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SWOPcastPhoenix Calida Breaks Down The Attack On Trans Women In Sex WorkerPhoenix Calida Breaks Down The Attack On Trans Women In Sex Worker
Tamika Spellman talks with D.C. police officers who were responding to a call about a fight between two sex workers late one night in August. Spellman often makes rounds to check up on such women. (J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post)By Samantha Schmidt andMarissa J. LangSeptember 16
With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln sedan at dark sidewalks where she once stood.
West Virginia Avenue. K...
2019-09-2217 min
How To ResistEp. 3: How to Resist Transphobia with Emmelia TalaricoWe spoke with Emmelia Talarico about how we can put marginalized voices up front in our activism. Emmelia is an organizer with DisruptJ20 and other organizations in the Maryland and DC area. Emmelia started her organizing as a workplace advocate and quickly moved up to being a labor organizer for Change to Win, organizing federally contracted fast food worker to go on strike for $15 and a union. She is currently the field organizer for Global Trade Watch, winning on campaigns such as the Stop The TPP fight.
2017-02-2139 min