Conference turris::womannotes-v3

    The Sexual Abuse Hotline in the Greater Maynard Area:

    	HEALTH INFORMATION REFERRAL SERVICE, INC.

    	169 PLEASANT STREET

    	MARLBORO, MA 01752


    		(508) 485-RAPE


    24-hour hotline for recent or long-past sexual abuse issues.

    PMS/ACT in Bow, NH (just north of Manchester).
    
    Nyla Hiltz (RN) has been treating PMS in women for over 10 years, via 
    combinations of diet, vitamins and supplements, exercise, and therapy/
    support groups as appropriate.  I have found her very helpful.

    Nyla works through a doctor's office, so John Hancock will reimburse.
    (603) 228-5650.
    

    I'm beta testing a tool to allow you to pre-screen a notesfile, marking
    certain authors "seen" before reading. The tool is
    
    	VANITY""::SET_SEEN_AUTHOR.EXE
    
    and usage is:
    
    MC []SET_SEEN_AUTHOR  SET_SEEN_AUTHOR  Notebook_entry  Author_name
    
    Where "Author_name" can contain wild cards..
    
    SET_SEEN_AUTHOR  soap  node::user
    
    Will set all notes in entry "soap" written by auth "node::user" to Seen
    status
    
    SET_SEEN_AUTHOR  soap   node::*
    Will set all notes in entry "soap" written by any author on node "node"
    to Seen Status
    
    SET_SEEN_AUTHOR  soap   *::*fred*
    Will set all notes in entry "soap" written by an author whose
    name contains the string "fred"
    
    This tool is still being developed, so there are still rough edges, but
    it seemed to me there was a critical need. Bug repots etc. should go in
    conference LESLIE::PAN note 24.
    
    	-- Charles

    Hey Charles, how about using Enotes?
    
    ENOTES>extract/unseen/seen/out=nl:/auth=Author_name Notebook_entry
    
    ;-)
    
    Ad

              <<< Note 26.4 by HOO78C::VISSERS "Dutch Comfort" >>>

>    Hey Charles, how about using Enotes?
>    ENOTES>extract/unseen/seen/out=nl:/auth=Author_name Notebook_entry
    
A few points..


(1) "extract".. this means that you will have to 'read' each note that
you want to ignore.. so even though its not going to appear on your
screen you will still have to wait while you 'read' a note
(so if an author on your 'hit list' has entered a 5,000 line note
your "extract" command will have to 'read' each and every line!)

(the set_seen_author just does a "directory/Unseen" and scans 
for author names)


(2) "/auth=Author_name" you can only give one author name.. no
wild cards.. no list of authors.. so if you have multiple
authors on your 'hit list' you will have to do the "extract"
multiple times

    The following list of Help Hotlines appears in the July 1990 issue of
    *Woman" magazine:
    
    Alcohol & Drug Helpline: 800-821-4357
    open 24 hours, provides callers with referrals for professional
    treatment and discusses options for alcoholics and drug abusers and
    the people who love them.
    
    Bulemia Anorexia Self Help:  800-762-3334
    open 24 hours.  Crisis intervention for food and mood disorders.
    
    Child Support Enforcement Federal Office:  202-252-5343
    8:30am-4:30pm
    Mon-Fri
    Provises referrals to state child support enforcement offices that
    help women legally obtain overdue child support
    
    National Displaced Homemakers Network: (202) 628-6767
    9am-5pm Mon-Fri
    Makes referrals to more than one thousand groups regarding
    job placement, training and counseling for women reentering the
    work force
    
    Drug Abuse Information and Referral Line: 800-662-4357
    9am-3am Mon-Fri, 12noon-3AM Sat & Sun
    Refers to support groups throughout the country.  Spanish speaking
    counselors are available.
    
