Partner Spotlight | Mariah Wright, COPES
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, Departmento de Policía 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 […]
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”.
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 | 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 | 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 […]
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 […]
Aliado Destacado: Fernando Peña | El Jardín
El Jardín ofrece una amplia gama de servicios de reducción de riesgos y recuperación diseñados por y para personas latinas en proceso de recuperación del uso de sustancias.
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 […]
