In Support of Sex Workers - Ottawa Teach-In re: Bedford Case on Prostitution Laws

by Greg Macdougall - Equitable Education

Highlights from a June 8 Community Teach-In as part of a national day of action in support of decriminalization and in solidarity with sex workers. The Bedford case challenging three prostitution laws will be heard by the Supreme Court on June 13.

Speakers:

• Leslie Robertson, Galldin Robertson Law http://galldinrobertson.ca
• Lindsay Blewett, POWER: Prostitutes of Ottawa/Gatineau: Work, Educate, Resist http://powerottawa.ca
• Colleen Cardinal, Families of Sisters in Spirit http://familiesofsistersinspirit.com
• Sean LeBlanc, DUAL: Drug Users Advocacy League Ottawa http://dualottawa.ca

Event hosted by POWER: Prostitutes of Ottawa/Gatineau: Work, Educate, Resist

Info-sheets from Stella on sex work decriminalization and the Bedford case:

• The basics: Decriminalization of Sex Work 101
• Sex Work and the Charter
• Challenging Prostitution Laws: Bedford v. Canada

Video by Greg Macdougall, http://EquitableEducation.ca