(This post is a series of daily letters from me to my future children reporting from the emerging paradigm.)
Dear Kids:
I got the chance to catch up with my friend Cris Sardina the other day, the director of Desiree Alliance a sex worker’s rights non-profit I’ve been working with for much of the past decade. I love doing this work, which is mostly spreadsheets and administration, supporting justice that’s important to me.
Cris shared about going to Tulsa, OK (she lives in Arkansas) with her daughter to protest the Trump rally on June 20th. Her reflections on the MAGA (“Make America Great Again”–a euphemism for white) folks were hilarious. “It’s a bunch of drunk white guys not wearing masks.”
Compared with the protestors who she reported were wearing masks and peaceful. Not drunk! And caring for one another–there were folks passing out water, snacks, information. It’s incredible how this movement helps each other.
We talked about the fireworks in urban areas and the coordinated efforts by white supremacist groups to put fireworks in neighborhoods so that it creates battle fatigue in the bodies of folks hearing explosions constantly. (This is a war tactic!)
Her take on how to make real change these days, especially for sex workers, is to get the “old white guys” out of the Senate. One of the many things she’s been doing lately is tweeting at folks running for office to find out who supports the decriminalization of sex work!
I love my work with Desiree Alliance, it’s put me in contact and coalition with some incredible advocates and activists. It’s been rad to see folks I know who work with trans folks of color sex workers who are getting a good amount of donations during this time. Hoping that folks sustain these donations to trans women of color organizing in their communities! Casa Ruby and GLITS to name a couple doing vital work!
Here’s to maintaining friendships and allyship with folks who are out in the world doing different types of protest work. And here’s to my work on the admin side, spent hours on hold resolving an email issue for Cris so she could keep rattling cages doing what she does best.
xoxo,
Mom
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