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January 25, 2012
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Winter Clothes Shopping Spree
Trail Blazer Wesley Matthews takes kids from the Police Activities League on a shopping spree
for warm winter clothing Sunday at the Johnson Creek Fred Meyer. The event kicked off the Fred
Meyer Coat Drive to provide winter clothing for disadvantaged youth and their families. Donations
of new and gently-used coats will be collected at all local Fred Meyer locations through Feb. 12.
Survivors of the Sex Trade
Stories of
exploitation, and
a call to action
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The survivors tell their stories of
exploitation as young girls, survival
and growth as women. As their sto
ries unfold, audiences’ perceptions
of prostitution are forever changed,
bringing about awareness and a call
to action.
Lunacy Stageworks presents Sto
ries: from Survivors ofthe Sex Trade,
a staged theatrical work as part of
Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival.
The readings as told by survi
vors of the sex trade, Jeri Williams,
Valarie Newman, and Rachel Cerise
Indigo Baum, will take place at 8 p.m.
on Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan.
28 at the Sellwood Masonic Temple,
located on Southeast Milwaukie,
just south of Bybee Boulevard.
Williams, the neighborhood pro
gram coordinator for the city of
Portland and a candidate for City
Council on the May 2012 ballot, said
the biggest misconception about
prostitution is that it is a choice.
Survivors of human trafficking and the sex trade will bring aware
ness to the issue and a call to action during staged readings this
weekend at the Sellwood Masonic Temple as part o f Portland’s
Fertile Ground Festival.
In reality, most of these girls are
forced into it, sometimes even sold
into it by a parent, Williams said.
Last year, Lunacy Stagew orks
p ro d u ced , "S to ries: From the
Streets," in collaboration with writ
ers from Street Roots new spaper,
w ritten and p erform ed by the
hom eless. Lunacy continues their
Stories series this year, featuring
women who have survived hu
man trafficking.