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The Great March
Letters Project
To the Editor:
I was so emotionally moved by the March on
Washington for love and life, October 10-11,
that I must thank you. my gay and lesbian
brothers and sisters, our friends and relatives,
for coming to my home and making my city so
beautiful with your love and solidarity. I will
carry the experience with me always and it will
nourish me in a million situations.
I want to honor and enhance the love and
communion we created in Washington by keep
ing the spirit of the March alive. I want to do this
by publishing a compilation of letters expres
sing the feelings, thoughts and experiences of
those of you who came to Washington and par
ticipated in the March.
The March was a unique experience in all of
our lives and it will make our community stronger
if we know how the other hundreds of thousands
of gay and lesbian people, their friends and
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relatives felt about the March It will be more
than a souvenir, it will be a tangible reminder of
our individual and collective aspirations.
Please write legibly on white paper, using
ty pewriter or dark ink. Please include where
you live, your age and whether you are a gay
man, a lesbian or a friend or relative. Include
only your initials on the letter if you do not w ant
your name published. If you have other cor
respondence. please include it on a separate
sheet. 1 do not have the resources to respond to
inquiries but I will place an announcement in
this paper or bookstore when the Great March
Letters Project is available.
Stephen Westfall
POBox 11509
Cleveland Park Station
Washington. D C. 20008
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lenges faced by the gay/lesbian community.
Previously. I suppose. I had shrugged my
shoulders and said. “Oh. well, it doesn't con
cern me.”
Thanks. Expanded awareness = new attitude
and greater level of caring. We are all human
beings, after all.
Brenda Damaskos
Portland
Write Neil a letter
To the Editor:
This is an urgent reminder to all of you who
have not voiced your support to Governor Neil
Goldschmidt for signing the executive order
prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation. He is receiving many letters of dis-
We are all human beings
To the Editor:
I loved the current issue [November]. It gave
me a better understanding of the issues/chal
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In 1974 Karen received an M.A. in creative
writing
from San Francisco State * >sit;
aren Brodine, poet and national leader of
tnd taught in the creative wiitinc and extended
Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist
Party, died on October 18 at the age of 40 from education departínents Shr jKoleu
numerous poetrv workshops for ••
metastatic breast and liver cancer.
writing groups in the Bay area.
Karen believed in equality for women through
Karen was also a typesetter and graphic artist
out the world and devoted her life to the arts and
and
had an understanding of the plight of the
revolutionary politics.
woman office worker. She helped organize a
“ Karen was a Fighter.” says Adrienne Wel
union at Communication Arts Inc. in San
ler. member of the Radical Women and Free
Francisco and wrote extensively about race, sex
dom Socialist Party in Portland. “ She could
and class oppression of women on the job.
ignite a room and bring it alive with her depth of
From 1982 to 1984 Karen coordinated the Merle
feeling. She was an extraordinary person that
Woo Defense Committee, enabling Woo. a poet
would speak out whenever she felt something
and instructor, to win a multiple discrimination
was wrong.”
lawsuit against UC Berkeley.
Karen was raised in Woodinville, Washing
Karen's major works include three books of
ton. during the McCarthy period and spoke with
poetry. Slow Juggling (1975). Workweek (1977),
much pride of her grandmother. Harriet Pierce.
and illegal Assembly (1980). Her fourth book of
Harriet Pierce was hounded by the FBI and
poetry. Woman Sitting at the Machine, Thinking.
blacklisted by employers for “ un-American”
will oe published soon. Her essays and poetry
union activities and feminist convictions.
have been printed and reviewed in national and
In 1968 Karen moved to the San Francisco
international literary, feminist and gay publica
Bay area and graduated from l ;C Berkelev
tions. Karen has read her poetry nationwide,
with a B. A. in humanities and «I'-amatit. art.
including the 1985 Portland Poetry Festival.
She taught dance in the Richmond and Berkeley
Portland’s International Women's Day Cele
school districts for five years and was pan of the
bration in 1986. and at Reed College.
Movable Feast Dance Group.
The Karen Brodine Memorial Publications
In the earlv "70s. Karen co-founded the
Wo len Writers Union in San Francisco, whose Fund has been established to finance the publish
ing of ner writings. Contributions may be sent
members combined creative writing with politi
to
Nellie Wong c/o Valencia Hall, 523-A
cal activism. She was also founding co-editor of
the Kelsey Street Press in Berkeley and editor of Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. For
more information call (503) 249-8067.
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approval, so let’s show him how much we ap
prove of his courage in this action.
Please take five minutes to write to Govern« >r
Goldschmidt. He needs to hear from us.
Kelly Xtasek
Portland
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