Trafficking and Prostitution Services

Jody Williams, Director Sex Workers Anonymous – www.sexworkersanonymous.net Trafficking and Prostitution Services – www.traffickingandprostitutionservices.org American Trafficking Institute – www.americantraffickinginstitute.com (702) 498-6211 Direct International Phone (888) 253-9619 Toll Free and (310)  734-1710 Fax Email – sexworkrecovery@yahoo.com Ben Hueso (District 40) Mark Wyland (District 38) Mark Leno (District 11) Holly Mitchell (District 26)   Alex Padilla (District 20) Re: Bill 1576 Dear Members of the California Legislature: My name is Jody Williams. I'm the founder of the above three groups. I actually founded my first group, Prostitutes Anonymous in 1987. This is a 12 step group for men and women who need help to transition out of the sex industry and need help finding recovery after having been in this industry whether it was as a prostitute, porn star, stripper, phone sex worker, madam, pimp, or even a strip club owner (as o

On June 19, 2014, I submitted a link to Shelley Lubben about a woman who had been found dismembered in a lake. Instead of asking us if we knew anything about this woman personally, instead of reaching out to her family, instead of seeing if  anyone else on the porn shoot might be in danger - Shelley Lubben responded by putting the link up on her website, crediting someone else for submitting it to her on June 20th entirely, and then she solicits people to "buy her CD".  Wow - profiting off the death of a porn star. Sounds just like a pimp does it? In Sex Workers Anonymous we recognized that just like how AA has their "dry drunk" or someone who acts just like a drunk without drinking - there are people who can act just like a "whore" or "pimp" without being in the sex industry. It eventually leads to relapse. Which based on her blond hair, excessive makeup and her husband having just lost his job - I would not be surprised if this one walks

Dear Congressman Chafftz: I'm writing you about these articles about the DEA and strip clubs. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/dea-sex-parties-colombia-report-116413.html and then -  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/dea-agents-illegally-ran-new-jersey-strip-club-prosecutors-article-1.2229169 I'd also like to introduce myself if I might.  My name is Jody Williams and I'm the founder of not only Sex Workers Anonymous, but the very modern day movement to have sex trafficking recognized so that victims may receive PROPER assistance. I say "proper" in this manner - trafficking in the USA today is not the same as it is in China, Thailand, India, etc.  Nor is "trafficking" the same as prostitution as many people in the major media are trying to cram down our throats today.  I don't know where you are on the page here on this subject - so please forgive me if I start at the beginning to make sure we are on the same page. I've

Ever since the news leaked out that series “8 Minutes” that aired briefly on A&E was “staged” - people have been wondering why.  Why would someone go to all that time, trouble, and money to not just film a series on this subject - and then not want the public to know it was “staged”? When the “yep” guy sued to let us know that some of the storage unit auctions had been rigged - I got it.  The show needed some drama, and storage companies want to see people thinking they’re going to get rich at the auctions.  So I can understand why producers might have planted some stuff in those units to make their show more dramatic.   I mean why not call it a “re-enactment” even like some shows do?  The series was filmed by Relativity Media.  The same company that had some scandal a few years ago over the same thing with the “Gigolo” series.  It was also labeled “reality” and presented to the public an image of what the life of male escorts was like falsely.  I know because I was