The Women's Cancer Resource Center Art Gallery Presents:
Artists By Nature
Photography by Sophia Antipas, Raku Sculpture by Barbara
Strauss, Pastels by Yoshiko Tagami, and Acrylic Paintings
by Melissa West. The show runs November 21 - December 24.
Please join us for a reception with the artists, Friday,
November 21 from 6- 8 PM. For more information 510-601-4040
x111 or margo@wcrc.org
Have you lost someone you love to cancer?
Come to one of our new Grief Information Sessions. 2nd and
4th Monday of every month 6-7:30pm, beginning November 24th.
Offers gentle guidance through the basic steps of grieving.
RSVP 510-420-7900. For more info, call or visit support
groups.
Daytime Support!
We are starting a second Women with Cancer Support Group
Mondays 11:30am-1pm. Please call one of the facilitators
before attending: Mary 510-685-7473 or Janet 510-524-6116.
Volunteer Orientation
The next volunteer orientation will be held on December
8 from 6-8 pm. Contact Emily at emily@wcrc.org
for more information.
Ohlone Center
Herbal Cancer Support Clinic - The First Tuesday of each
month.
Evenings 7-10pm www.ohlonecenter.com
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, 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.
SAVE THE DATE!
"Unite for Change: New Approaches to Pesticides and
Environmental Health" - the 22nd National Pesticide
Forum, 2004. Please join us for the 22nd National Pesticide
Forum in Berkeley, April 2-4, 2004. The forum will be filled
with workshops, national and international speakers, and
plenty of time for networking with other pesticide and environmental
health activists from North America. There will be a lunch
or dinner devoted to California issues and campaigns.
Location: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Friday, April 2nd thru Sunday April 4th, 2004
Sponsored by Pesticide Action Network North America, Beyond
Pesticides, and Californians for Pesticide Reform. More
information or contact John Kepner at 202-543-5450,
jkepner@beyondpesticides.org.
Forum: Scientific Freedom in the Age of Biotech
12/10 at Cal Biology, arguably the central science for the
21st Century, is being transformed by the influence of an
ailing but politically powerful biotech industry. An important
part of this transformation is the suppression of precautionary
science and dissent, and the mounting influence of the industry
on regulatory and research institutions. Come hear the story
of this suppression for yourself, from the scientists themselves.
http://nature.berkeley.edu/pulseofscience
Arpad Pusztai, Norwegian Food Sciences Institute, formerly
Principal Scientific Officer, Rowett Institute, Aberdeen,
Scotland.
John Losey, Associate Professor, Cornell University.
Tyrone Hayes, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley.
Ignacio Chapela, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley.
December 10, 2003
7-9 pm
155 Dwinelle Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Urban IPM Conference
Save the date: the 8th Annual San Francisco Urban IPM Conference
will be on January 27th, 2004 from 8am to 4pm in San Francisco.
The conference will include a general Urban IPM session
plus two breakout groups focusing on vegetation management
and vertebrate management. $35 includes lunch, free for
SFCity employees. For details and registration information
visit SF Environment at www.sfenvironment.com
or call
415-355-3700.
