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Increased Efforts to Reach Street-Based Sex Workers During COVID
If your grassroots organization does community outreach to street-based sex workers and your supply chain has been interrupted or delayed, fill out this google form and SBB will supply you for up to 90 days - and hopefully longer - with a safer sex work and safer drug...
CNN Reports on Social Distancing and Sex Work
SBB co-founder Alex Andrews tells CNN that SBB "is preparing to ship 3,000 face masks around the country for distribution to street workers." Many in the industry have stopped working due to the pandemic, but that is not possible for everyone. Read more here....
SBB Co-Director to Give MASS NOW Webinar
Dr. Jill McCracken (University of South FL St. Petersrburg), co-director of SWOP Behind Bars and co-facilitator of SWOP Tampa Bay will be giving a virtual talk on sex work policies for the Massachusetts National Organization of Women. It;s always a great sign of...
Denver’s Hunt for “Victims” or Sex Workers?
Article by Eris Brianna Boyd, 2011 Denver police are potentially wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money and distorting facts while trying to find the elusive “victims” of a crime that is being blown immensely out of proportion. Police officials are...
SWOP Launches Chat Feature for Supporting Sex Workers
Last week SWOP Behind Bars launched its chat for support feature on its website. This feature will help us reach more sex workers who are unwilling to call traditional hotlines for crisis support. Within a few minutes of launching, we were able to connect with a...
10 Facts about 2019 Taxes
Any individual who files a 2019 tax return and made LESS THAN 75K in 2019 will get a stimulus check for $1200. Any couple who files a 2019 tax return and made LESS THAN 150K will get a stimulus check for $2400. If you have a child - and qualify as the guardian...
Woodhull and SWOP Behind Bars Sex Worker Support Fund
I know we are all doing our best to take care of ourselves and our families and elders. Like you, I'm worried. I'm worried about my family and friends in my beloved New York City and Texas. And I'm worried about the sex workers that I know, whose work, health,...
Ten Things to Know about the IRS COVID 19 Stimulus Package
--Alex Andrews If you are a US citizen, filing a tax return is a process that a lot of us put off to the last minute and it's not unusual for someone who is making very little income to not even bother to file. Many senior citizens, folks who are on disability or...
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