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Educate • Enlighten • Empower VOLUME XX, NUMBER 2
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Women’s Community
Center
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… pages 4 – 5
Midlife power
… page 6
Women’s Lives
… pages 7 – 8
Women’s friendships
calm the brain
… page 7
Fear in divorce
… page 7
Unsung Heroine:
Rochelle Becker
… page 8
Redefining the
abortion debate
CHRIS NEIBURGER © 2005
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Community
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feeling alone and lonely and the your relationships as you learn months to take full effect.
magnitude to affect another in to focus on the love in your ome tips on the
If they don’t seem to
ways you’ve never dreamed of, heart: most common
work, you may need some
for your love transcends space complaint:
• I desire to join with you individualized attention
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from the love in my heart. to your particular
Genuine love never seeks I commit to releasing the Depending on the pattern of hormones and
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remember that our deepest the past and to give to you flashes, one or two of
Self is love, it becomes natural without conditions. these suggestions should For more information, go to
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everything. So, if you’re feeling be honest with you and to 1. Soy foods. 1 or 2 servings a a pattern with high estrogen
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love with no conditions and heart with compassion. low estrogen pattern. levels but not for people with MSTOM has a Master of
no strings attached. Extending • I accept that we are both Be aware. Some people are diminished libido. Science degree in Traditional
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Women-focused
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love is a foreign feeling. I’m
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health websites
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when it’s given to me by my and has her own private Over the past few years, A non-profit organization – over 50,000 more women
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fear. Everyone, at one time or national author and speaker, from government websites with providing access to more likely than men to have
another, has sabotaged love’s Laura offers numerous and publications, so the health information and a second heart attack within a
presence and blocked heartfelt workshops for awakening National Council for resources its primary year of the first one.
intimacy with another. Yet the heart and spirit. Laura Research on Women has goal. Information is
begun to document how comprehensive, objective, Pain – Some pain
once we taste love without is the host of “Relationship medications (known as
conditions, nothing less will Wisdom” on Public these changes and exclusions and supported by an
affect women’s lives. advisory council composed kappa-opiates) are far more
ever suffice. Genuine love is our Television and a frequently effective in relieving pain in
essence, the foundation of who requested keynote speaker National Council on of the nation’s leading
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fortunate; she lives in the U.S. Gyanendra, who suspended Resolutions 1261, 1314, 1379, HREE engenders the force or unscrupulous behavior
and has medical insurance. the government and arrested and 1539 address protection of the triangle. Unifying, determines your bounty. In
In Nepal, where I spent two opponents, gave Nepal its “15 of children affected by armed sociable, clever and charming, spite of repeated challenges
months last year, many rural minutes of fame.” The King conflict, yet “Children have this is an understanding and to your achievements, you
villages lack basic amenities: promises “effective democracy” been subjected to killing, progressive energy. The bearer mustn’t quit.
potable water, sanitation, and within three years. Did you maiming and other violations of such power will be wise
health care. Women in one
community I visited told me
know that Nepal has suffered
ten years of armed conflict,
of their rights committed
with impunity by both the
to avoid the scattering of its
gifts by being overly critical,
N INE, the # of
humankind, desires love
and popularity. A distaste
of three babies who died at resulting in 10,000 dead and rebel Maoists and government superficial, nervous or boastful. for ugliness, poverty and
birth, just the month before. many more displaced persons? personnel . . . through July Honoring the three graces, unhappiness are motivating
The hospital is 30 miles away Women and children are 2004, 286 children under the faith, hope and charity will factors for the compassionate,
over rough roads; there are no deeply affected by this conflict. age of 17 are reported to have serve you well. tolerant and philanthropic
telephones or cars. It would Both sides use sexual violence been killed”.
cost only $1,000, “small- as a tool to punish women. On please see Nepal, page 10 F OUR, solid, practical,
steady and “down-to-earth”,
this merciful constructor is
characteristics of this
influence. Recognize that
caring for yourself will enhance
symbolized by the square. Its your love of giving. In your
Contemplating the Fear in Divorce feminine, elemental nature
gives form and reality to ideas.
self-preservation avoid the
imposition and abuse of those
BY ROBIN WERDERITS In spite of its aversion to hard you care for.
