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CHAPTER PHONE: 223-8300 AUGUST 1987 From the President

Feminists who gathered in Philadelphia for the national ' NOW Conference this July had much to celebrate, both in the successful handling and cooperative democracy of internal elections, and in the great body of work that the conference as a whole was able to accomplish. The genuine goodwill share~ among the force of over 2,000 was itself eloquent testimony to the unity of spirit that presided there. One of our own, Patricia Ireland, moved up as national officer to become Vice-President Executive and the first line of support for Molly Yard, NOW's new national President. Then too, the presence of the likely contender for the u.s. Presidency sparked a wave of enthusiasm among the many feminist women and men on the conference floor and produced a solidarity conspicuous even to those who were there just to observe. Media coverage of Patricia Schroeder's visit was extensive, and cheering crowds pledged dollars to Schroeder's run for the presidency, chapter by chapter and state by state. Dade County NOW pledged a significant figure too, both affirming our commitment to the feminiza tion of power, and reminding this new chapter president of the work that lies ahead. (Make your .checks out to The Patricia Schroeder Campaign Fund and send them care of Dade County NOW - we'll do the rest, and more!) Among the resolutions passed by the conference body were many that require our continued efforts on behalf of women a nd minorities.· We will, for example, form coalitions to prevent the' confirmation of to the Supreme Court; we will mobilize major resources to hold the largest civil rights march ever on behalf of lesbians and gays in Washington, D.C. this October; we will make demands of both Democratic and Republican parties to include a strong pro-choice plank in their platforms (~medicaid funding for abortion); we will implement a Child Care Plan of Action that includes this issue in all Presidential debates; and we will continue to fight the oppression of peoples on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual preference, disability, creed, and nationality. As befor~, we will carryon our resolve to fight AIDS, to win the ERA, to work for peace, to expand our influence, and to reach internationally toward a global unification of feminist ideals. And this is not enough. We have local issues to address, and we need to enlist the support of like minded women and men to make our agenda as effective as it can possibly be. As Dade County NOW's most recently elected President, I look forward to working together with you in realizing these goals. Whatever you can give is ueeded; however much you give is meaningful. I ask you to join with us here in Dade County to expand NOW's activist core by promoting the feminist agenda for a more equitable future. I'll be expecting your call - for equality's sake. ,LEGISLATIVE CALL TO ACTION

The Civil Rights Restoration Act comes out of committee any day now. As you read this, it may already have seen floor action. If action has been delayed for some reason (and you can find out the most current information by calling Julia Dawson, Florida NOW Legislative Director at 895-2849) then your help is needed. Ca)l o~ BOARD OF DIRECTORS write to Senators Chiles and Graham and ask them to support a clean bill. Urge them to vote NO on all amendments. Encourage them to take u leadership role in passing the CRRA. Ask for a PRESIDENT YES vote on all cloture votes to end filibuster. Fran Bohnsack-Lee Take an active role. Prevent the constant 665-3710 ' erosion of twenty years of civil rights legislation. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT M.J. Selde 895-2849 THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS MEMBERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT Bonnie Askowltz Great big thank yous to all of those who 253-6994 helped with, came to, and enjoyed the Saturday morning brunch and showing of "You Got to Move." TASK FORCE VICE PRESIDENT Our fundraiser was a great success. Ann Harrington Special thanks to 377-5706 (w) The Bagel Emporium 887-2071 (h) Oak Feed Store Publix FUND RAISING VICE PRESIDENT and to Mindy McNichols for racing around like Mindy MCNichols crazy, Ivette Morgan for cream cheese, and Fran 374-4800 (w) Lee for assorted veggies. 443-4418 (h)

