COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

BHRC recognizes that community engagement is a vital component of harm reduction, in addition to individual services delivery and support. Our engagement focuses on ensuring that public health initiatives and policies are based in a harm reduction framework at both the community and legislative levels.

We offer trainings to myriad organizations, from food service staff to nursing students to government agencies and beyond, on subjects such as overdose reversal, harm reduction basics, the harm reduction and drug landscape, and the history of the war on drugs and criminalization of drug use, among many other topics.  Additionally, we collaborate with policymakers, government officials, community leaders, and other community based organizations on legislation to support the dignity, safety, health, and wellbeing of people who use drugs and/or engage in sex work.