Community.
Womenspace: A place to find
shelter from, confront violence
By Ali« e Wheeler
Emerald Managing Iditor
Ifomestii violent is •• regu
I.u Iv in i lining i rime in l-ine
(Ionnl\ so regular m fat I that
over at Ml women and i hildren
souglil sliellei ,il Womenspat e
,i lot al shelter [or vil Inns of do
iiieslu violence
"We provide shelter for hat
lered women and their i hil
dren. and Irv to empower those
women to make decisions on
their own. said I'carl Wolfe
volunteer t ommunitv edut a
lion coordinatoi and graduate
student in sociology
Uomensp.ii e runs .1 confi
dential lemporarv shelter
house in Kiigene 24 hour 1 iisis
hotline 1 ounseling, a transition
house, which has inexpensive
apartments for women who are
trying to remove themselves
from abusive situations and
1 ommunitv support groups
held ill both luigene and
Springfield
Volunteers III.ike up 7a pel
lent of the stall at
W omenspat e wlin h means the
sliellei needs an average of 7a
to 10(1 volunteers to film lion
properly Wolfe s job is In 1 e
1 1 nil and si leeii potential vol
unleers Indore and dm mg train
ing sessions
IVopIt* voluntriM In unik .it
the shelter for .1 number t»i n*.»
sons. Wolfe said Some have
Been in abusive relationships
.mil working .il tin* slu*lti*r is ,i
wax ol working through and
slid ng their past exponent es
to the In * net it of themselves and
i itIn rs she said
>.it gist anyone i an hei time a
, ol11nteer at \\ omeiispai e II
lakes a i ertain kind of devo
lion whit h nn hides purl it ipat
mg in t yy o Saturday training
sessions Training ini.hides an
overview of domeslu violent e.
a tlest riplion of VVomenspat e
servites. an explanation ol the
l yt le of y it limit e lllell will! flat
ter .inti women who are hat
tered skill training and role
playing
The training sessions weed
out people who are not pie
pared to deal with the variety
ol situations volunteers at
W oiuensp.it e often have to
hit e W i die said
" \ it.I inis t mss all si it ial
i lasses They are women who
have hecn through a lot emu
tumalh and ph\sit alls I hey
are usually stronger than pen
pie think they are Unite s.ntl
"The t hiltlren reall> y at \ With
some you i an leally see it they
ale really needy ( fillers lake on
the parents role
Being a volunteer at
\\ tinieilsp.it e has its advan
tages unite saitl "You .lie
aide to work \\ 11h women to
stop the t vt.lt* of male violent e
It is re.illv .1 social movement
the dnmestit violent e move
men! .mtl il feels good It) be .1
[Mil ol tlt.it
Womenspiit e neetls volun
leers lo work m many of its ser
\ it es such .is its 24 hum t risis
intervention hotline, residen
tial program, sot i.tl servin' atl
vim at \ anil t hildren's work
els Wolfe said
rhe fust training session will
be held on Saturdav C )t I 7 and
1 lie second on Oil 14 Adtli
Ilona! training is prov idetl out e
volunleers t house a specific
area in which lo work People
who would like volunteer in
formation, contact I’earl Wolfe
at 4H i 8242
Womenspat e begun as a
hotline in PI77. when three
women who had been victims
of domestic violence started
running a t lists line for abused
women out of their home.
Wolfe s.mf
Womenspat e now handles
11\er ti unit tails a vear on its
2 4 hour ttisis line and houses
over 'itltl women and t hildren
m the shellei It is now a non
profit organi/.alion with fund
mg from lot al stale ami federal
sources
I like to think that people
who w ork for orga n i/at ions like
ours want to make a tontiibu
tlon to then sot let\ Wolfe
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Sex hearings canceled
By Stephanie* Holland
Emerald Reporter
Arraignment hearings were < anceled this week for three
people ( tied in Kugene on prostitution-related c harges stem
riling from an alleged sexual researc h projer t
Mu gene Police Department officials cited the three two
weeks ago when the Woods claimed to he conducting a na
tionwide sexual research project to evaluate "the sexual po
tential of the mat ire female," according to police reports
Nam \ Steffen Wood, 44. and Rodney Thorp Wood. I>()
were scheduled to he in t ourt Monday to far e charges of pros
titution and promoting prostitution, respectively. A Universi
ty student was scheduled Thursday to face prostitution
charges
Moth hearings were canceled; however the case is still un
der investigation
Mr Wood, an anesthesiologist at Southampton Hospital
on Long Island. \ Y was suspended from his joh Monday,
said Alex Sneddon, director of development and marketing
lor the hospital.
The University student, who was paid for having sex
w ith Mrs Wood .is part of the reported research project, said
his lawyer told him the charges probably will be dropped.
Eugenians to demonstrate
in Washington for homeless
Bv |anis |oseph
Emerald Reporter
I ifteen people from the Ku
gene Spi ingfield .ire.i .ire in
\\ ashinglon I) (! to rally tor at
fordable housing with 1!.'>(UHM)
to '>00 ooo other demonstrators
Housing Now! .1 National
( nail I ion tor lire Homeless pro
|ei t th.it promotes housing for
average Amoric .111s.is sponsor
mg the demonstration on Satur
day m the nation s 1 apitol
1.1 it <d support for I lousing
Now! began last summer when
Mitc h Snyder an advoc ate tor
the homeless v isited Kugene to
encourage participation in Sat
urdavs demonstration
Ac i Hiding to a ret cut I lolls
ing Now! report, millions of
households pay between !,">
and t>tl percent ol their income
for rent Suit e I'lfi I. federal
housing assistance to these
households has been 1 ut. while
upper i 11c tune families have
benefited from subsidies in the
form ot mortgage lax exemp
tions the report said
Demonstrators tire encour
aged to meet w ith their con
gressional representatives and
urge them to support affordable
housing legislation, the report
said
'Housing is one of the hot
test issues (tuning around."
said Norman Kiddle. .1 home
less outreac h worker for White
Bird (dinit's Health (dire for
tin! 1 iomeless Project.
Kiddle added that the rally
w ill show homelessness is a na
tioinvide problem .11 loss the
nation and not just in certain
places.
" This event, led In homeless
men and women, will give
hope to millions who sleep in
our nation’s parks and on
steam grates." said Donna lira
zile, I lousing Now! national co
ordinator
1 lousing Now' serr es to
bridge the gap lor Americans
who are finding it dilticull. d
not impossible to find decent
and affordable housing
Burr\ Xigas. national presi
dent of the National l ow In
mine Housing (audition said
the rally is ,1 non-violent dem
onstration encouraging reform
ol the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and
the restoration of budget funds
tor housing
Housing Now! seeks support
trom people in every state
Lack of money kept more Ore
gonians from attending the ral
Iv Kiddlt* said
Were a long way trom
V\ ashington D.t A lot ol pri 1
pie wanted to go that couldn !
her anise were so far ar\ay
Kiddle said.
The 1 T> people that did go
hope to show members of ( on
gross it is in their interest to
i reate more affordable housing
in Kugene and natiourvide lie
said
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