets)
Monday. April 7: Herland Book Club, 7 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park,
5000 W. Memorial, 10 am
Saturday. April 12: Wimmin's Spirituality Workshop at
Herland, 2 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Supper Club at Jaramillo's,
Shepherd Mall, 5:30 pm
Thursday, April 24: Two-Spirit Group at Herland, 6:30
pm
Saturday. April 26: Sisters of Swing at the Arts Festival,
on the Deck Stage, 6 pm
Wednesdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW 23rd and
Classen, 4 - 5:30 pm
Saturdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW Expressway
and Penn, noon - 1 pm
Sundays: Spiritual Walks for Peace, NW 9th & Robinson,
2-3 pm
May
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i l h u r s d a y . May 1: Miss Brown to You, Jazz Lab in Edmond, 8 pm
Save the Date: Adoption Workshop for NonSaturday. May 3: Strut Your Mutt, Church of the Open
Arms, 3131 N. Penn, 3 pm
Traditional Families at Herland
Saturday. May 3: RAIN Benefit, OKC Farmer's Mark.et,
Saturday, lune 7, 2003, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Find out what is involved in adopting children in Oklahoma. Presenters will
May 16-18: Herland Spring Retreat at Roman r<.'ose
include Sandy Ingraham (attorney-at-law), Nancy Viviani (adoptive mother),
June
Carole Patten (a licensed social worker who counsels adoptive parents and
Saturday. June 7: Adoption for Non-Traditional Families
prepares home studies) and a representative of a (family-friendly) adoption
Workshop at Herland, 3 pm
agency licensed to place children in Oklahoma.
Herland Spring Women's Retreat Registration Form
Roman Nose State Park - May 16-18, 2003
At right are guidelines to help you select an appropriate registration
amount. Deadline for pre-registration is May 12. Please remember
that dogs are welcome but must remain on leashes and are not allowed in the dining hall.
Registration fee enclosed (payable to Herland):
-$15 -$25 -$35 -$45 -$60
- Saturday only - $25
Name(s):
Phone:
Address:
City:
email (optional):
State:
Sliding Scale Registration Guidelines Based on Income
Pre-Registration
per person
Single Person
Annual Income
Household
Annual Income
under $6,500
under $13,300
$15
$6,500-$13,300
$13,300-$18,000
$25
$13,300-$19,500
$18,000-$26,000
$35
$19,500-$30,000
$26,000-$50,000
$45
Zip:
( ) I need a scholarship to attend.
( ) I'm enclosing an additional$_ to help provide scholarships.
( ) I'm bringing _children (girls of all ages and boys under age 10 are welcome.
over $30,000
over $50,000
Please return registration form and check to: Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Herland Sister Resources
NonProfit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Oklahoma City, OK
Permit No. 861
2312 NW 39th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Return Service Requested
Molly Whitworth
THREE CDS NOW AVAILABLE
*WEIRD DUCK*
* LEAN IN FOR A KISS *
* HUNGRYWHENIWAKE
Central Oklahoma Stonewall Democrats
voicing gay/lesbia11 co11cerns
email: MollyWhitworth@aol.com
http://mollywhitworth.blogspot.com/
Monthly meetings every 2nd Wednesday, 7 pm
at Democratic Party Headquarters
NE 4lst and Lincoln, OKC
for info call James Nimmo at (405) 843-3651
or email violadamore2@yahoo.com
REBECCA R HOLT, Ph.D.
Julia Irwin, M.D., P.C.
CDS $10, LYRIC BOOKS $5, SHIPPING/HANDLING $2
HEAR ALL THREE CDS AT HERLAND
Clinical Psychology
(405) 321-2148
Box 5119
Norman, OK 73070
Individuals - Couples
Family Therapy, Retreats
Psychiatrist
Doctor's Park
500 E. Robinson, Suite 600
Norman, OK 73071
(405) 321-3719
DOROTHY E. HEIM
Attorney at Law
(405) 691-4949
Sandy Ingraham, J.D., M.S.W.
Attorney-at-Law
Ingraham & Associates, PLLC
dheim033@yahoo.com
Call me with your legal questions :
estate planning
personal injury
contract issues
small business
Young
And Older Adults
Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Adoption, Contracts
Route 2, Box 369-B
McLoud, OK 74851
Tel. (405) 964-2072
Ingraham@mcloudteleco.com
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Volume 21, Number 4
Wimmyn 1 s Spirituality Workshop
W
hat's unique about wimmyn's (or
women's) spirituality? Come and
enjoy an exploration of the topic,
with a feminist slant, at 2 pm on Saturday,
April 12, at Herland. Besides discussing our
own spiritual journeys, we'll sample some
spiritual practices, including prayer, meditation, chanting, journaling and movement.
We'll share resources to continue the work
and our own journeys. Whether your journey has included traditional church or synagogue, pagan covens, dabbling in Eastern
religions, all of these, or none, your path
will be honored. Experience will be part of
the workshop, but participation will not be
required for anything you're uncomfortable
with.
Our workshop leader, Jonalu Johnstone
has served as a Unitarian Universalist minister for 10 years, since graduating from Harvard Divinity School. Currently, she has
relationships with both the First Unitarian
Church of Oklahoma City and the Channing
Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmond.
From her Southern Baptist background, she
brings the understanding that God is Love.
From her pagan training, she holds Mother
Earth as sacred. From her Unitarian Universalist convictions, she believes that truth
can found in every religion (and so can the
trickster!).
Two-Spirit Group
T
he next Two-Spirit meeting for Native
American lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women will be Thursday,
April 24, at 6:30 pm at Herland. Meetings
begin in a traditional manner with smudging and prayer. For additional information,
call the OKC Two-Spirit Hotline at (405)
317-7283.
Herland Spring Retreat at Roman Nose State Park
May 16-18 at Roman Nose State Park
Come and enjoy a fun-filled weekend of food, workshops, outdoor and sporting activities at
the Herland Spring Retreat. The band Iris will be
the featured entertainment for the Saturday night
concert at 8 pm. Iris features Cathy Cahill and
Marci Patrick on guitars and vocals, Deb Mills on
drums and vocals (and occasional guitar), and Sharlene on harmonica. Iris will have a guest bassist for
this concert, Terri Hoersch, formerly of Miss Brown
to You. The best way to describe Iris is -- Iris rocks!
