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The Audacity of Desperation,
October 26 through November 16, 2008.
The exhibition includes a series of events addressing the Nov. 4th elections. Please see website for details:
http://desperatonexhibition.blogspot.com
http://www.seaandspace.org
DIRECTIONS from Los Angeles: From the 5, take the 2 north. Take the Verdugo Road exit. Left onto Eagle Rock Boulevard. Right onto York Boulevard (major cross street is Armadale Boulevard).
Organized [...]

“The Audacity of Desperation” exhibit is making a stop at PS 122 Gallery in NYC this weekend. It’s a very cool nomadic exhibition of take-away projects, performances and workshops responding to the upcoming election.
Stop by to get one of our DIY audible alarm kits and other great pieces for free while they last.
For more info: [...]

We’ll be at 01SJ doing a shoe hacking workshop at the Tech Museum of Innovation this weekend… please come by!
DIY Shoe Hacks and Audible Alarm Workshop with Norene Leddy, Andrew Milmoe and Melissa Gira
Where: On Chavez Plaza
Start time: 4pm
Length of workshop: 2 hours
Number of participants: 10 (if participants work in pairs, we can accommodate [...]

This is part of a series of articles written by Melissa Ditmore for RH Reality Check about the differences between trafficking and consensual sex work. Text is below, but please check out the article at http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/05/16/whos-trafficked.
Who’s Trafficked?
Melissa Ditmore on May 19, 2008 – 8:00am
In my first contribution to RH Reality Check, I tried to [...]

Sex Work vs. Trafficking: Understanding the Difference
By Melissa Ditmore, RH Reality Check
Posted on May 10, 2008, Printed on May 12, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/84987/
Originally posted at RH Reality Check.
Even those who mean well sometimes confuse the human rights abuse of trafficking in persons with the human occupation of prostitution, or sex work. It’s understandable because of the history [...]

The Audacity of Desperation is an art exhibition, political action, and on-going dialogue. This show confronts, expresses and unravels states of desperation. Artworks by activists, artists, enthusiasts, and very concerned people, are made in editions of 100 with the intention of free distribution to audiences. In this way, these artworks will be activated outside of [...]

March 21, 2008
From the NY Times
An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex
By NINA BERNSTEIN
No problems so far, the immigration agent told the
American citizen and his 22-year-old Colombian wife at
her green card interview in December. After he stapled
one of their wedding photos to her application for
legal permanent residency, he had just one more
question: [...]

How Many Child Prostitutes Is Bush Responsible For?
By Bob Fertik, Democrats.com
Posted on March 18, 2008, Printed on March 24, 2008
George Bush has been tied to a prostitution ring involving as many as 50,000 women and girls. The prostitutes, some as young as 13, are among the 1.2 million desperate Iraqis who fled to Syria after [...]

Model Letter- Protest Federalizing, Expanding Prostitution Criminalization
Please send to your Senator and distribute widely!
Below is the cover letter :
Dear Sex Worker Supporters,
Sex Workers Outreach Project-Northern California and the US PROStitutes Collective have joined together to oppose changes in the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (TVPRA H.R.3877). On December 4, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts
Madeleine Dash, Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK), 877-776-2004 x 2
swank@riseup.net
Audacia Ray, 718.554.1714
Sarah Bleviss, Sex Workers Outreach Project NYC (SWOP-NYC),
swop.nyc@gmail.com
Prostitutes of New York (PONY), pony@panix.com
Desiree Alliance, http://www.BoundNotGagged.com
Sex Workers Blow Spitzer a Farewell Kiss
New York, NY – In the wake of former Governor Spitzer’s resignation, sex
workers and human rights advocates remain concerned about [...]