About Us

Our purpose is to build collective power around and for people engaged in sex work in Minneapolis and greater Minnesota. 

Our mission is twofold: 

1. To achieve full decriminalization of sex work in the state of Minnesota through educating policy makers and advocating for the full human rights of the sex working community at all government levels, and 

2. To establish Minnesota as the safest state for anyone engaged in the sex trades by educating the the public, dismantling stigma, and advocating for the rights of people engaged in sex work.

What is comprehensive decriminalization?

• Inclusive for workers and buyers
• Strong anti-exploitation  and anti-violence legislation 
• No licenses, regulation, or reporting requirements for workers
• Shared resources between workers without interference from government

How do we measure safety?

• Policy and the risk of interaction with carceral punishment 
• Whorephobia in healthcare, media coverage, and prosecution language
• Access to affirmative care and physical spaces to receive wanted resources without fear of judgement, “rescue”, or discrimination
• Access to labor rights and legal recognition of work without regulation

Our Big Deal Purpose Values 

1. Human Rights: Sex workers are people with full inherent agency, dignity, and sovereignty 
2. Safety: Sex workers’ access to resources that keep them safe must be protected

Our Working Collective Values

1. Inclusive: Non-hierarchical leadership structure that upholds equity for everyone’s skills and engagement capacity
2. Listening & Compassionate Communication: Building trust with each other by speaking to and respecting needs, values, and capacity of each other
3. Non-punitive: Accountability is an ongoing process that welcomes grievances, sharing of hard things, and being committed to a practice where conflicts and disagreements are not threats
4. Rest & Recovery: We value taking the time to step away from and into projects as it feels comfortable to each person for them to be able to meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs
5. Shared Reality: Everyone will be informed on and have clarity around project process, meeting notes, financial status, events, and what is expected of them within the happenings of the group
6. Window of Tolerance: We value the experience and self awareness of each person and of their own measurements of stress tolerance
7. No One “F*cks Up”: we approach conflict and difference with curiosity, boundaries, and consent toward collective resolution

What We Don’t Tolerate (and how we practice against it)

• Gatekeeping
  • Regular, accessible space to meet with leadership
  • Newsletter on current happenings (in the works!)
• Financial censorship
  • Collective agreements on grant applications and project budgets with integrated oversight
  • Public reports and description of funds
  • Finances are a weekly meeting agenda topic when funds are available
• Power Hoarding
  • Regular, accessible space to meet with anyone seen as leadership 
  • Project transparency and realistic expectations for people who choose to be involved in them
  • Ownership and recognition of conscience and contributions of each person
  • Supportive mentorship culture: we all have things to learn from each other and the power to inform the global movement at large – we are organizing and learning together in tandem
• Favoritism & Tokenism
  • Awareness of bias and sensitivity to diverse voices
  • Address problems when they arise – take complaints from members seriously and commit to meaningful solutions to address concerns