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

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National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jul 11
#Naloxone saves lives, & should be accessible to all. Harm reductionists have been making this access possible for many years. Did you know NHRC has a Naloxone Finder Map to help locate free resources in your area in the U.S. as well as shipping by mail info? Check it out: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
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We kick off the latest round of the Lighthouse Learning Series w/ @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social today! We hope you'll join us.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #LGBTQIALiberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndOverdose #OverdosePrevention #CareWork #WorkerRights #BodilyAutonomy
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 6d
🧵The Lighthouse Learning Series w/ @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social is back! Starting Friday, free monthly sessions will focus on a range of topics, including building #CommunityCare networks, thinking beyond #Nonprofit status, sex workers' rights, & more. The virtual trainings...
bit.ly/nhrc_lighthouse
A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with purple, red, and orange gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, purple font reads, “THE LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES” below small, hot pink font reading, "ASL & Spanish interpretation available!" Lighthouse logo in top right corner. At top left are three purple line designs with yellow stars. Over text boxes at center below, orange copy reads, "TOPICS INCLUDE" with smaller black font below reading, "Thinking beyond nonprofit status | Building community | Kink | Sex workers’ rights | & MORE!" At left in black font outlined in orange, copy reads, "LGBTQIA+-FOCUSED HARM REDUCTION TRAINING" and purple copy reading, "SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES!". Smaller white font over black background below reads, "Fridays on: February 13 | March 6 | April 10 | May 8 | June TBD". In boxes below, are a calendar emoji, yellow stars, calendar emoji beside conversation bubble reading, "Mark your calendars!", and black font reading, "TIME: 12-2 P.M. ET" on a computer screen graphic beside a clock emoji. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with blue and green gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “Friday, Feb. 13 12 - 2 P.M. ET” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “The Revolution Will Not Be 501 Incorporated." Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-1”. Yellow arrow outlined in black with red dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with purple and pink gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “FriDAY, MarCH 6 12 - 2 p.m. et” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “Community Care: Building Intimate Harm Reduction Networks". Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-2”. Yellow arrow outlined in black with red dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with yellow and pink gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “FriDAY, April 10 12 - 2 p.m. Et” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “KINK 101". Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-3”. Blue arrow outlined in black with pink dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right.
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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People who use drugs & other harm reductionists will always be our valentines. If no one told you "I love you" today, know you are radically loved by us.

#ValentinesDay #HarmReductionIsLove #HarmReductionSavesLives #EndOverdose #OverdosePrevention #SupportNotStigma #RadicalLove
Over pink gradient background is light gray spots-like pattern. At top in bold, all caps black font outlined in orange, copy reads, "DEAR PERSON WHO USES DRUGS," Below this are graphics of several teal opened envelopes, with a white note coming out reading in black font, respectively, "You are LOVED", "You MATTER", "You are WORTHY", and "You are ENOUGH". Little orange hearts are placed under each message. At bottom right is graphic of teal opened envelope with white note and several orange hearts of various sizes coming out. The hearts trail up right side of graphic. Black and white 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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🧵Every day in West Virginia, across the U.S. & its so-called "territories," & around the world, lives are saved & improved by the #HealthCare and other interconnected services #SyringeServices Programs ( #SSPs) provide. Eliminating these programs puts lives...

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Lawmakers in a House health subcommittee consider bill to ban all syringe service programs in WV • West Virginia Watch
For another year, lawmakers in the state House of Delegates are attempting to ban syringe service programs across West Virginia.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Wyoming and Intermountain West friends: Our first session is today, we hope you'll join us!

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #WarOnDrugs #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #EndTheStigma #SupportNotStigma
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 18d
🧵NHRC, w/ the Wyoming Department of Health & Wyoming Harm Reduction Collective, is launching the Wyoming Online Learning Series next month for folks in the state & Intermountain West. The free trainings focus on #OverdosePrevention & #HarmReduction in our communities. Join us for this...
Pink/orange gradient border frames top above thin line of black and white pattern, white background fills center, and light yellow border frames bottom. In all caps, white font at top reads, "WYOMING FRIENDS:". Below this in smaller font, mostly in black and some in hot pink, copy reads, "Join us for our latest online learning sessions focused on overdose prevention and harm reduction in our communities.", "Overdose Prevention & Response Feb. 12, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p. m. MT", and, "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining1." Below this, copy reads, "What is Harm Reduction? Feb. 19, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. MT" and "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining2." At top right is white dotted line forming box, and another thin yellow line forming upside down "L" shape, moving down rest of the graphic. NHRC, Wyoming Harm Reduction, and Wyoming Department of Health logos at bottom right.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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🧵 #HarmReduction is evidence-based. Folks' negative "feelings" about this life-saving health care do not change that.

