(October 7, 1958 – September 13, 2012)

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SEX WORKERS OUTREACH PROJECT 

Mission Statement: Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is/was a national grassroots social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education, community building, and advocacy.

SWOP committed to the safety, autonomy, and human rights of people in the sex trade.

A Brief History of SWOP: Community is at the core of SWOP and has been since its inception in 2003, when Bay Area sex workers rallied around school teacher and fellow sex worker Shannon Williams, protesting her arrest and mistreatment.

In 2004, SWOP co-founders Stacey Swimme and Robyn Few teamed up with Dr. Annie Sprinkle to honor the victims of the Green River Killer in Seattle, designating December 17th as International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

DID YOU KNOW? Robyn Few was arrested in 2002 for prostitution, which is when her battle with the U.S. government began.

Few founded Sex Workers Outreach Project with the help of Michael Foley and Stacy Simme. Around this time, Shannon Williams, a sex worker who was also a high school teacher, had been arrested for prostitution. It hit the news in a frenzy because she was a teacher.

“I would have been happy to deal with it quietly, but it was already all over the news.” [Said Shannon]. “Robyn showed up and she was just this unbelievable vivacious person … so much energy, so upbeat, so positive, all this fighting spirit. She was funny and bubbly and fun to be around. I was feeling like my life had blown up and she was just like, ‘We’re going to fight this and well take it the Supreme Court!’ Robyn always thought really big and had very long term big goals.”

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Robyn Few was born on Oct 7, 1958, in Paducah, Kentucky, and died Sept 13, 2012, after a long struggle with cancer. She was an American sex worker rights activist who worked for the decriminalization of prostitution, against violence targeted at sex workers, and generally, for the improvement of sex workers’ working conditions. A former prostitute, she founded and directed the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP-USA), and helped organize the annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

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