Maggie McLetchie: Why Sex Worker Rights Matter: An ACLU Perspective
Melissa Sontag : New York’s “No Condoms As Evidence” Bill: Exploring its Rationale & Advocacy
William Takahashi: Disability and sex workers
CIA Corruption: Prostitution, Blackmail, and Political Corruption By CIA Agents of the United States
Miranda: Building Bridges Between the Professions: A conversation about working with Sex
Vegan Vixen: Violence and Prostitution Policies
Joassaint: Engaging and Advocating for GLBT youth sex workers: Informing Social Services Delivery Systems
Nyabade: GO Fishnet Initiatives Towards Sex Workers In Kenya
Lee Harrington: How Much an Hour?
Sardina: Wanted: 1 Criminal: Effective Grassroots Organizing for Disenfranchised Populations
Guerin: Developing Effective Issue Advocacy Campaigns
Vegan Vixen: The U.S. Sex Workers’ Rights Movement: Past, Present, and Future
Penelope Saunders: Building Membership of Local Organizations and SWOP Chapters through Community Organizing: Findings, Presentation & Collective Brainstorming Session
Kigongo Ali: Sex Work, Religion and Activism
Kimberlee Cline: Keeping It Real: Coming Out To Your Loved Ones About Sex Work
Scarlett Lake: Film- "A Safer Sex Trade" with Q&A
HOOK Collective: Community Caucus Series – Connecting the Dots: exploring the impacts of race, class, and privilege on the current state of the sex worker movement
Vegan Vixen: Sex work, Classrooms, and Text books
HOOK Collective: Yet To Be Named- a zine completely created by participants at this conference!
Carol Leigh : Sex Worker Media Library
Penelope Saunders, Brenda Costley, and Peter Bailey: Voices not included: Challenging elements of organizing around “sex work”
Call for Presentations (Note- deadline has passed)
Sex Workers Rights Are Human Rights
The Desiree Alliance is please to announce that our upcoming National
Sex Worker Conference will be in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada, July 25th to
30th, 2010. We are outreaching to Sex Worker Rights Activists and
Advocates to talk about the great work they are doing!
We understand that within the Activism and Advocacy of Sex Work, there
is such a huge range, from organizing national marches,
decriminalization propositions, to organizing you and one other Sex
Worker to come together and talk about your rights and safety. All are
forms of activism. Coming out to a friend, meeting a fellow Sex Worker
and being able to talk about your work can be a HUGE form of activism
for some that have been hiding in the closet so long! We welcome all
levels of advocacy and activists to submit proposals, to share the work
that you are doing! Partly to inspire up-and-coming activists and
advocates, and to share skills or share ideas with seasoned activists.
We prioritize sex worker leadership in creating an informed, cooperative community. We invite proposals for workshops and presentations proposals on topics such as (but not limited to):
· Advocacy and Outreach: How to build local networks of Sex Workers and supporters. How to identify and participate in existing networks. How to represent the broader voice of a marginalized segment of society. Peer-based outreach. How to set up Know Your Rights and Advocacy trainings in your region. Court Support. Empowering under-represented communities within the sex industry.
· Economic and social benefits of sex work (i.e., good job for single mothers, service to disabled community, etc.)
· Addressing social, cultural, economic, political and strategic issues related to sex work
All
backgrounds, experiences, and genders are part of the social justice
movement towards the human rights of sex workers; therefore we emphasize
diversity among our organizers, presenters and participants. Your
presentation is an opportunity to share your skills, as both a sex
worker and an activist, so that we may bring together our collective
knowledge and experience to empower our movement.
We come to this conference because we believe sex workers have the
solutions. You are the expert. Come share it with others. If you just
have an idea, or something you'd like to see around activism, please
email and have a discussion with us!
A Proposal should include:
· Title for your presentation
·
Affiliation with an organization or social justice movement you'd like
to have listed (not required)
· A short paragraph with your background and experience, or interest, in sex work or the sex workers rights' movement
· A bio which will appear in the program and on the website (approx 200 words)
· A detailed abstract of 500 words or fewer (the description that will appear in the program and on the website)
· Please include whether or not you will need any technical support, such as a projector or AV, etc.
In some cases, panels will be suggested if more than one good proposal gets submitted on a specific topic.
DEADLINE: Proposals must be submitted by March 1st, 2010 to be considered, and all submissions will be notified of acceptance by March 30th, 2010. Please let us know in advance if you need extra time or if you need to be notified of acceptance earlier.
Send proposal to: tara[at]swopusa[dot]org with the subject heading "Activism Proposal", and CC Desiree2010[at]desireealliance[dot]org.