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I am posting this on behalf of x:talk project.
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Luca

Positions available:

Organisers - in the sex industry in London

The x:talk project is seeking suitable candidates to assist with several campaigns and projects, including our English language classes for migrant sex workers in London. The x:talk project is a sex worker-led workers co-operative which approaches language teaching as knowledge sharing between equals and regards the ability to communicate as a fundamental tool for sex workers to work in safer conditions, to organise and to socialise with each other. We understand language to be a politically and socially charged instrument of power, which we aim to teach critically and thoughtfully. Our English classes are organised to create a space where sex work can be openly talked about and does not have to be concealed or hidden. Through providing such a space we aim to challenge the stigma and isolation attached to our profession while at the same time we guarantee confidentiality and respect for those involved. Please see the x:talk website [ www.xtalkproject.net ] for more information about the project.

In addition to providing free English classes to migrant sex workers, we encourage critical interventions around the issues of migration, race, gender and labour and we participate in debates and campaigns for the rights of sex workers in London, the UK and globally.

In order to be eligible to apply for the organiser position candidates should:

* have previous or current work experience in the UK sex industry - ESSENTIAL

* have experience of collective organising and/or desire to learn about it through working with x:talk

Pay: ?25 per hour

Working hours: average of 3hrs per week. Please note that organisers are expected to attend monthly x:talk collective meetings in central London.

Start date: ASAP

Location: London

In order to apply, please email Ava Caradonna at xtalk.classes@gmail.com with a covering letter stating why you are interested in the position, along with a CV including only the information relevant to the above requirements.

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About the xtalk project:

Our project is open to people who sell sex or sexual services ? including workers in brothels, escort agencies, outdoors, flats, independents, bars, on the phone or internet, strippers, dancers, models, porn stars and glamour models. We respect people?s choices or circumstances about continuing to work in the sex industry or exiting the industry.

As workers in the sex industry we are often denied a voice, we are considered only passive victims, we are taught to be ashamed of our work, we are made invisible by discriminatory laws that illegalise our work and us, and we are spoken for and about but rarely are we allowed to speak for ourselves. As migrants even more so. Sometimes our voices are not heard even amongst each other because we don?t speak the same languages.

The x:talk project is a sex worker-led workers co-operative which approaches language teaching as knowledge sharing between equals and regards the ability to communicate as a fundamental tool for sex workers to work in safer conditions, to organise and to socialise with each other.

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