“Harm reduction and housing-first models are not ideological experiments; they are among the most rigorously studied and empirically supported...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Join us for our monthly free Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) office hours, offered in Spanish and English!

#HarmReduction #TobaccoHarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 12d
🧵NHRC is excited to offer monthly #TobaccoHarmReduction ( #THR) Office Hours sessions in English & Spanish, starting this month! English sessions will be hosted the 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 3 p.m. ET starting Feb. 17, & Spanish sessions will be hosted the 4th Tuesday of each month @ 3 p.m. ET...
Green gradient fills background, with black-and-white pattern framing right side. Bold, all caps, black text toward top left reads, "COMING UP: TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION (THR) OFFICE HOURS". The words, "COMING UP:" are highlighted in yellow. Beneath this, smaller black font reads, “These monthly sessions, in English and Spanish respectively, will create space for real-time questions, shared learning, and practical problem solving focused on THR. English sessions will be hosted the third Tuesday of each month starting Feb. 17, and Spanish sessions will be hosted the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning Feb. 24.”. Over black rectangle framing bottom, copy in white and neon green at left reads, “Monthly sessions start at 3 p.m. ET, beginning Feb. 17 and Feb. 24” and “Sign up: bit.ly/THROfficeHoursSignUp”. NHRC green 30th anniversary logo toward bottom right.
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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🧵The Lighthouse Learning Series w/ @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social is back! Starting Friday, free monthly sessions will focus on a range of topics, including building #CommunityCare networks, thinking beyond #Nonprofit status, sex workers' rights, & more. The virtual trainings...
bit.ly/nhrc_lighthouse
A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with purple, red, and orange gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, purple font reads, “THE LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES” below small, hot pink font reading, "ASL & Spanish interpretation available!" Lighthouse logo in top right corner. At top left are three purple line designs with yellow stars. Over text boxes at center below, orange copy reads, "TOPICS INCLUDE" with smaller black font below reading, "Thinking beyond nonprofit status | Building community | Kink | Sex workers’ rights | & MORE!" At left in black font outlined in orange, copy reads, "LGBTQIA+-FOCUSED HARM REDUCTION TRAINING" and purple copy reading, "SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES!". Smaller white font over black background below reads, "Fridays on: February 13 | March 6 | April 10 | May 8 | June TBD". In boxes below, are a calendar emoji, yellow stars, calendar emoji beside conversation bubble reading, "Mark your calendars!", and black font reading, "TIME: 12-2 P.M. ET" on a computer screen graphic beside a clock emoji. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with blue and green gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “Friday, Feb. 13 12 - 2 P.M. ET” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “The Revolution Will Not Be 501 Incorporated." Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-1”. Yellow arrow outlined in black with red dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with purple and pink gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “FriDAY, MarCH 6 12 - 2 p.m. et” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “Community Care: Building Intimate Harm Reduction Networks". Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-2”. Yellow arrow outlined in black with red dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right. A vibrant, retro grid background fills frame with yellow and pink gradients with black graph-like lines, warped near middle. Over white box outlined in black at top center, hot pink font outlined in black reads, “LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING SERIES”. At top left are 3 yellow “sparkle” icons. Over text boxes at center below, copy reads, “FriDAY, April 10 12 - 2 p.m. Et” beside calendar and clock emojis. Copy also reads, “ASL & Spanish interpretation provided!” and “KINK 101". Black copy over yellow text box at bottom left reads, “Register HERE: bit.ly/LLS2026-3”. Blue arrow outlined in black with pink dots toward bottom middle. Lighthouse logo at top right.
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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There's still time to register for these free peer sessions in NYC!

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #SSPs #SyringeExchange #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #HIV #StopHIVTogether #HIVAIDS #HepatitisC #HepC #HepCULater #EndOverdose
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jan 13
🧵Our Peer Foundational Training Program is back! This in-person program, hosted @ our NYC office, runs from April-June. The free weekly peer sessions, covering a range of #HarmReduction topics, are held every Wednesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. w/ an hour lunch break. Peers are expected to attend all...
Pink gradient fills most of graphic, with black-and-white patterned border separating gradient from white block at bottom of graphic. In bold, all caps, black font at top, copy reads, "COMING UP: PEER FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM". The words "COMING UP:" are highlighted in yellow. In smaller white font below this, copy reads, "Join us at our NYC office for this free annual program for peers happening weekly on Wednesdays, kicking off April 15 and running through June 10. The trainings cover most basic harm reduction topics, including but not limited to safer injection, outreach, self care, HIV and HCV, safer sex and sex work, LGBTQIA+ 101, and overdose prevention. Peers are expected to attend all trainings." NHRC 30th anniversary rainbow logo at bottom left. At right, font mostly in black with some in pink reads, "WEDNESDAYS 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET" and "RSVP: collins@harmreduction.org".
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Know & love NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social & New York work? This is your chance to join our team! Learn more about our latest job opening & apply: bit.ly/NHRCCareers

