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International
AIDS/ARC
Candlelight
Memorial
The Cascade AIDS Project will sponsor
the local observance of the 4th Interna
tional Candlelight Memorial for people
who have died of AIDS and ARC. The
memorial, which will be observed in over
75 cities on four continents, is scheduled
for Monday, May 25th, at 8:00 p.m ., at
First Congregational Church of Portland,
11 SW Park.
Noting that Memorial Day is the tradi
tional day for honoring and remembering
the dead, CAP Executive Director Tom
Koberstein said: “ It’s important that we
find ways as a community to collectively
express our losses and our griefs, and at
the same time speak of our hope and our
solidarity in the face of AIDS’ many
challenges.’’
The international event is being
organized by Mobilization Against AIDS,
a San Francisco based group, which will
be distributng a poster to advertise the
event. According to Paul Boneberg, Ex
ecutive Director of Mobilization Against
AIDS, “ The specifics of each local
memorial is completely up to local
organizers to determine.’’ He stressed that
all participating locations are urged to use
candles as a unifying component.
The Portland Candlelight Memorial will
feature musical performance, a collective
expression of our losses and our hopes,
and an address by Koberstein. The event is
open to the public.
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Great Peace March
treks USSR in June
The intrepid members and supporters of
The Great Peace March did not stop at
walking from Los Angeles to Washington
D.C.,in June, 200 Americans and 200
Soviet Citizens will walk from Leningrad
to Moscow, urging an end to the arms race.
The group states: “ The path to peace is
through mutual understanding.’’
Rebecca Smith of Corvallis, Oregon,
who walked the entire coast to coast march
last year, will be one of the U.S. repre
sentatives. She joined this month long
walk to continue her education and reach
out to other people. On the march last year
she learned to appreciate the changes that
could be made on a grass roots level,
changing peoples’ minds by direct contact.
On the U.S.-Soviet walk she expects that
walking, cooking, and talking with Rus
sians will help end the fear and distrust that
arms buildup is based on.
Each representative needs to raise
$2500 plus airfare to Wash. D.C. Please
make your check for 5 to 300 dollars out
to: Rebecca Smith-International Peace
Walk Fund, and send it to: Peace and
Justice “ Gofers,” 101 NW 23rd St.,
Corvallis, OR 97330. Or write Rebecca
via the “ Gofers” for more information on
how you can become involved in support
ing the International Peace Walk.
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State, city declare
Suicide Awareness
Week
Suicide is the 8th leading cause of death
in the United States and in Oregon. It is the
2nd leading cause of death among teen
agers. While the suicide rate dropped
slightly in Oregon in 1985, it continues to
be higher than the national rate. To help
alert the public to this critical problem,
Governor Neil Goldschmidt and Mayor
Bud Clark have proclaimed May 3-9,
1987, Suicide Awareness Week.
Laura Scolar, Executive Director of
Metro Crisis Intervention Service, stated
that many suicides can be prevented. She
explained that the typical signs that often
precede a suicide attempt include depres
sion, sudden or unexplained changes in
behavior, and efforts to get one’s affairs in
order, including reviewing wills and giv
ing away personal possessions.
Metro Crisis Intervention Service
developed an area-wide telephone and
mobile crisis intervention service. This
service would help assure that individuals
and families in the area would have assist
ance when facing problems which might
overwhelm or exceed their coping skills.
Metro utilizes a large body of volunteers
in this effort which holds down the cost of
services. Another benefit to the commun
ity includes the training received by these
volunteers which increases the number of
individuals who work as natural helpers
assisting friends and families who find
themselves in crisis.
Metro Crisis Intervention Service is a
24-hour telephone hotline serving the
Portland metropolitan area. The agency
receives over4,000 calls each month from
individuals experiencing a wide variety of
problems. Those who call receive free,
confidential telephone counseling,
information and referral to other
communty resources. The crisis line num
bers are 223-6161 or 681-7020.
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PSU course offers
different view
of women
Portland State University’s 1987
Women’s Studies Summer Program is of
fering a special five course component en
titled: “ Against the Grain: Alternative
Perceptions of Women’s Experience.”
Each of the classes will offer new repre
sentations of the female experience and
femininity, designed to challenge tradi
tional scholarship and ideas. The program
will provide new perspectives in history,
psychology, sociology, cultural studies,
biology and health. Classes may be taken
individually. Together, they provide a
comprehensive overview of non-tradi-
tional ideas about the female experience.
The five courses include: Contempo
rary Issues: Women’s Health; Self-
Image and Body Size; Insanity and
Femininity; Women-Identified-Women;
and Sexual Politics and Cinema
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Two-career lesbian
couple survey
Lucia Gilbert and Natalie Eldridge of
the University of Texas at Austin are look
ing for women to participate in their study
of dual-career lesbian couples. Research
participants being sought are lesbian
couples (together in a primary relationship
for at least two years) where each woman
has been employed or in school full-time
during most of the relationship.
Participants will be asked to complete a
questionnaire. The identities of participants
will be kept confidential. Participants
who wish to receive a questionnaire mailed
to “ Resident” should so indicate. Those
interested should contact Gilbert and
Eldridge at: Counseling Psychology
Program, EDB 504, University of Texas,
Austin, TX 78712.
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