Welcome to Our Movement in Motion, a new national newsletter from your friends at Harm Reduction Coalition, sent on the 1st and 15th of each month. With an ever-changing landscape of perceptions, policies, and possibilities in the Harm Reduction movement, this space is for celebrating our wins and building out our community towards collective action to promote the health and dignity of people who use drugs.
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2 days left to take the #HarmRedNow survey!
We shared earlier this week that we're creating the space between what-would-have-been #HarmRed20 and the future #HarmRed22 - and we want to hear from you! How can we connect and convene? Tell us your "wouldn't it be cool if" ideas by taking our brief survey. We're listening. The survey closes Monday 8/17 at midnight!
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News: COVID-19 Isn’t Our Only Viral Worry — Learn more about the impact of HIV criminalization laws on viral hepatitis in Georgia and lessons we can learn from the ongoing hepatitis epidemic to find solutions for COVID-19 from Marguerite Schauer, Interim Staff Attorney at The Center for HIV Law and Policy.
News: As State Withholds Contract Payments, Substance Use Treatment Providers Worry About Rising Overdoses, Disease Outbreaks — New York state providers report already rising rates of overdose even with official data lags amidst the coronavirus crisis. State budget officials have been withholding payments for state contracts to manage cash flows, and the victims include people who use drugs, harm reduction programs and direct service providers.
“This is like cutting emergency rooms and ICUs in the middle of a pandemic. These clinics and these nonprofits are the ICU for people with substance use disorders.” — State Senator Pete Hackham
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Webinar: Safer Injection (Part 1 and Part 2) — (Aug. 17 and Aug. 27 at 3 PM ET) This two-part webinar (Part 1) will build participant knowledge and skills to work with clients around safer injection practices and complications associated with injecting. This course will provide an overview of the basic anatomy of veins and arteries; the supplies and equipment used to inject drugs; common injections practices; and harm reduction strategies for working with people who inject drugs.
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Webinar: Implementing Syringe Vending Machines — (Aug. 17 at 2 PM ET) AIDS United is partnering with Trac-B Exchange, End HIV Nevada, the Southern Nevada Health District, and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services for an interactive discussion and webinar on implementing syringe vending machines in your community. The 90-minute presentation will cover the history of syringe vending and implementation of the first syringe vending machines in the continental U.S. in Las Vegas in 2017. It will detail a how-to plan for a vending machine in your community. Be sure to have a phone or extra browser tab handy to engage with the presenters.
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Virtual Office Hours: Safe Supply and COVID with Dr. Kim Sue — (Aug. 19 at 1 PM ET)
With overdoses increasing during the COVID pandemic, we need all available options to prevent the harm and death of our community of people who use drugs (PWUD). Featuring PWUD and clinicians from Canada who have been at the forefront of implementing these programs in North America, we'll explore the concepts and intervention of prescribing a safe supply in the setting of a poisoned, street-based market where fentanyl is pervasive. How we can implement this in the US and what lessons can we learn from our Canadian community?
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Week of Action: Join Faith in Harm Reduction and partners for a weekend of faithful reflection, education and action, August 20-23, 2020, as we mobilize faith to end overdose and anti-blackness.
Harm Reduction Is Liberation: Mobilizing Faith To End Overdose and Anti-Blackness - Thursday, August 20th at 3pm EST
Participate in the second webinar in the Faith in Harm Reduction Webinar Series, a conversation on Overdose Policy, Racial Justice, and Liberation featuring speakers versed in the legal, spiritual, and intersectional justice dimensions of harm reduction. Speakers include Rev. Edwin Sanders (Metro Interdenominational Church), Tracie Gardner (Legal Action Center), Alexis Pleus (Truth Pharm), and Nathalia Gibbs (Harm Reduction Coalition)
Service of Lament and Resistance - Friday, August 21st at 6pm EST
This service for lives lost to overdose and anti-blackness will create ritual space for mourning and invite participants to deeper action. We will lift up the anniversary of loving Dan Bigg from beyond the earthly plane and the role he and other dearly beloveds have played in sowing the seeds of loving resistance and anti-blackness in the harm reduction movement. Musical performance by Reverend Sekou and the Seal Breakers.
Preach-In & Teach-In - Saturday, August 22nd at 3pm EST
This Preach-In and Teach-In will provide participants with strategies to advance harm reduction advocacy issues to build change in their communities. Join us in discussing policy that can support communities impacted by overdose and anti-blackness.
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Now Hiring! Bilingual Capacity Building and Community Mobilization Manager
Are you committed to building power in communities of color to eliminate health disparities caused by the war on drugs? Are you interested in expanding syringe service programs (SSPs) in under-served areas of Southern California? We’re seeking an energetic self-starter with deep commitment to Spanish-speaking/Latinx/Chicanx, Black and Indigenous communities impacted by overdose and other drug-related harms in Southern California. Learn more and apply here.
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Deputy Director, Center on Substance Use & Health at the San Francisco Department of Public Health
Heluna Health invites applications for the position of Deputy Director in the Center on Substance Use and Health of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The Center on Substance Use and Health conducts pharmacologic and behavioral interventions and observational studies to maximize the health outcomes of people use alcohol, methamphetamine, opioids, and other substances. Learn more and apply here.
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