OUR MOVEMENT IN MOTION
March 1, 2022
National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
+ CONFERENCE: The Harm Reduction Conference is back! Join us and other harm reductionists October 13-16, 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read the full announcement here: [link removed]. To help us plan a safe and inclusive event please complete this brief survey: [link removed]
+ EVENT: International Women’s Day Online Conference: Harm Reduction for Women Who Use Drugs — Join this event with Scottish Drugs Forum on International Women’s Day to learn more about the specific needs of women in harm reduction. [link removed]
+ RESOURCE LIST: As Governor Greg Abbott attacks trans youth in Texas, community organizations locally have responded with a Master Resource List for young people who are LGB TGNC+ across the state. Take action and share resources to show young people that gender affirming health care is not abuse — transphobia is. [link removed]
EMERGENT & EXCITING WORK
+ EVENT: Harm Reduction Supply Machine Q&A — Join Ohio HIV service organization Caracole on Friday, March 11 and Friday, April 15 at 2 pm ET for a free, interactive Q&A session about harm reduction supply or “vending” machines as a low-barrier public health service. Learn how to get community buy-in and acceptance and get funding, maintenance, and participant engagement strategies. Register here: [link removed]
+ ARTICLE: Meth: San Francisco’s Drug Crisis Within a Drug Crisis — “Meth is the most used substance available. We aren’t talking about it, and that’s probably because it requires a much more complex solution. We haven't developed good spaces and treatment for people who use meth.” — Laura Guzman, Sr. Director of Capacity Building and Community Mobilization at NHRC Read more in the San Francisco Examiner. [link removed]
+ TRAINING: AI Health: An Online Community Focused on Improving HIV Services for African Immigrants — AI Health training participants will learn best practices and strategies to providing HIV prevention, care and treatment to African immigrants and connect with other providers to strengthen HIV services. Applications are due March 9 and training begins March 24th. Register here: [link removed]
+ ARTICLE: San Francisco Hospital Program Offers Harm Reduction to Patients — From Filter: “The hospital is giving harm reduction kits to people who come in to receive medical attention — for any reason — and who say that they use drugs and don’t plan to quit.” Kits include syringes, pipes, fentanyl test strips, and educational materials. [link removed]
+ SURVEY: Tired of stigma in reporting and journalism about people who use drugs? Fill out this 5 minute survey (and get a $5 gift card for completing the survey) from Reframe to help journalists use more inclusive, humanizing language when reporting on homelessness, incarceration, substance use, and other important issues. Survey: [link removed]
+ SEX WORKERS' RIGHTS DAY: March 3rd is International Sex Workers' Rights Day. Take action right now ([link removed]) for sex workers' rights by contacting your Senators to tell them not to support the Earn It Act! For some background on the Earn It Act, listen to the latest Old Pro News episode with podcast host Lakeesha Harris and Daly Barnett of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Hacking//Hustling: [link removed]
+ FUNDING: LEARN Harm Reduction — New funding initiative from COMPASS Initiative to build organizational leadership and support organizational transformation. The primary goal of LEARN is to build knowledge, capacity, expertise and leadership in a particular topic area. Deadline is March 15! [link removed]
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WORK FOR THE MOVEMENT
+ National Harm Reduction Coalition is hiring a Senior Director of Finance ([link removed]) and a Human Resources Manager ([link removed])
+ Southside Harm Reduction Services is hiring a Program Director ([link removed])
+ Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is hiring a Harm Reduction Manger ([link removed]) and a Harm Reduction Health Educator ([link removed])
+ Integral Care is hiring a Therapist Counselor ([link removed]), Chemical Dependency Counselor ([link removed]), and a Psychiatrist ([link removed])
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Box 529
New York, NY 10016
United States
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