Many women who are After many hours on the women can supplement or menial labor, it manifests Anne Warner-Howe is a
contemplating divorce may phone, and lots of cups of tea … their incomes or get by the foundation from which multi-disciplinary folk
have some fears surrounding we came to some conclusions. with child and spousal success grows. Do avoid being scientist with thirty years
that decision. Will I have 1) She CAN divorce and live support. “stone-cold”, judgmental or of experience, who uses
enough money? Can I rely on to tell about it! I am living 4) The court fight: Debbie’s pessimistic. Numerology as one of many
him for support? Who keeps proof that a woman living biggest fear. This is based
the house? Do I need a job?
What about the kids?
alone can be a lot happier
than a woman living with
on my phone bill and the
amount of tea consumed.
F IVE, symbolized by the
star or pentagram, is a
spirited dynamic. Representing
tools to help her clients learn
to use what they have to get
what they want. She assists
My girlfriend, Debbie, Mr. Wrong! I told her, as I will tell our five senses, speculation with individual issues and
who lives in Chicago, is married 2) Worried about the kids? you – If at all possible and rejuvenation, five is situations, romantic and
to a man she refers to as “the My own kids, ages 14, try mediation first. It is fascinated with the unusual. It business relationships, baby
mannequin” He uses silence 13, and 13 (yes, twins) are infinitely better to sit will do well to avoid conceit, naming, relocation, and
as a weapon and it obviously three very happy kids… down at the table under sarcasm and excessive sexual general problem solving.
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if they do, he gives the absolute in the house that was mediator in Chicago that
minimum input. Having had never there before. We she feels comfortable with,
her fill of Mr. Mannequin, she really do laugh out loud! and Mr. Mannequin has
is considering divorce. She 3) Money. Let’s face it – it agreed to go. I wish her all
has communicated to me her does make the world go the best!
many fears: money, her kids and round. Most women today Robin Werderits is with Core
the effect of divorce on them, have a job, but whether Mediation Services 544-6334
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Unsun Heroine:
Unsung Heroine
INTERVIEW BY BAILEY DRECHSLER
the will to do and the soul to dare
Rochelle Becker
Please tell us about The world is in turmoil, the environment
yourself. How long have is at risk from pollution created in the
you lived in SLO? Who have name of progress. Now I believe we
been your sources of inspiration must conscientiously address issues of
and role models? aging nuclear power facilities which
My family moved into our home have been bombarded with radiation for
in Grover Beach in 1978. My husband decades, and seriously question the daily
Tom, daughter Tama, and I moved to production radioactive waste which is
Pismo in 1971 and then lived in Santa being stored on our fragile earthquake-
Maria from 1973-1978. active coastal bluffs.
My sources of inspiration are
many; however the woman who What words of encouragement
inspired me most in SLO activism and do you have for young women in
who continues to be a role model is particular as they take on leadership
Sandy Silver, one of the founders of roles in social activism?
the Mothers for Peace. Many members of the Mothers for Peace
Women in political leadership are now grandmothers and look to the
positions were few when I was next generation of young women to
growing up. But dinner conversations join us in fighting to protect the health,
in my home often consisted of safety, environment and economy of this
opposition to war (my father was a beautiful county and this precious planet
decorated veteran of WWII), striving which is home to us all.
for civil rights, helping others in need, Standing up for the future is an
and standing up for our belief in a incredibly rewarding experience, one
better world for all. ‘. . . my beautiful granddaughters remind me that activism is that money cannot buy. My focus now is
Please tell us about Mother’s to prevent the relicensing of California’s
for Peace and your history with not an option . . . ’ – Rochelle Bker dangerously sited nuclear power plants
this group and expanding radioactive waste dumps.
