Grassroots collective of Asian sex workers & co-conspirators -- for migrant justice. Labor rights not police raids. Full decriminalization & anti-trafficking.
One of our core organizers @yvesandthemoon wrote this land acknowledgment and statement of unequivocal support for Palestinians and Indigenous peoples everywhere for the opening of our exhibition ‘Our Inner Quarters: Spaces of Work and Care,’ and we want to reshare it today.
Hochul is leaving criminalized survivors to be perpetually re-victimized in her prisons & jails—which are run by serial rapists & abusers (https://t.co/SO1RTLUXvg)—while doing photo ops with "feminist" organizations that help her launder her reputation in exchange for state $.
There is only one clemency scandal NYers should be concerned about right now:
@GovKathyHochul's shameless, cowardly abdication of her responsibility to use her clemency powers. We're especially disgusted by her betrayal in refusing to grant clemency to criminalized survivors.
S*x workers, immigrants, trans people, and people of color need and deserve access to resources. We want to live and thrive in safe neighborhoods, too, but we cannot do that with constant threats and harassment from law enforcement. #ResourcesNotRaids ❤️🔥
@CITGny@centrocorona@apichachc All workers dream of having a better “quality of life,” just like we do. They are parents, mothers, aunts, sisters, and siblings. For many of them, becoming a migrant is not only about survival, but also a courageous form of care.
@CITGny@centrocorona@apichachc Many send all their earnings home to support their families in China. Some workers have to work on the streets because their online soliciting platforms were shut down, and they couldn’t work in private anymore.
🚨 Decrim NY condemns @GovKathyHochul & @NYCMayor for escalating violence against SWrs in Jackson Heights. Criminalizing survival does nothing to keep us safe—support evidence-based solutions like #SVSTA!
Read our press release: https://t.co/cXH2FNvKrA
In January, NYPD and DOB conducted large scale raids of massage parlors in Jackson Heights, and impacted workers are struggling financially. We have launched this fundraiser to provide cash aide for the unemployed sisters.
Venmo: Q13LLC
Zelle: 212-875-1111 (Shih)
We remind you that the most important campaign currently running for Gaza is the water campaign below. Please keep this campaign top of mind and push it everywhere you can.