IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN THE FUN!
Swim a Mile for Women with Cancer
This year we hold our eight annual swim! Registration is
available online at www.wcrc.org. This year's swim will
be held Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, 2003 from
10 am to 5 pm at the lovely outdoor pool at Mills College
in Oakland. This is a non-competitive event for all ages
and ability levels – you may swim one mile or one lap.
You can also come by and pick up the brochure/ registration
form or we can mail them to you.
Come visit our booth at the following events!
Mills College Health Fair
Mills College Central Plaza
Thursday, October 2, 11:30am-1:30pm
UC Berkeley Service and Leadership Fair
Sproul Plaza
Friday, October 3, 12-3pm
UCB LGBT Resource Fair
Sproul Plaza
Monday, October 6, 10am-2pm
Volunteer Training
The next volunteer training will be Saturday, October 18th,
from 10 am to 5:30 pm, and Monday and Tuesday October 20th
and 21st, from 6 to 9:15 pm. For more information please
contact: Emily Galpern, Volunteer Coordinator, (510) 601-4040
x109 emily@wcrc.org
September 9th to October 5th: MadCat
Women's Int'l Film Festival, San Francisco
October 18th & 19th: "Women's
Success Expo," San Mateo Expo Center.
October 19th: The Breast Cancer Fund "Bike Against
the Odds,"Lake Merritt, Oakland
Contribute to the prevention of breast cancer while riding
your bicycle! Raise funds and awareness for the Breast Cancer
Fund. Take the opportunity to enjoy cycling with others
while becoming physically active and improving your own
health. WCRC will be one of the beneficiaries of the funds
raised at this event. More
information
October 22nd: Native American Health Center, Presents
"Strong Medicine 2003: The Healing Voices of Native
Women."
Paramount Theater, Oakland
http://www.nativehealth.org
October 26th: American Cancer Society, "Making
Strides," Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Voices
A
growth experience: my life with a tumor
Laughing Stock's FREE Improvisation Comedy Classes for
women with chronic, life-threatening illness
Thursdays, October 9th, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 3pm-5pm
SF Women's Building, Audre Lorde Room
Register by October 3 at 415-431-1180 x11, or email resourceroom@womensbuilding.org
3543 18th St, San Francisco
http://www.womensbuilding.org
Are you a woman living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, hepatitis
C, kidney disease or other chronic, life-threatening illness?
Need some good laughs? Stuck in a rut or need an excuse
to get out? Shy, or just want to feel better about yourself?
Come join this program sponsored by BATS Improv's School
of Improvisation and The Women's Building, with partial
funding provided by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Childcare is provided.
Lesbian Health Salon Series Announced by the Lesbian
Health Research Center
New Salon Series Brings Lesbian Health Information into
the Community
Each Salon in the series will include a meet and mingle
hour followed by an informal, interactive discussion on
a selected topic led by LHRC medical and research leaders.
There is no charge to attend. At each event the question
of how lesbian health differs from women's health in general
will be briefly addressed. Timeframe for each Salon is 7:00
PM - 8:30 PM. For details on salons and their locations,
contact Betty Sullivan: LHRCenter@aol.com
or 415-861-1637.
Schedule of Salons
Thursday, October 30: Breast Cancer Risks Among Lesbians
Thursday, November 20: Lesbian Health in Australia. Tour
of the Center's facilities will also be available.
December - NO SALON - LHRC Holiday Benefit (Dinner/Concert/Dance)
- Saturday, December 13th, featuring lesbian jazz great
Suede with DJ Page Hodel. For more information and to
order tickets, visit: http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org.
Thursday, January 22 - Comparison of Same-Sex Couples
in Civil Unions and Their Lesbian/Gay Friends without
Civil Unions and Their Married Heterosexual
Thursday, February 26 - Heart Disease Risk Among Lesbians
Thursday, March 25 – Mental Health Issues Among Lesbians
The Lesbian Health Research Center (LHRC) is specifically
and uniquely concerned with the health and wellbeing of
lesbians, bisexual women, transgendered individuals and
their families; and with the health care
available to them. We believe that every lesbian has the
right to be fully informed about her health, health care
should be sensitive and relevant to lesbians and lesbian
health research is critical. LHRC has begun to bring lesbian
health information out of the closet and into the hands
of community members and health care providers through its
on-going activities and services. For information, visit
http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org;
or e-mail: info@lesbianhealthinfo.org.
WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & JUSTICE BAY AREA
SUMMIT
Presented by the Women's Foundation of California featuring
the release of its report: "Confronting Toxic Contamination
in Our Communities: Women's Health and California's Future"
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
You are invited to participate in a community summit to
expand the debate on environmental health and justice. Come
hear about the unique experiences and concerns of women
and girls, their families and communities around environmental
health and learn about the work being done in California
to prevent public exposure to harmful chemicals.
FEATURING:
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Steingraber, PhD
ecologist, cancer survivor, author of Living Downstream
and Having Faith
Invited Guest Speaker: Assemblywoman Wilma Chan
Panel Session with community leaders and elected officials
1:30 pm - Registration
2:00 - 4:30 pm - Summit
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Reception
This event is free and open to the public. Registration
is required for
attendance. Please RSVP by October 10, 2003. You can register
online
