SWOP LA is a peer support organization, run by-and-for sex workers. Their mission is to pursue their human rights to bodily autonomy, racial and social justice, and mutual liberation through outreach, education, mutual aid and political advocacy.
The Sex Worker Giving Circle (2021-2022) provided a two-year grant to support their projects and services, including a bi-weekly book club, an online sex worker-led peer support group, monthly outreach to provide supplies and cash aid to street-based workers in the LA area, community building events, partnering with research and healthcare organizations to ensure that research is grounded in sex worker leadership and needs, and state and local advocacy to reduce the state violence faced by sex workers.
The Mobilize Power Fund (July 2022) supported their distribution of sexual and reproductive health supplies in response to the SCOTUS Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
The Sex Worker Giving Circle (2023-2024) provided a two year grant to continue supporting their projects, services, and general operations, including rent, facilitating peer support groups, their book club, and participation in the coalition DecrimSexWorkCA.
