On Thursday, April 7th from 8 to 10 pm at Happy Ending in...

On Thursday, April 7th from 8 to 10 pm at Happy Ending in New York's Lower East side (302 Broome Street between Eldridge and Forsyth), our bevy of Red Umbrella Diaries performers will get a chance to tell you all about the cycles of sex work: the Boom, and the Bust. Our headline performer, Zawadi Nyong'o, will read selections from When I Dare To Be Powerful, a collection of African Sex Worker Oral Herstories. Other featured story tellers include Ashly Lorenzana, who will read from her memoir about drug addiction and sex work, lesbian porn director Jincey
Lumpkin, Esq., and aspiring cook book writer Cayenne Doroshow. 15% of the bar tab will go towards the Speak Up! media training for sex workers, which will be held this weekend.

The Red Umbrella Diaries is a monthly storytelling series I host, where people who've tangled with the sex industry tell personal stories about the complications that arise when you mix sex and money. In addition to the live events in New York, the Red Umbrella Project includes a weekly podcast featuring stories from the live events as well as storytelling and media training for sex workers.