AF3IRM Los Angeles Announces Campaign to End Criminalization of Sex Trafficking Survivors in Massage Parlors
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May 11, 2018
Sylvia Cabrera, AF3IRM LA Co-Coordinator
[email protected], (213) 537-7260
Jollene Levid, AF3IRM International Department
(323) 456-4748
LOS ANGELES-- On Thursday, May 10th, AF3IRM Los Angeles (AF3IRM LA) unveiled its campaign to end the criminalization of sex trafficking survivors in Los Angeles County massage parlors as the next focus in its ongoing Purple Rose Campaign. The Los Angeles chapter of … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM on May Day 2018
NATIONAL—Today we the women of AF3IRM join all those around the world marking International Workers Day! We celebrate the militant, revolutionary history and spirit of May Day and continue to fight in solidarity with workers in the United States and worldwide. In various cities, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and New York, we took to the streets in … Continue Reading ››
Lessons From the Jennifer Laude Murder: On Women, LGBTQ and Human Rights
29-years-old. Beautiful. Engaged to be married. A happy future laid out for her... So why did Jennifer Laude end up with her head in a toilet bowl, dead? In a motel room. At a rest & recreation center for the American military in the Philippines. Her killer, a young man from Massachusetts, felt he was justified. Trans panic … Continue Reading ››
The Women’s Revolt Continues: Teachers’ Strikes Across the Nation
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April 16, 2018
Sylvia Cabrera, AF3IRM Los Angeles Co-Coordinator
213-537-7260
[email protected]
AF3IRM Los Angeles stands with and joins the national uprising of educators fighting for fair compensation, safe schools, and quality public education for students and their families. We send our solidarity to the educators of West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Colorado, whose strikes are the latest iteration of … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM LA’s SOYA Youth Briana: “We are choosing to fight”
Los Angeles--On the day of #MarchforOurLives, we in AF3IRM wanted to also uplift the voices of the youth with whom we work. We know that feminist future that we seek can be found in the youth who inspire us with their brilliance and their leadership. This speech was delivered by Briana Morales, one of the youth who participated in AF3IRM … Continue Reading ››