UpriseRI | November 16, 2021 | by Steve Alquist ||| “For public testimony it’s very important that we get comfortable with talking about the issues in our society and not hiding behind language that seems more appropriate or more innocent,” said Justice Gaines. “And that’s especially true when we’re dealing with populations – women, trans folks, queer folks, people of color – who often don’t get to see themselves in the language that’s used in many of these spaces.”
Here’s the full list of people serving on the Sex Work Commission:
- Representative Anastasia Williams -Chair
- Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1, Providence) – Vice Chair
- Bella Robinson, executive director of COYOTE RI, a sex workers rights group
- Robyn Linde from Amnesty International
- Justice Gaines
- Jocelyn Foye, executive director of The Womxn Project
- Dr Philip Chan
- Attorney Michael DiLauro, from the Public Defender’s Office
- Attorney Kathryn Sabatini, from the Attorney General’s Office
- Lily Picket, substituting for Elena Shih from the Brown University Center for Slavery and Justice
- J Leigh Oshiro-Brantly
- Sidney Wordell from the Rhode Island Police Chief’s Association
