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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LETTER ON PROSTITUTION

J ody Williams, Founder Sex Workers Anonymous (formerly Prostitutes Anonymous) www.sexworkersanonymous.com (702) 468-4529 Telephone Re: Decriminalization of Prostitution Issue Dear Amnesty International and Public: Everyone's first reaction to this letter is going to be “but 12 step programs aren't supposed to have an opinion on outside issues” or “enter into public controversy”. But in reality, the issue of how prostitution is viewed as a crime or not IS an “inside” issue in our opinion. So we should weigh in on this point with you. However, to do so would be to “engage in public controversy” as this is a very heated topic at the moment. So what do we do? Do we give you a position letter on the issue from us “officially” or do we not? One thing we do know as a 12 step program however is that we are NOT Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. We are our own unique program and as such the “ultimate authority” is one found through “group conscienc

CAGED NO MORE AND TAMPA BAY ADVOCATES

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When www.sexworkersanonymous.com - which is the oldest and largest group of survivors in the country AND the group who FOUNDED THE MOVEMENT to have sex trafficking recognized as real is not a part of a project like Caged No More folks - that's "your sign" there's a problem with the truth. If they were interested in the truth - we'd have been involved. Anyone who wants to help an alcoholic wouldn't think of doing so without AA. You know why? They have no financial self-interest nor are using anyone for political power, to advance their career or fame that's why. We don't apply for grants and we don't hold any fund raisers. When we started seeing this film start to get filmed - we stood back and told ourselves that "the truth will come out" as we know it always does. It's very validating to see that this is true. Thank you for realizing that our voices as REAL survivors, and as a group whose only purpose is for the re

LETTER TO ALEXANDRA LUTNICK, PhD

Dear Ms. Lutnick:   I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but we formed our program as a 12 step group for one reason.  We had consulted with the California Attorney General in 1986 who was Edwin Meese, author of the Meese Report.  Not only were the police arresting everyone for prostitution no matter what the circumstances, but there had been a proposition almost passed that wanted to further scoop up anyone identified as a “prostitute” and quarantine them on an island.  I could just imagine how horrible it would be for trafficking victims to be further shuttled off to some remote island somewhere and knew something had to change.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_64_(1986)   A s I think I told you before, I had put together the first safe house for adult trafficking victims in 1984 only to find myself arrested.  The pimp had retaliated by calling the cops and claiming I was running a brothel.  Of course the victim testified the pimp had broken her arm and n

LETTER TO REP. MIKE HONDA - AUTHOR OF H.R. 500

Dear Mr. Honda: I see you're the sponsor of H.R. 500 asking to put together a board of survivors to advise on federal policy. Might I introduce myself? I'm the founder of the modern day sex trafficking movement itself. This can be verified by news clips that I have copies of up at www.hightechmadam.com I was dubbed that after opening the first safe house for adult sex trafficking victims in the early 1980's when our society didn't believe we were victims. We were viewed as criminals and disease carriers and blocked from even being able to run from our traffickers to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and even refused to be admitted to drug treatment or even the ER. I know because I took one victim who had been stabbed 51 times by two pimps who were later dubbed the Hillside Strangler to the ER and they refused to admit her. I had to threaten legal action just to get her stitched up because no one wanted to touch the "whore". Aft

SUPERBOWL TRAFFICKING - NO TRAFFICK AHEAD

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b0fb92f0dc3548788ff9bcc7fba067ec/fbi-tries-new-approach-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-figh t Nancy: Bradley Myles is not a survivor.  As of 2015, NOT ONE actual sex trafficking victim had called into the National Trafficking Hotline for help.  Not with all the billboards, the news articles, their signs, etc.  Go on - ask them to validate what I'm saying because it's a quote from their own reports that despite all their signs and billboards and press that not ONE actual sex trafficking victim had called into their hotline directly asking for help and received that help.   They've helped labor trafficking victims, and they've gotten lots of calls ABOUT sex trafficking victims.  But as of 2015 (they opened their hotline in 2002) they had not originated one call from a sex trafficking victim directly from any of their campaigns.   Dominque Roe-Sepowitz designed Project Rose.  Project Rose was police running around dragging street walk

ORGANIZATION FOR PROSTITUTION SURVIVORS

https://www.facebook.com/seattleops/?pnref=lhc   I saw a page for them on Facebook today and saw how they were asking if anyone from Rhode Island might like to come out and speak in support of the Norway model.  I think we have some members of www.sexworkersanonymous.com who support that position so I made a comment to them about how we have members all over the country who are available to speak on different views depending, and if they need someone to speak, let me know and I'll ask from among them to see if anyone is interested. Our members are choosing to remain "anonymous at the level of press, radio and films" so they're not going to put themselves out there on Facebook as survivors number one, and certainly not their views on subjects - not while people like Norma Jean, Domina Elle, Maxine, and Bella are running around burning anyone to the ground who is identifying as a survivor for sure.  So I reached out to make the offer only to have Alisa Bernard lash ba

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SEX TRAFFICKING

https://endslaveryandtrafficking.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ATEST-Factsheet-Survivor-Advisory-Council-FINAL-September-21-2015.pdf If you look at the news clips at www.hightechmadam.com you'll see what appears to be me arrested for running a brothel in 1984.  Only thing is, it was the first safe house for adult sex trafficking victims in the USA.  The victim was being hid at this warehouse from the pimp who got angry and retaliated by calling in a tip I was running a brothel.  The victim had a broken arm and nose and testified against the pimp who was then arrested.  The charges against me were dropped. Realizing a different method was needed, I backed up to start the first hotline in this country, and the first program called Prostitutes Anonymous (remember we didn't have the term "trafficking" coined yet).  Back then all we knew was "voluntary" or "not".  This also launched the first alternative sentencing program for victims in Los An