Action Alert…. US PROStitutes Collective….Action Alert End Criminalization of Women for Trying to Make Ends Meet. In August 2008, Ms G, a 21-year-old Black mother of two appeared at Alameda County Superior Court on three prostitution charges, including violation … Continue reading
Category Archives: Criminalization of Poverty
“Stand-In” against ¨Sit/Lie”
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“Stand-In” for Safety and against of Sex Workers, Homeless, Youth, Immigrants and other low-income people in SF When: Thursday, May 20, 12 noon Where: Corner of Polk and Sutter in San Francisco Chief of Police Gascón and Mayor Newsom are … Continue reading
Stand-In Against the Arrest of Sex Workers and Sit/Lie
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US PROStitutes Collective P.O. Box 14512, San Francisco, CA 94114 URGENT STOP PRESS…URGENT STOP PRESS…URGENT STOP PRESS… When: 12 Noon, Thursday, May 20 Where: Corner of Polk and Sutter Streets in San Francisco Contact: Rachel West, US PROS (415) 640-4250 … Continue reading
The Criminalization of Survival: Poverty, Violence and Prostitution
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Street Sheet, (San Francisco) June 2005, p7 You need look no further than the case of serial rapist Jack Bokin to know why the SF Board of Supervisors (BOS) resolution 1564, Mitigating Violence Against Prostitutes should be immediately implemented. … Continue reading
City of San Francisco Resolution Commending the Work of the US PROStitutes Collective to End Violence and Criminalization
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WHEREAS The US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) is an organization of sex workers and supporters which for twenty seven years has campaigned for justice, protection and resources so that no woman, man or child is forced into prostitution through poverty … Continue reading
Stand-In against Arrests and Sit/Lie
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On a busy sidewalk in San Francisco’s Polk Street neighborhood on May 20, about 25 people took part in a “Stand-In” to protest the arrests of sex workers and “Sit/Lie” – a proposed bill to make it illegal to sit or … Continue reading
Action Alert…Workers need Support not Criminalization
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Justice for Shelly Resnick! Stop targeting sex worker activists! At a time of economic recession, why are sex workers trying to make a living being targeted? And why is taxpayers’ money being used to arrest and prosecute an activist? … Continue reading
Debating Whether It’s a Crime to Rest on San Francisco’s Sidewalks
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SAN FRANCISCO— Starchild, a self-described sex worker and a candidate forSan Franciscosupervisor, says there is absolutely no reason that his beloved city needs any more rules. “I think that with a lot of laws, half of it is leftover … Continue reading
Community Dialogue on the Criminalization of Survival: Poverty, Violence and Prostitution 6-9-05
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People from different communities came together to discuss the Criminalization of Survival: Poverty, Violence and Prostitution on June 9, 2005 at St. Boniface Church in San Francisco. This Community Dialogue was called by the In Defense of … Continue reading
More Criminalization, Terror and Witch-hunting. Yes on Prop K!
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On election day many hope for a transformation away from the politics of war, greed and repression. Many San Franciscans also hope for a transformation for sex workers and our families, away from violence and criminalization. Proposition K on the … Continue reading
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