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Early life

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Norma Hotaling was born on 21 July 1951 in Florida, her father died when she was three years old,[1] leaving her mother, Norma Louise, and her brother, James.[2] It was around that time that Hotaling was first sexually abused, abuse which also occurred between the ages of five and seven.[1] This included being paid at five years old in the playground to watch pornography with men.[3] Hotaling attended school in Palm Springs,[1] but Hotaling later stated "I had been going to juvenile halls, jails, psychiatric hospitals, emergency rooms and drug treatment programs since I was 12."[4]

At some point during her childhood, Hotaling was trafficked into prostitution,[5] and by the time she had reached 18, the age of consent in Florida, she was involved in street prostitution.[1] Soon after, she became addicted to heroin[1] and ended up homeless on the streets of San Francisco.[6] Over the next twenty years, Hotaling would be arrested more than thirty five times[7], take such a beating from a pimp that she would require a metal plate in her skull[8] and make 15 attempts to end her drug dependency.[9]

In 1989, aged 38, Hotaling decided to break the cycle by turning herself into the police. She attended the nearest station and demanded to be jailed.[1] She remained there for six weeks and although she nearly died from drug withdrawal - which she referred to as "the poor man's drug treatment program"[9] - the experience changed her life.[10]

Activist

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Hotaling went to Haight Ashbury Free Clinic to help her turn her life around.[6] She joined San Francisco State University, and graduated magna cum laude with a BSc in Health Education in 1992.[2] She worked with those suffering from AIDS[1] and wrote editorials for local newspapers against the legalization of prostitution.[11] One of the police officers who had arrested her in the past, Lt. Joe Dutton, read these editorials and employed her to counsel prostitutes and their clients. She was also called as an expert witness at trials of pimps.[11]

Legacy

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Hotaling died unmarried on 16 December 2008 of pancreatic cancer.[2][1] She was remembered as "intimidating" and "an ex-prostitute with an attitude".[12]

Stacey's bit

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  • Full bio (from her perspective) (ref name=Bio)[13]
  • Bit more bio from Newspaper interview in 2001 (ref name=Herald)[14]
  • was involved in COYOTE but set up SAGE as a "countermovement" as COYOTE doesn't distinguish between voluntary and involutary prostitution. SAGE will work with women who don't want to leave prostitution[15]

Projects worked on

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  • Standing Against Global Exploitation project (SAGE) she co-founded in 1992[2] as she was "exiting the criminal justice system"[4] Founder and executive director[8] City officials called her 'unqualified' to open project.[16] Before SAGE organisations were just handing out condoms and bleach (for needles) and prostitutes were targets of attacks by neighborhood groups.[17]

SAGE has a SAGE Trauma and Recovery (STAR) centre.[18]

  • 1995 Joint paper with Melissa Farley on PTSD and prostitutes - 4th world conference on women (Beijing)[19]
  • November 1996 international conference on Violence, Abuse and Women’s Citizenship in Brighton, gave speech (see source for more info on her views)[20]
  • 1999 leased office space with help of Gavin Newsom at 1385 Mission Street - SAGE now owns building.[21]
  • 1995 helped created 1st "First Offenders Prostitution Program (FOPP)" "she helped the San Francisco District Attorney's Office create a first-of-its-kind class for johns caught soliciting prostitutes."[22] informally known as "johns school. Model used "throughout the United States and in Canada, South Korea, and England."[23] She teaches on course for offenders[24]
  • 2004 law change to prosecute men who prostitute minor - worked with Kamala Harris [2]
  • 2005-2007 6 room safe house in San Francisco.[2]
  • Her 3year Joint work with Korean "non-profit making organisations and government agencies" resulted in new legislation.[8]
  • 6th Annual Cheyenne Bell Leadership Awards Gala dedicated to her[25]

Author

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Hotaling, Norma; Burris, Autumn; Johnson, Julie B.; Bird, Yoshi M.; Melbye, Kirsten A. (2012). "Been there done that: SAGE, a peer leadership model among prostitution survivors". In Farley, Melissa (ed.). Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress. Routledge. pp. 255–267. ISBN 9781136764899. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

Awards she (or SAGE) has won

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More than 20 awards.[1] 1998 Innovations in American Government Award[2] 2000 Peter F. Drucker Foundation Award for Nonprofit Innovation.[2] 2001 Oprah Winfreys Angel award[2][26] 2008 Cheyenne Bell Award[2]

Norma Hotaling Awards

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  • Awards set up in her memory:[5]

Survivor-Centered Service Provider Award 2010 - Vednita Carter[27] 2011 - Kathrin Hardy[28] 2012 - Tina Frundt[29] 2013 - Kathleen Mitchell[30]

Innovative Demand Reduction Program Award 2010 - Rachel Durchslag[27] 2011 - Kaffie McCullough[28] 2012 - Kendis Paris, Lyn Thompson, and Kylla Leeburg[29] 2013 - James Dold[30]

Josephine Butler Abolitionist Award for Law and Policy Development 2010 - Dr. Donna Hughes[27] 2011 - Amanda Kloer[28] 2012 - Kathryn Xian[29] 2013 - Melissa Farley [30]

References

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Awards (ref name=Awards)[5] SFGate article (ref name=SFGate) Full Biography (ref name=Fullbio)[23]


  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bindel, Julie (3 January 2009). "Norma Hotaling". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j May, Meredith (20 December 2008). "Norma Hotaling dies - fought prostitution SAN FRANCISCO Former homeless prostitute's programs have been lauded, imitated around the country". SFGate. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ^ Raphael, Jody (2004). Listening to Olivia: Violence, Poverty, and Prostitution (Illustrated ed.). UPNE. p. 25. ISBN 9781555535964. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Testimony :: Ms. Norma Hotaling". Helsinki Commission Hearing. United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Norma Hotaling Awards". Global Centurion. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b Harris, Kamala (2010). "Chapter 15: Smart takes off blinders: Prostitution". Smart on Crime. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811876193. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ^ Walters, Jamie (2004). "Norma Hotaling, The Sage Project, Inc.". In Treasurer, Bill (ed.). My library My History Books on Google Play Positively M. A. D.: Making a Difference in Your Organizations, Communities, and the World. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. pp. 90–92. ISBN 9781609943738.
  8. ^ a b c Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn (2009). Human Trafficking. Infobase Publishing. p. 266. ISBN 9781438119007. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b Nelson, Marcia Z.; Tickle, Phyllis (2001). The God of Second Chances: Stories of Lives Transformed by Faith. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9781580511056. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ^ Dittmann, Melissa (October 2004). "Getting prostitutes off the streets". American Psychological Association. 35 (9). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b Shahum, Leah (February 1997). "Mojo's February hellraiser!". Mother Jones Magazine. 22 (1). Mother Jones: 14. ISSN 0362-8841. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ^ Walters, Jonathan (2002). Abramson, Mark A.; Littman, Ian D. (eds.). Innovation (Illustrated ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 53. ISBN 9780742522664. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ^ Hotaling, Norma; Miller, Kristie; Trudeau, Elizabeth (2006). "The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls: A Survivor Service Provider's Perspective". Yale Journal of Law and Feminism. 18 (7): 181–184. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  14. ^ Relin, David Oliver (20 May 2001). "Off the streets, into her arms". Parade Magazine. Herald Journal. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  15. ^ Majic, Samantha (2013). Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision (Illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780812245639. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  16. ^ Porras, Jerry I.; Emery, Stewart; Thompson, Mark (2007). "Chapter 6: The cause has charisma - you don't have to be charismatic to be successful". Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters (Illustrated ed.). Pearson Education. pp. 103–106. ISBN 9780273710431. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  17. ^ Maloney, Carolyn (2008). Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier--And How We Can Make Real Progress For Ourselves and Our Daughters (Illustrated ed.). Rodale. p. 156. ISBN 9781594863271. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  18. ^ Miller, Thomas W., ed. (2008). "Chapter 8: Assessment of Childhood Sexual Abuse". School Violence and Primary Prevention (Illustrated ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 177. ISBN 9780387771199. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  19. ^ Territo, Leonard; Kirkham, George (2010). International Sex Trafficking of Women & Children: Understanding the Global Epidemic. Looseleaf Law Publications. p. 372. ISBN 9781932777864. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  20. ^ Swirsky, Ruth; Jenkins, Celia (1997/98). "All in a day's work?". Trouble and Strife (36). Retrieved 24 March 2016. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ^ "JOY AROSE WHERE DESPAIR RESIDED The SAGE Graduation of the Commercially Sexually Exploited". Fog City Journal. 8 May 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  22. ^ Ditmore, Melissa Hope, ed. (2006). "Diversion Programs". Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 9780313329685. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  23. ^ a b "Norma Hotaling 1951-2008" (PDF). Prostitution: Research and Education. 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  24. ^ Keen, Judy (26 July 2006). "Child-prostitution cases reveal cruel underworld". USA Today. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  25. ^ "6th Annual Cheyenne Bell Leadership Awards Gala". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  26. ^ "This Week's Use Your Life Award". Oprah Winfrey Show. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  27. ^ a b c "2010 Norma Hotaling Award Recipients". Global Centurion. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  28. ^ a b c "2011 Norma Hotaling Award Recipients". Global Centurion. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  29. ^ a b c "2012 Norma Hotaling Award Recipients". Global Centurion. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  30. ^ a b c "2013 Norma Hotaling Award Recipients". Global Centurion. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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