“This is not just symbolic. It is meaningful for those over 857 people whose lives were directly impacted by criminalization who either had warrants hanging over their heads or pending court cases hanging over their heads. The criminal justice system is so crippling for people that are caught within it,” Broudo said.
April 6, 2021:Equality New York (EQNY), a statewide advocacy organization working to advance equality and justice for LGBTQI New Yorkers and their families, will hold its 2021 Advocacy Day on April 6. DSW’s Legal Director Melissa Broudo, is part of the team organizing the day; DSW’s J. Leigh Oshiro-Brantly and Ceyenne Doroshow, and Broudo herself, will all be featured on panels throughout the event.
(tentative date) May 20, 2021:SWOP Brooklyn will host a New York City Mayoral Candidate Forum on sex work and police reform. Candidates will answer questions from the community and have the opportunity to outline their plans to hold law enforcement accountable, reform mass incarceration, and improve the health, safety, and human rights of sex workers, trafficking survivors, and our communities at large. The date is subject to change.
March 3, 2021 Since 2001, sex workers, allies, and advocates have commemorated International Sex Worker Rights Day on March 3 in an effort to raise awareness of the human rights abuses...
March 8, 2021 DSW is pleased to be working with allies in Rhode Island on four bills critical to the health and safety of sex workers and communities as a...
March 3, 2021: New Orleans District 91 State Representative Mandie Landry proposed a new bill decriminalizing prostitution in Louisiana on International Sex Workers’ Rights Day. Landry partnered with local sex worker rights...
April 6, 2021: Equality New York (EQNY), a statewide advocacy organization working to advance equality and justice for LGBTQI New Yorkers and their families, will hold its 2021 Advocacy Day...
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