I began my involvement with the Mothers for and federal agencies as well as the state legislature and To achieve this goal the Alliance for Nuclear
Peace in 1977. I had learned about a nuclear plant Congress. I have been interviewed by local, state and Responsibility was founded in January of this year to
being proposed on our precious coast and then about national press. I never belonged to an organization I create legislation that will prohibit license renewals
an active earthquake fault less than 2½ miles away. was prouder to represent. for Diablo Canyon and San Onofre. We need the
Then in March 1979 I awoke to learn there had been Have you always been an activist? What help and ideas of young women and welcome new
an accident at Three Mile Island – thus begun my life keeps you going? members.
as a nuclear safety activist. I have been an activist since high-school, as the I close with a quote by Charlie Bell which sums
The Mothers for Peace are an intelligent, 1960’s and early ‘70’s were a time when we felt it was up my activism: “At our heart is the will to do and the
committed and selfless group of individuals who have our duty to speak out on issues of peace, environment soul to dare”. I hope your readers will have the heart
remained focused on the safety of the Diablo Canyon and civil rights. It was an exciting and empowering and soul to join us.
Nuclear Plant for over three decades. All members time to be young, believing your voice could make a Rochelle Becker, Executive Director
are volunteers who remain dedicated to protecting difference. Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
the future. The faces of my beautiful granddaughters remind PO Box 1328
In my 28 years with the Mothers for Peace I have me that activism is not an option, but a responsibility. San Luis Obispo, Ca 93406-1328
led a sit-in at the CPUC (1980), testified before state I have never lived in a time when I felt greater peril. www.a4nr.org rochelle@a4nr.org
Women’s position on Social Security She talks a lot about the Fertile Void – the place
where we begin the process of sorting things out
and shaking things up, trusting our own voice, and
STATEMENT OF NOW PRESIDENT KIM GANDY Let’s fix and fund the current system. deciding which pieces of our true self to carry forward.
Some improvements have been made, but more She fills the book with stories of real women and
The plan to privatize Social Security will undermine
adjustments to this basically sound program must be how they are dealing with these years. Chapters topics
women’s financial security.
undertaken. include reconsidering work and recalibrating your life;
Women are more vulnerable to the reduction in
benefits that will accompany privatization because • Reduce the child care penalty rediscovering your passion; and redefining intimacy.
we have smaller benefits to begin with, and because • Increase the widow’s benefit At the end she includes an annotated list of pertinent
women are less likely than men to have a pension or • Raise benefits for disabled widows and websites and organizations.
other means to supplement those reduced benefits. divorced disabled spouses I enjoyed the case she makes for what we in our
Playing the stock market always creates winners and • Increase the divorced women’s spousal benefit 40’s-60’s are facing: I found myself saying page after
losers, and women will end up on the losing end when page: yes, yes, yes!
These improvements would bring more equity into
Social Security falls prey to the boom and inevitable
the system. These suggestions recognize patterns of
bust of the stock market.
pay discrimination, uncompensated child care, today’s
The existing system is progressive, in the sense Some wisdom and humor from Inventing the
marriage and divorce trends, and women’s increased
that lower lifetime earners have modestly higher Rest of Our Lives:
participation in the paid workforce, which result in
proportional benefits relative to their earnings. This
higher numbers of women drawing Social Security When Sleeping Beauty awakens at fifty, she’s done
increased benefit is critical for women because of our
worker benefits, instead of spousal benefits. with fairy tales and ready to write her own—in her
lower average earnings and time out of the workforce
own voice.
for caregiving. Let’s make two simple changes. These will cover
the costs of improved benefits and assure long-term As we begin to adjust to the notion that we are not
The Bottom Line
financing for generations. who we were, only older, we can imagine that what life
If you’re a woman, you’re being asked to take your
Beginning around the year 2020 when Social is offering us is a chance to experience the rebirth of
money out of a system that offers guaranteed
Security begins to draw down on the surplus, a the soul.
