July Fundraiser - Lysistrata
Happy solstice and summer y’all! Our next Fundraising Friday on the afternoon of July 1st will feature Lysistrata, a community run sex worker activist cooperative and emergency fund to support marginalized SWs in crisis across the US.
We love everything Lysistrata stands for so we’ll let them share more about their contributions to the community:
”Our goals are to protect our autonomy and decision making while also acknowledging that there are people who have lesser access to making choices about their involvement in this industry, to protect folks who have chosen this industry for any number of reasons and to protect folks who didn't by working together as a collective to provide education, exchange life saving information, and provide access to resources.
To fulfill these goals, we aim to:
Collect and distribute funds for the purposes of providing financial assistance to marginalized members of our community who are struggling due to illness, injury, homelessness, wrongful arrest/incarceration, unstable or abusive working conditions, domestic violence, discrimination and other factors that affect their ability to make a living.
Promote and signal boost fundraisers and events for other orgs and individuals in the sex work community.
Sponsor, host and/or participate in events/activities that promote sex work advocacy and networking.
Partner with other sex worker led orgs and projects to supplement necessary services and aid visibility for the work that’s already being done in our community.
Support sex worker owned businesses/orgs, assist in the building of new sex worker run businesses/orgs and offer community resources to ease the transition into other fields for those seeking to diversify their skill set and/or leave the industry.
Work towards building financial, living and working structures that are accessible to and benefit the most marginalized members of our community.”
Please join us for a visit on July 1st; 100% of proceeds from treatments during the afternoon will be donated to Lysistrata. If you’d like to contribute to their work but are unable to make it by on that date, please feel free to check out the various funds that you can donate to through their website to support from home.
