Sojourner Truth: Wednesday January 4, 2023

Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you excerpts from “Hookers in the House of the Lord,” a webinar discussion series organized by the US Prostitutes Collective, Global Womens’ Strike, Women of Color Global Women’s Strike and In Defense of Prostitute Womens’ Safety Project in coalition with St. Francis Lutheran Church in San Francisco, where the event was held live in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the 1982 English Collective of sex workers, occupation of the church of holy cross in England.

We spend the hour with speakers including: Pastor Bea Chun with the St Francis Lutheran Church who opens the discussion with a historical account of the church as a place of sanctuary for street workers throughout time, Rachel West, of the US PROStitutes Collective, who will be filling us in on the latest statutes in San Francisco resulting in targeted police crackdowns on prostitutes that result in further endangering street workers forced out into industrial areas where they are prone to fall victim to theft, rape or assault. You will also hear from Jane Welford, with the Global Women’s Strike who will discuss the mother-led campaigns to address the growing number of mothers going into sex work to feed their families, and Nell Myhand from Women of Color Global Women’s Strike, who will be discussing present laws in California negatively impacting Black & Brown prostitutes at a disproportionate rate.