Conference to discuss women’s issues
By PAUL TELLES
Of the Emerald
The 1981 Women’s Symposium
begins today with a full schedule of
speeches, workshops and art exhibits.
At 9:30 a m. in the EMU Dad’s Room,
symposium co-directors Dee Dee
Akiyama and Linda Chase will officially
open the symposium, which concludes
Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Today’s events will include.
“Racism: Taking Action,’’ a three
part program sponsored by the YWCA
The first part, a panel discussion titled
“What is Racism?,” will begin at 10 a m.
in the Dad’s Room.
The second part, “Workshops for
Discussion and Introspection,” will be
held in three separate sections, one for
minority women, one for white women
and one for men and women of all
races. The sessions will begin at 2 p.m.
The session for minority women will be
held in EMU Room 214, the one for
white women will be held in EMU Room
213, and the mixed session will be held
in the Dad's Room.
The program’s third part, a panel
discussion of coalition-building against
racism, will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dad’s
Room.
Other events today will be:
A panel discussion of “Choices in
Women’s Health Care” at 10 a m. in the
EMU Forum.
A discussion of “Coalition Building
Across Differences” at 10 a m. in EMU
Room 108.
A workshop on “Current Trends in
Maternity Health Care” at 10:30 a.m. in
EMU Room 101.
A speech on “Contemporary Issues
in Asian-American Women Writer’s
Work” by Merle Woo, an occasional
teacher of Ethnic Studies at the
University of California at Berkeley, at
noon in the Dad’s Room.
A discussion of “Christianity: Femin
ine Mystique or Faith in Action?” at 1:30
p.m. in EMU Room 101.
A discussion of “Development: For
People or Profit” in EMU Room 215 at 2
p.m.
A videotape workshop at 3 p.m. in
EMU Room 110 at 3 p.m.
A "Coalition-Building Potluck” at the
YWCA at 5:30 p.m.
The showing of two films, “The Mak
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ing of the Dinner Party" and "Nigun,”
at 7:30 p.m. in 177 Lawrence.
A speech on the right to resist and
fight in self-defense by Nilak Butler, of
the American Indian Movement, at 8
p.m. in the Dad’s Room.
A women’s art exhibit will open at
noon in Room 167 and continue until
the symposium’s end on Friday.
Wednesday’s events will be:
A discussion of "Breastfeeding
Today” at 9:30 a.m. in EMU Room 108.
A discussion of “Lesbian Concep
tion: Another Way to Use Your Turkey
Baster’’at 9:30 a m. in EMU Room 214.
This discussion will be open to women
only.
A workshop on “Fat is a Feminist
Issue" at 10 a.m. in EMU Room 214.
A panel discussion of the "Hazards in
Reproductive Options" at 10:30 a.m. in
EMU Room 110.
A women-only discussion of "Separ
atism and Women’s Revolution" at
10:30 a.m. in EMU Room 214.
A discussion of “Friends of Lesbians:
How You Can be an Ally” at 10:30 a.m.
in EMU Room 101.
A discussion of “Coming Out Before
‘Coming of Age’ ’’ at 11:30 a.m. in EMU
Room 101.
A discussion of “Mothering in the
Lesbian Community" at noon in EMU
Room 214.
A discussion of the role of women in
education at 1:30 p.m. in EMU Room
110.
Graphic courtesy of Women s Symposium
A women-only discussion of “Com
ing Out” at 1:30 p.m. in EMU Room 101.
A discussion of "Ma, can I be a
Feminist and still Like Men?,” at 2:30
p.m. in the Dad's Room.
A discussion of “Naturopathy as an
Alternative for Women” at 3 p.m. in the
EMU Forum.
A women-only discussion of lesbian
history at 4 p.m. in EMU Room 101.
A discussion of “Nutrition in the 80s”
at 4 p.m. in EMU Room 108.
A discussion of "Differently Abled
Lesbians” at 5 p.m. in EMU Room 214.
A poetry and music session at 6:30
p.m. in Aunt Lucy Devine’s Wine Loft on
Alder Street.
“Stories Mother Never Told You” by
Eugene storyteller Cynthia Orr at 8 p.m.
in the EMU Forum.
Thursday’s events will be:
A workshop on “Talking to Children
About Sex” at 9:30 a m. in EMU Room
112.
A discussion of "How to Help if Your
Friend is Raped” at 10:30 a m. in EMU
Room 101.
A discussion of "Being a Strong
Woman in the 80s" at 10:30 a m. in
EMU Room 110.
A workshop on female sexuality at
10:30 a m. in EMU Room 214.
A workshop on lesbian health care at
11 a m. in EMU Room 215.
An assertiveness training session at
12:30 p.m. in EMU Room 108.
A discussion of the “Impact of Poli
tics on Families, Women and Children’’
at 1:30 p.m. in the Dad’s Room.
A self-help workshop on women’s
health care at 1:30 p.m. in EMU Room
215.
A panel discussion of the "Feminist
Literary Subculture’’ at 2:30 p.m. in
EMU Room 110.
A film on domestic violence, titled
"To Love, Honor and Obey," at 2:30
p.m. in Studio B of the Instructional
Media Center.
A speech on female alcholism by
Diane Reed, a member of Women for
Sobriety, at 3 p.m. in EMU Century
Room A.
A speech on how women can avoid
financial failures by investment broker
Mary Covington at 3:30 p.m in EMU
Room 101.
A belly-dancing workshop at 5:30
p.m. in EMU Room 113.
The showing of a film about photo
grapher Imogen Cunningham at 7 p.m.
in Science 123.
A dance at 7:30 p.m. at 1235 Kincaid
St. with music provided by First Light,
an all women rock ’n’ roll band. Admis
sion to the dance will be $2-4, based on
a sliding scale.
Friday’s events will be:
A workshop on the sexual victimiza
tion of children at 9:30 a m. in EMU
Room 112.
A workshop on building sexual-confi
dence at 10 a m. in EMU Room 215.
A discussion of the problems of older
women at 10:30 a m. in EMU Room 108.
A workshop on "Women and the
Arms Race" at 11:30 a m. in EMU Room
337.
A speech on American Indian
Women by Susan Molares, of the Amer
ican Indian Movement, at noon in the
Dad’s Room.
A workshop on women in the media
at 1:30 p.m. in the EMU Forum.
A workshop on "The Link between
Nutrition and the Menstrual Blues” at
1:30 p.m. in EMU Room 108.
A discussion of "Spirituality: the
Feminine Experience" at 3:30 p.m. in
EMU Room 101.
A speech on black issues by Denise
Carty-Bennia, professor of law at
Northeastern University, at 7:30 p.m. in
the EMU Forum.
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