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #NowHiring #HiringNow #LGBTQIALiberation #QueerHarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
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February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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🧵Decades of data & lived experiences show #SyringeServicesPrograms ( #SSPs) save lives in so many ways, including through preventing #HIV & #Hepatitis C transmissions. We should be expanding & investing further in these services to ensure folks get #StigmaFreeCare that...
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Bill to extend Indiana needle exchange programs advances
Needle exchange programs give people access to clean syringes for drug use. Data show those programs have helped spread disease and protect law enforcement, but not everyone is in favor of an extensio...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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🧵The life-saving, life-affirming care provided through #OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs) is undeniable. These centers make our communities safer, healthier, & cared for in ways that transcend data & numbers — & still, the stats continue to back up what harm reductionists have...

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Marking a year of saving lives at the nation’s first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center
From a press release:
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February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Coming up at the end of the month: Join us for this free learning opportunity, & share with your crew!

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SupportNotStigma #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #Overdose #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 25d
🧵This Feb., we're diving into drug-related #Stigma & how to dismantle deadly misconceptions & discrimination through our free webinar as part of Foundational Fridays. Through this webinar, we'll examine the intersection of social inequalities, substance use,
bit.ly/DismantlingDrugRelatedStigma2026
Over blue gradient, conversation bubbles in white and black with patterns at top right read, “FOUNDATIONAL FRIDAYS.” Below this, between black box outline, bold, all caps black copy reads, “DISMANTLING DRUG-RELATED STIGMA". Some words are highlighted in yellow. Smaller black font at bottom middle reads, "Feb. 27" and “12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET”. Black and white NHRC 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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🧵NHRC is excited to offer monthly #TobaccoHarmReduction ( #THR) Office Hours sessions in English & Spanish, starting this month! English sessions will be hosted the 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 3 p.m. ET starting Feb. 17, & Spanish sessions will be hosted the 4th Tuesday of each month @ 3 p.m. ET...
Green gradient fills background, with black-and-white pattern framing right side. Bold, all caps, black text toward top left reads, "COMING UP: TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION (THR) OFFICE HOURS". The words, "COMING UP:" are highlighted in yellow. Beneath this, smaller black font reads, “These monthly sessions, in English and Spanish respectively, will create space for real-time questions, shared learning, and practical problem solving focused on THR. English sessions will be hosted the third Tuesday of each month starting Feb. 17, and Spanish sessions will be hosted the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning Feb. 24.”. Over black rectangle framing bottom, copy in white and neon green at left reads, “Monthly sessions start at 3 p.m. ET, beginning Feb. 17 and Feb. 24” and “Sign up: bit.ly/THROfficeHoursSignUp”. NHRC green 30th anniversary logo toward bottom right.
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Mark your calendars to join us in March for the latest free webinar as part of the Supporting Choice & Autonomy series focused on #TobaccoHarmReduction!

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #EndTheStigma #BodilyAutonomy
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Dec 10
#TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) is #HarmReduction. Join us starting Friday for our free webinar series focused on breaking down person-centered care & how THR saves lives, improves health, & honors #BodilyAutonomy!

