[SWAF-Potluck] Request for me to speak

[Kerry Porth]

Hi all,

Kai was in touch with me after the panel I spoke on at the War on Whores
film screening to see if I would be willing to come a do a talk with a
group of sex workers. I am very happy to do so.

For those who don't know me, I'm a retired sex worker and was the executive
director of PACE Society from 2006-2012. I was involved with Pivot Legal
Society in the final appeal of Bedford v Canada in 2013 and testified to
the Justice and Senate committees against the current laws we have now.

One of my jobs right now is Policy Researcher for Pivot Legal Society and I
I also work as a community developer for Living in Community. I'm working
with Genevieve Fuji Johnson of SFU Political Science on research related to
sex work governance (meaning the ways that sex workers form organizations
and how they work to advance the rights of sex workers) right now as well.

You may know me from Triple-X Workers Solidarity Association of BC - we're
the group that organizes the annual Red Umbrella Marches in Vancouver.

I can speak to the impacts of the current laws and what is being done to
address these as well as discussing police enforcement practices around sex
work. I have had a hard time keeping up with the shifting landscape
regarding online platforms but can, at least, speak to the laws that are
causing these shifts.

And I hope this can be a bit of a reciprocal event! While I'm deeply
connected to DTES street-based sex workers through my work at Pivot, I feel
less connected to indoor workers and I don't many opportunities to see you.
So, if you have particular concerns you'd like to bring to my attention, I
hope you will do so.

Looking forward to seeing you!

In solidarity,

Kerry
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