Susan Davis

December 13, 2007 at 11:08 pm (BCCEC) (Members)

My name is Susan Davis and I’m an active sex worker of 21 yrs. I’ve worked from coast to coast in all levels of the trade. I’ve escorted movie stars and flown in private planes and I’ve served 4 months in prison finishing out my parole living in the hotels in the DTES and working on the street.

I’ve taken part in Living in Community – to balance perspectives on Vancouver’s sex industry; lectured at numerous colleges and universities; and have been a part of numerous panels debating the issues around sex workers.

I’ve done approximately 300 media interviews most notably BBC World and live on the radio in Hong Kong.

I was the chairman of the board at PACE Society for 2yrs and continued on after as the media liaison.

I was a primary contributor to the history of sex work project, and project coordinator for “Developing capacity for change: A coop development project.

I’ve been involved in two Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenges and I used to do the VPD new recruits sensitivity training – around 180 officers.

I’ve engaged politicians at all levels of government and participated in STELLA’s XXX forum – an international conference for sex workers with the movement’s leaders from all over the world.

I’m currently moving forward on a multi-purpose, multi-stakeholder cooperative development. Next we have a Strategic planning session and will investigate the feasibility of obtaining special exemption from the federal government to open a “safe work space” cooperative in the east end.

We will also develop a publishing cooperative, art cooperative, education cooperative, and trade association.