Our Movement in Motion.
January 15, 2021

National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

+ ICYMI: Welcome back! What to say after you respond to an overdose with naloxone. We recently had the pleasure of speaking with The DOPE Project (Drug Overdose Prevention and Education) team about what to do and say after you've used naloxone to reverse an overdose from opioids. Experiencing a medical emergency like an overdose is traumatic and we can support people returning to consciousness with kindness and without judgment. Check out the full post: www.facebook.com/HarmReductionCoalition/posts/3630258617055951

+ A YEAR OF RESILIENCE: The Harm Reduction community faced deep loss and pain together in 2020. At the same time, the ways we continued to care and show up for each other have shown our strength and resilience. Join us as we reflect on National Harm Reduction Coalition's year in review. [link removed]

+ POLICY: DC decriminalizes drug paraphernalia possession. “While this is just one step towards full drug decriminalization, this bill allows us to greatly expand the scope of HIPS services to benefit all people who use drugs in the District, and further enables us to meet people where they are at.” - HIPS outreach team. Read more here: [link removed]

+ POLICY: Because of the leadership and advocacy from current and formerly incarcerated people, Congress has reinstated access to student financial aid/Pell grants for people currently incarcerated, more than a quarter century after the 1994 banning of aid for prison education programs.  [link removed]

EMERGENT & EXCITING WORK

+ NEWS: The National Harm Reduction Coalition joined forces with Drug Policy Alliance, People’s Action, and VOCAL NY to highlight key legislation and federal policies that address the disproportionate consequences of the drug war and overdose crisis on Black, Indigenous, and low-income people who use drugs. This week, in the midst of a Presidential impeachment - over 200 drug policy, harm reduction, health care, and community based organizations from across the country signed on to a letter to Dr. Rahul Gupta, Team Lead for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on President-Elect Biden’s Transition Team. 
We’ve identified key federal policies the Administration can tackle during the first 100 days of the presidency. With a unified voice, we urge the incoming Biden/Harris Administration to take bold, decisive, evidence-based action that shifts the government’s response to substance use and ends the drug war once and for all. Read the letter to Dr. Gupta and join the NHRC Policy and Advocacy email list for further action. [link removed]

+ ARTICLE: In Kassandra Frederique and Danielle Sered’s article, “Let’s Reject the Violent vs. Nonviolent Crime Dichotomy to End the War on Drugs” they explore how investing in the binary of “good people worth saving” and “bad people who aren’t”, leaves us all losing. Read the full article. [link removed] 

+ TRAINING: Social workers, what are you doing working in a profession that both upholds racist systems and works to dismantle it? Dive into the details in this two-day symposium: Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium 1/28-29  

HARM RED NOW

+ TRAINING: Foundational Fridays with NHRC: Syringe Access 101! This 2-hour webinar is a part of our Foundational Fridays Series taking place every Friday from noon – 2PM ET, from February 2021 – April 2021. This first webinar focuses on the basics of syringe access. Save the date and register, noon -2PM ET, Friday 2/5.   [link removed]

WORK FOR THE MOVEMENT

+ CALIFORNIA SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS COALITION LOGO DESIGNER: DEADLINE EXTENDED! JAN 22. California Syringe Exchange Programs (CASEP) Coalition is a mutual-aid and advocacy network of syringe services providers and participants who work collectively to build strong harm reduction programs and who organize to reduce the harms of the racialized war on drugs and drug use at the individual and community level. CASEP is in search of an artist to contribute creative art and design skills to a project with a budget not to exceed $5,000. Learn more here. [link removed]

+ DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Do you want to join a dynamic and growing organization working to advance harm reduction policies and practices across the United States? Do you have an understanding and vested interest in how the nation’s history of racialized drug policies have caused egregious harm to people most vulnerable to structural violence? Do you have the knowledge and skills to support local advocates at the state level and influence federal policies that lead to equity, wellbeing, and liberation for people who use drugs and their communities? The National Harm Reduction Coalition is seeking a dynamic, committed and strategic Deputy Director of Public Affairs to join their leadership team.  See the full job description. [link removed]

Harm Reduction Coalition
22 West 27th St
New York City, NY 10001
United States

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