    Credit Counselors Corporation:  800-648-6448
    9am-6pm Mono-Fri
    A non-profit corporation that helps negotiate with creditors
    to whittle monthly payments down to a manageable level
    
    National Cocaine Hotline: (800) 262-2463; open 24 hours
    Provides general information and treatment referral in addition to
    support groups for addicts and family members.  Also keeps a list
    of hotlines dealing with other issues
    
    PMS Access: (800) 222-4-PMS
    9am-5pm Mon-Fri
    Answers questions about premenstrual syndrome and sends
    information packets and newsletter.  Provides doctor referrals for
    a fee.
    
    Women's Legal Defense Fund:  (202) 887-0364
    9am-6pm Mono-Fri
    Primarily for those living in Maryland, District of Columbia and
    Virgiinia but can refer women to other sources for national assistance
    in domestic relations, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination
    
    National Food Addiction Hotline:  (800)872-0888
    8am-8pm Mono-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat, 10am-2pm Sun
    Counsels and mails literature about compulsive eating.  Refers
    callers to local chapters of Overeaters Anonymous.
    
    National Scholarship Research Services:  (415) 456-1577
    Open 24 hours.  Data bank listing over 200,000 scholarships, many of
    which apply specifically to women.  Charges a fee to provide a list
    of twenty to thirty sources of college aid.
    
    Childhelp USA:  800-422-4453
    open 24 hours
    Professional crisis counseling and information for children, parents
    and adult survivors coping with child abuse.
    
    Cosmetic Surgery Information Service:  800-221-9808
    11am-8pm Mon-Fri
    Answers questions, sends brochures and gives referrals to cosmetic
    surgeons throughout the country.
    
    National Domestic Violence hotline:  (800)333-SAFE; open 24 hours
    Phone advocates provide information and referrals to safe houses
    and shelters throughout the country.
    
    Suicide and Rape 24-Hour Emergency Services:  800-333-4444
    Crisis intervention and referral.
    
    By Kay Marie Porterfield
    Woman
    July 1990

    At Jody's request I am moving the Choices book here.
    
    I have one copy, slightly read, available to the first person who sends
    me mail.
    
    Sue

    
    If you're interested in resisting the exploitation of women by the
    media, you might want to spend $15 p.a. for membership in Challenging
    Media Images of Women, a Cambridge (Mass) -based feminist group who put
    out a quarterly newsletter by the same name.
    
    Articles from the summer issue:  "Skin-Bleaching Products" (about the
    combined racism and sexism that drives these products); "Misogyny in
    Film: _Tie_Me_Up,_Tie_Me_Down"; "The Secret Life of the American Wife"
    (about the Esquire mag article of the same name); "Branding Women to
    Sell Gin"; "Television's Attack on Women and Girls"; "Cosmopolitan's
    [magazine] Perpetuation of Sexism".  They give names in the responsible
    organisations so that anyone moved to write or phone can focus on the
    right person/people.
    
    As they support a sliding scale, they're quite grateful for any extra
    money from those who can afford more than the standard $15.
    
   	 		CMIW
                        POB 59
    			Cambridge Massachusetts
                        02238
    
    I gave my organisational affiliation as "WomanNotes"  :-)
    
    						=maggie

    I've just discovered a magazine called _Working_Woman_.
    
    I had seen it around in stores, but had always assumed it was just
    another diet-and-beauty-tips magazine, but it's more than that. 
    It's full of to-the-point advice and information about developing
    one's career.  
    
    It would be more accurate to title it _Executive_Woman_; it's
    definitely not for the more everyday kind of worker.  And it won't
    be on target for everybody.  But if you're serious about your
    career, or interested in starting one (which is how I happened to
    pick it up), you might want to take a look.
    
    --bonnie

    For those of you looking for X-mas ideas, I just received the greates
    catolog.
    This is a partial  list of things they offer:
    
    The Eternal Feminine section:
    
    	"A Year of Goddesses"
    	This stunning art calendar showcases the full color painting of
    Susan SeddonBoulet.  Each month depicts a different mythical female
    figure-from Hera to Rhiannon.
    
