From the UK to the Bay Area

Sex Workers Win Justice and the Right to Work Safely

Friday, August 1

518 Valencia Street, San Francisco (16th Mission BART)

6:30pm Snacks, meet and greet Niki from London

7pm program starts

$5-10 donation, no one turned away

Guest speaker: Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes. Also, Alexandra Berliner , All of Us or None;
Rachel West, US PROStitutes Collective

Speakers will address:

· How UK sex workers won against mass raids and closures instigated by police and property developers attempting to take over the historic red-light district of Soho, central London, England. This is a crucial victory for the SF Bay Area to know about, as many of us face speculators, evictions and gentrification.

· The ground breaking victory winning compensation for rape for sex workers who were previously excluded from the California Victim Compensation Program.

· How the recent FBI closure of Redbook, an online advertising venue, has affected sex workers safety.

· A successful campaign against increased criminalization of sex work: Bill SB 1388.

· Stop the War on the Poor Campaign: how it strengthens our struggle for survival and against criminalization.

· Next steps and how you can be involved.

Called by: In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety, a project of US PROStitutes Collective and Legal Action for Women

Endorsed by: All of Us or None; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Erotic Service Providers Union; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Queer Strike; Global Women’s Strike/Bay Area; Sin Barras

415-626-4114 uspros(AT)prostitutescollective.net www.uspros.net

Photo from Maggie's in Tornonto Canada