Collaborating.

Envisioning.

Leveraging.

Strategizing.

Join us on an in person and virtual journey to connect some of the brightest minds in Harm Reduction including those serving and working in the field every day, those with lived experiences, and those who are new to Harm Reduction.

At a time when our country is grappling with worsened overdose rates, a significant rise of opioid induced mental health crisis, the fentanyl era and rising data of communicable diseases we do hope that our conference will provide a forum that will lead to new partnerships and engagements that can identify, develop and implement cutting edge ideas, strategies and connections.


Conference Tracks

 

Substance Use & Mental Health

Examining the fragility of mental health in todays normal, and ultimately, how mental health as a social determinant can affect, impact, or directly cause substance use and/or abuse.

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Policy & Advocacy

Hearing from those who are working to change drug policy with local, state, and national leaders. What changes have come recently, what could be coming soon in policy, and what we can do to ensure those changes are positive changes.

Viral Hepatitis & STI's

Exploring how Viral Hepatitis & STI’s are ravaging at-risk populations as the opioid epidemic keep rising, what has been done so far, and what can be done to further protect those most at-risk.

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HIV & AIDS

How has harm reduction changed to prioritize those most affected by the potential of a pandemic? How much more important is the prevention of HIV when we are in the throes of a global health crisis? Answers to these and more will be explored here.

SOUTHERN HARM REDUCTION CONFERENCE 2023 PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dr. Mojgan Zare, MD, MPH
Committee Chair

Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition - Georgia

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Mahlet Solomon, MBA Committee Member

Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition - Georgia

Eric Paulk, JD
Committee Member

Pro Georgia - Georgia

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Mona Bennett Committee Member

Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition - Georgia

Lisa Al-Hakim Committee Member

People Harm Reduction Alliance - Washington

Nick Voyles

Committee Member

Urban Survivors Union- Indiana

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Louise Vincent, MPH Committee Member

Urban Survivors Union - North Carolina

Erica Ernest

Committee Member

Chicago Recovery Alliance - Illinois