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HERLAND VOICE
Ju
2003
Volume 21, Number 7
Power Tools and Lunch Too!
Y
ou may have noticed our trees need
trimming and a few other things
need doing
as well. Herland is
having a work. day
Saturday, July 5th.
We're going to start
at 10:00 am and
we'll break for lunch
around noon, courtesy of Herland.
We'll let the workers
decide whether they
want pizza or deli sandwiches or anything
else that's quick and easy. So gather up
your tools and implements of mass construction and head on over to help us
spruce the place up!
'ff~~e}r, c;~g
Sa-curdaY, JUIY l2, 5:30 pm
at"Rasoi
28ZJ N. MaY in OKC
Hertand at 7:30 pm
Tbe StJpper Club Will 'tT"I Indian and
'Pat<iStanl cuisine 'this month at"RaSOI.
Aft:Er ~ we Wilt go bacf( w Herland w watCh a film <Yet to be deter. mined>. Meet at Hertand at 5:15 pm if
· ~u UJOUld lit<e to carpool to "Rasoi.
Native American Women
T
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here's a bit of good news from the US Supreme Court fOr a change. In Nevada Department ofHuman Resources v. Hibbs, the Court upheld a lower court ruling that
said state governments were required to abide by the federal Family and Medical
Leave Act.
The decision upholding the right of a male state employee to take a leave of absence to
care for an ailing relative barred states from relying on the gender stereotype that only
women would require time off to meet family caretaking responsibilities.
William Hibbs, an employee of the Nevada state government, sued after being denied a
leave of absence to care for his wife. Under the act, eligible employees are entitled to 12
weeks of unpaid leave for family and medical reasons in a given 12-month period. The
court's decision says the Family and Medical Leave Act, as written by Congress, was intended to be applied to women and men, as well as both private and public employees.
Justice Rehnquist wrote, "Because employers continued
to regard the family as the woman's domain, they often
denied men similar accommodations or discouraged them
from taking leave. These mutual reinforcing stereotypes
created a self-fulfilling cycle of discrimination that forced
women to continue to assume the role of primary caregiver and fostered employers' stereotypical views about
women's commitment to work. and their value as employ-
ees."
fOllOwed bY Movie Night
at
Supreme Court Action
from womensenews.org
he OKC Two-Spirit Society is having
meetings for lesbian and bi-sexual
women of Native American descent.
Come and share a meal with us at Herland
on July 24th at 6:30pm. The OKC TwoSpirit Hotline number is (405) 317-7283.
The decision demonstrates that the Supreme Court currently "has a better understanding
of stereotypes, how they operate and how they limit women," said Wendy Weiser, a staff
attorney for the New York-based NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, which filed a
friend-of-the-court brief in support of the plaintiff.
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Among other organizations supporting Hibbs were 9to5, National Association of Working
Women, the American Association of University Women, and the National Council of Negro
Women. In all, 31 organizations signed on to a separate friend-of-the-court brief.
Best Companies for Working Women of Color
from
womensenews.org
F
or eighteen years the magazine Working Mother has published a "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" list. This year they added a list of the best companies for
women of color as well.
It's a short list. American Express, Fannie Mae and IBM.
To make the cut, the three companies had to demonstrate that they not only employ
women of color in executive, professional, and managerial positions, but that they are also
committed to diversity and assisting women of color in job advancement.
The magazine offered an online application directed at for-profit American corporations
with at least 3000 employees and $500 million in annual revenue. In completing the application, company representatives answered questions about employee demographics, programs directed at diversity and advancement and managerial responsibility for overseeing
such programs. Also a random sample of women-of-color executives, managers and
(continued page 3)
Womyn of Color Club
The Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of each month. Please email
wornynoft:olor@gay.com or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more information.
www.hertandsisters.org
Email: hertandsisters@cox.net
Hertand Sister Resources, 2312 N'N 39th, Oklahoma Oty, OK 73112
(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Club
Great Female Performers at Woody Guthrie Festival
The Herland Book Club will meet again on
Monday, July 7th, at 7 pm to discuss Marge
Piercy's classic, Woman on the Edge of
Time The selection for August is Zami: A
New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde.
Once again, the Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah (July 9th -13th) has a great lineup of
female performers, and male performers too! Starting on Thursday night on the 'Pastures
of Plenty' stage (yes, it really is in a pasture), Mary Reynolds performs at 7:20 pm and the
Bums Sisters, three wonderful harmonizing sisters, come on at 9:50 pm.
Friday afternoon the energetic singer and fiddler Darcie Deaville performs. She's always
one of my favorites. That evening, Tracy Grammar plays at 7:20 pm and she'll also be performing at The Blue Door on Sunday the 13th at 8:00 pm. For many years she traveled
and perfurmed with her partner, musical whiz Dave carter until his untimely death a year
ago. Later that evening, Austinite Eliza Gilkyson takes the stage.
On Saturday at 2:45 pm, Emily Kaitz plays, and that night, one of my very favorite singers, carrie Newcomer, will be singing on the 'Pastures' stage.
This year's festival promises to be another weekend of stellar music. And if you like old
buildings, you have to make it over to the Brickstreet care for some shows. And check out
the downstairs, particularly if it's hot. Also, the Crystal Theater is a wonderful place to get
lost in music for a couple of hours.
The 6th Annual Festival marks the return of Ario Guthrie, Sarah and Abe Guthrie, as well
as American folk icon Pete Seeger. The Guthrie family, with Seeger will be the closing act
on July 12 at the 'Pastures of Plenty' main stage. A jam-band coming together solely for
the purpose of performing at the 2003 festival features Ario's children - cathy, Annie, Abe,
and Sarah Guthrie with her husband Johnny.
