Power Inside

20 years working for #safety, #dignity and #justice for women and girls in #Baltimore.

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

@neenareports @justinwmmoyer We offered a permanent job, did paperwork & tons of follow up-No response recvd giving permission to hire her. We witnessed apparent system errors right while she attended our classes on zoom in her home. Was the company/orgs profiting off monitoring & supervision actually MIA?

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

AMAZING how police consistently make the most “mistakes” when the person they’re dealing with is Black yet they manage to apprehend white mass shooters without killing them time & time again.

[Jacqueline Robarge @j_robarge]

Devastated. MD close to legalizing serial #sexualassault by police officers. #Sexworkers always 1st to be thrown under the bus, but this is HATEFUL. The anti-sex worker lobby silenced survivors & legitimize violence against us @PowerInsideBalt #MDGA21 #PoliceReform @baltimoresun

[Delegate Sheila Ruth, District 44B @SheilaRuthD44B]

Outside my window now. It’s ridiculous that alcohol is legal and cannibis is not. I support HB32 for adult use legalization, with social justice provisions and expungement.

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

"Sexist racialized perceptions of Asian women, especially those engaged in vulnerable, low-wage work, Asian massage workers are harmed by the criminalization of sex work, regardless of whether they engage in it themselves." @RedCanarySong

[Red Canary Song @RedCanarySong]

We appreciate the overwhelming support we have gotten overnight, and understand that many people are looking to us in this moment. Please read our response on the 8 lives lost in Atlanta.

Chinese and Korean translations of this statement are available
https://t.co/0X5hFUXadk

[Third Wave Fund @3Wave]

Now is the time (if you're able) to support orgs like:
❤️ @RedCanarySong - grassroots collective of Asian + migrant SWers
❤️ @aaopmn - org empowering AAPI youth
❤️ @QTPoC - mental health resources for queer & trans people of color
❤️ @AtlantaSwop - GA's SWOP chapter

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Let's face it: The intersections of #misogyny, #racism & #criminalization of sex workers made the women targets of violence whether they were trading sex or not. It isn't the first targeted murder like this & it wont be the last. @1a @NPR #atlantaspa #intersectionality

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

"While it is not clear that these women were participating in erotic labor, the assailant made his intentions and beliefs about them explicit." @swopbehindbars

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

So here we are again...#sexworkers told the world that #sexworkiswork and that #sexworkisnotsextrafficking and that #fosta #sesta was going to be a disaster and that #handcuffareneverrescue and we are back to tell you why #nordicmodel #equalitymodel interventions are harmful.

[Red Canary Song @RedCanarySong]

Eight workers in massage parlors have been killed in Atlanta. This is horrific, and is indicative of the violence that massage workers face daily. We are saddened and angered to learn of this, and we are sending our love to the workers in Atlanta.
https://t.co/jHJ45Bwo4l

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Sheriff spokesman posted racist COVID shirts on Facebook https://t.co/KhhlDwxLpz

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

"It was a really bad day for him and this is what he did..." is a strange way for the Cherokee County Sheriff to describe the Atlanta gunman's murder spree. #gapol

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

How many murders would qualify as motivated by race and gender in your jurisdiction @CherokeeSO? #SheriffFrankReynolds

[Pie4Breakfast @sugarjacq]

Sex addiction is not a thing.

And if it was, it sure AF wouldn’t be a reason to murder women.

[Jacqueline Robarge @j_robarge]

Lack of #intersectionality kills: Six Asian women of eight murdered at massage parlor but @cherokeeso #SheriffFrankReynolds thinks "sex addiction" and not racial- & gender-hate is to blame.

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Deep empathy to coworkers, friends & family of victims, & to #sexworkers & parlor workers. We're complicit w individual acts of violence if we don't see them as structural. #criminalization #intersectionality #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #racism #xenophobia https://t.co/CJ6VxTaJom

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Please pass #HB411 with NO amendments. Sexual misconduct violates civil rights. #SB43 is a step backward. States like FL don't make exceptions for on duty sex with suspects witnesses & victims #MDGA21 #MDPolitics @ShanekaHenso @JonCardin @guyton42b @marlonamprey @DelegateKaiser

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Thank you for standing with survivors of police sexual misconduct. Please pass #HB411 with NO amendments. #SB43 assumes prior sex is current consent. If we excluded survivors now we'll never hear their voice. #MDGA21 #MDPolitics @VAtterbeary @EmilyShetty @WanikaFisher

[Jacqueline Robarge @j_robarge]

Please pass #HB411 with NO amendments. Sexual misconduct is a civil rights violation by federal law. #SB43 assumes prior sex is current consent. There's no such thing as official sex, there should be no exception. #MDGA21 #MDPolitics @JheanelleW @LCharkoudian

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Please pass #HB411 with NO amendments. Sexual misconduct is a civil rights violation by federal law. #SB43 assumes prior sex is current consent. There's no such thing as official sex, there should be no exception. #MDGA21 #MDPolitics @LukeClippinger @courtneywatson1 @BC4MD

[Power Inside @PowerInsideBalt]

Please pass #HB411 with NO amendments. Sexual misconduct is a civil rights violation by federal law. #SB43 assumes prior sex is current consent. There's no such thing as official on-duty sex. #MDGA21 #MDPolitics @DelegateReznik @BrookeELierman @palakovichcarr @KathleenDumais1