Playing hits from the 60s through the OOs, Iris
pleases audiences from Oklahoma City to Eureka
~~~~~~~~~=-- Springs. This is a band you can really dance to!
Retreat activities typically include workshops on Saturday morning and an afternoon open
mic where everyone has a chance to share their talents. The Saturday evening potluck
begins at 5:30 pm and usually features some true gastronomical delights.
The canyons of Roman Nose offer ample recreational opportunities. Hiking trails, horseback riding, fishing, and a golf course are nearby in the park. Bicycling on and off road is
wonderful at Roman Nose. If that's not enough, a group usually ventures into Watonga to
check out the cheese factory tour
and get samples.
Registration includes all retreat
activities, Friday supper, Saturday
and Sunday breakfasts, and bunk
space in a cabin. Concert-only
tickets are $10 at the door. See
page 5 for pre-registration form.
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Women's Voices in War
Zones: A Writing Con-
test
Since Sept. 11, 2001 there has
been constant public reference to
concepts of terror, war, and security, but little debate about their
meaning. And the voices of
women and girls, both within the
US and in the rest of the world,
have been conspicuously absent
from the discussion. To bring
forward women's ideas on this
subject, and enable them to be heard in the public arena, Women's WORLD, a global free
speech network of feminist writers, is initiating a writing contest which will be co-sponsored
by the US weekly, The Nation. The topic is Women's Voices in War Zones. All women are
welcome to participate; age and citizenship are no barrier. Deadline for submissions is May
1, 2003. For details, please go to www.wworld.org.
Womyn of Color Club
The group will have a pot luck at Jacqueline's house on Sunday, April 13, at 4 pm. For information or directions, call (405) 842-3464 or email womynofi:olor@gay.com
www.herlandsisters.org
Email: herlandsisters@cox.net
Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma Oty, OK 73112
(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Club
T
he Herland Book Club meets on the first
Monday of every month. Tue next
meeting on April 7th at 7 pm will be to
discuss Her/and and the Yellow Wallpaperby
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Tne selections for
the following months are:
May - Tipping the Velvetby Sarah Waters
June -A Wanan'.s' Reality
by Anne Wilson Schaef
July - Wanan on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
August - Zami: A New Spelling ofMy Name
by Audre Larde
Saint Sybil
S
ybil Ludington, Matron Saint of the Forgotten Woman, is an occasional contributor
to this space.
Dear St. Sybil,
Tue war has started now, so don't you think war protestors should just shut up and support their country? I hope you're with me on this, Sybil.
Yours angrily,
Ima Paytriot
Dear/ma,
Ifyour child were bullying another child at schoo~ and one day your little Precious fell
upon the other one and started beating the dickens out of him, would you sit back and
cheer little Darling on, or would you try to make her stop? Ifyou tried to make her stop,
it wouldn't mean you loved her any less, would it? It wouldjust mean that you wanted
her to behave responsibly and decently.
Book Review
At the rally for peace at Penn Square Mall last Saturday, amidst all the honking for
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
peace, a passing call came from a pickup: "Support your country, you #*@% #!s. " And
Reviewed by RF
a protester replied softly to herself, ''Sorry, I belong to the voting dass and we believe the
This book was a dessertof the heart for me.
country is ours to direct, not to support " This was a little arrogant, but the point was
How about if I list the reasons rather than
well taken. This country is yours, Ima. You need to vote and info!TT1 yourself, and when
editorialize:
necessary, protest. When did they stop teaching school children that patriotism is the last
1. Tue romantic chemistry between the two
refuge ofa scoundre~ and that ''My country, right or wrong'~ is a stupid, wicked senticharacters.
ment?
2. Rambling writing style.
Signs seen at a peace march in Oklahoma City the Sunday after the war began, held
3. Philosophical observations on gambling and
on the sidelines by two pro-war supporters: 1) Our troops are in Iraq protecting your
life.
rights, including the right to protest, and 2) There's a word for what you're doing: Trea4. Pointing out in painful detail some of the
son. As contradictory as the signs we~ they both were absolutely wrong. Protest is
core dysfunctional conditioning of women.
5. Tue younger woman leading the older into · intensely patriotic, and the US is not in Iraq protecting American rights. Iraq has neither
atliflcked the US nor threatened to.
freedom.
6. Each of the women firldi~ themsel\les by .· .- 'Ima, head on out to tfie Spintual Walk for Peace next Sunday, and listen to the reflections from speakers offaith and conscience - in other words, give peace a chance. You
losing themselves in the other.
might like what you hear.
7. An expression and understanding of loving
Peace,
the earth as a living persona.
Sybil
P.S. And here is what you might have heard last month, from Nathaniel Batchelder of the
There were many other things I liked about
Peace
House: What makes me so sad about this war is that it is just so very far from my
the book but I guess the main thing is that
vision
of
America's possibilities in the world. Some of you have heard me say that half of
it's a book I will enjoy reading more than
humanity
-- that's 3 billion people -- survives on less than $2 a day per person, without
once.
reliable access to safe water. And 20% of humanity -- that's 1.2 billion people -- survive
on less than $1 a day per person, without safe water, sanitation, basic literacy, basic
Herland Hiking Club
health
care - any real opportunity to develop their human potential. That is the backdrop
ointhe
of
our
lives,
every day, even a year ago, and two years ago. Many people work to inHer1and
crease
America's
foreign aid support for programs helping impoverished people end their
Hiking
poverty
-not
a
hand-out,
but a "hand-up" -- with programs for immunizations, vitamins,
Group for its
Microcredit
Lending
for
Self-Employment,
fighting infectious diseases like tuberculosis,
regular monthly
AIDS
and
malaria.
It
just
seems
our
nation
is more focused on protecting "ours" than on
outing to Martin helping
others
to
get
"theirs."
The
United
States
spends more in two days for military
Nature Park,
preparations
than
it
spends
for
humanitarian
assistance
such as I mentioned in a whole
5000 W. Memoyear.
America
could
be
a
world
leader
in
human
development.
That could be our image
rial, at 10 am on
to
people
everywhere.
