Update from the Shift Program

[Shift Program]

Good Morning!

The Shift program just wanted to let everyone know of a few changes and updates. We now have our own website! Check us out online at www.shiftcalgary.org!
Our website includes information about our program, laws, resources, contact information and downloads of our new program material.

We also have created a blog and are going to blog twice a month, dependent on newsworthy events. We encourage you to check out our first posting which is just an introduction to Shift and our core values and philosophies. You can find our blog at http://shiftprogram.blogspot.com/. If you have any ideas for blog ideas please feel free to email me at info@shiftcalgary.org

We hope you enjoy our new materials and I encourage you to contact me with any questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Roseline

Shift Program Coordinator

 

[Shift Program]

Our blog is actually: shiftcalgary.blogspot.com

Thanks,

Roseline

 

[DQ Guy]

Unpaid Advertising - A Refresher

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There has been a flurry of unpaid advertising of late and I am getting tired of needing to police it so much. Below is a partial listing of what is and is not allowed.

A non-advertiser should not be posting a link to their website, nor a phone number, nor an address, rates, services or availability in their profile or in any postings. It does not matter if you are an SP, a photographer, a website builder or anything else,

Umm not sure... but don't you need to be an advertiser to post your own sites..???

 

[HB40]

There has been a flurry of unpaid advertising of late and I am getting tired of needing to police it so much.
Umm not sure... but don't you need to be an advertiser to post your own sites..???

I think we can let this one slide, it's not really an advertisement but more of a help line.

"Shift provides support, outreach, education, advocacy, referrals, and counseling to individuals involved in, or those who have been involved in, the sex trade."

 

[Thais]

A non-advertiser should not be posting a link to their website, nor a phone number, nor an address, rates, services or availability in their profile or in any postings. It does not matter if you are an SP, a photographer, a website builder or anything else

I think we can let this one slide, it's not really an advertisement but more of a help line.

"Shift provides support, outreach, education, advocacy, referrals, and counseling to individuals involved in, or those who have been involved in, the sex trade."

Precisely. As far as I understand they are paid by government grant, and they do not collect fees from their clients. So every time they reach out to sex workers, they only invite more work - but not more money. At least, not directly.

We don't have many non-judgmental avenues of support like this. They are not an exit agency, or a Christian agency, they don't have an agenda to push down our throats - they are a truly harm reduction initiative. The more sex workers know this resource exists, the better. For PERB, they are an equivalent of Health Nurse - not photographer or a website builder.

 

[Shift Program]

Sorry for my late reply, it appears I am not getting email updates anymore when someone posts, I will update that.

Thais is correct we are a non profit organization that is providing support services to people involved in sex work. We do not collect any fees for service.

Please let me know if there are any questions I can answer.

Thanks,

Roseline,
Shift Program Coordinator

 

[DQ Guy]

ohh well in that case be my guest