RECORDER IN THE HERS TORY DEPARTMENT Julian Lee 665-3710 It took women . a long time to get President Wilson's attention turned towards women's TREASURER suffrage. It required a lot of time, and careful Penny Gardner planning (sound familiar)?? Picture this. The 235-4790 Sixty-fourth Congress was meeting for the second and last time on December 4, 1916. President LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS Wilson was set to deliver a message which had no Linda Volum reference to Women's Suffrage. The suffragists 667-8.464 had advance notice of this, and were careful to plan ahead. Nancy Kuhn Early on the morning of the session, long 375-7446 (w) before the doors opened, five of the women 661-3282 (h) appeared and waited. When people were finally let in to chambers, they were first in , line. PROGRAM DIRECTOR They sat themselves in the front row of the Janet Canterbury ', gallery. facing the Speaker's desk, from which 547-6293 President Wilson would give his speech. From under her cape, Mabel Vernon produced a large, NETWORK INFORMATION DIRECTOR yellow, banner which she carefully placed on the Janet Bratter floor. 887-2071 ' At the strategic point in Wilson's speech all five women picked up the banner, and threw it NEWSLETTER DIRECTOR over the gallery railing, holding tightly to the ,Linda Peterson tapes. Unfurled, for all to s,e'e, were the words, 758-3392 (w) "Mr. President, what will you do for woman 385-7627 (h) suffrage?" Policemen and guards headed for the gallery, but progress was slow. The steps were tightly packed with seated suffragists!! Before the ban'ner was tC}rn down, (by a page who leaped up and grabbed a corner), press releases, thoughtfully prepared beforehand were The Dade NOW Tlllles 15 pub 11 shed .,nthly, by the given to the reporters in the press room. Eye Dade County Chapter of the Nat ional Organ i Zit ion witness accounts say that the whole episode took for Wanen, P.O. Box 611346 Mi_i, Florida 33261. only five minutes, but the effect was Bulk mail ti~ value postage paid It Mi ..1, Florida electrifying. The next morning, it was front and at additional 111111ng offices. Subscriptions page news across the country. The following are available for S8.00 per year. week, the Judiciary Committee passed the Federal Suffrage Amendment out of committee to the House of Representatives. • Fi5hino-HuntinQ \~- -~ -.---CALENDAR----~ .Photoor~hic 5g~~ri~ ~~ .Snork.ling :and Friday Night Group Siohts•• ing , . Each Friday night the Lesbian support Group .Chgrtvr~ ~or Twa NATIVE ( ~ meets at the unitarian Universalist ."B.Qinn.rs our SD_c.ialty·· GUIDE j Society Church . . 8:00 pm. For more i~fo .U.S.C.G. Llsc.nc.d and the exact location call 264-0323. • G.i.~t C.rti~ ic:ates AusailDble \ -: Aug 6 (Thursda y) Dade NOW Eoard Meeting, 7:30 pm, Stearns, Captain Steve Hack Weaver, Museum Tower Building, 150 W. 920B So. Dad. 1 and Blud. n425 Flagler St. All invited. H.i.~i. Florid:a 33156 Phone: (395) 661-2685 (days) Aug 8 and 9 (Sat. and Sun) (305) 251-8237 (euenings) State Council Meeting, Deland Florida. For details call Fran Bohnsack-Lee at 665-3710.

Aug 10 (Monday) Let's Talk NOW - (See Media Notes)

Aug 17 (Monday) Let's Talk NOW - (See Media Notes)

Aug 18 (Tuesday) Celebration of Religious and . Repro­ • women owned and operated • ductive Freedom, 7:30 pm Coral Gables congregational Church. See item this issue. 1840 N. E. 4th Ave. Miami FI 33132 (305) 374·7610

Aug 20 (Thurs day) Dade NOW Board Meeting, 7:30 pm, Stearns, Weaver, Mus e um Tower Building, 150 W. Flagler St . . All invited.

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DEBORAH A WHITE Attorney at Law

