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I seem to have left out a great deal. Conferences, for example, the Building has organized national conferences of writers, feminist educators, designers and video artists -- each of which has led to new work and new organization. Art exhibitions: Women Artists of Chouinard, Navaho Women's Rugs, Ten Women Photographers, Women in the Printing Arts, Up and Coming Women Artists in Los Angeles. An historical documentation of the 1893 Chicago Colombian Exposition Woman's Building (our namesake). A retrospective on the work of designer Eilleen Grey. One -woman and group shows by women who are just emerging as artists.  Most recently (February 1977), an enormous national show;contemporary issues:  Works on Paper, in collaboration with the Women's Caucus for Art.  And readings--by participants in Extension Program and FSW workshops who had never before read their work publicly; by Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Meridel LaSueur--greatly admired poets whom no one else seems to invite to Los Angeles.
    There is also an enormous amount of pressure on the Building to be not just what we are--a public center for women's culture--but [[underline]] the [[/underline]]women's center for all of Los Angeles, with all the answers, all the resources and services which women urgently need.  A lot of this pressure comes down on Yolanda Alanis, the Building's receptionist (public face and voice).  "All day women call up who are freaking out and don't know what to do," Yolanda says.  Maybe they've been beaten up the night before. O they're sick and need