🧵Join us for the free webinar hosted by NASEN, "Making Money Moves: Empowering SSPs as they Navigate the Changing Funding Landscape" on April 7 from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. ET/10 a.m.-11 a.m. PT. This webinar will briefly highlight results from the National Survey of #SyringeServicesPrograms ( #NSSSP)...

Coming up later this month! Details and registration below: #HarmReduction #Hepatitis #HepatitisAwareness #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HepC #HCV #HepCAwareness #HIV #HIVAIDS #HIVAwareness #StopHIVTogether #HarmReductionSavesLives #PreventOverdose #SupportNotStigma #EndTheStigma

🧵Trans visibility is not enough — we need to work collectively to ensure #TransLiberation is possible. On #TransDayOfVisibility & always, we must uplift the needs, dreams, teachings, & wisdom of trans elders & changemakers of today. Learn more about NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social & its work...

🧵The so-called " #WarOnDrugs" is a war on people — & largely, on women. As with so many other interconnected issues, women disproportionately feel the impacts of this war through attacks on their #BodilyAutonomy & the trauma & health disparities that come from... bit.ly/DrugTestsFailFamilies

As Women's/Womxn's Herstory Month comes to a close, this is an important, everyday reminder:

🧵 #HarmReduction is about building trust. That trust is essential in ensuring people who use drugs know their options, have access to #StigmaFreeCare, & can take steps to support their health goals. This @dailyyonder.bsky.social piece focuses on what happens when bit.ly/BuildingTrustIsHarmReduction

Today's the day! Join us this afternoon ET: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Treatment #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionIsLove #PreventOverdose #PublicHealth #OverdosePrevention #BodilyAutonomy #Methadone #Buprenorphine #MOUD #DrugTreatment

🧵 #HarmReduction means meeting people where they're at — including w/ 24/7 vending machines that offer free life-saving supplies including #Naloxone. NHRC's Director of Capacity Building & Community Mobilization, Mike Selick, spoke w/... bit.ly/TribalHealthHarmReductionVendingMachines

Mark your calendars for April's free Foundational Fridays session! More information & registration details below: #HarmReduction #Hepatitis #HepatitisAwareness #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HepC #HCV #HepCAwareness #HIV #HIVAIDS #HIVAwareness #StopHIVTogether #HarmReductionSavesLives #PreventOverdose

Today’s the last day to register for this free learning opportunity in NYC! ⬇️

🧵Let's be real — bars are #SupervisedConsumptionSites. When people aren't alone, know what's in the substances they're consuming, & have someone to look out for them & respond if they've had too much for their system, lives are saved. The same goes for preventing & responding to #Overdoses through..

🧵Criminalizing people for being unhoused is dangerous & immoral. It does nothing to keep people safer or healthier. What keeps people safer & healthier is access to #Housing & other #HumanRights needs, including health care & food. Despite this, an executive... bit.ly/HousingForHumanRights

Drop in for our one or all of our monthly #TobaccoHarmReduction Office Hours! The sessions are offered in English & Spanish. More details & registration info below: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco

🧵One #Overdose is one too many. We cannot become collectively desensitized to the many, many beautiful souls we lose every year to overdose. While data & statistics are important, we must remember that behind these numbers are beloved human beings — & we must.. bit.ly/OpioidOverdoseDeclinePlateau

There's still time to sign up for this free webinar! We hope to "see" you there. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #EndTheEpidemics #StopHIVTogether #EndTheStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HIVAIDS #HIVAwareness #AIDSAwareness #SupportNotStigma #SyringeExchange #EndOverdose

🧵 #HarmReduction & interconnected #HealthCare wins are happening every day, because people who use drugs, other harm reductionists, & community members make it so. Take this @aclu.org piece, for example, where a life-saving program was able to continue on with its work after.. bit.ly/SSPsOrdinance

Want to learn more about medications for drug #Treatment? Join us for this month's free Foundational Fridays session! #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionIsLove #PreventOverdose #PublicHealth #MOUD #EndOverdose

#Housing & #HealthCare are #HumanRights. We're thrilled legislation in Illinois includes expanding #Naloxone access & #HarmReduction positions in the state. Learn more about the proposed Holistic #OverdosePrevention & Equity (HOPE) Act via @filtermag.bsky.social below ⬇️: bit.ly/ILHOPEAct

🧵Tickets on sale now for NHRC's 30-year anniversary celebration in California! We're uplifting 3 decades of #HarmReduction, community, courage, & care on Friday, April 10. Hosted by Kochina Rude, the Bay Area’s #Narcan Queen, the evening will feature live music from... bit.ly/NHRC30Celebration

The deadline to sign up for our Peer Foundational Training Program is approaching soon! Details & sign-up info below: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionWorks #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #BodilyAutonomy #EndOverdose

🧵 #OpioidSettlement funds must directly support the people closest to the #OverdoseEpidemic — people who use drugs — & the services & programs folks seek out the most for care. Our communities, not large hospital systems, must be the priority, as was intended w/ these... bit.ly/NJHarmReductionFunds

Put it on the calendar and join us later this month! #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #EndTheEpidemics #StopHIVTogether #EndTheStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HIVAIDS #HIVAwareness #AIDSAwareness #SupportNotStigma #SyringeExchange #SyringeServices #SyringePrograms

🧵Join us for our free Foundational Fridays session, " #HIV / #HCV ( #HepatitisC) 101," happening in April! This virtual training focuses on basics of HIV/HCV, including how it impacts the body, #Transmission, #Prevention, testing, & #Treatment. We'll provide an overview of... bit.ly/HepC101

Happening today, we hope to “see” you there! ⬇️ #HarmReduction #Tobacco #TobaccoHarmReduction #THR #Vaping #Smoking #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionSavesLives

🧵We are experiencing a deeply dangerous trend: Threats of restrictions and outright shutdowns of life-saving #SyringeServices Programs ( #SSPs). Our communities deserve access to unlimited health care support. Full stop. "The data is there. Public health concerns such as... bit.ly/SSPRestrictions

🧵Nearly 20 states across the U.S. have placed restrictions on #HIV #Treatment assistance programs, & more are considering changes that would leave people living w/ HIV more vulnerable. When care is stripped away, the health of people living w/ HIV — & entire.. bit.ly/HIVTreatmentProgramsThreatened

Coming up at the end of the month is our next Foundational Fridays session! Register for the free learning opportunity below: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Treatment #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionIsLove #PreventOverdose #MOUD

Coming up at the end of the month is our next Foundational Fridays session! Register for the free learning opportunity below: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Treatment #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionIsLove #PreventOverdose #MOUD #Overdose

Next session happening shortly, we hope you'll join us! #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #CommunityCare #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReductionIsLive

🧵Each of the people we've lost to #Overdose were so loved, & are loved still. We miss them. As we hold their memories close, we hold everyone they left behind in our hearts, too. Your grief matters and so do you. We hope our grieving overdose zine brings you some... bit.ly/GrievingOverdoseZine

🧵 #HealthCare is at its best when it's truly patient/person-centered. NHRC's Community & Capacity Building Manager Hiawatha Collins joined fellow panelists at @nychealthy.bsky.social's Healing ARC (Acknowledgement, Redress, Closure) Project symposium, where they bit.ly/HealthForThePeopleByThePeople

It's on all of us to create a world without #HIV stigma. Join us for a free learning opportunity later this month, details below ⬇️: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #EndTheEpidemics #StopHIVTogether #EndTheStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HIVAwareness #SupportNotStigma #EndTheStigma

🧵 #HarmReduction meets people where they're at, with no judgment, stigma, or strings attached. #OverdosePrevention centers ( #OPCs), also called safe injection sites, represent harm reduction in action — saving lives, uplifting the dignity of people who use drugs, & supporting... bit.ly/OPCsResearch

Coming up at the end of the month! There's still time to register for this #TobaccoHarmReduction ( #THR) session. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma

🧵Everyone has a human right to safety, & #WorkShouldBeSafe — full stop. On #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay & every day, we're reminded that the criminalization of sex work allows a culture of violence, harassment, lack of #WorkerProtections, & disregard of human rights to thrive. Sex workers...

🧵Humans have been using drugs throughout our existence. The main reason for the toxicity of the #DrugSupply is the criminalization of substances, which leads to deadlier, more dangerous waves of the #OverdoseEpidemic. To continue the so-called " #WarOnDrugs," bit.ly/DrugSupplyAndDemandContinues

There's still time to join us for our Peer Foundational Training Program! Reach out by March 20 to register. Details ⬇️: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionWorks #SSPs #SyringeExchange #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose #EndTheStigma

🧵Women/womxn — particularly LGBTQIA+ women/womxn — make it happen. Often overlooked & under-appreciated, women/womxn have long been creators, uplifters, & visionaries of the #HarmReduction & other interconnected social justice movements. As we celebrate Women's/Womxn's History Month, we...

🧵As proven through an array of studies & folks' lived experiences in the U.S. & abroad, #OverdosePrevention centers ( #OPCs) save lives, improve #PublicHealth outcomes for entire communities, & uplift the well-being of people who use drugs. We'll continue advocating for these... bit.ly/NMOPCs

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🧵We're excited to share new resources on our #TobaccoHarmReduction ( #THR) webpage! This page includes fact sheets on THR principles & #Nicotine, designed to support accurate, stigma-free conversations about #Tobacco & nicotine. These materials address common myths.. bit.ly/TobaccoHarmReductionNHRC

Registration is still open for this year’s in-person Peer Foundational Training Program! ⬇️

🧵Eliminating #HepatitisC ( #HepC ) takes all of us & a true investment in #Prevention, testing, & cures. In New York, huge progress has been made because of the advocacy of NHRC & several other organizations, though backsliding from inadequate funding threatens milestones in... bit.ly/EndingHepCinNY

Mark your calendar and join us for the free March Foundational Fridays session, focused on #Treatment medications! #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #PreventOverdose #PublicHealth #OverdosePrevention #BodilyAutonomy #Methadone #Buprenorphine

🧵Everyone deserves access to stigma-free, non-judgmental #HealthCare, including for #HIV. #Stigma often prevents people from seeking out care to begin with. Join us March 25 for our webinar, “HIV Stigma: Creating Barriers for Testing & Treatment.” We'll focus on the concept.. bit.ly/HIVStigmaWebinar

Next session starts today! #Tobacco #TobaccoHarmReduction #THR #Smoking #SmokingCessation #Vaping #Nicotine #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndTheStigma #SupportNotStigma

ICYMI: NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social has begun its latest Lighthouse Learning Series! Mark your calendars & join us for these free sessions. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #LGBTQIALiberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndOverdose #OverdosePrevention #BodilyAutonomy #BodyAutonomy

🧵When we invest time, energy, funds, & care into our communities & follow evidence-based #HealthCare, we can all win. As this @mlive.com coverage shares, approaches to the #OverdoseEpidemic that focus on #HarmReduction — including expanding access to lifesaving services &... bit.ly/DearbornODDrops

Happening a week from today! ⬇️

🧵As outlined by the executive director of the International Drug Policy Consortium (@idpc.net), of which NHRC is a member, “Drug policy stands out as one of the UN’s most glaring failures. Punitive approaches are costing lives, undermining human rights and wasting.. bit.ly/UNGASSOnFailingDrugPolicy