All the venues are great places for music but the 'Pastures of Plenty' is always my favorite, particularly when the sun goes down and the stars come out. Drinks are fine but no ice
chests or glass are allowed. Bring a picnic or food is available to buy. Visit
www.woodyguthrie.com for more info. Hope to see you there!
Book Review
Woman~ Realityby Anne Wilson Schaef
Reviewed by WG
A
This book really impressed me! We
agreed that living in a male society sometimes makes it hard for women to achieve
their potential, and that at times we have to
compromise when working for or with men.
Although women are making some strides,
men still control most aspects of our society.
Schaefs perspective was informative and
enlightening. She says that the white male
system needs to analyze, understand and
explain the world, whereas the female system is about growing, changing, without the
need to control or define. The author had
very gocxl observations about the differences between women's and men's realities.
·J
Herland Hiking Club
oin the Herland Hiking Group for its
regular monthly outing to Martin
Nature Park, 5000 W. Memorial, at
10amon
Saturday,
July 12th.
There is also
an optional
coffee gathering beforehand
at
Panera's,
comer of
Memorial&
Meridian, at
9:30am.
Our World in Perspective
source CARP Niagara Chapters News, April 2001
f w~ could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people,
with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
There would be 'SJ Asians, 21
Europeans, 14 from the Western
Hemisphere, both north and
south, and 8 Africans;
52 would be female, 48 would be
male, 70 would be non-white, 30
would be white, 70 would be
non-Christian, 30 would be
Christian, 89 would be heterosexual, 11 would be homosexual; 6 people would possess
59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the
United States; 80 would live in
substandard housing, 70 would
be unable to read, 50 would suffer from
malnutrition; 1 would be near
death, 1 would be near birth, 1 (yes, The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. The Voice is
only 1) would have a college educa- offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles
reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those
tion, and 1 would own a computer.
of Heriand Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters
, When one considers our world from to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the
writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or
such a compressed perspective, the
articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonyneed for acceptance, understanding
mously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
and education becomes glaringly ap- although a donation is requested to meet publication and
distribution costs.
parent.
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Copyright 2003 Peggy Johnson
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That spring and summer we lived on hot dogs
And the occasional hamburger
And we felt guilty everytime we put that meat in our mouths
in our system
And the vegetables scared us too
with their pesticides, insecticides,
Fertilized with toxic waste
While war raged in Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel
and Palestine and Africa
and on the southside
And we felt guilty guilty guilty
And lazy lazy lazy
While we stayed up too late
calling just staying alive
Work
And we worked worked worked
too hard too long
Appropriately guilty
as if as if
The guilt would assuage our crime
would detoxify the chemicals
would neutralize the over abundance of unnatural
ingredients in our food
would take the calories out of the fat, the oil we crave
The guilt would unblock our arteries
would save us from getting old
Or at least being old
We could die in our sleep
instead of alive until our bodies decay around us
Eaten away by microorganisms calied "too long, too iong,
you've used this thing up and you're still breathing"
As if the guilt would make us thin, make us buff
Our minds and brains beyond their ability to comprehend so
they go
they go they go
Crazy like a labyrinth, a maze with no ending, no beginning
Just tumbling down, falling forever into
Peace, serenity
That's what we crave
Peace through guilt
Peace through war
Love through hatred
Resentment breeds freedom in the complex guilty world
Where all we're really looking for
Is a pure, ripe tomato
And an ear of com with just one or two worms
And a bushel of butterbeans to shell with our family
While mosquitoes buzz
And the children do their chores
Preparing them for their guilt free freedom
While the hot dogs cook on the grill
And the charcoal emits its pollutants
Past and through the hole in the sky
Out there
Where we presume life like us lives
Unfettered by our failings
Where we can be reborn
There
Not here
It's too late here
:~ry
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Tuesday. July 1: Miss Bwwn to You <it G<ilileo, 8:30 pm
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Saturday. July 5: Work D<iy <it Herl<ind, 10:00 <im
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July 9-13: Woody Guthrie Festivql in Okem<ih
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Saturday. July 12: Herl<ind Hike <it M<irtin N<iture P<irk, 5000 W. •
Memori<il, 10 <im
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Saturday. July 12: Herl<ind Supper
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Club <it R<!soi, 5:30 pm
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Sunday. July 13: Womyn of Color
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• Monday. July 14: OGLPC Monthly
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• 39th, 7:00 pm
: Friday. July 18: Louise's Birthd<ty
• P<irty <it Galileo, 9:00 pm
: Thursday. July 24: Women's Two• Spirit Meeting at Herland, 6:30 pm
: Sunday. July 27: Mary Reynolds, Louise Goldberg, <ind Emily
• l«litz at River's Edge Bistro in Tuls<i, 5:00 pm
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• Sunday. August 3: Miss Brown
to You at Mount St.
Mary's,
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• August 12-17: Michigan Womyn's Music Festivql
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Best Companies (continued)
professionals were asked to fill out an anonymous online survey. In total, 1115 women of color were surveyed.
Although 100 companies downloaded applications, only 10 submitted
them. Let us hope that the other 90 were so dismayed by their paltry
answers that they have instigated reforms to become more hospitable to
women of color.
More women of color are entering the corporate world, yet they are
less likely than men and white women to fill higher positions and earn
larger salaries. Representation of women of color in the workplace in
terms of management and executive positions is still very low, the
magazine said. While one out of every seven American workers is a
woman of color, only one in twelve managers is.
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