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Everything that we do is guided by principles that protect the rights of people who engage in commercial sex in all its forms. #sexworkerrights #humanrights
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As harms committed by Prevention Point Philly come to light in the news, we fight alongside and support survivors and sign the following statement with @safephila and @SOL__Collective To access text via screen reader, please see: phillyrua.com/blog/a-letter-
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Dear Department of Behavioral Health, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office, and all funders of Prevention Point Philadelphia, Before we proceed, we want to state that we firmly support and are fighting alongside all survivors, especially the Black trans women who have offered their testimony. We are painfully aware that harms against trans women have been historically erased and minimized in harm reduction spaces. Additionally, we recognize the labor and care that many low-level workers of Prevention Point Philadelphia put into the organization and that PPP would not be functioning without them.
It is important to name that harm reduction - a framework pioneered by some of the most marginalized - is not immune from white supremacy, trans misogyny, and rape culture; violence which has long eroded the integrity of Prevention Point Philadelphia and continue to today. Examples of these are littered throughout the recent Inquirer article and Billy Penn article. To be clear, we have eyewitness testimony which states that issues detailed in these articles remain present and are not merely relics of the past. Executive Director José Benitez gaslighting survivors and outright denying the wrongs committed is but a small example. Not named is Silvana Mazzella, Associate Executive Director, who actively fosters a destructive culture which is ratified by the Board of Prevention Point Philadelphia.
To be clear, a culture of white supremacy and transmisogyny is not the result of one person’s power or influence. A hostile organizational environment persists at organizations because there is also a culture of cover up in which everyone in power participates. Hence, we are moved to name that the entire leadership team and the Board must be held accountable. We do not see how the conditions at Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) can be made better unless the entire structure of the organization is overhauled.
Further, we want to name that the harm reduction work that continues to primarily be spearheaded in Philadelphia by grassroots organizations and informal networks of People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs) will continue to exist and thrive in spite of the violence that PPP as an institution commits. PPP has long co-opted conversations on drug use and harm reduction in the city and has presented its structure as the be-all and end-all on these topics. Our existence is proof that this narrative is false. PPP’s denial of grassroots efficacy allows for the violence at PPP to continue unchecked. Grassroots harm reductionists in Philadelphia are threatened that if Prevention Point Philadelphia is made to be held accountable for required changes, somehow access to supplies and harm reduction services in Philadelphia would disappear. This fear is unfounded.
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The Snap, Crackle, Pop, Bye Bitch Open Mic is a revelation!!!! On now! Poems. Stories and now a card reading. This is awesome.
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Sign up as soon as possible for the Snap, Crackle, Pop Writers Showcase and Open Mic, but for those who might catch this message at the last minute, we will be sending out the link right up to start time. Procrastinators of the World Unite. #StoryTelling #rights
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It is true that the support has to be mutual.
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AGAIN #InternationalWhoresDay came & went & We didn't get NOT ONE SO CALLED ALLY ORG IN NJ TO AWKNOWLEDGE OUR DAY! We went out our way to show up IN PERSON DURING #COVID to support #SAP & #saveoasis & here we are AGAIN LEFT W/NO SUPPORT FROM ANY OF THEM DON'T ASK 4 HELP AGAIN
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... relating to #HIV/AIDS. What is the United States doing to address the discrimination faced by sex workers of color and immigrants in regards to public health, medical care, social security and social services? (4)
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We documented that sex workers of color & immigrants are in particular shut out of these services. A notable exclusion of sex workers from COVID-19 relief funds, we also observe the day to day exclusion of sex workers of color & immigrants from public health initiatives (3)
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The Convention to End Racial Discrimination requires that states allow people to enjoy the “right to public health, medical care, social security and social services” without discrimination based on race, colour, or national or ethnic origin. (2)
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Here we are at civil society consultations with parts of the US Gov. Speaking up. #internationalwhoresday. Here is our first question: Today June 2 we are meeting on an important day celebrated globally for the rights of sex workers as workers... (1)
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Update is that a US Government Representative sent us a message saying that our questions were in spam. They are sorry. Our questions will now be forwarded to the appropriate people in gov to consider. Note to US Gov - check your spam folder, there could be important stuff there
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