Red Umbrella Alliance PHILLY

In her 1992 essay “‘No Humans Involved’: An Open Letter to My Colleagues,” Sylvia Wynter brought her colleagues’ attention to the LAPD’s inhumane use of the N.H.I acronym which means “No Humans Involved.” Wynter begins by telling us about the police’s use of the acronym to refer to “any case involving a breach of the rights of [Black people] who belong to the jobless category of the inner city ghettos.” She then explains how people are only classified as human when they fall in line with the thinking and behaviours of the status quo. Nonconformance with the established order of white supremacy renders Black and other people of color inhuman. It is in this context that we bring up the rights of people who trade sex and people who use drugs. The use of erotic labor and drugs has existed in all of our communities over millenia. In fact, some of the earliest written documentation of sex work organizing dates back to the Vedic Era (early iron age). Suffice to say, all people have engaged in erotic labor and drug use for spriritual, medicinal, and recreational purposes historically. We recognize the deep pains that slavery and colonialisim have brought to our communities and the means by which white supremacy has disrupted our original ways of being. Concurrently, we believe that criminalization and blanket solutions of prohibition and recovery won’t address the root issues of lack of safety, access to livelihoods, and security facing our communities. Communities thrive on connection; sex work and drug use, when occuring in particular conditions, foster connection and cohesiveness and can meet a community’s unspoken needs. The ruling, white supremacist class recognizes the power of sex, sex work, and drugs and uses the legal system to inflict violence on and murder our loved ones who create and provide access; it deems them inhuman. It often successfully disappears the memories of our dead. The psychic impact of this on our community is devastating. Those deemed forgettable and “undesirable” are then further considered disposable in our own communities and relentlessly targeted from both within and without. . Full write up on phillyrua.com.

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In the past I few months, three former Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) workers, two of whom are Black trans women, have spoken out against the conditions and abuse at PPP. In articles published in Billy Penn and The Philadelphia Inquirer, the three women have detailed how Prevention Point Philadelphia has fostered a culture of abuse, transmisogyny, racism, and rape culture that impacts staff and clients at the facility. In response, leadership at PPP has publicly gaslit survivors and denied any wrongdoing. Philadelphia Red Umbrella Alliance, SOL Collective, and Project SAFE Philadelphia are coming together to support the needs of these survivors. The complete statement and demands can be read here. Until the administration of PPP chooses to listen to the needs and demands of survivors and their supporters, we as a community have a responsibility to support them where PPP has not. Monies gathered on this GoFundMe will be distributed to the three survivors who have spoken up. Monies gathered will go towards paying for their support, such as rent, food, therapy, and other needs. Link to demands And go fund me in bio

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SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK WOMEN THIS SUMMERTIME: $1000 to go GET THE PPP WHISTLEBLOWERS FUND OVER THE FINISH LINE! Former employees of Prevention Point Philadelphia spoke up about dangerous working conditions + sexual and racist violence which resulted in their displacement. Two of them are trans women. AFTER A FULL YEAR OF FUNDRAISING, LET'S FINALLY MEET THE GOAL! gofund.me/a3001ba6

Happy Pride, let's support survivors! Image description for image 1 and 2: On a pride flag background text reads Call for community support: Pride month edition For almost a year we have been raising funds to support 3 Black women, 2 of whom are t rans, who are former employees of Prevention Point Philadelphia and spoke up about dangerous working conditions & sexual & racist violence, which resulted in their displacement. The first Pride a riot started by Black trans women who refused to be silenced, abused, and vilified. gofund.me/a3001ba6 This pride month we ask you to materially honor and care for the very women on whose backs queer and trans liberation has always been built right here in Philly. gofund.me/a3001ba6 We a only $2000 away from the goal. Help us cross the finish line by June 30th.

Edited to add: we're postponing our picnic due to possibility of inclement weather. Keep an eye for another date! This year we're doing a picnic! DM us for snack questions! We ❤️ vegan and gluten free options! . Image ID: on a rainbow background is a photo of hello kitty with an umbrella. Text reads: International Whore's Day Picnic June 2, 2023 5pm - 7pm Belmont Plateau Bring a blanket/chair to sit on and a snack or drink to share. We ask participants to mask and eat socially distanced. Masks will be provided.

Hey! This is happening tonight at @fleisherart . Details on @laboroflovephl and flyer!

📢ON GOING CALL FOR SOLIDARITY 📢 Hoping to raise $2000 by April 1st! Spread the word and drop some spare change 💱 . . . Image ID Text on a green background with flowers at the bottom. Text reads: CALL 4 SPRINGTIME $UPPORT + $OLIDARITY with the Black women displaced and harmed by Prevention Point Philadelphia Goal: $12,500/15,000 by APRIL 1 We are now in our NINTH month of raising funds for former employees of PPP spoke up about dangerous working conditions, sexual and racist violence which resulted in their displacement. 2 of them are trans women. gofund.me/a3001ba6 gofund.me/a3001ba6 gofund.me/a3001ba6

TONIGHT AT 7 #sooooooo excited to share this screening of Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers I’ve been working on with @launderette.records to fundraise for @phillyrua !!! March 21st! Doors at 6, showtime 7pm! We’ll have popcorn and rua merch for sale to raise extra funds ! Masks are encouraged and will also be provided at the door :) tickets will be $10-20 sliding scale and you can purchase them here: /event/PhillyRUA or in the link of @launderette.records ‘s bio! Tiny bottle shop, located just down the street behind The Lunar Inn, will be hosting a free wine tasting Tuesday evening from 6-8PM. Stop by Tiny’s before the screening and bring a bottle over to Launderette. BYOB is welcome and encouraged. Ty @prayers.zine for the most perfect flyer ilyyyyyyyyyy🫶

So sooooooo excited to share this screening of Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers I’ve been working on with @launderette.records to fundraise for @phillyrua !!! March 21st! Doors at 6, showtime 7pm! We’ll have popcorn and rua merch for sale to raise extra funds ! Masks are encouraged and will also be provided at the door :) tickets will be $10-20 sliding scale and you can purchase them here: /event/PhillyRUA or in the link of @launderette.records ‘s bio! Tiny bottle shop, located just down the street behind The Lunar Inn, will be hosting a free wine tasting Tuesday evening from 6-8PM. Stop by Tiny’s before the screening and bring a bottle over to Launderette. BYOB is welcome and encouraged. Ty @prayers.zine for the most perfect flyer ilyyyyyyyyyy🫶

📢 ONGOING CALL FOR SOLIDARITY 📢 On this LAST day of Black History Month, the month of love,we ask you to show material solidarity with 3 Black women displaced and harmed by Prevention Point Philadelphia. We are asking again because the need has not yet been met. Former employees of PPP spoke up about dangerous working conditions and sexual and racist violence, which resulted in their silencing and displacement. Two of them are trans women. 🌹after 7 months of fundraising, we are nearly 2/3 of the way to the goal! all funds will go to the mental and physical health care, as well as survival funds for these women we owe support to 🌹 Please don’t stop sharing. Please give generously. Link in our bio! Thank you so much once again for your solidarity.