About
I am a granddaughter, daughter, sister, cousin, wife, friend, tight jawn, pet parent and caring community member. I have been and continue to be a part of collectives that serve communities using Liberatory Harm Reduction frameworks. I am white, cis, fat, neurodivergent, bisexual, bilingual, middle class and in my forties. I live with chronic pain that has been disabling at times.
Services offered
Services
Focus areas & populations
Focus areas
Communities served
Identity & values
Values & commitments
Identities & communities
Lived experience
Practice & approach
What harm reduction means in practice
A set of values that appreciate self determination and community care in service of individual and collective needs.
Communities, movements & lineages that shaped this work
I came to harm reduction following the death of a friend almost twenty years ago. I learned about needle exchanges and began to work in a safe haven. Over time I learned that my understanding of harm reduction as a public health response was a colonized one. I am grateful to the grassroots collectives I joined or learned from for teaching me the traditions of Liberatory Harm Reduction, which is a values approach to the world rooted in mutual aid, liberation of all peoples, resistance and love and respect for one another.