retirement, disability and survivor benefits, and move
it into a privatized system that will discriminate modest increase in the payroll FICA rate-for both Futurist Ken Dychtwald says we are the most
against you in the amount it pays out because you are employees and employers, and an increase in the amazing women our country has ever seen, educated
female. Women weren’t born Democrat, Republican, taxable wage base at the same time. and empowered.
or yesterday. With these few changes, we can make our
guaranteed insurance and retirement program the We get to the point where we don’t stop caring
So much of the discussion to date has focused what other people think, but we finally care more
on retirement, but Social Security is also a disability envy of the world and assure that all women who have
given so much to society live out their later years in what I think. “I call it the Fuck You Fifties.”
and life insurance program. Privatization puts at risk
disabled women, widows, single and divorced women economic security. Each of us listens to another woman’s life in terms
and the children of a working parent who dies or For more information, please check out www. of our own, and each takes away her own inspiration.
becomes disabled. now.org We underline different sentences of the same
paragraph.
Lauren Hutton: “We’re part of this gigantic
Nepal, continued from page 7 crest, this extraordinary generation of women who
SOURCE: Watchlist on Children and Armed haven’t hit the shore yet . . . We’re going to have this
Conflict January 2005. enormous wall of power when we hit.”
I ask myself “What can I do to make a difference? At this time in our history, we should take nothing
I truly believe that each one of us can bring about personally. Least of all ourselves. Try to do whatever
lasting change. We can create a better world for all you do as an act of celebration. WE ARE THE ONES
children. The solution is simple: “The only way to WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. –Hope Nation,
achieve lasting peace is through mutual trust, respect, “Wisdom of the Elders”
love, and kindness. The only way.” Dalai Lama.
Anne Lee will be giving a presentation in the Menopausal women have a stunning burst of
SLO Library on Nepal Today: Challenges & energy and assertiveness Germaine Greer called
Opportunities, April 7, 2005, 7 – 9 p.m. E-Mail: “peaceful potency” and Margaret Mead identified as
sealmaiden1944@aol.com “postmenopausal zest.”
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Community Bulletin Board
Allstate Foundation donation supports
Women’s Business Partners
Children’s Day
in the
Plaza, 2005 Habitat for Humanity Seeks
Volunteer Coordinator
April 9th Habitat for Humanity for San San Luis Obispo County is
SLO Mission Plaza Luis Obispo County is looking currently building a home in
for a volunteer to serve as Cambria. Volunteers are also
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Volunteer Coordinator. Duties needed at Habitat’s ReStore
Admission is FREE include working with Cal Poly’s Recycled Building Materials
campus chapter of Habitat Store in Templeton.
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Fun, food, volunteers for construction and For more information and to Mr. Ed Cox, Mr. Gerardo record keeping, employee
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Bojorquez, and Ms. Lila
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building and repairing credit
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booths Mission Community Services
Corporation (MCSC) and its “Allstate Foundation supported
for all to enjoy! Women’s Business Partners MCSC last year with $7,300
Program. Over the past year, and has provided another
A group of Cal Poly Mr. Edward Cox and Mr. $12,000 for MCSC’s 2005
Psychology students is Gerardo Bojorquez Balderrama programs because they see
working with SLO Child Pedaling the Past, a family- Local merchants interested also volunteered their personal results from our small business
Care Planning Council and oriented bicycle tour of historic in sponsoring and/or time to aid in educating training and mentoring
SLO-CAP to coordinate a San Luis Obispo is set for participating in the May 15th small business owners of risk activities.” said Andrea Zeller,
special Children’s Day to Sunday, May 15, 2005. This events are encouraged to call management and liability MCSC’s Executive Director.
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