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Women’s History Events
The Last Word
Women's Health Fair
Local health advocates and
THE
LAST
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W omen’s Literary O pen Mike organizations for women will be
continues its w inter season at In on h a n d to share inform ation
O th er W ords W om en’s Books on th eir organizations. Partici
and Resources (located at 3734 p a n ts in c lu d e th e O re g o n
SE H aw thorne Blvd.) T h e guest School of Massage, the College
host will be Kristy Athens. All of O rien tal M edicine, the Col
women are invited to bring their lege of N aturopathic M edicine,
own poetry, short fiction, jour the W ashington County H ealth
nal m usings, personal essays, an d H u m an Services d e p a rt
and other w ritten and spoken m ent, Planned Parenthood and
words to read for 5-7 minutes. the Breast Cancer Clinic. This
T he work runs the gam ut of hu event will be at Portland Com
morous, political, sexy, somber, m unity College, A pril 6 at Mall,
lo v e lo rn , lo v e stru c k , a n g ry , Building 3 from 10 AM - 2 PM.
quiet, personal, loud and sassy.
Asian American Poets
The Natural Way
T h e N atural Way Series is a
w orkshop series on E arth heal
ing and sp iritu al grow th. O n
W ednesday, M arch 31, Sister
Jose Hobday, a Seneca Elder,
Sister of Franciscan O rd e r and
author of Sim ple Living: T he
Way to In n e r Freedom .
The Lavender Menace
In O th e r W ords is p ro u d to
p r e s e n t c e le b r a te d e d ito r ,
w riter an d activist K arla Ja y
read in g from h er sh arp , funny
new m em o ir of b ein g a ra d i
cal le s b ia n in th e 6 0 ’s a n d
7 0 ’s: T ales o f th e L a v e n d e r
M enace. W ith a can ny eye for
d etail, h e r m em o ir creates a
vivid realistic p o rtra it o f early
1970s f e m in is t a n d s e x u a l
ra d ic a lism , fro m c o m m u n a l
living to g ro u p sex to th e wa
tersh ed fem inist p ro test in th e
offices o f L adies H o m e J o u r
nal. K arla J a y w ill be read in g
fro m h e r n e w b o o k o n
W ednesday, A p ril 17, 7 PM at
In O t h e r W o rd s (3 7 3 4 SE
H aw th o rn e Blvd.).
Many Strong and
Beautiful Women
T h is th eatrical p ro d u ctio n
w as d e v e lo p e d b y th e Sam
Barlow H igh School’s T h eater
A rts program . T h e show por
trays a w om an’s life from ado
lescence to m aturity, illum inat
ing the possibilities for the fu
ture, w hile invoking m em ories
from past experiences. T h e play
draw s from literatu re by and
about women. A question-and-
answer session follows the 50-
m inute production. T h e event
will be at P ortland C om m unity
College on W ednesday, M arch
31 at T errell H all, R oom 122
from N O O N - 1 PM.
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Radical Women will host lo
cal activists reading the works of
Asian A m erican women poets
on Thursday, A pril 8, at 7 PM.
A T hai buffet will be available
at 6:30 PM for a $6 donation.
Everyone is welcome. T he read
ing w ill be h e ld at th e NW
Neighborhood Cultural Center
in th e C o m m unity Room lo
cated at 1819 NW Everett in
P o rtlan d . C all 503/228-3090.
W heelchair accessible.
GirlFriend Prayer
Breakfast
C h rist M em orial C O G IC ,
D epartm ent of W omen Affairs
will be holding Girlfriend Week
end. It will be Saturday and Sun
day, M arch 27"‘ and 28*h. This
year’s them e is “W om an, the
Q ueen of His H eart.” T he scrip
ture used will be I Samuel 12:24.
This event will be held Saturday,
M arch 27°“, at the Alderwood
In n at th e A irp o rt, 7025 NE
A lderw ood Road. T he Prayer
Breakfast will be from 9 AM to
I PM , and the tickets are $20.
T h e guest speaker will be N a
tional Evangelist Lois Moore of
Los Angeles, C alifornia. C all
503/ 286-9624.
Pedal For Tbe Cure
In O ther Words will be showing
a slide show of the momentous
1997 PEDAL FO R T H E CURE,
w hile ra isin g aw areness a n d
money for the 1999 ride this May.
In November of 1997, a team of
II women made history by riding
bicycles from San Diego, Califor
nia to Jacksonvill, Florida. Nicki
Eybel will host the evening. Eybel
will join 40 women in San Diego
on May 14 to ride across the
country. T he slide show will be
free. Call 232-6003.
