Press Releases

Alaskan Sex Workers Speak Against Anchorage Mayor’s Poor Treatment of Houseless People. The Community United For Safety and Protection condemns Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s decision to force houseless people to move and not be allowed to sleep or exist in one place.  Press Release Support Houseless People 8.2.2024

Conviction of Brian Steven Smith Sheds Light on Systemic Issue of Police Neglecting Violence Against Marginalized Women. Brian Steven Smith Convicted Murderer Press Release 7.11.2024

Newly elected Anchorage City Mayor, Suzanne LaFrance, is appointing Sean Case as Anchorage Police Chief in her new administration. – Alaskan sex workers wonder if Anchorage’s newly appointed will follow safety provision. PR ANC New Police Chief 6.26.2024  

House Bill 66 is set to pass  on the Senate Floor with new statute that anyone with a Sex Trafficking in the first degree or second degree conviction (11.66.110 & 11.66.120), would have to register on the sex offender registry.  –  HB 66 Press Release 5.13.24

Alaskan sex workers are breathing a sigh of relief in the wake of yesterday’s guilty verdict of Brian Steven Smith on all 14 charges – 2.22.2024 For Immediate Release

Community United for Safety and Protection Addresses Critical Concerns Surrounding the Governor’s Council on Human and Sex Trafficking – Press Release January 2024

HB68 4_28 Press Release

April 25, 2023 Press Release – Amber Nickerson

January 15, 2023 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2019

Media Advisory: Survey – February 2017

Media Advisory: February 16 Lunch & Learn – February 2017

Media Advisory: February 25 Screening of American Courtesans – February 2017

CUSP Applauds Podcaster in Epic Review of Harmful Narratives

Senate Bill 91 Improves Safety for Sex Workers

Don’t balance the budget on the backs of vulnerable Alaskans – February 29, 2016

People in Alaska’s Sex Trade Support Senate Bill 21 – February 18, 2016

Denied Justice: Years after Butcher Baker Alaska Continues to Endorse Violence Against Sex Workers – February 1, 2016