Protest Craigslists profit in sex trafficking at their San Fran offices Thurs. July8th

Posted on July 5, 2010 by the organic artist

Join Us On Thursday, July 8, 2010, To Protest Craigslist at their San Francisco Headquarters
Author(s): CATW

Join Us On Thursday, July 8, 2010

To Protest Craigslist at their San Francisco Headquarters

The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors will be holding a protest in front of Craigslist Headquarters in San Francisco on July 8th to bring attention to Craigslist’s facilitation of and profiting from sex trafficking. “Craigslist continues to cynically profit by functioning as an online pimp,” says Norma Ramos, Executive Director of CATW. “Craigslist is the new stroll where pimps traffic, johns buy and Craigslist profits,” says Melissa Farley, Executive Director, PRE.

Craigslist is projected to realize a 22% increase in revenue – an estimated $36 million in 2010 – largely attributable to its functioning as a virtual red light district for pimps/traffickers and johns. Craigslist displays a reckless disregard for human rights by increasingly becoming a part of the sex industry. Craigslist could act to create a sex trafficking free internet by no longer hosting prostitution ads and thereby setting an industry standard.

We invite you to join CATW, PRE and our co-sponsors who include: Gloria Steinem, Breaking Free, A Call to Men, Equality Now, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT-USA), and many others at our protest to hold Craigslist accountable for facilitating and profiting from the rank exploitation of others.

Speakers Include:

* Joy Friedman, Women’s Program Manager, Breaking Free
* Victor Malarek, Author/Activist, The Natashas and The Johns
* Aaron Cohen, Author/Activist, Slave Hunter
* Terria Joseph, Actor

When: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 12:00 – 2:00 PM

Where: Craigslist Headquarters

1381 9th Avenue (Between Judah and Irving Streets)

San Francisco, CA 94122

Posted on July 5, 2010 by the organic artist

check out my NEW WeB Site!!!!!

Posted on July 4, 2010 by the organic artist

http://debhaugen.com

For those of you trying to buy a domain name and it’s taken…..I tried for a year to get my name. It was taken by a realtor in S. carolina….I kept checking it on Go Daddy and finally it became available so I nabbed it for 5 years…wooo weeeee, I got my name!

I’ve tried a new WP theme because it’s so clean, but now I just have to become familiar with it. It’s NOT doing what I expect ot to do, or rather I can’t get it to do what I want. Duh….I hate it when I cannot figure things out…arrgghhhhh

If you know how to start the slideshow automatically faster than it is…PLEASE help me!

STILL IN THE BLUES…..ORGANIC PEN AND INK

Posted on July 2, 2010 by the organic artist

pen and ink, graphite, acrylic paint ……I love doing these smaller pieces. First I paint with acrylic and ink. It’s almost more about what you rub off than it is about what you have painted on. Then once dry you get to dive in and find the hidden worlds that lie beneath. A really nice effect is to use white acrylic, then an ink wash over it, then scrub excess off with paper towels and reveal a textural ground…..yummy stuff.

I don’t usually do fashion things but……are you a label whore?

Posted on July 2, 2010 by the organic artist

Sure, you may consider yourself a label whore, but how far are you wearing to go prove your brand loyalty? Christian Dior gives a new meaning to beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sure it is — if the beholder is wearing shiny gold Christian Dior contact lenses in her eyes. If designer logos on bags and clothing are your style, than the CD logo may be right up your alley. Remember how colored contacts were big a couple of years ago? Well luxury designers have stepped it up a notch. The contacts aren’t available yet but what do you think? Would you wear Christian Dior’s initials on your eyeball? Are you that much of a slave to fashion?

I JUST HAD TO RE-POST THIS….CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

LOOK CLOSELY AT HER EYE!!!!

Mattias Adolfsson…..oh my….

Posted on June 30, 2010 by the organic artist

Shameless reposting..

http://mattiasa.blogsot.com

My friend Charlie had a heart attack…..

Posted on June 28, 2010 by the organic artist

So I was talking to Charlie and we both agree, having both of us just recently gone thru a near death experience ….a few things we noticed.

One there are definetly 2 sides to each of us while we are embroiled in a horrific moment. There is side one….that’s the side that is firing constantly, instinctually reactive, and electrically charged. The side that if A equals B then this must be C side. The side that spontaneously triggers, and keeps the Timex ticking. It’s the side tha tsets up natural mechanisms to protect us. That side just goes about it’s business in times of panic and checks off the check list one by one very methodically.

Then there is side 2, I feel the more personality side, maybe called the soul side?? Maybe it is the side that makes us…..US. Anyway, that side says …Holy Shit, I’m in a mess right now….WHAT is going on? I’m scared, I’m nervous…..I’m going to die..etc, etc. No everything is cool, I’m o.k. No problem! Settle down idiot you will be fine.

Well, here’s a thought….my side 2 was unconscious when I was put in the ambulance and rushed to UCLA…soooooooo I did NOT fear death. I didn’t know it was knocking at my door. I had no idea, so I was not afraid. I could have died right then and would not have even known because I was unconscious.Now my point is…. was my being unconscious protecting me from knowing how near to death I was? Hmmmm interesting…. could be.

Charlie was awake while the doctors worked on him, and felt the heart attack. BUT he also said he felt like everthing was o.k. also.

So this makes me think maybe we have a built in mechanism that protects us from impendinding doom.Something that knocks us out, something that protects us…. Maybe we only fear death while we are here, alive on earth, alert to the disaster….

Well it’s pretty interesting to think about how the human body is pre- programmed with all of these amazing reactions, why not that protective one?

Think about it……