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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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Content note: Some problematic phrasing in coverage.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SyringeExchange #SyringeServices #SSPs #EndTheStigma #SupportNotStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #HIV #HIVAIDS #StopHIVTogether #Hepatitis
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 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 · 18d
🧵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
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February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma
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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free learning opportunity!

Sign up today:
bit.ly/WYTraining1
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#HarmReductionSavesLives #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #WarOnDrugs #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #EndTheStigma #SupportNotStigma
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January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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created the beautiful artwork below capturing our staff-wide conversation of what we envision for NHRC & the wider #HarmReduction community in 2026 — & how we can show up to make it so, together.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #WeKeepUsSafe #SocialJustice #LiberationForAll #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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for any #Overdose survivor who was revived by law enforcement.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #WarOnDrugs #Treatment #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndTheDrugWar #InvoluntaryCommitment #Overdose #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #Recovery #SupportNotStigma
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 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...
bit.ly/SyringeAccess1012026
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January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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can thrive.

#MLK #MartinLutherKing #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #SupportNotStigma #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #PreventOverdose #HealthCareForAll #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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this piece in Ahwatukee Foothills News notes.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SyringeExchange #EndOverdose #SyringeServices #Hepatitis #HepatitisC #HIV #HIVPrevention #StopHIVTogether #OverdoseEpidemic #PreventOverdose #PublicHealth #BodilyAutonomy #BodyAutonomy
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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trainings to participate. Please RSVP w/ your name, agency, & phone number by March 20 to NHRC's Community & Capacity Building Manager, Hiawatha Collins, at [email protected] to attend. We hope to see you there!

#HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #PublicHealth #EndOverdose
January 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Learn more about #HepatitisC: bit.ly/HepCResources

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #PublicHealth #Hepatitis #HepatitisAwareness #HepC #HepCULater #HCV #SupportNotStigma #SyringeExchange #SSPs #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose
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January 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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signing on, & take action with our friends at @drugpolicy.org:

bit.ly/GlobalCommunityRejectsExpandedWarOnDrugs
bit.ly/DPAStopMilitaryActionAlert

#HarmReductionSavesLives #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #HarmReductionIsHealthcare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose
Venezuela: No to the “War on Drugs” as a Pretext for U.S. Intervention - Harm Reduction International
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January 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Today’s the day! Join us:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #PatientCare #ReproductiveJustice #BodilyAutonomy #MyBodyMyChoice #BodyAutonomy #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #STIPrevention #HIVPrevention #StopHIVTogether
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Dec 4
🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
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December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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program get the support it needs, & ensure communities aren’t left behind. Your gift fuels the work that needs to happen now.

Please give today: bit.ly/NHRCEOYGiving

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #OverdosePrevention #FundHarmReduction #InvestinHarmReduction #EndOverdose
2025 Ends and 2026 Begins With Harm Reduction | National Harm Reduction Coalition (Powered by Donorbox)
As we move into 2026, we’re asking you to give as generously as you can.Your support isn’t abstract.- It’s naloxone in someone’s hand.- It’s a peer worker paid for their expertise.- It’s a syringe ser...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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& the culture that allows this abuse to exist. We must uplift the demands & dreams of sex workers to create safer futures.

Learn more about sex worker resources: bit.ly/NHRCResourcesforSWrs

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #D17 #Decrim #BodilyAutonomy #WorkerSafety
Sex Work Resources | National Harm Reduction Coalition
Sex work is an issue central to the Harm Reduction movement. Find practical resources to support people who use drugs and/or engage in sex work. Start here.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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TGNCNB people who use drugs & engage in sex work. Lighthouse was able to host this event thanks to funding from @nycpride.bsky.social’s “Pride Gives Back” grant.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SexWorkIsWork #PersonCenteredCare #EndOverdose #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Happening Friday! Join us for this free training:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #PatientCare #ReproductiveJustice #BodilyAutonomy #MyBodyMyChoice #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #STIPrevention #HIVPrevention #StopHIVTogether
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Dec 4
🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
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 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”. Some words are highlighted in yellow. NHRC white logo at bottom left, smaller black font at bottom middle reads, "Dec. 19" and “12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET”. Black and white NHRC 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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that I care deeply about...That money could have been me, could have been my life.'”

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SupportNotStigma #SupportNotPunishment #Opioids #Overdose #Pharma #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Happening today! Join us:

#HarmReduction #TobaccoHarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma
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"
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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#HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #PublicHealth #RacialJustice #EndHomelessness #Homelessness #HousingJustice #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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and rejection of drug users," this @nchealthnews.bsky.social piece shares.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #SupportNotStigma #Decrim #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndOverdose
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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lives of people who use drugs in the @washingtonpost.com story above — & how effective harm reduction programs & resources are in preventing death.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #OverdoseEpidemic #OverdosePrevention #SupportNotStigma #EndOverdose
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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12 months — their lowest level since March 2020. A pandemic spike in overdose deaths drove the number as high as almost 113,000 in the summer of 2023, according to federal statistics."

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SupportNotStigma #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #EndOverdose
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM