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Red Canary Song offers support after Atlanta shootings

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In the wake of a mass shooting spree that resulted in the deaths of eight people—six of them Asian women—in Atlanta massage parlors, activist coalition Red Canary Song is working with other Georgia organizations to support the families affected.

Formed in 2018 after a New York City police raid ended in the death of massage parlor worker Yang Song, Red Canary Song advocates for Asian, Asian American and Asian Pacific Islander American sex workers and massage parlor workers, and fights for the decriminalization of such labor.

“The women who were killed faced specific racialized gendered violence for being Asian women and massage workers,” a statement from Red Canary Song reads. “We are asking that the community stand in solidarity with us and all immigrant and migrant massage workers and sex workers.”

For more information and to donate directly, visit redcanarysong.net.

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