    "From the Goddess"
    	This collectionof goddess chants from pre-Chriostion femeinst
    traditions"  25 womens boices ...
    
    From the Global Bazaar
    
    	"Tribal Harmonies"
    
    	Blendedmusic from Navajo-Ute traditions...
    
    	"Shaman Power"
    	SSB captures shaman spritit in her full collor painting, avaliable
    as calendar or book.
    
    
    Also, lots of meditation aids, "white - noise" music, lots of neat
    stuff.
    
    The company is the Red Rose Collection, P.O. Box 1859, Burlingame, CA.
    
    I am in MRO, if you would like to see this, I will have it at work.
    
    Also, I will mail it out if you promise to return it.
    
    Sue
    

    
    sounds *really* cool!
    

    
    This is just a little thing, but I was browsing around Building 19 1/5
    tonight (it's at the intersection of Rts. 9 and 27 in Natick) and
    bought some really fab wrapping paper for 99� role: it's a sort of
    mauve background, with gold-colored women dancing across it.  Other
    colors are a deep pinkish, tourquoise, and white.
    
    CQ

    
    I'm cleaning and came across a great catalog.  This is a for women by
    women company and they sell practical, attractive clothing made from
    natural fabrics.  (This appears to be cotton, but I've got the
    spring/summer catalog.)
    
    Travis Place, Inc.
    PO Box 30005
    Durham, NC 27702-3005
    919-682-3010
    
    Table of contents lists: lace camisoles; skirts; canvas carrying bag;
    V-neck t's; Earth Gear in XXX; jumpers; cotton bras; "Ask Muslinda"
    feature; sport bras; cotton swimsuits; tops and shorts; slips, garter
    belts and camis; underpants, unitard; sweatsuits, leggings; T-tops;
    socks and tights; wandering futons; nightwear; GROWcery (tm) bags.
    
    I've not yet ordered anything from this catalog, but I think I will
    this year if I can think of a good reason to spend yet more money on
    clothing.  The models in this catalog are great looking "regular" women!
    If you're looking for a no-nonsense standard bathing suit, they offer
    three.  The two piece has a hip-hugger style bottom.   Bra styles have
    funny names: Chestimonial, Jiggle-low, Model-T, Lifts and Celebrates,
    No Fallout, Bolder Holder, Little Dipper, Glorius Firmament.  The
    nursing bra is called...of course, the Milky Way.
    
    Christine 

    
    Someone recently wrote a note describing a problem they were having
    with a roommate.  I recently went into a panic over an issue with my
    landlord and put a request for info into the real estate conference. 
    One kind reader sent me the number for the Housing Information Center 
    in Worcester, Mass.  The woman I spoke to was very friendly, helpful, 
    and funny, too.  The number is: (508)757-2150.

    They answer questions of landlords as well as tenants.

    CQ

    I also called this number when I was having problems with my landlord
    and received some GREAT advice and the woman was very friendly and
    eager to help.
    
    kristin

    I've found a cool resource for books.
    
    They have Star Trek books, sure, but they also have Medieval Cookbooks,
    Costume Books, Celtic Art Books, stuff about Dragons and Castles and
    Ships, and Children's Books and Fantasy.  And they have three
    newly-back-in-print books by James Thurber, including "The Thirteen
    Clocks", "The Wonderful O" (about the LETTER, not the sexual act), and
    "Black and Blue Magic" (which I haven't read yet).
    
    They're called "Poison Pen Press" and can be found at 627 East 8th
    Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218.
    
    enjoy!
    