Our
country
and
Saturday, April
our flag could be symbols associated with The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
12th. There is also an optional coffee gath2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. The Voice is
building
health clinics, schools, water
ering beforehand at Panera's, comer of
offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles
treatment
plants,
railroads
and
other
Memorial & Meridian, at 9:30 am.
reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those
things that help people live better. That
of Herland Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters
to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the
could be America's image in the world.
A Big Thank You
writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or
And
I
think
if
that
were
the
way
America
Thanks very much to our own personal
articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonywas perceived around the world,
locksmith who donated her services to remously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
although a donation is requested to meet publication and
we wouldn't have to worry too much
key the Herland locks for us. Thank you,
distribution costs.
about terrorist attacks.
Rita!
J
PFLAG-OKC
A
newly-fonned chapter of Parents,
Friends, and Families of Lesbians
and Gays (PFl.AG) will hold monthly
meetings at 7 pm on the third Thursday of
every month at First Unitarian Church. The
meetings will be a combination of support
and education programs, and may occasionally include planning for advocacy events
when necessary. The first meeting will be
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. The
church is located at 600 NW 13th Street, at
the intersection of NW 13th Street and
Dewey. Parking is available behind the
church, on the street in front of the church,
and across 13th Street.
PFLAG promotes the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends
through support, to cope with an adverse
society; education, to enlighten the public;
and advocacy, to end discrimination and to
secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides
an opportunity for dialogue about sexual
orientation and gender identity, and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG-OKC joins other chapters in Norman, Stillwater, Tulsa, and Muskogee. The
Nonnan chapter has won awards for its
"Safe and Welcoming Schools" program.
That program, started by the national
PFLAG organization, supports and endorses
efforts by public and private elementary and
secondary schools to create a safe and welcoming environment for all students and
school personnel. It is an excellent example
of the types of educational programs that
PFLAG-OKC envisions.
To contact PFLAG-OKC, send an email to
OKCPFLAG@aol.com. For additional information about PFLAG, please see the national organization's web-site at
www.PFLAG.org.
Family Pride
T
his group for gay and lesbian parents and their kids meets the 3rd
Tuesday of each month in the sanctuary of Church of the Open Arms. The
next meeting is April 15th, at 7 pm. For
more info, contact Dedra at (405) 3500607 or email at familyprideokc@cox.net.
RAIN Benefit with Wendy Woo
N
ationally acclaimed musicians Garrett "Big G" Jacobson and Wendy Woo are the
featured acts for the May Music Fest 2003, Saturday, May 3 at 6:30 pm. The historic Oklahoma City Farmers Market, 311 S. Kline in Oklahoma City, is the location
for the second-annual event.
RAIN-Oklahoma and carePoint have come together to host an event that benefits people living with AIDS across the Western region of Oklahoma.
"With a mixture of jazz and blues, these acts are guaranteed to take the crowd through
a variety of emotions, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows," said RAIN Executive Director Jean Ann VanKrevelen. 'We are incredibly fortunate to have such talent perfonn at this unique location."
RAIN-Oklahoma provides unique, volunteer-based services that are not duplicated in any
other program in the state. In addition to training volunteers to provide non-medical, practical support, RAIN works within all types of community groups to reduce the stigma of
AIDS through education. In 2002, RAIN served 205 people through 400+ volunteers.
Nearly half of RAIN's clients are in Oklahoma City or the surrounding areas.
carePoint is a primary point of entry into Oklahoma's HIV service delivery system. HIV
positive persons living in the 405 and 580 area codes are eligible for their services. These
include case management, homeless outreach, education, housing assistance, medication
management and testing and counseling. In addition, carePoint offers peer support and
HIV+ prevention case management.
Sponsors include the Oklahoma City Fanners Market, May Sound and Lighting, M.A.C
AIDS Fund and the UCO Jazz Lab. Hosting the event is RAIN Advisory Board Member and
KWTV Anchor Angela Buckelew.
Tickets will go on sale March 17 and are available by calling (405) 947-3434 or (800)
324-RAIN. They are also available at the RAIN Oklahoma offices at 1601 N. Drexel Blvd. in
Oklahoma City and at CarePoint, 1200 N. Walker, Suite 500 in Oklahoma City.
The Day of Silence Pr-=ojeet: April 9, 2003
Founded in 1996, this project has become the largest single student-led action towards
creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender
expression. The Day of Silence institutes a visible silence, a silence during which participants protest anti-LGBT discrimination and abuse. Such an effort also allows us to reflect upon how powerful silencing can be, to focus on how we can make our own voices
stronger and to begin to stop silencing ourselves.
15th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
APRIL 17 - 20, 2003
Camp Sister Spirit brings together womyn, women, wimmin, womoon, sisters, mothers,
aunts, nieces, daughters and friends who come to join Southern Sisters in a celebration of
a deep-south spring. This festival creates a community of sisters of many ages, many
races, and many walks of life for empowerment, encouragement and entertainment. The
weekend includes day/night stages, great southern meals (vegetarian and meat), workshops, and more. Accommodations include RV/tent sites, and cabin bunks (limited must
pre-register early). Buildings are ramped and there are private hot showers. No illegal
drugs/alcohol, S/M, or pets are allowed. 1ickets are sliding scale depending on income.
Boys age 6 and under welcome.
PERFORMING THIS YEAR:
Dorothy Hirsch, Trish Williams, Lucie Blue
Tremblay, Shelley Graff, Bonnie Morris, De
Luna, Beth Peterson, and more!
For more info contact:
Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
PO Box 12
Ovett, MS 39464
or www.campsisterspirit.com
A Poem: Pray for Peace
Attributed to Ellen Bass, via email
Pray to whoever you kneel down to:
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic
cross, suffering face bent to kiss you,
Buddha still under the Bo tree in scorching heat,
Yahweh, Allah, raise your arms to Mary
that she may lay her palm on our brows,
to Shekinhah, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
to Inanna in her stripped descent.
Hawk or Wolf, or the Great Whale, Record Keeper
of time before, time now, time ahead, pray. Bow
down to terriers and shepherds and siamese cats.
Fields of artichokes and elegant strawberries.
Pray to the bus driver who takes you to work,
pray on the bus, pray for everyone riding that bus
and for everyone riding buses all over the world.
If you haven't been on a bus in a long time,
climb the few steps, drop some silver, and pray.
