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to type 10 hours per week. Her employment will last
<br /> employed on April 6, to have the clerical services
<br /> of Lillian Wagner, w
<br /> through July, The Com=ssion has been fortunate
<br /> ho works half-time under the auspices of the Council On
<br /> Aging ,
<br /> Leadership Training
<br /> 1981, the Commission for Women held its annual leader-
<br /> on September 12, Triangle Park,
<br /> at Burroughs Wellcome in the Research tended
<br /> ship training workshop Through Boards and Cownissions", was at
<br /> The workshop, entitled "Womanpower 11 day training session for members of
<br /> by about 40 people and provided an a area, Betty Ann Knudsen, Wake County
<br /> boards and commissions in the triangle
<br /> Commissioner, was the keynote speaker� (See attachment
<br /> A booklet On the concept of Power was produced from ideas discussed
<br /> during the day. (See attachment 2 )
<br /> juations of the group leaders and the work-
<br /> the participants gave high eva
<br /> shop topics-
<br /> TV, Outreach
<br /> The goal OE outreach was implemented through publications, Lunch Hour
<br /> Seminars, and workshops and forums•
<br /> n's Center, a monthly newsletter was pub-
<br /> in collaboration with the Wome
<br /> lished and mailed or distributed to 1500 people. in January 1982, the Women's
<br /> Center assumed full responsibility for this publication-
<br /> Candace Burt worked vich the Women's Center to produce a brochure describ-
<br /> ing the Women's Center and the three agencies it houses—the Women's Health
<br /> Counseling Services, the orange County ?ape Crisis Center, and the orange
<br /> County and Durham Y.W.C.A, Coalition for Battered Women,
<br /> The Children's Services News, a quarterly publication edited by Nancy Park
<br /> of the Interfaith Council for Social Services, was xeraxed by the Commission
<br /> chrough November 1981. At chat time, a grant of 570,,00 was given to Children
<br /> Services News which provided for 500 copies Of the publication to be distributed
<br /> and day care centers.
<br /> free each quarter through schools, libraries,
<br /> series
<br /> A,
<br /> of eight lunch hour seminars was held during September and
<br /> m, Guest speae $ dscusse
<br /> October in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill,, and Durha sker. The i series d was
<br /> topics centering around employment problems and Opportuniti
<br /> excellent well attended and received, evaluations by jarticipancs. (,See attachment
<br /> On December 9, 1981, the Employment committee of the Commission for Women
<br /> held a conference at the Frank ?otter Graham Child Dejelopment Cancer in Chapel
<br /> Hill, Seven panelists described the services offered by agencies they repre-
<br /> sented, included: get Chamberlain, zmploymant Security Commission,
<br /> Panelists al Insti-
<br /> Jane Spanel, UNC Career Counseling Services; j, McDaniel, Durham Technic
<br /> cute; Mar-I Freeman, Orange County Employment and Training Agency (CETA); Mary
<br /> Hackenbrock, Work Incentive (Idl.'T); and Sunice Grossman, Duke Peer Counseling
<br /> Center. Members of the Orange County Commission for Women found the meeting
<br /> or
<br /> very inp mative, the participants also learned from each other and new channels
<br /> z
<br /> of communication were established.
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