    -Jody
    

    
    I have just read about a bra catalog that has 100% cotton & cotton
    velour bras in assorted colors and 50 DIFFERENT SIZES!!!
 
    the bras are designed by women for maximum comfort, and the company's
    main goal is to have a bra to fit you no matter what your measurements
    - sizes range from 30AA to 54K
 
    If you are interested, their address is:
    
      Decent Exposures 
      2202 Northeast 115th 
      Seattle, Washington 98125
 
    or you can call:  206-364-4540  9am - 9pm  Pacific time to order by
    phone and I hear they ship for free, though I haven't tried them myself
    - yet....
    
    -Jody
 

    These aren,t resources, but they are available. D is letting me make
    this announcement, bless hir precious heart. :-)
    
    I have 12 copies of the Women of Spitbrook concert that was held last
    month. Beautiful music and poetry performed by some very special people
    including a number of active members of this special family we have
    here. 
    
    These tapes are free for the asking and D has graciously volunteered to
    handle the distribution of the tapes. You may send her your requests at
    TLE::D_CARROLL. If you wish to, I would like to be copied on this also.
    It isn't necessary for you to get a tape. I just wanna know, being the
    nosy sort.
    
    I know I thanked you via mail D, but I want to say it again here. I've
    made a bit of nuisance of myself about this and you have been very kind
    to do this and I thank you and am beholden to you.
    
    Now, I also have 2 more copies of the book Choices. As I have stated
    before, this was a benefit book done by cartoonist and comic artists
    with the procedes going to NOW's pro abortion legislation efforts.
    Many moving and many humorous cartoons that all deal with abortion
    activities. These are available to the 1st 2 people to send me mail at
    CGVAX2::CONNELL. I'll get them off to you as soon as I receive the info
    on where you want me to send them.
    
    Phil

    A friend sent this to me in the mail.  I have not taken the class, so
    can't give any more info than this...
    
	Basic Self Defense and Rape Awareness

	June 4, 11, 18 and 25
	noon to 1:00
	MRO3-2 Pine Grove C.R.
	$2

	Officer Gary Murphy, A Cetrified Rape Investigator, from the Stow Police	Dept. will present a four part series.

seating is limited
contact Employee Activities in MRO2-2
registration in advance is suggested

	Didn't know of a better place to put this...

	The Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was established to resolve
	over 400 insolvent Savings and Loan institutions, and to dispose
	of their assets. The RTC is selling, at auction, a number of 
	properties in New England on June 21, 22, 23, and 24.

	Many of the properties will be sold at absolute auction (no
	minimum bid), and for many properties, bidding will be restricted 
	to those who qualify under HUD's "Affordable Housing" guidelines.

	The RTC has set aside over $250 Million in financing assistance.

	Closing cost assistance is available to eligible low-to-moderate
	income buyers who qualify.

	This represents a great opportunity for low to moderate income
	families to purchase a home.

	The auction hotline is 1-800-437-9989. If you are interested, call 
	them and ask for information. I have at my office in ZKO a brochure 
	that describes the program, and lists the properties for sale, and 
	would be happy to let anyone have a look at it - ZKO1-3/I21.

						Tom_K
	
	

    re .23. That's interesting. Hmmm. If we all pooled our resources, maybe
    we could actually purchase that woman's only coffee house that someone
    wanted way back when. Even if I was barred because of my gender, that
    is one cause that I would be glad to kick in a little money for.
    
    PJ Who is at least half-serious about this. It's a thought people)

Article        44866
From: [email protected] (Harel Barzilai)
Newsgroups: alt.activism,alt.activism.d,alt.save.the.earth,talk.environment,talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.mideast,misc.headlines,soc.rights.human,soc.culture.latin-america,alt.conspiracy,alt.drugs,soc.motss,soc.women
Subject: MISC.ACTIVISM.PROGRESSIVE is up...or should be very soon at your site
Date: 11 Jun 91 02:14:29 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
 
 
Since we want to have an absolute minimum of crossposting (when we
post to m.a.p.; so far none) we want people to be aware of this
resource. Hence this start-up mass-crosspost.
 