Waiting in line for the movies, for the ATM,
for your latte and croissant, offer your plea.
Make your eating and drinking a supplication.
Make your slicing of carrots a holy act,
each translucent layer of the onion, a deeper
prayer.
Make the brushing of your hair
a prayer, every strand its own voice,
singing in the choir on your head.
As you wash your face, the water slipping
through your fingers, a prayer: Water,
softest thing on earth, gentleness
that wears away rock.
Making love, of course, is already a prayer.
Skin and open mouths worshipping that skin,
the fragile case we are poured into,
each caress a season of peace.
If you're hungry, pray. If you're tired.
Pray to Gandhi and Dorothy Day.
Shakespeare. Sappho. Sojourner Truth.
Pray to the angels and the ghost of your grandfather.
When you walk to your car, to the mailbox,
to the video store, let each step
be a prayer that we all keep our legs,
that we do not blow off anyone else's legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle
or a skateboard, in a wheel chair, each revolution
of the wheels a prayer that as the earth revolves
we will do less harm, less harm, less harm.
And as you work, typing with a new manicure,
a tiny palm tree painted on one pearlescent nail
or delivering soda or drawing good blood
into rubber-capped vials, writing on a blackboard
with yellow chalk, twirling pizzas, pray for peace.
With each breath in, take in the faith of those
who have believed when belief seemed foolish,
who persevered. With each breath out, cherish.
Pull weeds for peace, turn over in your sleep for peace,
feed the birds for peace, .each shiny seed
thatspills onto the earth, another second of peace.
Wash your dishes, call your mother, drink wine.
Shovel leaves or snow or trash from your sidewalk.
Make a path. Fold a photo of a dead child
around your VISA card. Gnaw your crust
of prayer, scoop your prayer water from the gutter.
Mumble along like a crazy person, stumbling
your prayer through the streets.
The Music Scene
by Jill Gamer
I was lucky enough to hear Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor at The Blue Door recently. I read enough rave reviews of them that I decided it was a show I shouldn't miss, and I was right. Chip Taylor first heard Rodriguez at the SXSW festival in 2001 when she was playing
fiddle. He needed a fiddle player and she agreed to join him. Early on in a European tour, he asked if she could sing. She said she could
only sing backup, that she wasn't good enough to sing lead. Their audiences thought otherwise because from the moment she sang, people went wild everywhere they went. Taylor immediately began to write duets that they could sing together. He's also trying to work with
Rodriguez on a solo effort to showcase both her fiddle playing and singing.
Taylor writes almost all the songs on the CD, Let's Leave This Town, that the two recorded together. There's a nice mixture of duets and
harmony singing to make every song interesting. Taylor is a wonderful songwriter, but his voice is not the strong point of the CD. However, with Rodriguez singing along, their voices blend nicely together and his voice becomes more of a highlight than a hindrance.
Rodriguez's voice is beautiful and strong, and has a fairly strong twang at times, which took me by surprise because of her Hispanic ethnicity. But it's mesmerizing and I find myself replaying certain songs again and again just to hear her voice. Her fiddle playing is gorgeous
too.
There are a lot of strong songs on this CD and I really look forward to hearing more from them, or Rodriguez on her own. I highly recommend that you search for this CD because it's definitely worth being able to hear Carrie Rodriguez for yourself, and being able to hit the
replay button again and again. You can find information about it at TrainWreckRecords.com. By the way, Chip Taylor wrote "Wild Thing"
and "Angel of the Morning" and he and Rodriguez performed both at the show, and the small but enthusiastic crowd got to sing along! It
was a great show, and I'm sorry most people in OKC missed it, but check out their website and keep your eye out for more from Carrie
Rodriguez.
EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Strut Your Mutt
0
n Saturday, May 3rd, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, Church of the Open Arms
will host "Strut Your Mutt", the 5th Annual Dog Contest and Cookout.
A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category which includes Best Tail Wag, Most Talented, Best Dressed, Owner Look-a-like, Most
Lovable Mug, Best Kiss, Best Smile,
and Best Bark. This day of doggie
celebration will also include a Hot Dog
Cookout. The Cookout menu includes
hotdogs, chips, soda, and dessert.
During the afternoon there will be prize
raffles, a Doggy-Walk, and a Doggy
Obstacle Course Contest. For the kids,
there will be "Name the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" and "Color the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" contests with a prize
awarded each winner.
Each participant will receive a free doggy goody bag and scarf. The Dog Contest is free but a $5 suggested donation is requested for the Cookout. Contest registration begins at 3:00 pm with judging following at 4:30 pm. Church
of the Open Arms is located at 3131 N. Pennsylvania. For more information
call 525-9555.
April
Saturday. April 5: Mary Reynolds and Louse Goldberg,
Full Circle Bookstore, Fifty Penn Place, 7 pm
Saturday. April 5: Molly Whitworth, Borders on Northwest
Expressway, 8 pm
Sunday. April 6: Freefall opens for John Mc.Cutcheon,
Stage Center, 7 pm (call 528-4422 for tickets)
Monday. April 7: Herland Book Club, 7 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park,
5000 W. Memorial, 10 am
Saturday. April 12: Wimmin's Spirituality Workshop at
Herland, 2 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Supper Club at Jaramillo's,
Shepherd Mall, 5:30 pm
Thursday, April 24: Two-Spirit Group at Herland, 6:30
pm
Saturday. April 26: Sisters of Swing at the Arts Festival,
on the Deck Stage, 6 pm
Wednesdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW 23rd and
Classen, 4 - 5:30 pm
Saturdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW Expressway
and Penn, noon - 1 pm
Sundays: Spiritual Walks for Peace, NW 9th & Robinson,
2-3 pm
May
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i l h u r s d a y . May 1: Miss Brown to You, Jazz Lab in Edmond, 8 pm
Save the Date: Adoption Workshop for NonSaturday. May 3: Strut Your Mutt, Church of the Open
Arms, 3131 N. Penn, 3 pm
Traditional Families at Herland
Saturday. May 3: RAIN Benefit, OKC Farmer's Mark.et,
Saturday, lune 7, 2003, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Find out what is involved in adopting children in Oklahoma. Presenters will
May 16-18: Herland Spring Retreat at Roman r<.'ose
include Sandy Ingraham (attorney-at-law), Nancy Viviani (adoptive mother),
June
Carole Patten (a licensed social worker who counsels adoptive parents and
Saturday. June 7: Adoption for Non-Traditional Families
prepares home studies) and a representative of a (family-friendly) adoption
Workshop at Herland, 3 pm
agency licensed to place children in Oklahoma.
