"little could have prepared us for that day when ‘J’ arrived at one of our Our Space events. Without much of a hello, she pulled out her photo identification card, which read ‘SEX OFFENDER’ in block orange letters. She is only 23 years old, one month clean from an eight and a half year heroin addiction; the ‘sex offender’ label will remain on her ID until she turns 48." (read the brochure No Justice)Women with a Vision in New Orleans www.wwav-no.org and CHAMP’s Project UNSHACKLE are joining together to mount a campaign to combat the sentencing of women who are sex workers under the 203-yr-old “crimes against nature” felony-level law. This law requires women to register as sex offenders for the next 10 years, placing ‘sex offender’ on their photo identification cards, among other prescribed penalties. ( [wwav-no.org] )
Read "Her Crime? Sex Work in New Orleans"
Statement of Support for Resistance in New Orleans - Drafted by Desiree Alliance, SWOP Las Vegas. (Official Signature Collection closed on 12 March, but it is still possible to show your support by endorsing this statement through the following webpage on petitiononline.com)
End Unjust Arrests, Sentencing and Sex Offender Registration of Sex WorkersWe the undersigned extend our support for Women With A Vision’s No Justice Project, a campaign to combat the sentencing of people arrested for sex work under the 203-yr-old “crimes against nature” felony-level law in New Orleans, LA. We believe that the unjust application of this law, which requires those sentenced to register as sex offenders for 10 years, and places ‘sex offender’ on their photo identification cards, among other prescribed penalties, further marginalizes and wrongfully criminalizes vulnerable communities.
After a series of regional awards events