Our history

Best Practices Policy Project is an organization dedicated to creating excellence amongst organizations and advocates working with sex workers in the United States. We formed in early 2005. We were inspired by the commitment of sex workers and their organizations who attended the First National Conference on Sex Work and Prostitution at the University of Toledo, Ohio in 2004. We were also motivated by concerns about far-reaching changes taking place in policy, funding structures, and legislation in the US that imperil best practice with sex workers. Best Practices Policy Project is one of many new voices in an emerging sector of organizations working for health, justice and rights for sex workers. The more organizations that are calling for change, the stronger our collective advocacy for our communities will be.