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Rouge Support Network
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A national support system of artists, storytellers, public health workers & resource mobilizers who serve communities of the global majority, most heavily impacted by capitalism, criminalization & the prison industrial complex
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lysistratamccf.bsky.social
We've been quiet lately while we work on assessing what's safe for public communication where, working on ways to tighten up some security, and doing internal structuring work but the work continues as conditions deteriorate quickly!
Image 1, a screenshot from @ PenGwenwithLC reads: I'm going to be very blunt about this. We are going to see a LOT more people in need of mutual aid to cover food between the soaring food prices and the last vestiges of our societal safety nets being dismantled. People are going to starve without community support. Image 2, a screenshot from @ TheRealJChubby reads: Nothing should radicalize people more than seeing Trump blow through all the barriers Democrats always said were stopping them from delivering meaningful change. Image 3, screenshot from @ allie.gay reads: You need to understand that in 11 days, Trump has advanced anti-transgender policies to near genocidal intensity. Passports have been denied. ID documents confiscated. Banned Trans medicine from those >19y. Essentially banned Trans people from using the bathroom. Image 4, screenshot from @ wyden.senate.gov reads: NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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lysistratamccf.bsky.social
So far, we've distributed 8000 in winter supplemental income payments to the ~200 general Lysistrata members since International Day to End Violence Against SWs and are in good shape to stay on our quarterly payment system for March, and we are already grant writing for the next cycle in the summer.
Image 5 Support a Universal Basic Income for SWs https://tinyurl.com/RSNnetworkurgentsupport
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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lysistratamccf.bsky.social
This rapid escalating of conditions cutting people off from their benefits means that if we can pull together the funds to do larger and more frequent payments, these next few months especially are a key time to do so.

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Help Us Maintain Our Emergency Fund & Pay Multiply Marginalized SWs!! | Lysistrata Cooperative (Powered by Donorbox)
We are an ~200 member activist co-op operating nationally in the United States run by and for current/former sex workers founded in 2016 and we could use your support! (As a non-501c3 entity contribut...
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February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Please consider this a key time to set up monthly donations if you don't already, our membership is 67% LGBTQIA, 79% PoC, 74% Chronically ill/Disabled, 62% houseless /housing instable, 45% parenting/caregiving members & it is made up of the exact people they are trying to cut off from resources.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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lysistratamccf.bsky.social
We have been prioritizing this type of work to be as ready as possible for circumstances like this and we could have been so much more ready with more resources, but it isn't too late to support community based cash distribution systems heavily now!

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Support the Lysistrata UBI & other Network Programming!
Several of our network groups are facing urgent funding shortfalls going into the second half of this year! Over the next few months, we are trying to raise funds to cover:-The next two quarterly supp...
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February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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December 17th memorials and the closure of spaces like Boyztown highlight the need for visibility mourning and reclamation These losses aren’t isolated they reflect a system that erases nonconformity

#EndViolence #InternationalDayToEndViolenceAgainstSexWorkers #D17 #Fundraiser #JusticeForSexWorkers
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
rougenetwork.bsky.social
✊️☂️ We're in the final countdown to this year's International Day to End Violence Against SW events, here's where you can find our members if you're looking for an event to join:
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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adrierising.bsky.social
HR2601 is a proposed bill that would allow state and local law enforcement to monitor any entities associated with the national trafficking hotline and force them into compliance. this includes all of the local sex worker led organisations that funnel those calls.

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National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act (H.R. 2601)
To require entities that contract with the National Human Trafficking Hotline to cooperate with State and local law enforcement agencies when receiving tips via the Hotline.
www.govtrack.us
December 5, 2023 at 2:52 PM
rougenetwork.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! As we close out our fiscal year and enter the holiday season, we're embarking on a digital #GivingTuesday campaign to re-introduce you to our network members that leads up to a Virtual IDEVASW Event on Tue Dec 19th! 

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RSN 1K Donation Matching Challenge
We're participating in a 30 day donation matching challenge, help us raise funds for a virtual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Worker's Event on Dec 19th!
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October 31, 2023 at 10:21 PM