Hi  ,

This is a really hard and scary time for all of us: our team is worried about our families and our people, and we can’t completely predict the challenges still ahead. But I’ve taken great comfort and inspiration from the way our community has risen to the challenge, and held space for each other. Thank you.
 

In this time of monumental change and uncertainty, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than building our movement with you. Since COVID-19 became a national emergency, our team has….

• Co-created and disseminated COVID-19 guidance for people who use drugs and harm reduction programs, in English and Spanish, and on safer drug use during the COVID-19 outbreak, in Portuguese and Arabic. Check out these resources here.

• Hosted virtual office hours around COVID-19 for folks working in syringe services programs. The two sessions to date were attended by over 500 individuals total, and we’re just getting started.

• Paused in-person trainings and moved what we can online to ensure groups have the support they need.

• Formulated an emergency naloxone distribution plan for the Dope Project in San Francisco, which staff are still working daily to carry out.
   

But most of all, I am proud of how the team, and our allies in the harm reduction movement, have pivoted to face this moment with grace, humility, and an awareness that our best work will now look very different, but will be grounded in the same principles that have guided this movement all along: equity, radical love, solidarity, and direction from folks most impacted.