Herland Spring Women's Retreat Registration Form
Roman Nose State Park - May 16-18, 2003
At right are guidelines to help you select an appropriate registration
amount. Deadline for pre-registration is May 12. Please remember
that dogs are welcome but must remain on leashes and are not allowed in the dining hall.
Registration fee enclosed (payable to Herland):
-$15 -$25 -$35 -$45 -$60
- Saturday only - $25
Name(s):
Phone:
Address:
City:
email (optional):
State:
Sliding Scale Registration Guidelines Based on Income
Pre-Registration
per person
Single Person
Annual Income
Household
Annual Income
under $6,500
under $13,300
$15
$6,500-$13,300
$13,300-$18,000
$25
$13,300-$19,500
$18,000-$26,000
$35
$19,500-$30,000
$26,000-$50,000
$45
Zip:
( ) I need a scholarship to attend.
( ) I'm enclosing an additional$_ to help provide scholarships.
( ) I'm bringing _children (girls of all ages and boys under age 10 are welcome.
over $30,000
over $50,000
Please return registration form and check to: Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
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NonProfit Org.
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Molly Whitworth
THREE CDS NOW AVAILABLE
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voicing gay/lesbia11 co11cerns
email: MollyWhitworth@aol.com
http://mollywhitworth.blogspot.com/
Monthly meetings every 2nd Wednesday, 7 pm
at Democratic Party Headquarters
NE 4lst and Lincoln, OKC
for info call James Nimmo at (405) 843-3651
or email violadamore2@yahoo.com
REBECCA R HOLT, Ph.D.
Julia Irwin, M.D., P.C.
CDS $10, LYRIC BOOKS $5, SHIPPING/HANDLING $2
HEAR ALL THREE CDS AT HERLAND
Clinical Psychology
(405) 321-2148
Box 5119
Norman, OK 73070
Individuals - Couples
Family Therapy, Retreats
Psychiatrist
Doctor's Park
500 E. Robinson, Suite 600
Norman, OK 73071
(405) 321-3719
DOROTHY E. HEIM
Attorney at Law
(405) 691-4949
Sandy Ingraham, J.D., M.S.W.
Attorney-at-Law
Ingraham & Associates, PLLC
dheim033@yahoo.com
Call me with your legal questions :
estate planning
personal injury
contract issues
small business
Young
And Older Adults
Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Adoption, Contracts
Route 2, Box 369-B
McLoud, OK 74851
Tel. (405) 964-2072
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Wimmyn 1 s Spirituality Workshop
W
hat's unique about wimmyn's (or
women's) spirituality? Come and
enjoy an exploration of the topic,
with a feminist slant, at 2 pm on Saturday,
April 12, at Herland. Besides discussing our
own spiritual journeys, we'll sample some
spiritual practices, including prayer, meditation, chanting, journaling and movement.
We'll share resources to continue the work
and our own journeys. Whether your journey has included traditional church or synagogue, pagan covens, dabbling in Eastern
religions, all of these, or none, your path
will be honored. Experience will be part of
the workshop, but participation will not be
required for anything you're uncomfortable
with.
Our workshop leader, Jonalu Johnstone
has served as a Unitarian Universalist minister for 10 years, since graduating from Harvard Divinity School. Currently, she has
relationships with both the First Unitarian
Church of Oklahoma City and the Channing
Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmond.
From her Southern Baptist background, she
brings the understanding that God is Love.
From her pagan training, she holds Mother
Earth as sacred. From her Unitarian Universalist convictions, she believes that truth
can found in every religion (and so can the
trickster!).
Two-Spirit Group
T
he next Two-Spirit meeting for Native
American lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women will be Thursday,
April 24, at 6:30 pm at Herland. Meetings
begin in a traditional manner with smudging and prayer. For additional information,
call the OKC Two-Spirit Hotline at (405)
317-7283.
Herland Spring Retreat at Roman Nose State Park
May 16-18 at Roman Nose State Park
Come and enjoy a fun-filled weekend of food, workshops, outdoor and sporting activities at
the Herland Spring Retreat. The band Iris will be
the featured entertainment for the Saturday night
concert at 8 pm. Iris features Cathy Cahill and
Marci Patrick on guitars and vocals, Deb Mills on
drums and vocals (and occasional guitar), and Sharlene on harmonica. Iris will have a guest bassist for
this concert, Terri Hoersch, formerly of Miss Brown
to You. The best way to describe Iris is -- Iris rocks!
Playing hits from the 60s through the OOs, Iris
pleases audiences from Oklahoma City to Eureka
~~~~~~~~~=-- Springs. This is a band you can really dance to!
Retreat activities typically include workshops on Saturday morning and an afternoon open
mic where everyone has a chance to share their talents. The Saturday evening potluck
begins at 5:30 pm and usually features some true gastronomical delights.
The canyons of Roman Nose offer ample recreational opportunities. Hiking trails, horseback riding, fishing, and a golf course are nearby in the park. Bicycling on and off road is
wonderful at Roman Nose. If that's not enough, a group usually ventures into Watonga to
check out the cheese factory tour
and get samples.
Registration includes all retreat
activities, Friday supper, Saturday
and Sunday breakfasts, and bunk
space in a cabin. Concert-only
tickets are $10 at the door. See
page 5 for pre-registration form.
r-------------...,
Women's Voices in War
Zones: A Writing Con-
test
Since Sept. 11, 2001 there has
been constant public reference to
concepts of terror, war, and security, but little debate about their
meaning. And the voices of
women and girls, both within the
US and in the rest of the world,
have been conspicuously absent
from the discussion. To bring
forward women's ideas on this
subject, and enable them to be heard in the public arena, Women's WORLD, a global free
speech network of feminist writers, is initiating a writing contest which will be co-sponsored
by the US weekly, The Nation. The topic is Women's Voices in War Zones. All women are
welcome to participate; age and citizenship are no barrier. Deadline for submissions is May
1, 2003. For details, please go to www.wworld.org.
