Erica MacDonald Laplante

What an engaging 3 days! I'm especially thrilled to have had the pleasure to convene an inspiring panel tackling human rights measurement with @RebeccaCordell, @cjfariss, @kelly_zvobgo, and @skip_mark who inspired so many of students and colleagues with their work. Thank you all!

Congratulations to the brilliant team @UConnHRI for their thought-provoking and engaging 20th Anniversary Conference! #HRI20Years

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

Allies (and SWers) REALLY need to learn about sex worker leadership from those most impacted, in areas that impact SWers. Many very good allies still don't get it. If you are wondering if this means you, it probably does. tinyurl.com/sex-worker-all… from @GlobalSexWork

@MothPotato 🍾🦋(moth)

“What most coverage has overlooked is the intersectional ways in which a number of identities and systems of oppression contributed to that day of senseless violence. “

Sharing a short piece I wrote in response to the shootings in Atlanta, now published in Black Issues in Philosophy of the @apa_blog blog.apaonline.org/2021/03/30/ref…

Addressing Anti-Asian, Anti-Sex Worker Violence. We invite you (and others you may know beyond the extended ASA community) to contribute to a living, open access collection of critical work on anti-Asian violence t.e2ma.net/cshare/inbound…

Syllabus resources from the @AmerStudiesAssn on addressing Anti Asian and Anti Sex Workers Violence: tinyurl.com/2wv7xbua

If you are a @CityofProv resident who is 18+ & live in 02904, 02905, 02907, 02908, & 02909, you are now eligible to receive a vaccine at vaccination clinics managed by @PEMA591 & community partners. Visit VaccinatePVD.com or dial 3-1-1 / 401-421-2489 to make an appointment

"Whether or not they were actually sex workers or self-identified under that label, as massage workers, they were subjected to sexualized violence stemming from the hatred of sex workers, Asian women, working class people, & immigrants" @RedCanarySong tinyurl.com/yavy4ske

We appreciate the overwhelming support we have gotten overnight, and understand that many people are looking to us in this moment. Please read our response on the 8 lives lost in Atlanta. Chinese and Korean translations of this statement are available docs.google.com/document/d/1_Q…

RSVP: eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-canary-s…

protect asian women, asian massage parlor employees, asian sex workers, asian nail techs, undocumented asian people, poor asian folks, asian people who don’t have security & networks and who can’t go to the police for protection. we have to protect us.

hi! i work for @napawf_atl aka the ATL chapter of @NAPAWF (the national asian pacific american women’s forum) where we DIRECTLY ADVOCATE and SUPPORT immigrant asian women worker and reproductive rights in GA. please consider donating to our chapter: instagram.com/napawf_atl?igs…

On #ISWRD, we call on @POTUS, @VP, #governors, and #legisaltors at all levels to follow the advice of its scientists and leading advocacy groups such as the @ACLU, @amnesty, @hrw, @swopusa, @WHO, and #decrmin #sexwork now! #ScientistsForSWerRights #DataNotDiscrimination

Data shows that criminalizing sex work results in systemic inequality and inequitable outcomes. @SFSWR1 @POTUS @VP #ScientistsForSWerRights #DataNotDiscrimination #Decrim #SWerRightsDay drive.google.com/file/d/1GiJ1KZ…

More than 250 scientists call for the Biden Administration to advocate for the decriminalization of #sexwork and end FOSTA/SESTA. #CriminalJusticeReform Read the open letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1CDIqWy… Follow: @SFSWR1

We urge @POTUS and @VP to support #decrim and the #RepealFOSTA. This is an urgent human rights and social justice issue. Follow @SFSWR1 and join us! #ScientistsForSWerRights #DataNotDiscrimination #SWerRightsDay