Events Scheduled for Weds., December 17, 2003

International Day of Sex Workers United Against Violence: A Green River Memorial and Call to Action
Multiple events scheduled throughout the Bay Area and internationally. To add your event, send an e-mail with details to Robyn@swop-usa.org.

Berkeley, CA
10am-12pm
Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian Universalist Church
1924 Cedar Street
Memorial ceremony followed by a prostitution decriminalization panel discussion with Carol Queen of the Center for Sex and Culture, Veronica Monet from TAP Communications, Carol Leigh of COYOTE and Dr. Rita Brock Visiting Scholar at the Starr King School for the Ministry, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

Bremen, Germany
7:30 pm
Nitribitt e.V.
German prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt had many famous and rich clients in industrial business and politics. She was murdered in 1957. Click here to learn more about Rosemarie Nitribitt. Private memorial to be held. Contact Robyn@swop-usa.org for more info.

Brussels
4pm
Palais du Justice
Vigil and presentation of demands for international action.

Greensboro, NC
6pm
Battleground Park
Candlelight vigil. Bring your canine friends.

London, UK
11 a.m
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS
9 BUCKINGHAM GATE
Members of the GMB will delivery a letter to Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Solicitor General . Contact: Rose Conroy, GMB Press Officer on 07974 25823 or 020 7384 9671 or rose_conroy@hotmail.com www.gmbunion.org.uk

Manchester, UK
All day
STASH/Street Based Services in Cheetham Hill
There will be candles burning all day as a symbol of peace & healing to end the violence against all sex workers. All the street-based sex workers will receive a little prezzy to show them how gorgeous & precious they are.

Montreal
5:00 p.m.
In front of the Palais de Justice, at 1 Notre Dame East
(Place d’Armes metro)
Dress in white (you can simply bring a white sheet to cover yourself). Bring candles and red flowers. Information: Contact Marie-Neige at (514) 285-8889. Come and support the fight to end violence against sex workers!

New York City, NY
6 pm
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South
ACEFV to West Fourth Street
December 17th, people around the world will call attention to violence committed against sex workers. New Yorkers will gather on the steps of Judson Memorial Church, for a candlelight vigil.
Bring candles, bring a sign, bring friends! Click here for more info.
For map click here.
Contact information for PONY:
email: pony@panix.com
telephone: 212 713 5678

Oakland, CA
1pm-3pm,
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza at the steps of City Hall
There will be a press rally followed by the delivery of letters to City Council members lobbying for the decriminalization of prostitution. A brown bag lunch will be provided by the Fat Cat Cafe.

Ottawa
7:00 PM
Human Rights Monument (beside the Elgin Street Court House)
For more information, please contact Chris Bruckert 613-562-5800 x 1814 Suzanne Bouclin 613-565-3525

Portland, ME
5:30 PM
Corner of Mellon and Congress Street
Portland activists will be participating in an intimate stroll down Mellen Street (in the heart of the Parkside neighborhood) . We will gather at the corner of Congress Street and Mellen and stroll down the five or six blocks to the park. A 45 foot red glitter garland will connect us to each other as we stroll. The garland is flashy and fabulous in the spirit of red light districts and unrepentant whores. The 45 foot red garland also stands for the blood of the more than 40 women killed by Gary Ridgeway, the Green River killer. In Deering Oaks park - a traditional cruising ground - we'll gather briefly (in snowy winter landscape) to scatter some (biodegradable) confetti that contains slips of colorful paper that read "sex workers demand safety - stop the violence".

San Diego, CA
5PM with a moment of silence observed at 6pm local time.
Balboa Park, The Southeast Corner of Laurel and 6the street.
BRING CANDLES, POETRY AND SONGS TO COMMEMORATE THE STOLEN LIVES OF THOSE MURDERED IN SEATTLE, SAN DIEGO AND AROUND THE WORLD.

San Francisco, CA
5:30pm-7pm
Civic Center Plaza(corner of Polk and McAllister)
Candlelight Vigil and Ceremony. Please bring candles, songs, poems, kind words and friends. There will be an open mic for people to express their feelings.
Hosted by Annie Sprinkle, Scarlot Harlot and Robyn Few followed by a City Hall Reception in the office of Supervisor Tom Ammiano.

Taipei, Taiwan.
4:00pm-
Long Shan Temple
Candlelight Vigil and Ceremony. There will be poem reading, street theater performance, and singing, to commemorate the stolen lives of those sex workers murdered in Taiwan and around the world. This is to be followed by the delivery of a letter to the nearby police station, to oppose police violence against sex workers, lobbying for the decriminalization of prostitution.
Hosted by COSWAS (Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters), and GSRA (Gender / Sexuality Rights Association)s

Tuscon, AZ
6pm
El Tiradito Shrine
Bring candles or altar items, and join in the moment of silence followed by words or prayers or thoughts by whomever is so inclined.

Washington DC
Dusk
Dupont Circle
Candle at dusk and sitting at the Dupont Circle fountain, to pause a moment in prayer and meditation for the Green River women and all of us. Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D. Washington, DC Sexologist Extraordinaire www.lorainehutchins.com

Vancouver,
5:30 PM
Vancouver Public Art Gallery (Hornby and Robson Steps)
JOIN VANCOUVER’S SEX WORKERS AND ALLIES BRING A CANDLE AND NOISE MAKERS! MORE INFORMATION: CALL PACE AT (604) 872-7651