Womyn of Color Club
The group will have a pot luck at Jacqueline's house on Sunday, April 13, at 4 pm. For information or directions, call (405) 842-3464 or email womynofi:olor@gay.com
www.herlandsisters.org
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(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Club
T
he Herland Book Club meets on the first
Monday of every month. Tue next
meeting on April 7th at 7 pm will be to
discuss Her/and and the Yellow Wallpaperby
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Tne selections for
the following months are:
May - Tipping the Velvetby Sarah Waters
June -A Wanan'.s' Reality
by Anne Wilson Schaef
July - Wanan on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
August - Zami: A New Spelling ofMy Name
by Audre Larde
Saint Sybil
S
ybil Ludington, Matron Saint of the Forgotten Woman, is an occasional contributor
to this space.
Dear St. Sybil,
Tue war has started now, so don't you think war protestors should just shut up and support their country? I hope you're with me on this, Sybil.
Yours angrily,
Ima Paytriot
Dear/ma,
Ifyour child were bullying another child at schoo~ and one day your little Precious fell
upon the other one and started beating the dickens out of him, would you sit back and
cheer little Darling on, or would you try to make her stop? Ifyou tried to make her stop,
it wouldn't mean you loved her any less, would it? It wouldjust mean that you wanted
her to behave responsibly and decently.
Book Review
At the rally for peace at Penn Square Mall last Saturday, amidst all the honking for
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
peace, a passing call came from a pickup: "Support your country, you #*@% #!s. " And
Reviewed by RF
a protester replied softly to herself, ''Sorry, I belong to the voting dass and we believe the
This book was a dessertof the heart for me.
country is ours to direct, not to support " This was a little arrogant, but the point was
How about if I list the reasons rather than
well taken. This country is yours, Ima. You need to vote and info!TT1 yourself, and when
editorialize:
necessary, protest. When did they stop teaching school children that patriotism is the last
1. Tue romantic chemistry between the two
refuge ofa scoundre~ and that ''My country, right or wrong'~ is a stupid, wicked senticharacters.
ment?
2. Rambling writing style.
Signs seen at a peace march in Oklahoma City the Sunday after the war began, held
3. Philosophical observations on gambling and
on the sidelines by two pro-war supporters: 1) Our troops are in Iraq protecting your
life.
rights, including the right to protest, and 2) There's a word for what you're doing: Trea4. Pointing out in painful detail some of the
son. As contradictory as the signs we~ they both were absolutely wrong. Protest is
core dysfunctional conditioning of women.
5. Tue younger woman leading the older into · intensely patriotic, and the US is not in Iraq protecting American rights. Iraq has neither
atliflcked the US nor threatened to.
freedom.
6. Each of the women firldi~ themsel\les by .· .- 'Ima, head on out to tfie Spintual Walk for Peace next Sunday, and listen to the reflections from speakers offaith and conscience - in other words, give peace a chance. You
losing themselves in the other.
might like what you hear.
7. An expression and understanding of loving
Peace,
the earth as a living persona.
Sybil
P.S. And here is what you might have heard last month, from Nathaniel Batchelder of the
There were many other things I liked about
Peace
House: What makes me so sad about this war is that it is just so very far from my
the book but I guess the main thing is that
vision
of
America's possibilities in the world. Some of you have heard me say that half of
it's a book I will enjoy reading more than
humanity
-- that's 3 billion people -- survives on less than $2 a day per person, without
once.
reliable access to safe water. And 20% of humanity -- that's 1.2 billion people -- survive
on less than $1 a day per person, without safe water, sanitation, basic literacy, basic
Herland Hiking Club
health
care - any real opportunity to develop their human potential. That is the backdrop
ointhe
of
our
lives,
every day, even a year ago, and two years ago. Many people work to inHer1and
crease
America's
foreign aid support for programs helping impoverished people end their
Hiking
poverty
-not
a
hand-out,
but a "hand-up" -- with programs for immunizations, vitamins,
Group for its
Microcredit
Lending
for
Self-Employment,
fighting infectious diseases like tuberculosis,
regular monthly
AIDS
and
malaria.
It
just
seems
our
nation
is more focused on protecting "ours" than on
outing to Martin helping
others
to
get
"theirs."
The
United
States
spends more in two days for military
Nature Park,
preparations
than
it
spends
for
humanitarian
assistance
such as I mentioned in a whole
5000 W. Memoyear.
America
could
be
a
world
leader
in
human
development.
That could be our image
rial, at 10 am on
to
people
everywhere.
Our
country
and
Saturday, April
our flag could be symbols associated with The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
12th. There is also an optional coffee gath2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. The Voice is
building
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ering beforehand at Panera's, comer of
offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles
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reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those
things that help people live better. That
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to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the
could be America's image in the world.
A Big Thank You
writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or
And
I
think
if
that
were
the
way
America
Thanks very much to our own personal
articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonywas perceived around the world,
locksmith who donated her services to remously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
although a donation is requested to meet publication and
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about terrorist attacks.
Rita!
J
PFLAG-OKC
A
newly-fonned chapter of Parents,
Friends, and Families of Lesbians
and Gays (PFl.AG) will hold monthly
meetings at 7 pm on the third Thursday of
every month at First Unitarian Church. The
meetings will be a combination of support
and education programs, and may occasionally include planning for advocacy events
when necessary. The first meeting will be
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. The
church is located at 600 NW 13th Street, at
the intersection of NW 13th Street and
Dewey. Parking is available behind the
church, on the street in front of the church,
and across 13th Street.
PFLAG promotes the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends
through support, to cope with an adverse
society; education, to enlighten the public;
and advocacy, to end discrimination and to
secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides
an opportunity for dialogue about sexual
orientation and gender identity, and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG-OKC joins other chapters in Norman, Stillwater, Tulsa, and Muskogee. The
Nonnan chapter has won awards for its
"Safe and Welcoming Schools" program.
That program, started by the national
PFLAG organization, supports and endorses
efforts by public and private elementary and
secondary schools to create a safe and welcoming environment for all students and
school personnel. It is an excellent example
of the types of educational programs that
PFLAG-OKC envisions.
To contact PFLAG-OKC, send an email to
OKCPFLAG@aol.com. For additional information about PFLAG, please see the national organization's web-site at
www.PFLAG.org.
