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- About Organisation
- X:talk is a migrant sex worker led organisation that organises free language classes for workers in the London sex industry. Being able to speak some English is an important step in asserting our needs, desires and rights. It means we can talk with clients, health services and our bosses. Through speaking a common language we are better able to come together, organise and empower each other. Through the development of our language skills and confidence building, our aim is to promote the improvement of working conditions in sex work, as well as the right to change work and not to be forced to stay with the same employer.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. x:talk is about getting our voices heard - with our clients, with our bosses and with each other.
- Contact Name
- Ava Caradonna
- Organisation Email
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- Organisation Phone
- 447914703372
- Location
- City / Town
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Public Activism
- Website/Blog
- http://www.xtalkproject.net
- Media Contact
- Yes
- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Polish
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- Areas of Interest
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Sex Worker Self-Organising
Sex Worker Activism
Academic/Research
Outreach to sex workers
Migration
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x:talk free English classes for sex workers are running again, spread the word and/or contact us on +447914703372 for info and venue.
- Member since
- Wednesday, 05 April 2006
- Last online
- 3 days ago
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xtalk,
2010-09-02 16:18:01
x:talk free English classes for sex workers are running again, spread the word and/or contact us on +447914703372 for info and venue
xtalk,
2010-03-22 12:01:38
Hi all,
sorry for the seamingly personal nature of this message- one of our xtalk members/sex worker/former student is in urgent need of safe accommodation in London. I am spreading the voice, please let us know if you know of anything!
Thanks
Ava Caradonna/xtalk
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16 Jul 10
new xtalk classes
x:talk - free English classes for migrant sex workers
now running two new classes
drop in and enrol at:
Sexual Health On Call (SHOC)
Finsbury Park
Mondays 4.30-6.30pm (year long course available)
Teacher: Ali
Seymour Street - Marble Arch
Thursdays 6pm-8pm
Teacher: Emma
next course starts: 29 JULY 2010 (12week course)
Contact Ava Caradonna for more information:
telephone: 079 1470 3372
email: xtalk.classes@googlemail.com
safe and confidential space
weekly classes [...]
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