Suite 430 Ponce de Leon Buildin~ (305) 448· 7200 2121 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Telex 5222·61 MIA Coral Gobles, Florida 33134 THE FEMINIZATION ~ POWER When Smeal introduced Congresswoman Patricia or, the Women's movement is alive and well in Schroeder as a potential candidate for President Philadelphia. ~f the United States, the collective body of 2000 feminists let out the loudest and longest ovation reported by Janet Bratter of the conference. The lights from the network news cameras and popping flashbulbs of reporters The dark purple and gold banner on the wall behind as they crushed forward to get the exclusive shot the podium read, ·We The Women.· The four foot of the candidate,raised the already high level of high gold letters were written in a script excitement. Patricia Schroeder reminded the identical to the famous hand lettered three conference that she is still at the thinking­ opening words of the Constitution of the United about-it stage, the issue of money being a States; "We the People·. critical one. To encourage her candidacy the conference pledged over $300,000 towards her The timing and location of the twenty-first annual campaign which till then had only raised in the conference of the National Organization For Women neighborhood of $150,000. was not set by accident. It was the only weekend , event held in Philadelphia ' during the Schroeder joined with Smeal in the assessment that commemoration of two-hundredth anniversary of the a ·Feminization of Power" is what the country and Constitution that -was not mere backward looking the world needs at this very dangerous time in the pomp and ceremony. -The' NOW Conference theme, the history of civilization. The leaders of NOW ·Feminization of Power", addressed the glaring including the new President, Molly Yard, reminded error that the "founding fathers" made in writing ' the gathering of feminists and news me'dia that the the Constitution. Among other things, they did ·feminization of power" does not exclude men; that not heed the admonition of Abigail Adams who wrote it is a refocusing of priorities away from the to her husband John, to ·remember the ladies·. In traditional patriarchal emphasis on military might spite of those who would propagandize the and towards human needs. premature demise of or outdatedness of NOW, the 0r9ani~ation and the ffi0vement are only After a resounding victory of the Yard ticket, the now entering what NOW founder, , conference got down to the more nitty gritty calls ·The Second Wave". To correct what the issues of bylaws changes. Those who opposed framers of the Constitution failed to do, the passage of an is still at unlimited terms of office managed to stall the the top of the feminist agenda. There were procedings long enough to prevent a vote on the opposing viewpoints and controversy aired during issue from being taken. The equally controversial this election year conference but there was no issue of a mandatory slate of candidates was also disagreement that the passage of the ERA is vital. postponed to a later date although the victory of the Yard ticket leant support to the slate concept Betty Friedan, on whose cocktail napkin over rather than individual candidates running for twenty years ago was first written the word ·NOW·, national executive offices. was in attendance to support the candidacy of Noreen Connell, President of New York state NOW. The excitment generated by the Philadelphia NOW On the prevailing side however was the choice of Conference has fired up local Dade County NOW current NOW President, Ellie Smeal. As Smeals' members for more reasons than one. While it is successor, Molly Yard, NOW's current Political gratifying that a Dade County chapter member, Director whose activism goes back to her days as Patricia Ireland, has been elected to national an associate of , ran on a office, (and promised her local supporters that if ·slate" that included Kim Gandy, Secretary, Sherri elected she would return our phone calls,) it is O'Dell, Vice-President Action, and as Executive equally exciting to see that, far from being Vice-President, Patricia Ireland, the former moribund, the feminist movement is alive and well Southeast Regional Director who recently quit a on its way into the second wave of social change lucrative partnership with a Miami law firm to that will bring equality in our lifetimes. devote herself full time to the feminist movement.

Eleanor Smeals' recent decision not to run for a second term came as a surprize to many activists. It is the view of those who know her that Ellie Smeal has a broader goal in mind these days. She ~ ~~ ~ told of her plans for an extensive speaking tour ~ ~~' which will be sponsored by the newly created Fund for the Feminist Majority. She has made no secret of her goal to ·flood the ticket· with women candidates for office rather than tackle offices on a piecemeal, one by one basis. In one of the themes of her address to the conference she ' said, that we need to "flood the ticket!· In order to ' ' achieve equality in our lifet,imes it will be , necessary to run for office ·from 'the schoolboard to the White House·. At the mention of the White House, loyal supporters picked up a chant that Smeal jokingly proclaims ·Makes me crazy·; ·Run, Ellie, Run·. It was a chant reminiscent of the 1984 Democratic Convention where the chant of ·Run, Gerry, Run", referred to Geraldine Ferraro's Vice-Presidential candidacy. Smeal's plans for after the '88 election include the creation of an as yet unnamed feminist institute. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Media Corner According to NOW member, State Represent­ ative, Elaine Gordon, more and more women are Let's Talk NOW, Dade County's new live, call in discovering sales as a promising career. TV show is off to a terrific start. The show, "Selling offers the opportunity to earn big under Fran Lee's expert hosting, is generating a dollars as quickly as anyone wants to earn them," lot of phone calls. Our viewing audience is says Gordon. growing weekly. People really care about our Duke Industries, Inc., a local Hialeah issues, so keep those calls coming. manufacturer of industrial and institutional cleaning, maintenance and sanitation chemical ~ime*: 9 pm on your cable tap station. products, offe rs the opportunity .for pe~ple to When: Monday nights. earn incomes normally only atta1nable 1n the professional fields. *Important notice - starting Aug. 31 the show The sales market is large and small will be on at 8 pm. institutions such as hospitals, ~ursing homes, restaurants and a variety of factories, and The following topics have been scheduled. warehouses. Duke is now expanding its sales force and 8/10 Nicaragua and Defense Spending will provide on the job training for those people 8/17 Women's Spirituality who have the potential to be successful. This is 8/24 Sharon Thompson and the Thompson/ a great opportunity. If interested call Myra Kowalski issue Kaufman, 836-2111 and mention Elaine Gordon's 8/31 The Papal Visit (8 pm, time change) name. 9/7 No show because of Labor Day Holiday 9/14 Advertising and the Image of Older Women. Spread the word, watch the show, and call in with comments and questions at 376-2174.

