Sex Workers Health and Safety Summit

Posted by on May 15, 2004

SEX WORKERS HEALTH AND SAFETY SUMMIT:
A DAY OF DIALOGUE
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004
8:30 A.M. ? 4:00 P.M.
Temple University
Ritter Hall Annex ? Kiva Auditorium
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue

The 1st Summit on health and safety issues for Philadelphia Sex Workers

Purpose:
To learn about the issues and challenges faced by sex workers including health care, the judicial process, and safety.

Audience:
Agency staff serving sex workers, including but not limited to: representatives from government, community-based organizations, shelters, drug treatment facilities, research institutions, public service organizations, and law enforcement.

Goals:
? learn about the services that are available to sex workers as well as unmet service needs
? insure that sex workers know about existing services
? reduce barriers that keep sex workers from accessing these services
? develop strategies for improving and increasing services

This meeting will highlight local leaders and programs.
There will be workshops on:
Safety, Health, Behavioral Health and Law Enforcement.

F R E E
*Registration
*Continental Breakfast
*Lunch
*Materials & Resource Information

Please contact Peter Solomon at for a registration form no later than Friday, June 4, 2004. Call Peter at (215) 683-1283 for additional information.

Organized By:
The Sex Workers Health and Safety Task Force, a project of the Philadelphia Women?s Death Review Team

Sponsored by:
Temple University?s Departments of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women?s Studies, The Criminal Justice Society – Temple University, The Mazzoni Center, Office of Behavioral Health

Member of the Summit Planning Group (Sex Workers Health and Safety Task Force):
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Women and Families Planning and Program unit ? Behavioral Health System, Adult Probation Department ? City of Philadelphia, Maternal, Child and Family Health ? Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Women in Transition, Dr. Judy Porter ? Bryn Mawr College, Prevention Point Philadelphia, GALAEI, Women?s Anti-Violence Education, Women Against Abuse, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Philadelphia Women?s Death Review Team, Circle of Life


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