Family Pride
T
his group for gay and lesbian parents and their kids meets the 3rd
Tuesday of each month in the sanctuary of Church of the Open Arms. The
next meeting is April 15th, at 7 pm. For
more info, contact Dedra at (405) 3500607 or email at familyprideokc@cox.net.
RAIN Benefit with Wendy Woo
N
ationally acclaimed musicians Garrett "Big G" Jacobson and Wendy Woo are the
featured acts for the May Music Fest 2003, Saturday, May 3 at 6:30 pm. The historic Oklahoma City Farmers Market, 311 S. Kline in Oklahoma City, is the location
for the second-annual event.
RAIN-Oklahoma and carePoint have come together to host an event that benefits people living with AIDS across the Western region of Oklahoma.
"With a mixture of jazz and blues, these acts are guaranteed to take the crowd through
a variety of emotions, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows," said RAIN Executive Director Jean Ann VanKrevelen. 'We are incredibly fortunate to have such talent perfonn at this unique location."
RAIN-Oklahoma provides unique, volunteer-based services that are not duplicated in any
other program in the state. In addition to training volunteers to provide non-medical, practical support, RAIN works within all types of community groups to reduce the stigma of
AIDS through education. In 2002, RAIN served 205 people through 400+ volunteers.
Nearly half of RAIN's clients are in Oklahoma City or the surrounding areas.
carePoint is a primary point of entry into Oklahoma's HIV service delivery system. HIV
positive persons living in the 405 and 580 area codes are eligible for their services. These
include case management, homeless outreach, education, housing assistance, medication
management and testing and counseling. In addition, carePoint offers peer support and
HIV+ prevention case management.
Sponsors include the Oklahoma City Fanners Market, May Sound and Lighting, M.A.C
AIDS Fund and the UCO Jazz Lab. Hosting the event is RAIN Advisory Board Member and
KWTV Anchor Angela Buckelew.
Tickets will go on sale March 17 and are available by calling (405) 947-3434 or (800)
324-RAIN. They are also available at the RAIN Oklahoma offices at 1601 N. Drexel Blvd. in
Oklahoma City and at CarePoint, 1200 N. Walker, Suite 500 in Oklahoma City.
The Day of Silence Pr-=ojeet: April 9, 2003
Founded in 1996, this project has become the largest single student-led action towards
creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender
expression. The Day of Silence institutes a visible silence, a silence during which participants protest anti-LGBT discrimination and abuse. Such an effort also allows us to reflect upon how powerful silencing can be, to focus on how we can make our own voices
stronger and to begin to stop silencing ourselves.
15th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
APRIL 17 - 20, 2003
Camp Sister Spirit brings together womyn, women, wimmin, womoon, sisters, mothers,
aunts, nieces, daughters and friends who come to join Southern Sisters in a celebration of
a deep-south spring. This festival creates a community of sisters of many ages, many
races, and many walks of life for empowerment, encouragement and entertainment. The
weekend includes day/night stages, great southern meals (vegetarian and meat), workshops, and more. Accommodations include RV/tent sites, and cabin bunks (limited must
pre-register early). Buildings are ramped and there are private hot showers. No illegal
drugs/alcohol, S/M, or pets are allowed. 1ickets are sliding scale depending on income.
Boys age 6 and under welcome.
PERFORMING THIS YEAR:
Dorothy Hirsch, Trish Williams, Lucie Blue
Tremblay, Shelley Graff, Bonnie Morris, De
Luna, Beth Peterson, and more!
For more info contact:
Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival
PO Box 12
Ovett, MS 39464
or www.campsisterspirit.com
A Poem: Pray for Peace
Attributed to Ellen Bass, via email
Pray to whoever you kneel down to:
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic
cross, suffering face bent to kiss you,
Buddha still under the Bo tree in scorching heat,
Yahweh, Allah, raise your arms to Mary
that she may lay her palm on our brows,
to Shekinhah, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
to Inanna in her stripped descent.
Hawk or Wolf, or the Great Whale, Record Keeper
of time before, time now, time ahead, pray. Bow
down to terriers and shepherds and siamese cats.
Fields of artichokes and elegant strawberries.
Pray to the bus driver who takes you to work,
pray on the bus, pray for everyone riding that bus
and for everyone riding buses all over the world.
If you haven't been on a bus in a long time,
climb the few steps, drop some silver, and pray.
Waiting in line for the movies, for the ATM,
for your latte and croissant, offer your plea.
Make your eating and drinking a supplication.
Make your slicing of carrots a holy act,
each translucent layer of the onion, a deeper
prayer.
Make the brushing of your hair
a prayer, every strand its own voice,
singing in the choir on your head.
As you wash your face, the water slipping
through your fingers, a prayer: Water,
softest thing on earth, gentleness
that wears away rock.
Making love, of course, is already a prayer.
Skin and open mouths worshipping that skin,
the fragile case we are poured into,
each caress a season of peace.
If you're hungry, pray. If you're tired.
Pray to Gandhi and Dorothy Day.
Shakespeare. Sappho. Sojourner Truth.
Pray to the angels and the ghost of your grandfather.
When you walk to your car, to the mailbox,
to the video store, let each step
be a prayer that we all keep our legs,
that we do not blow off anyone else's legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle
or a skateboard, in a wheel chair, each revolution
of the wheels a prayer that as the earth revolves
we will do less harm, less harm, less harm.
And as you work, typing with a new manicure,
a tiny palm tree painted on one pearlescent nail
or delivering soda or drawing good blood
into rubber-capped vials, writing on a blackboard
with yellow chalk, twirling pizzas, pray for peace.
With each breath in, take in the faith of those
who have believed when belief seemed foolish,
who persevered. With each breath out, cherish.
Pull weeds for peace, turn over in your sleep for peace,
feed the birds for peace, .each shiny seed
thatspills onto the earth, another second of peace.
Wash your dishes, call your mother, drink wine.
Shovel leaves or snow or trash from your sidewalk.
Make a path. Fold a photo of a dead child
around your VISA card. Gnaw your crust
of prayer, scoop your prayer water from the gutter.
Mumble along like a crazy person, stumbling
your prayer through the streets.
