Aliado Destacado: Fernando Peña | El Jardín
In February 2021, a dream that so many people had worked towards finally came to fruition: El Jardín — formally Northwest Instituto Latino — opened their doors to their recovery drop-in center in Southeast Portland. The center provides a breadth of harm reduction and recovery services that are designed by and for Latinos recovering from substance use disorder in Oregon—the first and only such recovery community in the state.
Aliado Destacado | Dane Zahner, HIV Alliance
English Español Joining the HIV Alliance as a prevention manager was a natural transition for Dane Zahner. His background was in retail management, but he was already on the board […]
Aliado Destacado | O'Nesha Cochran, Miracles Club
English Español At The Miracles Club, “miracle” isn’t just in the name—it’s what they strive to achieve every day. The Miracles Club is a peer-led recovery center in Portland providing […]
Aliado Destacado | Mariah Wright, Oregon Washington Health Network
Mariah Wright manages three drop-in peer support centers in Umatilla and Union counties, operated by the Community Outreach Prevention and Engagement Services (COPES). These centers provide essential resources, including access […]
Aliado Destacado | Janeece Cook, South Benton Food Pantry
In rural Benton County, overdose deaths hit the community particularly close to heart. Each death is a neighbor, a friend or the friendly worker at the local pizza joint. Janeece […]
Aliado Destacado | Sgto. Colleen Altabef, El Departmento de Policìa de Woodburn
For more than 23 years, Sgt. Colleen Altabef has dedicated her career to keeping people safe in small communities along the Mid-Willamette Valley. Over the course of her 14 years […]
Aliado Destacado | Jim Wikel, Painted Horse Recovery
Jim Wikel, a citizen of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma, doesn’t hesitate to point out the tension he navigates around harm reduction in his line of work in peer recovery […]
Aliado Destacado | Haven Wheelock, Outside In
Haven Wheelock has been a self-described nerd for infectious disease since she was as young as 13 years old. She wanted to help stop novel viruses such as HIV from […]
Video: Cómo administrar naloxona
Aprenda a administrar naloxona con instrucciones visuales fáciles de entender en español e inglés.
Aliado Destacado| Ruby Moon, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
For Ruby Moon, harm reduction is deeply personal. Her daughter was struggling with addiction, and nothing she had been taught about helping people with addiction felt right. “I’d only been […]
Aliado Destacado | Carol Davies, Creating Housing Coalition
Cuando Carol comenzó a apoyar a la comunidad sin vivienda de Mid-Willamette Valley, se dio cuenta de la importancia de los suministros de reducción de riesgos. “Al repartir naloxona, le decimos a la gente que no estamos aquí para juzgarlos. Sólo estamos aquí para ayudar”.
Nuevos folletos sobre tiras reactivas de fentanilo y kits de naloxona
Detectar si las drogas contienen fentanilo puede ayudar a las personas a reducir su riesgo de sobredosis. Hemos diseñado instructivos para el uso de tiras reactivas BTNX de fentanilo y naloxona en español e inglés.
Aliado Destacado | Erin Yanke, Outside the Frame
Outside the Frame serves young people experiencing houselessness or housing insecurity, teaching them to produce narrative and documentary films on issues they care about. The experience can be deeply profound […]
Aliado Destacado | Paul Gonzales, Bay Area First Step
Like many people, Paul Gonzales was a skeptic of harm reduction. As someone in recovery, his personal journey followed a strict 12-step abstinence model. That experience didn’t align with his […]
Centros estudiantiles de Oregon ahora pueden recibir kits de reversión de sobredosis sin costo a través de la Alianza para la Reducción de Daños
Students deserve to be safe and healthy at school. Recognizing the critical need for immediate response tools in emergencies, the Save Lives Oregon initiative will now offer eligible schools, colleges, […]
Aliado Destacado | Sgt. Eric Dotson | Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Clatsop
Eric Dotson’s favorite part of his job at a correctional facility in Clatsop County was getting to know the people there. “The benefit of working in a correctional facility is […]
