We need to also embrace "movement:” a sustained group effort by ordinary people to address injustice in the now global racialized drug policy and demand change. We use collective action and sustained campaigns to challenge powerful institutions and the status quo.
Read MoreWe know that people who use drugs are a source of sacred wisdom, testifying to strategies of survival under state violence. May our values and our practices fully reflect a commitment to protecting our community and every precious life within them.
Read More"Faith in Harm Reduction" means the ability to fuse spiritual principals into compassionate care for all.
Read MoreCollective Liberation -- & may a liberated Palestine light our way; may her people receive return, rest, & reparations as they grieve the indefensible.
Read MoreMore than anything, I bring a compassionate presence and belief in the divine in each of us.
Read MoreMy dream for the world is that we all awaken to our true nature of kindness, compassion, and love and that our actions be guided by the knowledge of our interconnectedness to all beings and to the planet.
Read MoreAs a drug war chaplain (which is how I think of myself in this role) I show up with more expansive time but fewer things.
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