I found three great examples of community efforts organizing for change. A group protested potential cuts in city funding for a crucial harm reduction tool - “crack kits.” The kits are designed to reduce HIV and hepatitis transmission, especially from burns that result with stems that heat up too fast.
Another group is calling out an [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about sustainability questions for community efforts working with youth in the sex trade. In the time that I’ve been doing this work, in one way or another for more than 15 years now, I’ve seen a number of organizations working with people in the sex trade start and started one [...]
An inquest in Winnipeg, Canada that started with the suicide of a 14 year old in the sex trade is generating a number of articles.
In Ontario, an arrest of a 21 year old man for pimping a 16 year old also stirred a lot of attention. I find it telling to look at just the [...]
Last Saturday I attended a benefit here in Milwaukee for a new documentary called Cut: Teens and Self-Injury. The movie was made by a Wisconsin filmmaker and will be premiering in April at the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison.
I was cautious because so many young people I know who are or have been in the [...]
Most of you know me through the Young Women’s Empowerment Project (YWEP). After seven years of building YWEP from just an idea in my head to a vibrant youth led nonprofit, I have moved on to take the practice and ideas from YWEP to a wider audience. YWEP and all the youth are in my [...]
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