Resources

Braunz E. Courtney discusses impactful engagement of people who actively use drugs, chaotic use versus abstinence, and working in the spectrum of harm reduction.

Jason Norelli explores the intersectionality of the faith-based community and syringe services by highlighting the successful work that Glide Foundation has provided through its HIV/Hep C and Harm Reduction Services Program.

Sam Junge and Elona Dellabough-Gormley provide an overview of the principles and practices that can help traditional syringe services programs advance to a radical version of harm reduction centered on the voices and needs of people who use drugs.

Carsen Beckwith explores culture and the principles of cultural humility while reflecting on the issues of implicit bias to help providers build more meaningful and respectful relationships with SSP participants.

James Wilson discusses the challenges that Pluma County’s syringe services program faced while providing services in rural areas, as well as some of the solutions they’ve developed to address them.

Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido from the National Harm Reduction Coalition speaks with host Tammy Tae about harm reduction around the world, the role race plays in the criminalization of drug use, and what the future holds for safer drug use policies and programs. She explains how harm reduction began with “communities of people who used drugs looking at each other, say[ing] wait a minute, … ‘We love each other, we care for each other. We need to build power and we need to work together” with an importance placed on looking at the social determinants of health and the impact of colonization, not only with capitalism but with racism, the War on Drugs in Black and brown communities that are in…

Host Tammy Kremer sits down with Braunz Courtney to speak on 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.

S4 E1: Narcan Queen Kochina Rude on Drag and Harm Reduction CW: Opioid Overdose, Molestation  Welcome to our mini-series on Harm Reduction! Host Tammy Kremer sits down with drag queen Kochina Rude to share how she uses her performances to educate the LGBTQ+ community about Naloxone administration, safer partying, and overdose prevention. At her show “Princess,” cohosted with […]

S3 Ep2: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Harm Reduction Strategies with Jen Jackson This episode of Coming Together for Sexual Health features the wonderful Jen Jackson, a disease intervention specialist and harm reductionist. Jen walks us through the history of harm reduction, the principles that guide the movement, and gives us some personal examples […]

Chelsi Cheatom and Jessica A. Johnson share steps and lessons learned around community engagement, planning, and implementation when utilizing vending machines for harm reduction, public health, and syringe services.

Recordings from the syringe services programs workshop held in March 2021, in partnership with Harm Reduction Coalition.

Sam Junge, Angie Pittaluga, and Tommy Rayes highlight what makes an effective syringe services program by sharing what’s working and where change needs to happen.