Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido, Director of Capacity Building at the National Harm Reduction Coalition, speaks with host Tammy Kremer about the landscape of harm reduction programs and policies around the world and in the US, with a focus on the impacts of racism and colonization. She explains how harm reduction began with “communities of people who used drugs looking at each other, saying wait a minute, ‘We love each other, we care for each other. We need to build power and we need to work together.’” 

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Resources:  

National Harm Reduction Coalition 

Harm Reduction International Conference

The Chicago Recovery Alliance

Positive Women’s Network

Sister Stone 

CAPTC-Related Training and Resources:  

S3 E2: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Harm Reduction Strategies with Jen Jackson

Drugs 101 Series

Harm Reduction Resources 

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Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is a daughter of immigrants from Mexico and Cuba. She leads the National Harm Reduction Coalition’s capacity, building, and technical assistance efforts across the United States and its territories. 

CW: Substance Abuse

Braunz Courtney speaks with host Tammy Kremer about how he practiced strategies of harm reduction at the age of 11 before he knew what the term meant. He went from dancing shirtless to raise awareness of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in queer Black communities to serving as the Executive Director of the HIV Education Prevention Project of Alameda County. He touches upon the importance of organizations that understand the lived experiences of the populations they serve.  

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Resources: 

National Harm Reduction Coalition 

Cal-Pep 

Oakland LGBTQ Center 

CAPTC-Related Training and Resources: 

Syringe Services Programs Workshop

Breakout Session 6: Mobile Harm Reduction, Street Medicine as a Medical Home  

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Braunz Courtney is the Executive Director of the HIV Education Prevention Project of Alameda County. He serves PWUDs, the unhoused homeless, LGBTQ+, youth, and the recently released/reentry of the Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. He creates, implements, and markets culturally appropriate programs that provide services in non-clinical settings to BIPOC communities throughout Northern California East Bay with a goal of having long-lasting public health impacts.