The Red Project / Who Do You Think We Are?
The Red Project aims to raise awareness around the stereotypical and stigmatizing representations of sex workers.
The Red Project aims to offering a fresh insight into the lives of sex workers through seasons of films, discussions and events.
Event timetable
| Date | Whats on | Session | Venue | About |
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October Wednesday |
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Gemma SciréCEO Basis Yorkshire |
Quad cinema Derby |
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31
October Wednesday |
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Alex EtchartCo-founder of the Sex Worker’s Opera and Experimental Experience CIC, London |
Quad cinema Derby |
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31
October Wednesday |
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Quad cinema Derby |
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| Date | Speakers | Session | Venue | Venue |
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14
November Wednesday |
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Amber WilsonBusiness Development and Marketing, Basis Yorkshire |
Quad cinema Derby |
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14
November Wednesday |
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Paschal BagonzaCentre for LGBTQ Research, DMU, Leicester / LGBTQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project - Pride Without Borders |
Quad cinema Derby |
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14
November Wednesday |
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Simon WilliamsSenior Lecturer, Derby University |
Quad cinema Derby |
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14
November Wednesday |
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Quad cinema Derby |
| Date | Speakers | Session | Venue | Venue |
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7
November Wednesday |
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Marjan WijersTrainer & consultant Rights4Change U.A. |
Quad cinema Derby |
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7
November Wednesday |
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Amber WilsonBusiness Development and Marketing, Basis Yorkshire, Leeds |
Quad cinema Derby |
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7
November Wednesday |
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Quad cinema Derby |
| Date | Speakers | Session | Venue | Venue |
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19
From November Monday
23
To November Friday
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City Arts Nottingham |
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21
November Wednesday |
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City Arts Nottingham |
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| Date | Speakers | Session | Venue | Venue |
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28
Wednesday November |
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Diana BlajMigrant Outreach Coordinator at POW |
New Art Exchange Nottingham |
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28
Wednesday November |
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Dr. Andrea NicholsonAssociate Director of the Rights Lab |
New Art Exchange Nottingham |
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28
Wednesday November |
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Rachael TewCommunity Liaison Co-Ordinator for Migrant Help in the East Midlands |
New Art Exchange Nottingham |
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28
Wednesday November |
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MovieMrs B - A North Korean Woman, 18, documentary/drama, 2016, Jero Yun, France subtitled, 71mins |
New Art Exchange Nottingham |
| Date | Speakers | Session | Venue | Venue |
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5
December Wednesday |
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Workshop - Sex Work 101Including Sex Workers in your activism |
Nottingham Contemporary
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6
December Thursday |
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Nottingham Contemporary
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Speakers
Gemma Sciré
CEO Basis Yorshire
Gemma has worked in both the public sector (incl. local authorities, mental health trusts) and third sector for 24 years, specialising with work with marginalised groups. She is currently CEO at Basis Yorkshire, an award winning charity who have been working with women sex working, survivors of sexual exploitation and children sexually exploited for nearly 30 years. READ MORE
Alex Etchart
Co-founder of Sex Worker’s Opera and Experimental Experience CIC, London
Alex Etchart is an Anglo-Uruguayan community artist and multi-instrumentalist composer working in the UK and beyond. Raised in the South American folk tradition, Alex brings those sounds of fire and hope to contemporary social movements amplifying the voice of marginalised groups and social justice campaigns. READ MORE
Amber Wilson
Business Development and Marketing,
Basis Yorkshire
Amber Wilson works for Basis Yorkshire, an award winning rights based charity that works with street and indoor sexworkers in Leeds, supporting young people who are sexually exploited as well as training on both topics nationally. READ MORE
Marjan Wijers
Trainer & consultant Rights4Change U.A.
An independent researcher, consultant and trainer on human trafficking, human rights and sex workers’ rights. Over the last years she worked, among other things, as consultant for the Netherlands Helsinki Committee in various Eastern European countries to promote the rights of trafficked persons in criminal proceedings, improve their access to legal aid and train lawyers to provide legal aid to trafficked persons. READ MORE
Diana Blaj
Migrant Outreach Coordinator at POW
I am a Romanian national and I have been working as a Migrant Outreach Coordinator for Pow Nottingham for 2 years. I was a teacher before and never had the chance to work with sex workers and now I look back and I find this job so rewarding , I feel that my role is much needed out there and unique in certain ways. READ MORE
Paschal Bagonza
Centre for LGBTQ Research, DMU, Leicester / LGBTQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project - Pride Without Borders
A Research student at De Montfort University, Centre for LGBTQ Research. His research project explores the lived and embodied experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. READ MORE
Simon Williams
Senior Lecturer, Derby University
A Senior Lecturer for Youth Work and Community Development at the University of Derby, involved in teaching and preparing placements opportunities for students on the course. Simon has a background in youth and community work with new arrivals, which includes asylum seekers, refugees and economic migrants. READ MORE
