Savannah Sly

Savannah Sly is a globally recognized advocate and thought leader for the rights and welfare of sex workers.Sly is the founder and co-director of New Moon Network, an intermediary fund and field builder that has channeled over $1,500,000 into the movement for sex workers rights since 2022, more than tripling available funding sex worker-led initiatives in the US. An organizer at heart, Sly has played a powerful convening role  for ACLU-WA’s Tech Equity Coalition as well as numerous sex worker campaigns including EPA United, the #OldProProject at Old Pros Inc., and SWOP-Seattle.

Recognizing the need for mentorship in the movement for sex workers rights, Sly created and launched Spokes Hub, an online peer learning academy for advocates with lived experience in the sex trade hosted by New Moon and Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Sly serves on the board of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the only organization dedicated to sexual freedom as a fundamental human right, and is serving a second term on the global steering committee for the Sex Work Donor Collaborative.

Sly is the first "out" sex worker to be published in Brookings, and has been interviewed for the New York Times, Psychology Today, VICE, the Seattle Times, the Stranger, VPR, and KUOW.  Learn more at SavannahSly.com