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May 20, 2019

Bay Area Sex Workers Hosting Worker Rights Rally, Celebration

OAKLAND, Calif.—The Bay Area sex work community is convening on June 2—International Sex Worker’s Day—to advocate for the health, safety, and protection of sex workers. Bay Area Workers Support, a peer-to-peer support organization for and by sex workers, invites the public to join them at Oscar Grant Plaza in Downtown Oakland, Calif., on June 2 from noon to 4 p.m. to advocate and celebrate all those working within the sex trade and their allies. The event’s theme is “Sit With Us,” an invitation to the larger community to rally with the group to table about respective and overlapping work, celebrate, and strengthen the intersections between issues that impact sex workers, women, people of color, LBTQIA+ folks, low-income communities, immigrants and more. Last year, the gathering took place in response to the passing of FOSTA/SESTA legislation which has further criminalized and endangered sex workers throughout the United States. This year, the group gathers to advocate for justice in the context of this continuing struggle, while also celebrating how the sex work community and its allies have organized and strengthened themselves over the course of the past 12 months. Activities will include tabling by community organizations such as St. James Infirmary, Critical Resistance, Public Health Social Justice Collective, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, The Harm Reduction Coalition, Anti Police-Terror Project, Berkeley Free Clinic, Public Health Awakens, Prisoner Advocacy Network, and more. Brunch and coffee vended by Coffee Not Cops and others, speeches from current and former sex workers, an altar to honor those in our community who have passed, as well as performances by sex worker artists and musicians. The event will be emceed, with programming taking place on stage 1-3 p.m. Oscar Grant Plaza is located at 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612, between San Pablo Avenue and 15th Street. For more, visit the website at BayAreaWorkersSupport.org/blog/iswd2019 or the Facebook invite at Facebook.com/events/453839412016968/.

 
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