Dec. 12: bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks
March 11: bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR
Black and white maze-like pattern frames right side, with black border along bottom. Rest of graphic is filled in with purple gradient background. Bold copy in black at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) series". The words, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy:" are highlighted in yellow. Smaller white font below reads, "Join us for our latest free THR trainings, uplifting often overlooked life-saving harm reduction measures and care!" Small black font reading, "Swipe" placed beneath black arrow toward bottom right corner. Over black border at bottom, white and hot pink text reads, "Mark your calendar: December 12, 2025 and March 11, 2026". NHRC 30th anniversary black/white logo with rainbow gradient in bottom right corner. Same pattern, border, background, and logo. Bold, white copy at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: The HOW of Tobacco Harm Reduction". Smaller black font below reads, "Integrating tobacco harm reduction into existing substance use services requires a thoughtful and comprehensive approach. By addressing tobacco use alongside other substances, we can provide more holistic care and improve overall health outcomes for our clients. This training aims to explore the different modalities of tobacco harm reduction available on how harm reduction providers can integrate these to their current programming." White and hot pink font over black border reads, "Dec. 12, 2025 12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks". Same pattern, border, background, and logo. Bold, white copy at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: Person-Centered Care and Tobacco Harm Reduction". Smaller black font below this reads, "Harm reduction recognizes the importance of practicing a person-centered approach to services when looking to incorporate tobacco harm reduction (THR) into formal recovery and substance use treatment programs. A THR person-centered practice requires providers to engage in a systematic, holistic, and empathetic approach that addresses both organizational and participants’ needs around their current tobacco use by creating spaces free of stigma, one primary barrier to any sustainable behavior change." Over black border at bottom, white and hot pink text reads, "March 11, 2026 2 p.m. — 4 p.m. ET bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR"
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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🧵When funding for life-saving #HealthCare including #HarmReduction is cut or halted, lives are even more in danger. Though critical funding has since been restored following outcry about additional life-saving care being slashed, we are painfully aware these threats aren't
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Abruptly pulling and reinstating funding for mental health care causes chaos and risks lives • New Hampshire Bulletin
As a physician, it is clear to me that our mental health is one of the most important components of our overall health.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Wyoming & Intermountain West friends: Join us for these free learning opportunities! More details & registration for the webinars below:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #PreventOverdose #EndTheStigma #SupportNotStigma
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 18d
🧵NHRC, w/ the Wyoming Department of Health & Wyoming Harm Reduction Collective, is launching the Wyoming Online Learning Series next month for folks in the state & Intermountain West. The free trainings focus on #OverdosePrevention & #HarmReduction in our communities. Join us for this...
Pink/orange gradient border frames top above thin line of black and white pattern, white background fills center, and light yellow border frames bottom. In all caps, white font at top reads, "WYOMING FRIENDS:". Below this in smaller font, mostly in black and some in hot pink, copy reads, "Join us for our latest online learning sessions focused on overdose prevention and harm reduction in our communities.", "Overdose Prevention & Response Feb. 12, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p. m. MT", and, "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining1." Below this, copy reads, "What is Harm Reduction? Feb. 19, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. MT" and "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining2." At top right is white dotted line forming box, and another thin yellow line forming upside down "L" shape, moving down rest of the graphic. NHRC, Wyoming Harm Reduction, and Wyoming Department of Health logos at bottom right.
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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🧵 #BlackHistory is infinite. As we celebrate 100 years of honoring #BlackHistoryMonth, we know Black history happens every day, ushering Black futures in. Black harm reductionist elders led the way in our movement, & their lessons continue to be built on today. Learn more about our friends...
Green, purple, yellow, and blue gradient lines frame black background. At top left, large, bold, all white caps reads, "BLACK HISTORY IS" with smaller gray font in all caps below reading, "JOY. RESISTANCE. RADICAL LOVE. FIERCE. REBELLION. QUEER. CARE. VALIANT. ADVOCACY. CULTURE. MAGICAL. HARM REDUCTION. FEARLESS. TRANS. GRAVITY-DEFYING. COMMUNITY. BEAUTIFUL. REVOLUTIONARY. VAST. STRATEGIC. ART. BRAVE. TENDER. TRANSCENDENTAL. FUN. SOULFUL. KIND. DETERMINED. THOUGHTFUL. NOBLE. ADVENTUROUS. INNOVATIVE. UNLIMITED. STRONG. SOFT. NOW. ALWAYS." Large, bold, all white caps toward bottom right reads, "FOREVER." NHRC 30th anniversary logo in bottom right corner.
February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Today’s the day! Join us for this free training ⬇️
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jan 5
🧵Start the new year off with free learning opportunities, including our upcoming Foundational Fridays session, "Syringe Access 101!" Through this webinar, we'll explore the critical role of sterile syringe access in saving lives, promoting #PublicHealth, & reducing...
bit.ly/SyringeAccess1012026
