Community Agreements: Call and Response
The following Community Agreements were written in preparation for the event “No Humans Involved (N.H.I): A Day of Remembrance”. This event was held on July 22, 2021 in Malcolm X Park. The following agreements were written collaboratively between Zalika Ibaorimi of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Raani Begum and Sultana Bibi, members of Project Safe and Philadelphia Red Umbrella Alliance.
We pledge:
To recognizing violence committed against Sex Workers and Drug Users as acts of anti-Black violence
To center sex workers and drug users in anti-violence initiatives & other community organizing initiatives
To destigmatize criminalized pleasure such as sex work and drug use
To recognize sex work & drug use as part of thriving communal ecosystems
To recognize sex work and drug use as a solution created by oppressed people to reduce harms of capitalism
To commit to unlearning stigma around sex work and drug use as individuals and organizations