Sex Worker Integrated Support and Health (SWISH) is dedicated to the health and safety of sex workers in Oakland. We center the voices and needs of, and… Read more “About”
Context
The seed for SWISH was started with the annual sex worker spa day that started in 2010, a temporary healing pop up space by and for sex workers only. After… Read more “Context”
Projects
Oakland SWISH currently has three projects, and are planning a fourth in the near future. Boxes One of our new projects for Oakland is small safer sex… Read more “Projects”
Future Endeavors
Safety Text Line Heavy policing, lack of access to safer sex work through online advertising, and intersectional marginalizations by neighbors and the criminal ‘justice’ system has created… Read more “Future Endeavors”
Support Us!
Patrons: We need funding for sex worker spa days, as well as to buy snacks, supplies and anything else that might be needed for outreach and the… Read more “Support Us!”
Anti-trafficking
Sex workers have been the subject of a large movement built around ‘saving’ us from trafficking, with very little input from the people actually at the center… Read more “Anti-trafficking”