Help Stop Police Crackdown on Sex Workers in the Mission District, SF

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 Action Alert: Help Stop Police Crackdown on Sex Workers in the Mission District in San Francisco  A police and city crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District is targeting sex workers, particularly women of color, for harassment and arrest. Proposals to … Continue reading

Telemundo interviews US Pros Collective about Police Crackdown in the Mission District of San Francisco

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On February 17, 2023, Telemundo interviewed Rachel West of the US Prostitutes Collective about the police crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District of San Francisco. Listen to the Spanish language interview at the link below:

https://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com/videos/videos-noticias/prostitucion-en-san-francisco-policia-emite-citaciones-durante-operativo-encubierto/2293569/

KPFA Flashpoints Interview on the Police Crackdown in the Mission District of San Francisco

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On February 16, 2023, Rachel West, US Pros Collective, and Nell Myhand, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, were interviewed about the police crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District of San Francisco by Dennis J. Bernstein … Continue reading

40 Years After Sex Workers Took Over an English Church, the Fight for Justice Picks Up in San Francisco

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Written by Ida Mojadad The San Francisco Standard Published Dec. 10, 2022 • 7:30pm Sex workers in San Francisco first staged a direct action more than 100 years ago. | Ida Mojadad/The Standard In 1917, hundreds of San Francisco sex workers confronted a … Continue reading

Bay View – California repeals discriminatory loitering for prostitution law

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https://sfbayview.com/2022/07/california-repeals-discriminatory-loitering-for-prostitution-law/ July 26, 2022 by Rachel West, US PROStitutes Collective There is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are … Continue reading

US PROS Speech at Sex Worker Rights Symposium for Super Bowl Week ’22

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On February 9th, 2022 the Stop The Raids committee held a Sex Worker Rights Symposium online. The committee came together to oppose the false pretext of an increase in trafficking during Super Bowl as an excuse for massive police crackdowns … Continue reading

US PROS quoted in Washington Post

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Increased sex trafficking during the Super Bowl is a dangerous myth, these L.A. sex workers say https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/08/sex-workers-trafficking-super-bowl/ Washington Post Ahead of the event, campaigns to curb trafficking have been popping up in the city. Some believe it could lead to … Continue reading

Know Your Rights To: Protection Justice, Compensation for Sex Workers & Formerly Incarcerated People – Campaign & Booklet

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On July 14th 2021 US PROStitutes Collective launched a new Know Your Rights campaign and booklet for sex workers and formerly incarcerated people. The booklet focuses on hard won laws and policies that have to do with protection, justice and … Continue reading

Sex Workers Protest Mission Police Crackdown – MEDIA LINKS

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https://kcbsradio.radio.com/blogs/carrie-hodousek/san-francisco-sex-workers-demand-police-protection http://www.sfexaminer.com/sex-worker-advocates-demand-sfpd-shut-unit-focused-street-prostitution/ https://missionlocal.org/2018/12/sex-workers-advocates-denied-entry-into-mission-station-in-protest-over-sex-worker-abatement-unit/ https://kcbsradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/groups-demand-sfpd-prioritize-safety-sex-workers http://www.sfweekly.com/news/sex-workers-advocates-challenge-mission-police/ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Sex worker advocates demand SFPD shut down unit focused on street prostitution Maxine Doogan, left, with the Sex Workers and Erotic Service Providers Legal Educational and Research Project speaks alongside sex workers and advocates … Continue reading