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CALL TO ACTION!Please support the passing of CA- SB 357- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/.../billNavClient...Dear SB 357 Supporters:Thank you for your calls and letters so far. SB 357 made it through the Legislature last fall, and will soon be sent to Governor Newsom for consideration. We need your help in advocating with the Governor to sign the bill. We are being proactive and collecting individual and organizational support to present in a unified front, so we are ready as soon as the bill is sent to Governor Newsom’s desk. Here is how you can help:Individuals can sign on to the SB 357 Petition being circulated by our allies at Freedom United: Governor Newsom: Protect trafficking survivors & sex workers from criminalization - FreedomUnited.org. Join the more than 5,450 people who have signed on so far! www.freedomunited.org/advo.../safer-streets-for-all/Organizations can submit a letter of support that we will collect and turn in together to the Governor. See a template link below, and please email a letter to me at mkandel@aclusocal.org. Please send me your letter by 5 pm on Friday, January 21, 2022. Please name your letter SB357_organization (i.e. SB357_ACLU).Individuals with personal connections to Governor Newsom can also text/call him and urge him to sign SB 357.Example letter of supportwww.freedomunited.org/advo.../safer-streets-for-all/Thank you
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#participatorygrantmaking #fundsexworkers #sexworkisworkToday we announce our fourth grant to Harc Bd (HIV/AIDS Research and Welfare Centre) in Bangladesh. HARC represents over 5,000 women sex workers mainly in the capital city Dhaka. The group works to improve sex workers' health by conducting peer outreach and condom distribution, building sex workers' knowledge on HIV and STIs and by providing referrals to services. The group builds sex workers' skills in human rights advocacy and collaborates with the National Human Rights Commission and other allies to lobby for changes in laws and policies that negatively impact on sex workers' lives.On 17 December, HARC organised its annual event to honor International Day to End Violence Against Sex workers. Multiple members of Bangladesh Parliament made public statements of solidarity, which you can read here:
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