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From MAAP MA:

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10AM the City Council’s Committee on Public Health, Homelessness, and Recovery will host a hearing to discuss the reinstatement and funding of the Community Syringe Service Program.

We are using this hearing as an opportunity to call on the Council to reinstate their shuttered evidence-based programs and services, expand their investment in evidence-based solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members. Join us!

Email the Boston City Council by Tuesday April 1 at 10AM to demand support and invest in evidence-based and root-cause solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members!

tinyurl.com/BostonCC0422

Google DocsTAKE ACTION! DEMAND BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CALL ON THE CITY TO END TO CARCERAL PRACTICES & POLICIES!While the City of Boston leadership makes claims they want to solve the “humanitarian crisis” of homelessness and public substance use, they continue to work with their policing and business partners to enact policies and practices that research and people’s lived experience proves to be ineffective by criminalizing the basic survival of unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs. Mayor Wu’s Camping Ban Ordinance, her new “Addiction First” policy, and the creation of a central booking process double down on the City of Boston’s coercive efforts to disappear unhoused and poor people from Boston’s streets. In addition to resisting implementation and investment in evidence-based solutions, Mayor Wu and City Leadership have divested from their own proven public-health strategies and services including: ending the successful Community Syringe Redemption Program (CSRP), shuttered the Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) multi-million dollar Engagement Center, and removed BPHC’s outreach teams ability to distribute infection-reducing and life-saving harm reduction supplies. To be clear, the administration’s cruel, counterproductive, and potentially deadly policies and practices are not rooted in public health, nor public safety and are exacerbating the crisis and conditions unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs are fighting to survive, and the side effects our broader community observes and experiences. These tactics may create some illusion of resolution to the interconnected crisis of homelessness and public substance use but hide a sinister truth - poverty and people cannot be “swept” away. The Boston City Council has explicitly co-signed some of these carceral policies, including the Camping Ban Ordinance, and enabled others - choosing to focus their efforts on creating a “feeling of safety” and comfort among housed Bostonians and increased commerce for businesses instead of meaningful solutions that support the survival of unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs. On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10AM the City Council’s Committee on Public Health, Homelessness, and Recovery will host a hearing to discuss the reinstatement and funding of the Community Syringe Service Program. We are using this hearing as an opportunity to call on the Council to reinstate their shuttered evidence-based programs and services, expand their investment in evidence-based solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members. Join us! Email the Boston City Council by Tuesday April 1 at 10AM to demand support and invest in evidence-based and root-cause solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members! This form provides information to help guide you through the process of emailing testimony to the Boston City Council ahead of the Tuesday April 1st hearing. Want to learn more? STOP SUFFOLK REGIONAL LOCKUP! Toolkit: https://tinyurl.com/StopSuffolkRegionalLockUp STOP WU'S CAMPAIGN OF CRIMINALIZATION! Toolkit: https://www.maapma.org/stopthesweepsboston Contact Us! Email Us! janhavi@massbailfund.org, jasmin@massbailfund.org, churd@maapma.org Learn More about us! massbailfund.org I maapma.org
#bospoli#mapoli#HarmReduction
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Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦

Please read my new Medium article, which puts a spotlight on Canadian harm reduction activist Dr. Mark Tyndall who is responsible for creating the MySafe safe supply project and defending Vancouver's Insite from being shut down.

He is a true Canadian hero who has saved countless lives.

#Canada #HarmReduction #SafeSupply #DrugPolicy #Politics #Health

medium.com/@thomas.embree/harm

Medium · Harm Reduction Spotlight Mark Tyndall | MediumBy Thomas D. Embree
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TheBird

Friend asked me on how to help her trans kid. I couldn't find a good guide for this, especially with states like Iowa stripping us of our rights.

I want to be clear that this should not be done without the child's input. Always, always trust the kid to understand and always give them the chance to participate. There are ways to adjust the language for the age of the child, and children often have creative ideas when given the chance to participate. The goal here is to give the child the tools to help them thrive, okay? Thanks for understanding.

So without further ado, here's steps on how to help trans kids navigate all of this.

1. Identify safe groups where the child can be themself. Remember, the child likely will have ideas on who to ask. So be sure to ask the child who they trust for this conversation.

*NOTE: Talk with those on the "trusted" list and/or leaders of the trusted groups and verify they will defend the kid's right to be themself and support them. (Child doesn't necessarily have to be present for this, but let the child know how it went to ease anxiety.)

2. Identify which friends are safe and will honor their pronouns. Again, the child will have ideas on this too. Make a list together!

3. Sit down with the kid and explain this process.

* (For my friend, I shared with them how I also wrote up a safety plan and harm reduction plan on how to navigate an increasingly hostile society such as my state stripping me of my civil rights. Having examples of others who have done this can help solidify the need and make it more approachable and less scary).

4. Share the list of groups and people who support the kid and will have their back 100%. (Be ready to hold those people accountable as a behind-the-scenes thing). Ask the kid if there are others they think you should work with to get them on board. Add them to the "talk to" part of the list."

5. Build a harm reduction and safety plan with the kid. This includes:

* Talk about how to handle strangers in public spaces in a way that avoids too much misgendering but also keeps the kid safe. (Maybe use only their name and avoid pronouns entirely for instance).
* Talk about how to handle medical professionals who are not known for being trans-friendly; how in those instances the kid will be wearing a "costume" as a safety strategy where they pretend to be x gender.
*Talk about parks and other public spaces.
*Talk about how to handle when meeting new people. How to test the water to see if it is safe to take off the 'x gender costume' or not.

6.Make sure the kid signs off on the harm reduction and safety plan, and that they feel included in it. Try to make it fun by drawing out scenarios, and explaining how sometimes we have to act like we're in a play for that scenario. We put on our "costume of x gender" and act out a play. Then when we are out of that scenario, we can take off our "costume of x gender" and enjoy being ourselves again around our safe groups and people.

(I'll write this up as a blogpost eventually. But for now, wanted to put it out there for folks to think about since transphobia and anti-trans legislation and policies are ramping up again. Please share any tips or resources you know of that can help!)

#Trans#Transgender#TransJustice
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Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦

I was just waiting for this.

Any time people take it upon themselves to help the homeless, the government tells them to stop.

My only advice, if you do help the homeless, is to ignore the government when they tell you to stop and actively resist their efforts to stop you if they take that next step.

Fucking ridiculous.

#Canada #Homeless #Society #HarmReduction #Compassion

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tin

CBCToronto orders creator of tiny mobile homes for unhoused people to stop | CBC NewsThe City of Toronto has sent a cease and desist letter to a man who’s built several tiny mobile homes to give temporary shelter to those experiencing homelessness, ordering him to have them removed from city property. 
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sb arms & legs

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#selfHosting#safety#harmReduction
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Radical Care Collective

We are now set up to accept financial donations! ko-fi.com/radicalcarecollective also linked in our bio! We are currently raising money for:
♥ Mask Bloc Niagara - helping us access more Covid-19 tests and high quality masks for local distribution.
♥ The building of Corsi-Rosenthal boxes to kickstart an air purifier lend-out service.
♥ Mutual aid for disabled community members.
Thank you!”

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#CovidIsNotOver#mutualaid#donate
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Radical Care Collective

We are unfortunately currently out of #covid19 tests, but #masks are a great preventative! We are so pleased to have learned just how important these pandemic precautions still are to our community. If you want to help us restock our tests and pursue other #MutualAid goals in #Niagara, please consider donating to our #kofi ko-fi.com/radicalcarecollective
Thanks so much!

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