Upcoming Summit on Sex Work in the South
“Everyone has human rights- including sex workers and people who exchange sex for money, favors or survival,” says Megan McLemore, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch. “This will be a great opportunity to discuss ways to improve the health, safety and dignity of people whose voices need to be heard.”
Event Details: North Carolina Harm Reduction Coaltion (NCHRC) is hosting a Summit on Sex Work in the South with some great program allies. We will have members of the Asheville Sex Worker Outreach Project, Sex Workers Without Borders, Women with a Vision, North Carolina Sex Work Alliance, Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS), Human Rights Watch, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), Our Voice, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Needle Exchange Program of Asheville, Hook and many more! We will discuss issues affecting sex workers of male, female and transgender experience and the communities in which they live. Human rights violations against sex workers are increasing all over the south. The Summit will bring together nonprofits, academics, law enforcement and advocates working with sex workers, people who exchange sex for money or other favors, as well as victims of sexual violence, abuse and social marginalization to address these issues and to look for viable solutions.
Event Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Event Location: Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC
Event Time: 9am-5pm
Event Agenda:
1.) An Overview of Sex Work & Harm Reduction
2.) The primary voices of sex workers
3.) Criminalization, Human Rights and Advocacy
4.) Roundtable: Sex Workers Risk Reduction & Sex Worker Outreach
5.) Sex Work and Sex Worker Services in Asheville
6.) Sex Work in the Men Who Have Sex with Men, Transgender and Online Communities
7.) Roundtable: Incorporating Sex Worker Programming into your Agency
8.) Drug Use and Sex Work
9.) Bad Date Lines
10.) Human Trafficking and Sex Work
Event Cost: We are asking for a $10 donation via check or cash at the event or online to assist us cover the summit expenses. People who are sex workers, HIV+, Hepatitis B or C positive, or can not afford to do so will have free admission. No one will be refused entry due to inability to pay. Please note you can pay online via the following link if you would prefer by linking here. Please note the online payment costs $1.50 more to account for paypal's usage fee.
Event Contacts: Robert Childs, (336) 543-8050, robert@nchrc.net
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“Human rights violations and disease among the sex worker community are public health and safety issues that affect us all,” says Robert Childs, Executive Director of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. “This Summit will enable free discussion among sex workers, nonprofit partners and the community. It’s a great opportunity to put these issues on the table and talk about what should be done.”