The Sex Workers & Allies Network (SWAN) is a harm reduction organization based in New Haven, Connecticut. SWAN stands for decriminalization of sex work, abolition of the unjust criminal system, and dignity for all.
SWAN is a program of the CT Harm Reduction Alliance.
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The SWAN Mobile Outreach Van distributes harm reduction and safer use supplies to people in the Greater New Haven area, free of charge.
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The Founding Of SWAN
The Sex Workers and Allies Network started in the aftermath of a rash of police arrests and attempts at public shaming of sex workers in the New Haven, Connecticut area. Activists united and successfully demanded an end to schemes by the New Haven police to conduct stings against sex workers.
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Our mission is to improve the working conditions, safety and dignity of all people in or affected by sex work through education, advocacy, research, and litigation.
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Join the Unhoused Activist Community Team (U-ACT) this Friday for a rally to support tent city solidarity. We’ll be on the steps at the New Haven Courthouse (121 Elm St.) at 9am with a community breakfast and rally before joining Mark Colville as he pleads not guilty for criminal trespassing in the first degree for occupying tent ci#StopTheSweepsS#LetThemTente#HousingJusticeu#harmreductionu#homelessnesss#NewHavenw#Connecticutcticut
Want to support the folks displaced by the city’s destruction of tent city? Both Amistad Catholic Worker and @newhavenhousingfund are in need of funds to continue providing for folks. More updates to come and we’ll be gathering in support of Mark Colville on Friday at 8:30am at the court house on Elm in Ne#StopTheSweepst#LetThemTent##HousingNotHandcuffsn#harmreductionarmreduction
SWAN stands in solidarity with our friends at the west river tent city. Encampments provide crucial support and community that keeps unhoused people safe!
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