The Music Scene
by Jill Gamer
I was lucky enough to hear Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor at The Blue Door recently. I read enough rave reviews of them that I decided it was a show I shouldn't miss, and I was right. Chip Taylor first heard Rodriguez at the SXSW festival in 2001 when she was playing
fiddle. He needed a fiddle player and she agreed to join him. Early on in a European tour, he asked if she could sing. She said she could
only sing backup, that she wasn't good enough to sing lead. Their audiences thought otherwise because from the moment she sang, people went wild everywhere they went. Taylor immediately began to write duets that they could sing together. He's also trying to work with
Rodriguez on a solo effort to showcase both her fiddle playing and singing.
Taylor writes almost all the songs on the CD, Let's Leave This Town, that the two recorded together. There's a nice mixture of duets and
harmony singing to make every song interesting. Taylor is a wonderful songwriter, but his voice is not the strong point of the CD. However, with Rodriguez singing along, their voices blend nicely together and his voice becomes more of a highlight than a hindrance.
Rodriguez's voice is beautiful and strong, and has a fairly strong twang at times, which took me by surprise because of her Hispanic ethnicity. But it's mesmerizing and I find myself replaying certain songs again and again just to hear her voice. Her fiddle playing is gorgeous
too.
There are a lot of strong songs on this CD and I really look forward to hearing more from them, or Rodriguez on her own. I highly recommend that you search for this CD because it's definitely worth being able to hear Carrie Rodriguez for yourself, and being able to hit the
replay button again and again. You can find information about it at TrainWreckRecords.com. By the way, Chip Taylor wrote "Wild Thing"
and "Angel of the Morning" and he and Rodriguez performed both at the show, and the small but enthusiastic crowd got to sing along! It
was a great show, and I'm sorry most people in OKC missed it, but check out their website and keep your eye out for more from Carrie
Rodriguez.
EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Strut Your Mutt
0
n Saturday, May 3rd, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, Church of the Open Arms
will host "Strut Your Mutt", the 5th Annual Dog Contest and Cookout.
A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category which includes Best Tail Wag, Most Talented, Best Dressed, Owner Look-a-like, Most
Lovable Mug, Best Kiss, Best Smile,
and Best Bark. This day of doggie
celebration will also include a Hot Dog
Cookout. The Cookout menu includes
hotdogs, chips, soda, and dessert.
During the afternoon there will be prize
raffles, a Doggy-Walk, and a Doggy
Obstacle Course Contest. For the kids,
there will be "Name the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" and "Color the Strut Your
Mutt Dog" contests with a prize
awarded each winner.
Each participant will receive a free doggy goody bag and scarf. The Dog Contest is free but a $5 suggested donation is requested for the Cookout. Contest registration begins at 3:00 pm with judging following at 4:30 pm. Church
of the Open Arms is located at 3131 N. Pennsylvania. For more information
call 525-9555.
April
Saturday. April 5: Mary Reynolds and Louse Goldberg,
Full Circle Bookstore, Fifty Penn Place, 7 pm
Saturday. April 5: Molly Whitworth, Borders on Northwest
Expressway, 8 pm
Sunday. April 6: Freefall opens for John Mc.Cutcheon,
Stage Center, 7 pm (call 528-4422 for tickets)
Monday. April 7: Herland Book Club, 7 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park,
5000 W. Memorial, 10 am
Saturday. April 12: Wimmin's Spirituality Workshop at
Herland, 2 pm
Saturday. April 12: Herland Supper Club at Jaramillo's,
Shepherd Mall, 5:30 pm
Thursday, April 24: Two-Spirit Group at Herland, 6:30
pm
Saturday. April 26: Sisters of Swing at the Arts Festival,
on the Deck Stage, 6 pm
Wednesdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW 23rd and
Classen, 4 - 5:30 pm
Saturdays: Rally for Peace with Iraq, NW Expressway
and Penn, noon - 1 pm
Sundays: Spiritual Walks for Peace, NW 9th & Robinson,
2-3 pm
May
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i l h u r s d a y . May 1: Miss Brown to You, Jazz Lab in Edmond, 8 pm
Save the Date: Adoption Workshop for NonSaturday. May 3: Strut Your Mutt, Church of the Open
Arms, 3131 N. Penn, 3 pm
Traditional Families at Herland
Saturday. May 3: RAIN Benefit, OKC Farmer's Mark.et,
Saturday, lune 7, 2003, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Find out what is involved in adopting children in Oklahoma. Presenters will
May 16-18: Herland Spring Retreat at Roman r<.'ose
include Sandy Ingraham (attorney-at-law), Nancy Viviani (adoptive mother),
June
Carole Patten (a licensed social worker who counsels adoptive parents and
Saturday. June 7: Adoption for Non-Traditional Families
prepares home studies) and a representative of a (family-friendly) adoption
Workshop at Herland, 3 pm
agency licensed to place children in Oklahoma.
Herland Spring Women's Retreat Registration Form
Roman Nose State Park - May 16-18, 2003
At right are guidelines to help you select an appropriate registration
amount. Deadline for pre-registration is May 12. Please remember
that dogs are welcome but must remain on leashes and are not allowed in the dining hall.
Registration fee enclosed (payable to Herland):
-$15 -$25 -$35 -$45 -$60
- Saturday only - $25
Name(s):
Phone:
Address:
City:
email (optional):
State:
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per person
Single Person
Annual Income
Household
Annual Income
under $6,500
under $13,300
$15
$6,500-$13,300
$13,300-$18,000
$25
$13,300-$19,500
$18,000-$26,000
$35
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over $30,000
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Monthly meetings every 2nd Wednesday, 7 pm
at Democratic Party Headquarters
NE 4lst and Lincoln, OKC
for info call James Nimmo at (405) 843-3651
or email violadamore2@yahoo.com
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Clinical Psychology
(405) 321-2148
Box 5119
Norman, OK 73070
Individuals - Couples
Family Therapy, Retreats
Psychiatrist
Doctor's Park
500 E. Robinson, Suite 600
Norman, OK 73071
(405) 321-3719
DOROTHY E. HEIM
Attorney at Law
(405) 691-4949
Sandy Ingraham, J.D., M.S.W.
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Ingraham & Associates, PLLC
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Call me with your legal questions :
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contract issues
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