There is a woman waiting for us to show up….

  But how can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how is anyone going to tell them, unless someone is sent [...]

Vegas Update 2011

Vegas Outreach May 2011 MISSION: “Go into EVERY strip club in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend and give gift bags to every single women working inside MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! Here are just a few of the highlights of our trip… * To kick things off, we completed our first National strip club outreach training through [...]

I almost didn’t show up for this….

I almost didn’t show up for this…. She extended her delicate arm, decorated with richly colored tattoos, and took the little pink gift bag. “What’s this for?” she asked leaning away from her customer. “Just a little Valentine, to let you know you are loved” we replied briefly, remaining considerate of the fact that she [...]

Shut Down of Porn HIV Testing Clinic is Temporary

In light of Treasures’ current campaign to secure strategic office space next to AIM (the HIV testing site that serves people in porn), I wanted to address the recent shut down of this clinc by the LA County Department of Health.  The cease and desist order was served last Thursday due to a licensing issue that [...]

Battle Between Church and Strip Club: Love Wins

In the Battle Between Church & Strip Club: Love Wins! Update on previous blog: “Strippers Fight Back“ After hearing breaking news about women from an Ohio strip club showing up to protest at a local church that had been picketing their club for years, our friends from JC’s Girls in San Diego decided to show [...]

Strip Clubs & Baptisms

STRIP CLUBS & BAPTISMS… 7 years ago, during Treasures’ first ever Vegas outreach, we met Abby*.  A bright young woman, full of life and personality in spite of having faced some very painful circumstances in her life, she had just entered the sex industry. “This is perfect,” I thought.  “Perhaps after meeting the Treasures team, she will [...]

Forced into Sex Work…

Women will walk in freedom because you care. Angela (not her real name) never thought she’d end up in the sex industry. But at age fourteen, she was homeless. She was kicked out of her last foster home, left with nothing but pajamas and slippers. Preying on her vulnerability, a man in a fancy car [...]