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		<title>SWOP-NYC Testifies before the City Council on Backpage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, two SWOP-NYCers testified in front of the New York City Council to oppose Proposed Resolution 1226-A. The resolution calls on Village Voice Media to close its adult service section of Backpage.com, a tactic which the Council even acknowledges will do little, if anything, to impact trafficked persons. We came to highlight the issue that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobbying for No Condoms as Evidence: A SWOP-NYC member reports back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In New York City and across the country, the possession of condoms is one factor the NYPD use in determining whether probable cause exists to arrest someone for prostitution.  Even when an arrest is not made, police have an unwritten policy of confiscating condoms (sometimes by destroying them by poking holes through them, setting them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, SWOP-NYC &amp; SWANK!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come celebrate our communities and the hard work of organizing for sex worker rights! SWOP-NYC and SWANK turn five this June, and we invite all our members, friends, and supporters to a spring birthday picnic &#38; potluck in celebration of our struggles and successes over the past five years. This event is FREE &#38; KID-FRIENDLY. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia and Canada: Moving Forward, One Step at a Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without a doubt, this has been a big week for sex worker advocacy. In the last week, we saw two major developments for the international sex worker community in Australia and Canada, inspiring and providing hope for sex workers everywhere that we are moving in the right direction. In New south Wales, Australia, where sex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come join us in front of the Village Voice Tomorrow!</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2012/03/28/come-join-us-in-front-of-the-village-voice-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counter-Protest in front of the Village Voice tomorrow! When: Thursday, March 29, 11:00AM Where: The Village Voice Offices, 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY Meetup: Wear RED and meet in front of the Astor Place Starbucks (13-25 Astor Place, New York, NY) at 10:40AM sharp. Tomorrow, SWOP-NYC will be ready and waiting for faith leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SWOP-NYC Speaks at the NJ Libertarian&#8217;s Annual Convention</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, March 24, SWOP-NYC &#38; SWANK had the privilege of addressing the New Jersey State Libertarian Party’s Annual Convention. As a community group which seeks to promote the liberty of anyone in the sex trade, we are honored to share our mutual goals of freedom and self-determination. Below are just a few of the places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to NOW-NYC: Don&#8217;t Call Victims of Violence &#8220;Sacks of Bones&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEPatterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear NOW-NYC, Please don’t refer to victims of violence as “sacks of bones,” as your President Sonia Ossorio decided to do in this Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2012. Shannan Gilbert, Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and those who remain unidentified, all discovered on Gilgo Beach, were the loved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SWOP-NYC Responds to Intro 725</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, the New York City Council introduced a new anti-trafficking initiative, Intro. 725 &#8211; Unlawful use of vehicles for the purpose of promoting prostitution. As currently proposed, this bill would criminalize the use of for-hire vehicles for the purposes of prostitution as “promotion of prostitution” with civil and criminal penalties including, but not limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day: Connecting Young Women in the Sex Trade, Inspiring Futures</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2012/03/08/international-womens-day-connecting-young-sex-worker-women-inspiring-futures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEPatterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are two pieces from sex workers for International Women&#8217;s Day. Two female workers, an anonymous member of SWOP/SWANK and a performer named Paige Bryony, talk about sharing our journeys, while celebrating our collective experiences. The theme this year is &#8220;Connecting Young Women, Inspiring Futures.&#8221; There Is More To Us Than This Many of us never realize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy International Sex Worker Rights Day!</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2012/03/03/happy-international-sex-worker-rights-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of reasons to love International Sex Worker Rights Day. It brings together advocates from all over the world, it recognizes the importance of sex workers’ rights alongside other human rights. Most importantly, though, it is a day where we get to look back with pride, and look ahead with excitement and [...]]]></description>
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