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2013 Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference

Calling all harm reductionists and drug policy activists!
All of us at Women With A Vision are excited to welcome YOU to New Orleans this December for the 2013 Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference.  
Join us December 12-13 for two intensive days of training and strategizing with all of your favorite southern drug policy and harm reduction leaders who are “Working with the Red (Republican Allies, Blood and Heart).”
Registration and hotel reservation details are below.
Keep the South Dirty and Our Needles Clean!
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Event: 2013 Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference
Location: HYATT REGENCY NEW ORLEANS, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113
Dates: 12/12/2013 and 12/13/2013
Sign Up: http://tinyurl.com/SHRDP-2013
Cost: $60
Scholarships: There will be scholarships to cover hotel costs and/or to waive the conference fee.  The Scholarship applications for housing will be accepted until 10/15/2013.  Scholarships for the conference fee will be accepted until 12/5/2013.  Scholarship are available to people of the South only.  Priority will be given to drug users, sex workers, Hepatitis C+ people, HIV+ people, people with a history of incarceration, law enforcement, veterans and people of transgender experience.
Theme/Focus: Working with the Red (Republican Allies, Blood and Heart)
Special Hotel Rates: The hotel has reserved 30 rooms at a special rate for us.  If you would like to reserve one of these rooms, please go to https://resweb.passkey.com/go/southernharmreductionconf
Special Program Track for Executives and Program Directors: Are you a executive or program director working in HIV/HCV prevention, harm reduction, or drug policy reform, who is looking into ways to ensure program sustainability?  Well, we will have a special track for all the southern leaders to gather, plan and work on program sustainability together.  Look for more details in future emails.
Contacts:
Robert Childs, 336-543-8050, robert.bb.childs@gmail.com
Deon Haywood, 504.931.7944, deon@wwav-no.org
Special Guests:

  • Deon Haywood, Women With A Vision, (LA)
  • Former Republican Rep. and Veteran Glen Bradley, 49th District of North Carolina (NC)
  • Mark Levin, Esq., Texas Public Policy Foundation (TX)
  • Det. Gary Martin, Ed.D, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (FL)
  • Megan McLemore,  J.D., L.L.M, Human Rights Watch (NY)
  • Captain Leilani Attilio, MPH, RN, NC Harm Reduction Coalition (NC)
  • Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD., Drug Policy Alliance (NY)
  • Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, The Ordinary People Society (AL)
  • Robert Childs, MPH, North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NC)
  • Louise, Greensboro Drug Users Union (NC)
  • Jon E. Zibbell, PhD, Centers for Disease Control, (GA)
  • Gregory Newburn, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FL)
  • Active Users/Sex Workers from the South and the Northern Territories (North of the Sweet Tea Line)
  • All your favorite Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Leaders!

Topics that will be covered (more to come soon):

  • The Truth About What Drugs Do
  • Red State Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Advocacy
  • Syringe and Pipe Access in the South
  • Faith, Drugs and Sex Work
  • Criminal Justice Reform in Southern States
  • Conservative Led Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform in Southern States
  • Race and Policy in the US South
  • Drug and Sex Worker Stigma
  • Sex Work Policy in the South
  • 911 Good Samaritan Laws and Naloxone Access
  • Law Enforcement As Advocates
  • Safer Pill and Hormone Injection
  • Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Access
  • and Much More!

Primary Sponsors

  • North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NC)
  • MAC AIDS Fund (National)
  • Women With A Vision (LA)
  • Drug Policy Alliance (National)

Co-Sponsors

  • Students for Sensible Drug Policy (National)
  • The Ordinary People Society (AL)
  • Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (GA)
  • Lowland Harm Reduction (SC)
  • Olive Vine Ministries (NC)
  • Orleans Public Defenders (LA)
  • The Prodigal Child Project (AL)
  • Catalyst Community Church (NC)
  • Streetwork (TN)
  • BreakOUT (LA)
  • Healthy Rhythm Consulting (TX)
  • Georgia Overdose Prevention Workgroup (GA)
  • Trans(forming) (GA)

 

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