The National Sex Worker of Color Network’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is a collaborative effort on the part of Different Avenues, Young Women’s Empowerment Project and Women with a Vision. The LDI will foster leadership among people of color involved in sex work or the sex trade to build a national network of activists who can support policy analysis, community-based research, and develop joint strategies with other social justice movements.
National Sex Worker of Color Leadership Development Institute was funded in 2010. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Anti-Violence, Harm Reduction, Movement Building, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Sex Work & Sex Trade utilizing Leadership Development.