Over blue gradient, conversation bubbles in white and black with patterns at top right read, “FOUNDATIONAL FRIDAYS.” Below this, between black box outline, bold, all caps black copy reads, “THE BASICS OF SYRINGE ACCESS. Some words are highlighted in yellow. Smaller black font at bottom middle reads, "Jan. 30" and “12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET”. Black and white NHRC 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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🧵NHRC, w/ the Wyoming Department of Health & Wyoming Harm Reduction Collective, is launching the Wyoming Online Learning Series next month for folks in the state & Intermountain West. The free trainings focus on #OverdosePrevention & #HarmReduction in our communities. Join us for this...
Pink/orange gradient border frames top above thin line of black and white pattern, white background fills center, and light yellow border frames bottom. In all caps, white font at top reads, "WYOMING FRIENDS:". Below this in smaller font, mostly in black and some in hot pink, copy reads, "Join us for our latest online learning sessions focused on overdose prevention and harm reduction in our communities.", "Overdose Prevention & Response Feb. 12, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p. m. MT", and, "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining1." Below this, copy reads, "What is Harm Reduction? Feb. 19, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. MT" and "Register now: bit.ly/WYTraining2." At top right is white dotted line forming box, and another thin yellow line forming upside down "L" shape, moving down rest of the graphic. NHRC, Wyoming Harm Reduction, and Wyoming Department of Health logos at bottom right.
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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🧵As we prepared to close the 2025 chapter, NHRC staff gathered to reflect on the year that was filled with hardship & solidarity while uplifting our hopes, intentions, & areas of focus as we move through the challenges in this new year. We were blessed to be joined by artist Noelia Mercedes, who...
Meeting illustration captures conversation pieces and quotes in artwork of monarch butterfly on top of teal background, with green, white and black caterpillars climbing up hot pink, purple, and orange gradient branches that collectively read, "PROSPERITY", "ABUNDANCE", "CURIOSITY", and "EMBODIMENT". A small green bird flies toward middle right corner. Large, white font outlined in black at top center reads, "WHAT DO WE WANT TO ENVISION FOR NHRC AND THE HARM REDUCTION COMMUNITY IN 2026?" Many messages are woven into the artwork below, including, "clear collective action & support path," "What does it mean to decolonize our harm reduction?" "Work collaboratively & as a community (with & alongside each other)," "Strategize collectively," "Sharpened focus towards what we are working for (not what we’re against)," "No permanent enemies!" "Focus on tending to root causes of oppression," "Care within our network," "Staff retreat," "Habitats for workplace culture," "Spaces to connect," "Affirming collective joy as ultimate resistance," "Build more networks," "Finding strength + solidarity within other movements," and much more.
January 28, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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🧵For many, street & park #Outreach groups are their last link to any kind of health services & support. We need more outreach, not less, to save lives & improve the #PublicHealth & conditions in our communities. NHRC is referenced in this @bostonglobe.com piece,
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Tensions at Mass. and Cass spark debate over how to help people struggling with substance abuse - The Boston Globe
Aid workers say stronger enforcement undermines efforts to help people on the streets, but the city says its approach is working.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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🧵This Feb., we're diving into drug-related #Stigma & how to dismantle deadly misconceptions & discrimination through our free webinar as part of Foundational Fridays. Through this webinar, we'll examine the intersection of social inequalities, substance use,
bit.ly/DismantlingDrugRelatedStigma2026
Over blue gradient, conversation bubbles in white and black with patterns at top right read, “FOUNDATIONAL FRIDAYS.” Below this, between black box outline, bold, all caps black copy reads, “DISMANTLING DRUG-RELATED STIGMA". Some words are highlighted in yellow. Smaller black font at bottom middle reads, "Feb. 27" and “12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET”. Black and white NHRC 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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🧵Involuntary commitment is ineffective & immoral at best, & often deadly at worst. Our people & communities deserve better, from one state to another. Coverage from @filtermag.bsky.social below outlines a proposal in NJ that would make involuntary commitment mandatory
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NJ May Expand Civil Commitment to Anyone Accused of Recent Overdose - Filter
New Jersey legislators are considering a proposal to require involuntary commitment for any overdose survivors revived by law enforcement. It ...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Happening next week: Join us for the first free Foundational Fridays session of 2026! Details & registration below ⬇️

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SupportNotStigma #SyringeExchange #SSPs #PublicHealth #StopHIVTogether #HepC #HepCULater #Hepatitis #EndOverdose
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jan 5
🧵Start the new year off with free learning opportunities, including our upcoming Foundational Fridays session, "Syringe Access 101!" Through this webinar, we'll explore the critical role of sterile syringe access in saving lives, promoting #PublicHealth, & reducing...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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🧵Endless "wars" do nothing to save lives from the #OverdoseEpidemic, as Susan Ousterman notes in this @filtermag.bsky.social piece after losing her son to #Overdose.

She says designating #Fentanyl as a " #WeaponOfMassDestruction" ( #WMD), "does not trigger compensation for...

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Fentanyl, Involved in My Son’s Death, Is No “Weapon of Mass Destruction” - Filter
In December, the federal government announced it would classify illicit fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.” Having buried my ...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM