PHOENIX – The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom held its annual Coalition Partner meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from February 8-10, 2013. The Consent Summit took place Friday evening, and Coalition Partners were able to participate via streaming video to give their input on the new Consent Statement. Go to www.ncsfreedom.org to see the Consent Statement and comment on it.
“The Consent Statement is now launched to the BDSM-leather-Fetish communities for input until July 1st,” says Judy Guerin, Director of Consent Counts. “This statement outlines the current legal climate in regards to BDSM practices, and describes the ethical responsibilities of kinky people, as well. The Consent Statement will be used to change assault laws so that consensual BDSM won’t be mistaken for assault.”
One focus of the weekend was how to move forward now that a fire has destroyed the NCSF office. An emergency fund drive is underway to raise money to replace what was lost in the fire. Please help us reach our goal!
https://www.wepay.com/donations/ncsf-fire-recovery-fund
The new board of directors voted in Kevin Carlson as Chairman, Mark Richards as Secretary, and John Baku as Treasurer. The CPs also heard reports on NCSF projects and some of the stats include:
- Incident Reporting and Response received nearly 500 calls for help
- The Kink Aware Professionals list is up to nearly 1,200 professionals
- The Media Outreach Project gave over 60 interviews
- Over 600 NCSF Facebook page members and nearly 5,000 twitter followers
- 98 Coalition Partners!
Friday evening’s Pizza Meet & Greet was sponsored by the AZ TNG, while lunch Saturday was sponsored by FetLife and lunch on Sunday at the APEX BBQ was sponsored by AZ Men of Leather. NCSF thanks APEX for welcoming CP representatives, NCSF board members and staff to their APEX Dungeon Party on Saturday night, and at their Sunday afternoon BBQ and NCSF Meet & Greet. NCSF also thanks Kelly Beaton, Master Bleu Sadist, slave alena girl, and Karen for volunteering and helping out in all sorts of necessary ways at the meeting!
The Board of NCSF currently consists of:
Kevin Carlson – Chairman – Boise, ID
Mark Richards – Secretary – New York, NY
John Baku – Treasurer – Vancouver, BC
Race Bannon – San Francisco, CA
Laura Carlson – Boise, ID
Jim Fleckenstein – Manassas, VA
Leigha Fleming – Fort Worth, TX
Vivienne Kramer – San Diego, CA Mercury – Nashville, TN
Stephanie “Sassy” Lynn – Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Julian Wolf – Albuquerque, NM
Susan Wright – Phoenix, AZ
NCSF helps you, so please help us in our time of need! Support us by becoming a member or donating today!
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