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W OMEN
S H IS T O R Y
M ONTH
THE END OF PATRIARCHY
tu ry , th e re is a resu rg en ce o f
arch is W om en’s His valuing the fem inine qualities of
tory M onth. Currently, q u ie t w isd o m , re c e p tiv e n e ss ,
women are questioning n u rtu rin g , gentleness and holis
thinking.
Som e in the m en’s
Patriarchy as they redefine tic them
selves and influence our changing m o v e m e n t a re a w a k e n in g to
society. W om en are collectively th e ir own fem inine side to find
recognizing their inner masculine balance. T hey are strong by be
at
peace
w ith in
qualities to achieve balance within in g
themselves, but the old images of th e m se lv e s...th e y a re g e n tle r,
masculine under patriarchy leave wiser and in touch with feelings.
many women conflicted and polar D aniel G olem an w rote the book
ized. We can define patriarchy as E m otional Intelligence in which
“the system of paternal/filial au he states th at em otional intelli
th o rity over th e m a te rn a l and gence is m uch m ore im p o rtan t
child like that renders us incapable then IQ in d e te rm in in g success
of genuinely loving ourselves and in today’s w orld.
T here are m asculine images
others. “T his is the definition of
Claudio Naranjo in his book, The that are positive and not connected
End of Patriarchy and the Dawn w ith patriarchy. T he word hus
band itself means “one who takes
ing of a Tri-Une Society. Patriar
chy means power and control over. cares of.” He is one who cares for
It means a system that does not and cares about his world. He gives
value the feminine qualities of co all his strength, beauty and wis
operation, nurturing, surrender, dom to th a t endeavor. A “real
trusting, love, compassion. It also m an” is one who has power-in-re-
sponse instead of power-over. He
does not value the child like quali
ties of playfulness, spontaneity, knows himself and has compassion
and stewardship as high values. He
openness, questioning and joy.
U nder patriarchy, women are is not just in this life for himself
exploited and m ade depen d en t alone, to accumulate “things” and
upon the econom ic support of a ignore his fellow hum ans and the
m an. T hey are constantly bom environment.
Some men and women in our
b arded w ith im ages of the ultra
fem inine like a super m odel or society are still jockeying for power.
negatively portrayed as posses T he equality sought by both sexes
sive, seductive, m anipulative or is not the equality betw een the
“angry fem inists,” N aranjo states millions of m en and women on
th a t he has been exploring for a this planet; that is only the out
long tim e the view of patriarchy ward appearance. W hat is really
as the single root of industrial- happening is not a “battle between
m indedness, capitalism , exploi the sexes,” it is a war between each
tation, greed, alienation, our in individual’s masculine and femi
capacity for peace and the d e nine natures, explains M ichael
Katz, a local writer.
struction of the n a tu ra l world.
N aranjo envisions a tri-une so
As we move into the 21“ cen
B y J oy R amos and D iane A dams , M.A.
M
ciety in which we honor father,
m other and child. All three have
equal power and c o n trib u te to
our m utual well-being. C hildren
are m arvelous teachers of tru th ,
newness, play, spontaneity and
freshness. We m ust recognize
them in both our laws and prac
tices. T hey have a com plem en
tary and harm onizing effect on
both m en and women. Like a tr i
angle, man-woman-child form a
stable structure.
T he system of patriarchy can
only function with the cooperation
of women. In the past their coop
eration was secured by gender in
doctrination, education, denying
women the knowledge of their his
tory and dividing w om en, one
from the other, by defining out
right coercion; by discrim ination
in access to economic resources
and political power. For nearly four
th o u s a n d years, w om en have
shaped their lives under the um
brella of patriarchy and they have
done so willingly because to step
outside of women’s roles m eant
terrible consequences.
Today, our planet, our peoples,
our future depends upon women
assuming the right to define our
collective values, policies and pro
cedures. This means redefining all
of our societal structures: educa
tion, economics, politics, religion,
social, family and entertainm ent
priorities. It begins with women
recognizing and affirm ing their
worth to hum anity and challeng
ing the patriarchal system on ev
ery level. W omen and men of con
science must unm ask patriarchy,
make it visible and in the light of
day redefine our world.
Benefit Concert
High School Band Fund Raiser - $10.00 oer Person
Dave Hubbard
“From the voice of the California Raisins
Comedian: Eddie Lawrence
Rap:
Rob
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Date:
Friday Night, March 26, 1999 8:00 PM
Location:
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Vancouver, WA
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