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As Capitol Hill backslides into dysfunction and bickering, the capital city is taking matters into its own hands to get work done: Washington, DC, might soon be the first US city to fully [...]

Reducing Criminalization to Improve Community Health & Safety Amendment Act of 2017 Issue Brief   Summary The Amara Legal Center provides free legal services to both survivors of sex [...]

  What’s your background? My passion for this work began at an internship for Veronica’s Voice, an organization assisting women in the commercial sex industry, when I was a freshman in [...]

The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors and the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) have received a joint [...]

On September 18, 2017 the Amara Legal Center and Courtney’s House helped J.L. Voker launch her new book “Welcome to the Game” at Busboys and Poets on 14th St. NW, DC. This book [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]