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DESCRIPTION:Compensation for rape or other violent crimes is crucial to recovery, yet 
 many victims are denied it. Find out \nwhat can be done!\n\nBuild on a 
 victory: In 2013 a campaign spearheaded by US PROStitutes Collective, with 
 key support from other sex worker organizations and women’s and prisoners 
 rights campaigners, pushed the California Victim Compensation Program 
 (CalVCP) to drop a discriminatory regulation that denied compensation to 
 sex workers for involvement in the crime of prostitution. Sex workers who 
 are victims of rape, sexual assault or had suffered domestic violence can 
 now get compensation.\n\n•	Compensation is still denied to victims who 
 have suffered other violence, or who are prisoners or formerly incarcerated 
 people (FIPs). \n•	A “cooperation with police” requirement is a 
 further obstacle to compensation, particularly for immigrants and people of 
 color, and any who fear retaliation, deportation, and/or police racism or 
 other bias. \n•	Similar criminalization and discrimination exists in 
 other countries, and we are campaigning together internationally against 
 this. \n  \nSpeakers:\nLinda Evans, All of Us or None - the impact of 
 compensation programs on prisoners and FIPs. \n\nNina Lopez, English 
 Collective of Prostitutes and Legal Action for Women, UK – opposing 
 criminalization based on the ‘Swedish model’; the use of 
 anti-trafficking laws to target sex workers & immigrants.\n \nMargaret 
 Prescod, Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders – fighting for 
 justice over the murders of 100 Black women in South Central LA, dismissed 
 by law enforcement as “no humans involved.” \n\nRachel West, US 
 PROStitutes Collective – what's next in the struggle for compensation.	 
 \n\nFrom Ferguson and NYC to Los Angeles and Oakland sexism and racism 
 ensure criminalization and even murder. In campaigning for justice we draw 
 on our experiences to demand what we are entitled to.\n\nEvent called by: 
 US PROStitutes Collective.  Planning Group: All of Us or None, Erotic 
 Service Providers Union: Global Women’s Strike; In Defense of Prostitute 
 Women’s Safety Project; Queer Strike; Sin Barras; Kate Grünke-Horton, 
 UCSF PhD Student; Meleiza Figueroa, and other 
 individuals.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/890003634396292/\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/15/18771141.php
SUMMARY:Protection, Justice and Compensation
LOCATION:OMNI COMMONS\nLa Commune Bookstore & Cafe\n4799 Shattuck (nr. 48th St), 
 Oakland \nDonations welcome\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/15/18771141.php
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