[Thus for example when we post extensive documentation from GAN
(Global Action Network) about Pesticides, Nuclear Waste, etc, we'd
rather not crosspost everything to talk.environment, etc, but we do
encourage, in this case and other cases, people to cross post the
*relevant excerpts* (w/pointer to full original article) when the
given topic comes up in discussions in other groups]
 
We are still working on diversifying (adding more feminist,
gay/lesbian rights, consumer's rights, NORML, and other issues; please
contact me if you can help us in this regard, especially if you are a
member of an organization, can forward PeaceNet/EcoNet articles, etc)
 
Harel
 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
An overview of misc.acitivsm.progressive so far
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
    1 the first tentative peep
    2 Supreme Court ALERT ... Planned Parenthood & NOW call for ACTION
	What it says
    3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS (June-August) (From In These Times (ITT))
	--> Men & Masculinity                    <--
	--> Quaker Peace Institute               <--
        --> Forging a New Economics (&Eco-nomics)<--
	--> International Women's Writing Guild	 <--
	--> Center for Popular Economics	 <--
    4 Isaac Asimov ESSAY: "Is anyone listening?"
	(Environmental)
    5 Summer CONFERENCE (Center for Popular Economics)
	Courses in economics/economic issues  for activists
    6 NEW BOOK: _Unreliable Sources_ (Media Bias, self-censor. etc)
 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
    7 ACTION: BRING HULL TO JUSTICE
	(supressed story: CIA operative is wanted for murder in Costa
	Rica in connection with contra terrorist bombing, drug-running)
    8 JOHN HULL CHRONOLOGY WITH SOURCES
    9 JOHN HULL IN HIS OWN WORDS
   10 G-7 Summit Forest Alert
   11 MASSACRES AT AGUAS CALIENTES HOND.
	Alert by CODEH (Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in
	Honduras) ; includes extensive background, including history
	of the campesinos' struggle for land rights; links between
	human rights and social/economic oppression, etc.
 
	[...]
 
   21 UPDATE: BLACK CEMETERY DESECRATION
   22 Rainforest BACKGROUND (re: G-7 Summit Forest Alert)
	NYT article: damage rate is far greater than previously
	estimated.
   23 AFSC RESOURCE: _South Africa: Challenge and Hope_
	Another excellent resource from the American Friends Service
	Committee. Includes info on obtaining the entire (75K) catalog
	by email. 
 
##################################################################
 
Upcoming "themes" (group of related posts over 1-2 weeks) on
misc.activism.progressive:
 
	-The "October Surprise" (Including new articles and
	information, what Jimmy Carter says, and a Quick Introduction
	to the October Surprise)
 
	-Relating "Fast Track" legistlation, environmental catastrophe
	in Mexico (and elsewhere), the danders of hazardous waste,
	pesticides, etc
 
	- National Health Care; a series of posts with information not
	easily found elsewhere (fully referenced). How the U.S. is
	spending far more, and getting far less than Canada in Health
	Care, and could save gargantuan amounts of money per year with
	a Canadian style system.
 
"Last year our country spent $640 billion on health care. With a
Canadian-style system, at Canadian rates, we could cover everyone for
$365 billion."  [_In Health_ article excerpted]
 
"Although the U.S. ranks 2nd in the world in per capita gross national
product, the country ranks 19th in the world in infant mortality rate,
and 29th in low birth-weight babies. Our child poverty rate is higher
than Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, West Germany, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and Australia. The U.S. in not among the 61 nations that
provide health insurance or basic medical coverage to all parents and
their dependents, nor is it among the 63 nations that provide a family
allowance to working parents."
 
[From: _Children of Crisis_, Sandy Carter, _Z Magazine_, January 1991]
 
 
 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
	-- The myth of "spending too much on social programs" (or that
	we need to raise taxes to get more and better programs funding
	human needs)
 
	--More on Bush's Gulf War...including Chomksy's post-war
	teach-in in Z magazine; a tiny excerpt follows:
 
   It is a very revealing fact that the Iraqi democratic opposition
   was not only ignored by Washington but also scrupulously excluded
   from the media, throughout the Gulf crisis.  That is easily
   explained when we hear what they had to say.
 
