FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Queens, New York – Sex Workers, Massage Parlor Workers and their supporters will hold a community vigil, “Remembering Yang Song,” taking place at 2:30PM EST outside of her former workplace, 135-32 40th Rd in Flushing, on November 25th, 2018.
Last year, November 26th 2017, 38 year old Yang Song died after a raid on her workplace in Queens conducted by the NYPD. Organizers of the vigil are “horrified that the police continue to raid massage parlors in the name of ‘rescuing’ sex working people.”
Community advocates have stated, “If these massage parlor raids continue more workers will die, be incarcerated, deported. Stop criminalizing sex work. Stop criminalizing immigrant working people. Stop targeting massage parlors.”
As community members gather to mourn, and remember Yang Song, they want to emphasize that they want safe working conditions for all sex workers, massage workers, and immigrant workers. They want rights not police raids.
They want self-determination and an end to the criminalization of their labor.
This event is endorsed and supported by:
The Support Ho(s)e Collective & Justice for Alisha Walker Defense Committee
The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
Lysistrata Mutual Care Collective Fund
Survivors Against SESTA
Survived & Punished NY
Womankind
Follow the hashtags:
#JusticeForYangSong
#RightsNotRaids
#CopsOutOfParlors
宋扬周年祭—社区缅怀纪念宋扬
二〇一七年的初冬寒夜，十一月二十五日，三十八岁的宋扬在警察的计划缜密的围铺行动中，坠楼，二十六日抢救无效永远地告别了这个世界。时隔一年,社区按摩院从业人员，性工作者关怀人士，在宋扬生前工作地点四十路附件，集结纪念陨落的宋扬，严重抗议警方以“拯救失足妇女“的名义，对按摩院进行暴力执法
时间：11月25日下午2:30 on November 25th, 2018
地点：135-32 40th Rd in Flushing 法拉盛，皇后区
英语演讲媒体联系人：Red
中文演讲媒体联系人：张楷 /Athena
社区代言人指出，“如果针对按摩院的警察暴力执法持续不断，更多的按摩从业人员可能会喋血街头”
停止抓铺
停止遣返
停止刑事化性工作者
停止刑事化移民工作者
停止针对按摩院从业工作者暴力执法
社区集会哀悼纪念宋扬周年祭的同时，强烈呼吁一个安全的工作环境，对性工作者，对按摩从业人员, 移民工人，他们需要的是权益不是暴力，他们需要的是自我目标实现而不是把她们的劳动非法，社区关切人士和多重社会组织希望纽约皇后区法拉盛和散布在全美，据不完全统计，九千多家的按摩院从业人员，你们的生存工作状态从来没有被人忽略和遗忘，如果有法律，移民，医疗，工作权益被剥夺和侵害的情况事件，如果受到警察的询问，骚扰，请大声讲出来，诚实的劳动从来就不应当受到鄙视和不公对待。
活动倡议和主办方如下：
The Support Ho(s)e Collective & Justice for Alisha Walker Defense Committee
The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center 城市正义之性工作者权益项目
Lysistrata Mutual Care Collective Fund 丽诗塔塔关互基金
Survivors Against SESTA 幸存者反对赛诗塔
Survived & Punished NY 纽约幸存者和惩罚者
Womankind 妇女同心