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Justice and Change: A Sex Worker Institute
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This day-long institute on the Thursday of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit will focus on the building blocks of social justice organizing: facilitation, organizing across differences and confronting privilege, political advocacy, decriminalization and decarceration, and coalition building. Participants will engage with a variety of trainers and materials throughout the day that will help to prepare them to continue to fight harmful legislation and to better build community. NOTE: This institute is hosted by SWOP-USA and is open only to current…
Find out more »Transformative Justice: An Introduction
Presenter: Mia Mingus
THIS INSTITUTE IS CAPPED AT 125 PARTICIPANTS. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. How do we respond to violence within our own communities without relying on the police, prisons or other state systems in a way that helps us build the world we long for? Transformative justice (TJ) is a political framework and approach for responding to violence, harm and abuse. TJ is an abolitionist framework and at its most basic, TJ seeks to respond to violence without creating more violence. This…
Find out more »Understanding Personal Lubricants
Presenter: Aly Geisler
This workshop is meant to expand beyond the current base-line understanding of personal lubricants, as researched and presented by an educator working in a health and education based sex store. There is a trend for sex educators to encourage lubricant use for all as a means to reduce shame, enhance the sexual experience, and promote sexual wellness. This prompt often leaves out crucial nuances regarding the possible sexual health implications of the most common personal lubricants. Recommendations to use boutique…
Find out more »From the Streets to the Screen- Sex Work and Activism
Presenters: jessica drake, Nina Hartley
Find out more »More Fats, More Fems: Body Confidence in the Bedroom
Presenter: Carly S.
Despite common tropes about desexualized fat characters and how bigger people are portrayed in the media, people of size have sex too! And it has the potential to be really really good sex. But it does come with its own share of complications. I'll share my tips for protecting yourself from societal negativity, and how to be the most confident person you can be! we will also go over consent, vocab, positions, products, hacks and all the best ways to…
Find out more »Increasing Sexual Freedom and Rights: How Sex Work Legislation Decreases Violence and Exploitation
Presenter: Jill McCracken, PhD
This session presents a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project in consultation with the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective. Having decriminalized prostitution in 2003 as a result of the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA), New Zealand is the only country in the world to have decriminalized prostitution, and is therefore an ideal location to learn how this legislative model impacts sexual freedom, human rights, and violence and exploitation in the sex industry. The workshop begins with overview of the different models used to…
Find out more »Gaslighting’s Invisible Glare
Presenter: Samantha Manewitz LICSW CST
In the age of alternative facts, gaslighting seems to be everywhere. The phrase has become fodder for many a blog post and think piece. And yet, there's pervasive misunderstanding about what gaslighting actually is and how it affects our brains. The truth is that gaslighting is a pervasive, insidious, and effective form of psychological manipulation/control. It can manifest in relationships, friendships, communities, online, and beyond. No matter who you are, where you're from, or how smart and capable you may…
Find out more »Premiere of jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex: Senior Sex Edition
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When adult superstar, sex educator and human rights activist jessica drake teamed up with award-winning author and “senior sexpert” Joan Price for an educational project, we knew there would be fireworks. Join us Friday lunchtime for the first-ever screening of “jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex: Senior Sex Edition”: educational, explicit film about how sex changes as we age and how we can remain sexually zesty lifelong. After the screening, jessica, Joan, and some of the sexy seniors from the…
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