Women With A Vision, North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition and our Allies invite you to attend the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference.
Location:
HYATT REGENCY NEW ORLEANS, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113
Event Dates:
The event will take place December 12th and December 13th, 2013.
Sign up page:
http://www.nchrc.org/news-and-events/events/2013-southern-harm-reduction-and-drug-policy-conference/
Event Contact:
In New Orleans – Deon Haywood, 504-931-7944, deon@wwav-no.org;
In Atlanta – Robert Childs, 336-543-8050, robert.bb.childs@gmail.com
Event Price:
$60 via Check, $63 via paypal
Scholarships:
There will be scholarships to cover hotel costs and to waive the conference fee. 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 and people of transgender experience.
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
-Marijuana Policy in Southern States
-Harm Reduction/ Drug Policy Media
-Sex Work in the South
-911 Good Samaritan Laws and Naloxone Access
-Law Enforcement As Advocates
-Crack User, Pill User and Injection Drug User Harm Reduction Safety
-Traditional and Untraditional ways to funding Harm Reduction and
-Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Access
-Mapping a Drug Policy Reform and Harm Reduction Friendly Future for the South
-Drug User/Sex Worker Stigma
and Much More!