[RAICES] SeX WoRkers &ProStitution EveNt: Legal, Economic, and Social Perspectives

[meh01 at hampshire.edu]

---Local sex workers and members of the organization Arise for Social (a 
community-based poor people's organization in Springfield, MA) are ocoming to 
present at Hampshire---- 

Woman's Center: 6PM 
Wednesday, April 14 

The workshop will give an overview of the three policy approaches to 
prostitution:  Criminalization (current practice), Legalization (some counties 
in Nevada) and Decriminalization (nowhere in the US). Part of the question 
posed is: what are the alternatives to incarceration? 

They will include talk about the sex industry, in general, including different 
aspects of it --escort, stripping, etc...legal vs. illegal segments of the 
industry as they operate today, including a race and class analysis 

There will also be a general discussion around sex work and sex worker's place 
in feminism as well as some personal reflections on what it's like to work on 
and represent such a provocative and stigmatized issue. 

***This is a co-sponsored event, with more sponsorers needed and welcomed. If 
you or your group is interested in co-sposoring please contact Jenny Sheeks at 
the Woman's Center at x5320 or jsheeks at hampshire.edu ***

(There will also be T-Shirts, buttons, and zines being sold to help support the 
local work of Arise for Social Justice.)