by pskadmin | Oct 9, 2017 | News
On September 21, the DC Council Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held a public hearing to discuss the Trafficking Survivors Relief Amendment Act of 2017. This legislation introduces a very important vacatur statute that would allow human trafficking survivors...
by pskadmin | Oct 9, 2017 | News
On September 18th 2017, the Amara Legal Center and Courtney’s House hosted the book launch of Jessica L Voker’s book “Welcome to the Game: Then She Changed It,” at Busboys at Poets. Jessica, a former client of the Amara Legal Center, has published a riveting...
by pskadmin | Oct 5, 2017 | News
A new bill from At-large Councilmember David Grosso would decriminalize sex work in the District. “The reason I want to do it, in a nutshell, is I do not think the criminalization of sex workers has worked for the District of Columbia,” Grosso said in an...