Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 22, 1983, p. 3

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WEEKEND EXTRA Friday April Page 3 Provincial Grits sponsor womens issues meeting By JULIAN RKEDMPP IlaHon Burlington WOMEN PERSPECTIVES On Saturday the May 1963 Ontario Liberal Women Per Advlaory Committee sponsoring a Conference Women a Perspectives the theme of which la Look at the Past Plan for the Future The Conference is open to all and will be held in tbe Concert Hall at the Royal York Hotel In Toronto 90a to While It Is sored by an Ontario Liberal Committee every effort has been made In Inviting guest speaker and panelists to keep Conference as nonparti tan as possible The ob jective Is to provide a forum for debate and dis cussion led by experts In various fields Registration fee for the Conference Is Includ ing luncheon after the May and forms are available from my office Guest speakers at the Conference are Monica economist and author of The Canadian Woman s Guide to Money Linda Silver Lawyer Writer and Activist who some of you will recognize from Ask a Lawyer sec tion of Chatelaine and David Peterson Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party Monica Townson will speak at 10 a m Linda Sliver Dranoff at lunche on and David Peterson will wrap up the formal part of Ihe proceedings at This will be follow by an Informal re ception There are to be five workshops lasting minutes morning and afternoon with pants given tbe to participate In two since the workshops are repeated The workshops are as follows WORK potential and problems of the work for today a woman elude equal pay and opportunity sexual harassment day care microtechnology Based upon a wide ranging questionnaire pants will set the tone and tempo of this workshop led by expert panelists BARRIERS The barriers to greater liber and success or women are many and varied tangible and intangible psychological societal traditional educational Real or Imagined external or self imposed bow con there barriers be over come INDEPENDENCE Far the woman who has had Independence thrust upon her the divorcee or widow of any age the mother struggling to raise her children alone the woman whose childr en have grown and flown who wishes to expand her horizons Panelists will offer dance on financial emo tional career and social lifestyle needs VIOLENCE Almost dally we bear tragic and horrifying accounts of domestic abuse of women and children sexual assault and street vio lence proliferation of pornography which has elements of hatred and cruelty What can be done What must be done What can WE do SURVIVAL Are we sabotaging our environ ment and health beyond repair What Is happen ing to our air our food our water our world Panelists with environ mental expertise dis cuss and answer about developments which affect our very survival WOMEN PERSPECTIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Women s Perspec tive Advisory Committee meets on tbe first Wed nesday of each month from to m In the Liberal Caucus Room at Queen s Park tlons and briefs are come and arrangements for such can be made by contacting the Of ficeor the Leader of the Opposition Room Legislative Buildings Queens Park Toronto Ontario M7A What are the goals of the committee to bring a woman perspective to all Issues to monitor and assist progress on issues of particular Inter to bring certain Issu es to tbe attention of the Liberal Caucus and Party and to the of women to establish a network of contacts throughout Women who are not card carrying Liberals are already valuable members of tbe Commit lee and we wish to encourage this in the future and in other areas of the province If you would like more information on the Conference or the Women Perspective Advisory Committee encourage greater participation of women at all levels of the political process Talks on rights Everyone Is ted to a spec a eve t li Guatemalan human rights lawyer Tuesday April a p m at SI John United Church on St Frank Larue returned from the Human on In Geneva and is louring 10 Ontario com muni to speak for 10 Days for World Development groups Free on refrcshn cuts a ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 00 YOU HAVE A DMMNBPROBLAIT two or you COME TO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Fit Em SI John sun tun Mam in awn F Ha en to make your holiday planning more fun April United Kingdom May 31 AustraliaNew Zealand June 28 Canadian Rockies Last Tuttdiy of Eveiy Month Refreshments Door Prises EVERYONE WELCOME FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS A combined the Milton Acton and Georgetown rail boards met Wednesday night for a chat about their for an even better tall air for each of the communities Meeting at the Georgetown Optimist were left iide front to hack Jim Milton JImMcPhall Milton Acton Norm Shea Acton Brian Evans Acton George Goallng Georgetown Moos Milne Georgetown Ian MaCalhim Georgetown right front to back Danny Charles Dorit Georgetown Keith Altken Acton Brown Erin David Erin Craig Erin Photo by Branich Friday Saturday and Sunday April 22 23 and 24 am to 8 pm This Sunday is your LAST CHANCE to at our Anniversary Special 2 for1 RATES 457521

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