   On the eve of the air war, the German press published a statement
   of the "Iraqi Democratic Group," conservative in orientation
   ("liberal," in the European sense), reiterating its call for the
   overthrow of Saddam Hussein but also opposing "any foreign
   intervention in the Near East," criticizing US "policies of
   aggression"
   [...(more documentation)...]
   A delegation of the Kuwaiti democratic opposition in Amman in
   December took the same position, opposing any Western assault
   against Iraq.  On British television, anti-Saddam Arab
   intellectuals in London, including the prominent Kuwaiti
   opposition leader Dr. Ahmed al-Khatib, were unanimous in calling
   for a cease-fire and for serious consideration of Saddam's
   February 15 peace offer
   [...(more documentation)...]
   The silence here was deafening, and most instructive.  Unlike
   Bush and his associates, the peace movement and Iraqi democratic
   opposition had always opposed Saddam Hussein.  But they also
   opposed the quick resort to violence to undercut a peaceful
   resolution of the conflict.  Such an outcome would have avoided
   the slaughter of tens of thousands of people, the destruction of
   two countries, harsh reprisals, an environmental catastrophe,
   further slaughter by the Iraqi government and the likely
   emergence of another murderous US-backed tyranny there.  But it
   would not have taught the crucial lessons[*], already reviewed.
   [[*] "What We Say Goes" -- not just to tyrants  --HB]

    
    Since I opened my mouth, I'll post the information.
    
    For anyone in the Denver area looking for a good GYN/OB:
    I have had excellent experiences with the Denver Women's clinic.  There
    are two female doctors, and one male... all are very caring,
    compassionate, supportive, professional, etc.    They're in the phone book.
    
    My experience has been basic run of the mill gyn/ob, but I have two close
    friends who have used this clinic for infertility problems as well.
    
    
    Jamd

    For anyone who might be interested.  One of the things he does is keep
    track of Friends'  Meetings that have same-sex marriage minutes.
    
	Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concerns
	Bruce Grimes - editor
	Box 222
	Sumneytown, PA 18084
    
    E Grace
    

Article: 247
From: [email protected] (Rich Winkel)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Media/Gulf War Articles available
Date: 16 Jul 91 02:50:41 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (Rich Winkel)
Organization: PACH
 
/** media.issues: 200.0 **/
** Topic: Media/Gulf War Articles available **
** Written 11:15 am  Jul 10, 1991 by hfrederick in cdp:media.issues **
From: <hfrederick>
Subject: Media/Gulf War Articles available
 
From:  [email protected]   Brian Hauk      
 
If you are interested in receiving some or all articles from the 
collection mentioned in the appended ad, please send me mail.
I'll be away until Sunday June 30 and will begin to reply then.
 
Waterloo Public Interest Research Group Media Watch Database Available!
=======================================================================
 
The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) is collecting
and distributing articles relating to the mass media, and topics
not covered by them.  They are from the computer newsgroups and
mailing lists of a global network of thousands of computers
called Usenet, accessible from most university UNIX accounts and
many public computer bullitin boards.  Among the (over 1200)
reports collected (almost exclusively from the ACTIVISTS computer
mailing list) for distribution are the following:
 
A Look Behind The News - Larry Bensky, Pacifica Radio, 3/27/91 
Anti-War & Media Actions, 1/31/91 
 
Chomsky on "The Gulf Crisis," London Guardian and Z-Mag, 1/10/91 
 
CINAW (Campus Information Network Against War) Newsletters
 
Contacting Organizations Electronically
 
Corporate Profiles: ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT, Washington Post
 
