tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595275242041847492.post-19154074137185664852008-05-06T19:58:00.000-07:002008-05-06T20:06:48.527-07:00Desiree Alliance Presents~<br />In partnership with BAYSWAN, Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA, SWANK, H.I.P.S. Different Avenues, COYOTE, Best<br />Practices Policy Project, $pread Magazine, St. James Infirmary, Harm Reduction Coalition, PONY, SWOP-Chicago,<br />SWOP-Las Vegas, SWOP-Los Angeles, SWOP- Northern California, SWOP-Arizona, SWOP-Portland, & SWOP-EAST<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Pulling Back the Sheets: Sex, Work and Social Justice"<br />July 16-20, 2008 Chicago, IL</span><br /><br />REGISTER NOW!<br />The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of organizations,<br />communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services, political<br />advocacy and health services for sex workers. We provide leadership development and create<br />space for sex workers and supporters to come together to advocate for human, labor and civil<br />rights for all workers in the sex industry.<br />This convergence will create space for dialogue between hundreds of sex workers and their allies<br />to share their personal experience and skills, identify workers' most pressing needs, share<br />training and networking skills for developing solutions, and to collaborate on strategies for social<br />and political change on local, state, national and international levels.<br /><br />Some of the scheduled workshops include:<br /> "Safety for Sex Workers Through personal Privacy<br /> Legal and relatively simple ways for working and living out of harms way"<br /> "Tantra: How it can uplift the plight and struggle of sex workers and clientele"<br /> "Self marketing and self branding: How to run a profitable (and more safe) sex worker<br /> business"<br /> "Safety 411"<br /> "Falling Through All the Cracks: Young adult transgender sex workers"<br /> "Challenging Discrimination Among Sex Workers: Reconstructing 'sex work'"<br /> "Bad Date Line: How to start, run + maintain a damn good project"<br /> "Sex Workers Against Rape"<br /> "Sex Workers Rights and Direct Services in Urban Los Angeles"<br /> "Adult Entertainer's Guide to Disabled Customers"<br /> "We, Asian Sex Workers"<br /><br />The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of<br />organizations, communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction,<br />direct services, political advocacy and health services for sex workers. We provide<br />leadership development and create space for sex workers and supporters to come together<br />to advocate for human, labor and civil rights for all workers in the sex industry.<br /><br /><a href="http://desireealliance.org/conference.htm">Desiree Alliance-Conference Registration</a><br /><br />Desiree Alliance is a Project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a 501(c)(3) non-profit.<br /><br /><br /><br />Conference registration fees are $150 if you register by June 1st, and $200 if you register<br />between June 2nd and July 10th. All participants must register no later than July 10th. Fees<br />include registration materials, admission to the opening reception, breakfast and lunch Thur-Sat,<br />admission to the after party on Sat and brunch on Sunday. To register for the conference visit our<br />site and submit the registrant screening form. After you submit this form, a registration packet and<br />payment information will be sent to you.<br />For more information on registration scholarships, contact: Liz Copl at hdfemme@gmail.com<br />If you have registration questions please contact: tara@birl.org<br /> <br /><br />We are also looking for volunteer house photographers and videographers for the conference! You must be a registered attendee to participate.<br /><br /><a href="http://desireealliance.org/conference/mediateamapplication.htm">APPLY HERE!</a>Serpentlibertinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994464113971354381noreply@blogger.com