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Storer North 14 Cable Satellite 3 Storer South 38 Dynamic 34 Harte-Hanks North 20 Adelphia South 21 CELEBRATION OF CHOICE TO BE HELD Harte-Hanks South 20 Adelphia Northwest 3 Miami-Telecommunications 3 A Celebration of Religious and Reproductive Freedom will be held on Tuesday, August 18 at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd. at 7:30 pm. Frances Kissling, President of Catholics for Free Choice, and local clergy will led an interfaith service celebrating the pluralism that .allows us to make private decisions about reproductive issues. Please try ~OW SOFTBALL TEAM A WINNER!! to attend if you can. Our presence will show our community that most , including Our Howard Palmetto. Girls' Khoury League Catholics, support freedom of choice and will not softball team was a team of winners this past be intimidated by the campaign to force abortion season. True, they didn't have a winning season clinics to close during the Papal visit. This but the NOW sponsored Hurricanes were winners all eve~t is sponsored by the Florida Abortion Rights the same. Act10n League (FARAL) and the Religious Coalition The eager juniors were winners in fun and for Aboriton Rights (RCAR). spirit, and the opportunity to join in organized sports, in bonding and comradery, and in the confidence earned from the experience of competition. Dade NOW wins because we had 18 girls playing and enjoying, dressed in green and white with our NOW logos prominently displayed. The kids, their parents, their opponents, spectators all saw these logos and either consciously or • CHU& • Q" lA.OP' Cfr..!. unconsciously, the connection between NOW and 1D TAU: ..... LItI r.tIU girls and young women was made. We have a two fold victory - the experience for the girls, the plus with the community. This season a handful of activists funded the sponsorship. If you like the idea and want to continue next year, help by sending a check to Dade County NOW, earmarked "Softball", c/o Penny Gardner, 7960 SW 135 St. Twenty $10 checks will do it. Let's be winners again! *** :1 f OR c Hle[ U,[ (,rI LY [id[ [-_ ..' U' -.' 1\ ' I I I' I·j I J Pll~ U RI (' D Jl MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION i.1.rij (I.' r..l r ter •" ", -- ="1'f4~urLDuTr~~~~ ,~ ~ade County Chap ter Natlonal Organ1zatlon for Women o In(luae ~ Ndt' ona:. -S tate &Chapter dues dnC Sw~ , i se rl >t 'O~ , to ~dt 'ooa 1 I.G. rH"es & Ddde NC", T '''e~ P. O. Box 611346 Miami, Florida 33261 o 10 II for those earn i ng , Please (heel , flrH) . U .~r S2U .000 - - - S4~ rJ ~~O~ESS ~(s~t~~~~~t~J ______( apt ,) SI~.GOO to 520,000 53] [:] S2S icitlL)______~------~(~s~ta~t~eL)------~(l~i~P~(~o~d~e)L- ___ SIO.OOO to S15.000 - L-' SI8 []

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Invite you to a reception for Karen Thompson, an activist engaged in the struggle for civil rights for lesbian and gay people. Ms. Thompson will discuss her

STRUGGLE TO FREE SHARON KOWALSKI

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