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09 / 11 Sex Worker art shown at SF MOMA! Start: 11:30 End: 16:37 Hi All, It's been buszzzzzzzzy here at newly re-committed to a life of art land. There will be a more regular announcement coming soon, but this is a time- and issue-sensitive special edition! On Thurs, Sept 11, I have been chosen to perform a 1-minute piece at the SFMOMA as part of Tony Labat's project "I WANT YOU" based on the old Uncle Sam Army recruitment posters. Not only is it just thrilling that I will be performing at the MOMA, but there is a competition (which I need your help with!) and a good cause ('aint there always) attached to this prestigious event. There will be 50 1 min. performances on Thursday, and the audience members will vote for FIVE (5) winners, who will have portraits and copies of their monologues printed on posters to be placed all over SF during election week. My performance is about Sex Worker visibility and ending stigma, and also about voting for Prop K. It could really make a difference for a more info
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09 / 18 5th Annual Prostitution, Sex Work, and Human Trafficking Conference Start: 06:12 Start: 09/18/2008 - 06:12 End: 09/19/2008 - 06:12 Purpose To bring together researchers and practitioners in an effort to lay the groundwork for future collaborative research, advocacy, and program development. To educate social service, health care, and criminal justice professionals on human trafficking and the needs and risks of those victimized by the commercial sex industry. Conference Location University of Toledo Student Union Rooms 2582, 2584, 2591 2801 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, OH 43606 For more information visit their website. more info
09 / 19 5th Annual Prostitution, Sex Work, and Human Trafficking Conference End: 06:12 Start: 09/18/2008 - 06:12 End: 09/19/2008 - 06:12 Purpose To bring together researchers and practitioners in an effort to lay the groundwork for future collaborative research, advocacy, and program development. To educate social service, health care, and criminal justice professionals on human trafficking and the needs and risks of those victimized by the commercial sex industry. Conference Location University of Toledo Student Union Rooms 2582, 2584, 2591 2801 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, OH 43606 For more information visit their website. more info Sexual Politics and Sexy Politicos Start: 10:30 End: 15:56 http://www.yesonpropk.org for Prop K info Sexual Politics and Sexy Politicos Hosted by Nina Hartley, Margo St. James, Sadie Lune, Scarlot Harlot, Carol Queen, Robyn Few (and many more!) Friday, Sept 19th, 8 PM-midnight Sliding Scale from $20-$100 to benefit Prop K September 19th, 2008 Center for Sex and Culture At 1519 Mission St. San Francisco (In Between 11th and South Van Ness) Come early to join Margo at the St. James Infirmary Open House @ 5:30 PM just down the block at 1372 Mission St Friends, I wanted to send you this excellent op-ed which appeared in our paper today. I also link a very bad editorial against us at the bottom of the page, which is not accurate (of course). We set up a donor button on YesOnPropK.org, so do visit if you are so moved...even $5 will help towards printing, but $20 or even more would help even more... http://www.yesonpropk.org/donate.html Decriminalize prostitutioni - vote yes on Prop. K Jeffrey D. Klausner more info
09 / 20 SWEET School for Johns Start: 04:00 End: 10:00 Saturday, 9/20, 11 am -- 5 pm -- SWEET JOHNS' SCHOOL S.ex W.ork E.nthusiasts E.ducation and T.raining School 4 Johns is a 6 hour seminar about interacting with Professional Sex Workers. It's presented for clients, and people interested in becoming clients. S4J deals with all aspects of professional intimate encounters, including but not limited to: Erotic massage, BDSM, erotic dancing (stripping). We will have Professional Providers (including a pro from Nevada), Medical experts, Legal experts, and some demos of professional interaction. Co-sponsored by BAYSWAN and the Sex Workers' Outreach Project. At the Center for sex & Culture. 1519 Mission near 11th. $20-50 sliding scale, please RSVP at mail [at] sexandculture [dot] org and put Johns School in the header. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** more info
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09 / 25 Critical Resistance’s 10th Anniversary celebration and international conference and strategy session. Start: 22:30 Start: 09/25/2008 - 22:30 End: 09/27/2008 - 22:30 Please join us September 26-28, 2008 in Oakland, CA, for CR10, Critical Resistance’s 10th Anniversary celebration and international conference and strategy session. Through workshops, skills shares, performances, action, reflection, and celebration CR10 aims to offer a space to assess where we’ve been as a movement and encourage collective conversation about where we should head next in our effort to build a world without walls. We've developed some materials to encourage your participation at CR10. You can download a registration form as well as information about housing, advertising in the program booklet, and tabling. We encourage you to keep your eyes on the website for updates and additional information as the conference date approaches. Should you have any questions or concerns about participating in CR10, please feel free to contact us at: CR10 Project Critical Resistance 1904 Franklin St., Suite 504 Oakland, CA 94612 510.444.0484 ext. 2# more info