Ex-CIA Agent Philip Agee's Speech, "Producing the Proper Crisis" 
 
Ex-CIA Agent John Stockwell's Speech on the Gulf War
 
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) Media Resources List 
 
FAIR's Report on MacNeil/Lehrer: "All the Usual Suspects", May/90 
 
FAIR: Survey Shows One-Sided TV News Sources 
 
Gulf War: A Study Of The Media, Public Opinion & Public Knowledge 
 
George Lakoff on "Metaphor and War" 
 
Glossary of Selected Gulf War Terms by George Cheney 
 
How Becoming More Computer Literate Changed My Activist Life
 
How Capitol Hill Controls the Press
 
How TV Sold Bush's War in the Gulf
 
Inverted Media & The War, Norman Solomon, FAIR, 2/6/91 
 
Ideas on Media Activism, 1/30/91 
 
Ithaca Media Watch: "We Lie To You by Not Telling You Things" 
 
Kenneth Burke Quote: From A RHETORIC OF MOTIVES, 1/20/91 
 
LEAFLET: Protest of Pro-War Media Bias 
 
Media Activism for Peace -- An Interview with Jeff Cohen 
 
Media Distortion - Shoddy and Inaccurate Reporting, and Cheerleading 
 
Media Linguicide & Class Wars, Normon Solomon, FAIR, 3/11/91 
 
Media Propaganda: Marines Wait for Possible Ground Attack 
 
Observations About the Mass Media
 
PEACENET BROCHURE: Electronic Communications for Peace and Social Justice 
 
The Media Goes to War: HOW TELEVISION SOLD THE PANAMA INVASION 
 
War is Not a Video Game
 
What does George Mean by "Not another Vietnam?" 
 
World War Three Diary, Hal Pepinsky
 
 
Although many people have access to computer resources required
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Article: 16604
From: [email protected] (Frank Bertoldi)
Newsgroups: alt.activism,alt.desert-shield,talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Quaker Project *Waging Peace*
Date: 28 Aug 91 01:09:39 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: Princeton University
 
 
	*****************************************
	*					*
	*	PROJECT   *WAGING PEACE* 	*
	*					*
	*       HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQ	*
	*					*
	*****************************************
 
 
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) of the Society of Friends
(Quakers), in coordination with the American Friends Service
Committee (AFSC), has undertaken a project of aid to Middle East
children and families. Under AFSC auspices, a representative of
PYM has traveled to Iraq to assess the needs of the population,
and to identify specific needs that can be met through AFSC
material aid or development assistance. Any funds or materials
that Project *Waging Peace* collects will be channeled through
existing agencies such as AFSC, the Middle East Council of
Churches, the International Red Cross/Red Crescent.
 
To respond to the immediate emergency, the AFSC has provided
personal hygiene kits for refugees, oral rehydration packets for
dehydrated children, and has arranged for shipment of much needed
agricultural equipment to salvage the harvest in Iraq.  Longer
term projects will be chosen to enable the people of Iraq to help
themselves and avoid dependency.  A corollary goal of the project
is to provide opportunities for both spiritual and social
witness, to give material and educational aid, and to increase
the body of information on which we act.
 
One means to that end will be the preparation of video and audio
tapes for fund raising and education. A 30-second spot will be
scheduled for public and local television public service
announcements. Longer versions will be available for schools,
meetings and other public gatherings as well as for fund raising
presentations.
 
Project *Waging Peace* is intended, above all, to break down
stereotypes, to get to know Iraqis as neighbors so as to take
away the occasion for war.
 
If your group would like to coordinate on Project *Waging Peace*,
please contact David Shen at (215)662-5270.
 
Contributions can be sent to: Waging Peace Friends Peace
Committee, PYM 1515 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102
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    Does any one have the regional/ national phone number for Mary Kay?
    
    Please send it to this account.....
    
    Rick

    I have the number.. Thanks everyone for answering my request!
    
    Rick