While we celebrate the symbolic abolition of slavery on this day we cannot forget that legal slavery continues to this day. But Congress can pass legislation to end legal slavery once and for all.  This #Juneteenth stand up for change: Endtheexception.com #EndTheException

Monday, June 26 at 7 PM ET: Join our co-founder Andrea Ritchie also @dreanyc123.bsky.social alongside leaders from CHLP CNP Reframe Health & Justice and PWN-USA for this Let's Talk Abolition: Pride Edition online discussion! Register: bit.ly/letstalkabolit…

TODAY! Join us for a Let's Talk #Pride Edition discussion about #Abolition with queer movement leaders. Register: bit.ly/letstalkabolit…

OPEN COMMENT PERIOD - SAMHSA seeks detailed comments on its Harm Reduction Framework. Check it out and let them know what you think! What's missing? What's unclear? Share your thoughts! Deadline: August 14th 5pm EST samhsa.gov/find-help/harm…

On 8/14 at 1:00 p.m join panelists Tori Cooper (HRC 🥥🌴) & Kate (Reframe Health & Justice) as they discuss different perspectives on why public health, criminal justice advocates & advocates in the HIV Movement should center sex work in their movements.  RSVP: bit.ly/CenteringSexWo…

🚨🚨🚨 share with your networks! Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology & Global Health UMD Department of Anthropology : Seeking scholars focused on decolonial/postcolonial and/or feminist/queer approaches to health research who explicitly interrogate health injustice. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/111530

Happy Sex Worker Pride! Started in 2019 by NSWP, the 14th September marks a day for sex workers’ around the world to celebrate our strength and our achievements in the global fight for our rights.

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NEXT Distro is hiring an Executive Director! To apply, please visit nextdistro.org/jobs

theintercept.com/2023/12/16/cdc… Highlights: CDC is farming out federal #harmreduction contract supervision to a defense subcontractor. The National harmredux orgs pulled out because of this. The TA Center is now run by a Tx/ Recovery group = do not use the Ntnl Harm Reduction TA Center!

Happy 80th birthday to the legendary activist, marxist, scholar and author Angela Davis. In 1970, she was placed on the FBI 10 Most Wanted List on false charges.

No one is arguing that menthol cigarettes are not harmful to one’s health. But how we encourage action & changed behavior amongst smokers has to be compassionate, respectful of autonomy & focused on meeting people where they are w/ tangible support. A full ban is not the answer.

Looking forward to my first public signing and feeling so honored that it will be at an incredible place like Bluestockings Cooperative with the amazing Maia Szalavitz! Apparently tickets are still available after all! Come on through!

One week until Body Autonomy: Decolonizing $ex Work & Drug Use is available anywhere you buy books online and in-person. I hope to see you babes next Tuesday at our virtual launch 🎉 Registration 🔗 in bio.

I’m NYC bound & looking forward to seeing all the harm reduction, SW rights + healing justice hotties tomorrow at Bluestockings Cooperative at 5:30pm for our epic anthology reading and community show case 👀 👇🏽 ✨

⚠️ SAFETY ALERT It has been brought to our attention that dangerous stickers have been discovered at a railway station that, once removed, have razor blades stuck to them. Please take extreme care and do not attempt to remove them.

Midwest folks! Join the Big Psych Psychedelic Symposium on August 17-18 in Minneapolis, Minnesota! bigpsychmpls.com You don't want to miss this jam-packed two-day conference with a ton of amazing speakers and a screening of A Table of Our Own.

‼️URGENT ASK: $315 needed for a single Black mother whose clients keep canceling. Please send via cashapp $SxHxCollective so we can transfer directly to her.

Body Autonomy: Decolonizing Sex Work and Drug Use! 1/2☂️ In an era when the privileged can publicly embrace the benefits of psychedelics and sex positivity, marginalized communities continue to bear the brunt of interpersonal and systemic violence [...]