COYOTE RI JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER
WELCOME TO 2025 COYOTE SUPPORTERS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COYOTE is now accepting applications for summer interns. Please title your email “Summer Intern, and email your CVs to <bella@coyoteri.org>
SPOTLIGHT
COYOTE RI 2024 ANNUAL REPORT Link
Hat Tip SWOP BEHIND BARS, for highlighting COYOTE RI in your partnership profile series Link
DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2024 Memorial Event Video (#IDEVAS) #Dec17th Link
On Dec 17th, 2024, COYOTE RI republished our “Sex Work Policy” book. "A Tribute to December 17th: The COYOTE RI Project" (Available on Amazon ) Link
We added a letter to the reader and why Dec 17th is important, you can view both on the sample page Link
“The second reason we republished it, is now that the word "sex" isn't in the title., we can get the book on tablets so incarcerated people throughout the US will be able to access the book.
COMMERCIAL SEX WORK, 1ST AMENDMENT & SURVEILLANCE
The Coyote Project: Sex Work Policy Podcast #1 Link
The Coyote Project: Sex Work Policy Podcast #2 Link
A Tryst With Logan Escort Hue Belladonna Link
Are all John's sex traffickers? SJC hears arguments in prostitution sting case. Link
Matt Gaetz ethics report finds 'substantial evidence' of statutory rape, prostitution Link
A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware Link
Episode 31 December 17th 2024 • A Sex Worker's Guide to the Galaxy •Parker Westwood Link
US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking 2024 Link
Sex workers, now victims, who had ads on Backpage to get compensation Link
Massachusetts Court Weighs Whether All Prostitution Is Sex Trafficking Link
One woman’s crusade for the sex workers Baltimore ignores Link
SUPER BOWL SEX WORKER BAILOUT IN NEW ORLEANS Link
Illinois could become the first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law Link
The Future of Online Porn Is At Stake Today Link
When Making Laws About Sex Work, Listen To Sex Workers Link
WHITEWASHING AMERICAN HISTORY-SLAVERY- RACISM
John Oliver looks at how the history of race in America is taught in schools, how we can make those teachings more accurate, and why it’s in everyone's best interest to understand the most realistic version of the past. LINK
CAMPAIGNS
To: Adult Media Production Companies & Distributors: End Racism and Wage Discrimination in Porn Link
Asian Spa Workers Should Be Able to Report Violence Without Arrest - Please sign the Petition- Next steps Link Please sign the petition in support of the RI
H7307 & in Oppos of H7165 & S2441 Link and check out our Immunity Tool Kit @ http://bit.ly/3BH5QPC ‘
More Campaigns @ Link
RESEARCH
COYOTE is collecting stories to support a bill for immunity for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors reporting violent crimes to police. Surveys are a way that we can bring the voices of criminalized people who would rather remain anonymous to lawmakers. Please participate in this short, 8-question survey. Link
“Sex Work Policy: Participatory Action Research By and For Sex Workers and Sex Trafficking Survivors” Available on Amazon Link
Summary of 2022/2023 Anchorage Police Department Prostitution Records Request Link
COYOTES Immunity Tool Kit Link
“Prostitution and Prostitution Related Charges in Rhode Island 2000 - Present” link
COYOTE’s “Four Years of FOSTA Survey Report” link
“Policing Modern Day Slavery; Carceral Care in Rhode Island” [link].
ESPLERPS 2023 Report "Californians for Privacy: How the War on Sex Work Is Stripping Your Privacy Rights." Link
The Double-Edged Sword of Health and Safety: COVID-19 and the Policing and Exclusion of Migrant Asian Massage Workers in North America Link
Editorial: Gains and Challenges in the Global Movement for Sex Workers’ Rights Link
Shadow Report Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocols July 12th Meeting with the United States State Department. Link
Stochastic Gender-Based Violence: How Incels Justify and Encourage Sexualized Violence Against Women Link
COYOTE PROGRAM SERVICES
The COYOTE CLOSET provides clothing, hygiene items, and harm reduction supplies for over 200 street-based workers, and poor/houseless people every month. Our closet is almost bare. We need body wash, razors, and small swag bags, Please consider purchasing an item from our Amazon wishlist. Please consider cleaning out your closets and donating your old clothes. (Contact Bella at 401-525-8757 to schedule drop off/ pick up for clothing donations) Thank you. Debra Harris is the Outreach & Event Coordinator at Direct Action for Rights & Equality ( DARE). We are thrilled to bring Debra aboard as COYOTE’s new Outreach Coordinator.
COYOTEs “Health and Safety Education Specialist, Lindsey Berry facilitates our re-entry empowerment program for the women at the RI ACI every week. COYOTE RI is now providing case management to assist the women in getting copies of their birth certificates and social security cards, which are required to obtain their state ID. Without a state ID, they can not get a job or apply for SNAP, Medicaid, and other public services. We are also providing the women released from the RI ACI with a 100 Savers Gift Card for clothing and a 100 Stop & Shop gift card for food and household items. We are also assisting many of them in accessing sober houses & safe housing. #creatingcommunity
“Healing Hustlers” is an online weekly support group for sex workers and survivors.
Sister 2 Sister, is a weekly online support group for Formerly Incarcerated Women to find resources & community by COYOTE RI & Once Incarcerated Anonymous. Thank you LaResse Harvey for facilitating this support group.
COYOTE RI SEX WORKER STORY TELLING PODCAST
Episode 45: Meet Scarlett Pereira: FSSW, Activist & Horse Rescuer! Link
In this episode, we will hear from the wonderful Scarlett Pereira, whose story is told in “Pleasure to Purpose: The True Story of Sex Worker Scarlett Pereira” by Elizabeth Splaine. Just released on January 10th on Amazon for 28.77. You can find the soft cover for $19 on Elizabethsplaineauthor.com or purchase the e-book on Amazon
Sex workers & Survivors that would like to be interviewed please email, <communications@coyoteri.org>
GOOD READS
"Sex Work Policy”
Sex Work Policy marks the coming together of cutting-edge participatory action research by and for people in the sex industry, illustrating how policy shapes their health, safety, and working conditions. While much has been written about people in the sex industry and how laws and policies affect them, we rarely hear from them. This is the first book compiling the experiences and voices of thousands of people in the United States' sex industry.
“A Tribute to December 17: The COYOTE PROJECT”
In order to get our book on the tablets inside jails and prisons, it can’t have the word sex in the title. So we published “ A Tribute to December 17th: The COYOTE PROJECT. This version of sex work policy has a letter to the reader and why December 17th is so important. It’s available on Amazon and it’s on sale for 14.95
Pleasure to Purpose: The True Story of Sex Worker Scarlett Pereria by Elizabeth Splaine, is a fabulous read. It’s available on Amazon for 28.77 However you can purchase it on the author’s website for 18.99 dollars.
LOCAL RESOURCE LIST LINK
SEX WORKER & LGBT RESOURCES
Mutual Aid for California sex workers- Link
Sex Worker Implementation Tools - SWIT Guideline Link
Empower Today online library Link
Making Incarcerated Sex Workers our Priority: Calls for penpals! Help us write letters to incarcerated sex workers! Penpalling is an easy and effective way to show support and solidarity for sex workers. We are currently providing case management to over 100 incarcerated sex workers. For more information email info@coyoteri.org or apply for a penpal with SWOP Behind Bars Link
Ramona created a video with tips for being a pen pal.
Also, see SWOP Behind Bars' new video on “How to get Identification Documents after being Incarcerated”
SWOP Behind Bars Quick Start Guide to Writing Incarcerated People Link
You've Got (Jail) Mail! Link
Midwest Rainbow News, Incarcerated LGBTQ People Link
Also check out our sister organization: Once Incarcerated
Guide to Hiring Sex Workers and Survivors Link
Media Training for Advocacy by Free Speech Coalition Link
Stop The Raids, EFF Cyber Security Training Link
Why Unionize Link
Leadership and Media Training Materials Link
More Resources Link
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bird flu H5N1 is here Jan. 25 H5N1 Prep Workshop Link
First person in the US to die of bird flu Link
New COVID Strain ‘Kraken’ Spreads: 9 Most Common Symptoms Link
Face mask mandates return in multiple states as doctors warn of 'quad-demic' of four viral infections Link
PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS (updated monthly) Link
IN THE LOCAL NEWS
The Womxn Project on the first day of the Rhode Island Legislative Session - Freedom Forward! Link
The first annual People's State of the State is Tuesday night at 6 pm at the Rhode Island State House Link
Oped: Is Governor McKee looking to retaliate against homelessness service providers who question him? NThis isn’t leadership - it’s
pigheaded ignorance and deliberate obfuscation. Link
The 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress
Judge orders white supremacist group Patriot Front to pay $2.7 million to Black musician attacked in Boston Link
Members of the General Assembly call on Governor McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency Link
Economic Progress Institute: Equity Impact Statements make for better legislation Link
The People's State of the State calls for un unhoused state of emergency and a tax on the one percent Link
Dr. Padma Venkatraman: Sea Change in Censorship: Fighting the rising tide of book bans in our Ocean State Link
Jackie Goldman: Praise for the unamed volunteers who made the Providence emergency shelter happen Link
Christian Nationalists have plans for Rhode Island Link
A new report from The Sentencing Project demonstrates alarming data on long-term imprisonment Link
3rd Annual New Years Eve Noise Demo held outside Wyatt Detention Facility, calling to end Central Falls ICE contract Link
Haus of Codec: Statement regarding Governor McKee's comments on homelessness and Haus of Codec Link
The 17th Annual Interfaith Poverty Vigil focuses legislative attention on Rhode Islanders in need Link
"I followed the laws that allowed me to do this," said the Landlord, “But someone had died..." Link
The homeless system is at capacity, and freezing temperatures make the need for a Public Health Emergency necessary Link
Providence City Councilors open Council Chamber for overnight warmth during Polar Vortex Link
Bill Bartholomew explores some of the key issues driving Rhode Island’s housing crisis in podcast series Link
Kimberly Simmons: RI Homelessness is a Public Health Crisis- The Governor has Misspoken Link
Bill Bartholomew explores some of the key issues driving Rhode Island’s housing crisis in podcast series Link
IN THE NATIONAL NEWS
DOJ sues landlords for alleged rent-fixing collusion via online software Link
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row Link
New York governor orders firing of 14 prison workers after fatal attack on inmate Link
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions Link
Lawsuit wave: Margaritaville at Sea hit with third rape allegation Link
Eight LA cops fired after massive cover-up of police beating of trans man Link
Two gay men beaten by 11 teens in disturbing “post & boast” attacks Link
Rise up America, fascism is knocking and we best be ready Link
Here is How You Can Support COYOTE RI! If you’d like to schedule a meeting with COYOTE RI, email <info@coyoteri.org> You can also use the above email if you want to volunteer to get involved with COYOTE RI. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to COYOTE RI with our AB Charities link, or, also consider purchasing an item off our Amazon wish list for outreach supplies. Thank you in advance for your support!
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