📢 New Jersey! Tell your legislators to support the Syringe Access Bill (S-3009/A-4847) & Syringe Decrim Bill (S-3493/A-5458)
📢 Let them know they must expand harm reduction to end overdose and expand care & equity for ALL New Jerseyans who use drugs!
https://t.co/Arf63XHhgh
Enormous THANK YOU to @CCCEAnj for the outpouring of support and donations from today’s event, and a special thank you to CCCEA president April Brown! You are so appreciated!
#PSA#NJ for all sex workers who were not eligible for any type of #pandemic financial relief
no stimulus, unemployment nothing
this is for us
https://t.co/qNg7WUehzW
It’s our Friends Giving Food and Goods Drive! Leave goods on your porch this Saturday and next. We’ll pick them up and distribute them to neighbors who can use them. Sign up here: https://t.co/BdJJx4PmV7
The team coming together to #SaveOasis is MIGHTY and our message is CLEAR:
💉 Syringe services are an essential health service
☠️ @AtlanticCityGov decision to close syringe services is deadly & inhumane
❤️ People are rising up to #SaveOasis- with numbers & justice on our side
Tenant friends, I cannot stress this enough -- if you have a court notice for an eviction hearing, you MUST attend, if you want to have a shot at staying in your home. Not attending is the quickest way to being evicted.
This is ridiculous.
The @AtlanticCityGov Council just ended the public comment period even though there were people who signed up to speak — INCLUDING THE CEO OF THE SYRINGE EXCHANGE.
How can they not allow the head of @SJAIDSAlliance to speak before a vote to close it??
At @SJAIDSAlliance , we have provided our services to over 1,200 people, and our work cannot and should not stop now. We must make our voice heard and deliver a clear message: syringe access programs are good for our community. #SaveOasis
Atlantic City Council voted to end its syringe service program, after hours of testimony and dozens of speakers. Many kept alluding to the fact that the state has "a plan," whatever that means. (NJ government does have oversight.)
The country is moving towards a full embrace of harm reduction every day. Black communities will once again be left behind and suffer under the torment of continued criminalization. Black elected officials have to see it that way. #SaveOasis
Multiple people — including representatives from @GSEquality, @HyacinthNJ, and @SJAIDSAlliance — were not allowed to speak.
They were kicked out of the room, had their hands put down, and not allowed to testify.
Here’s a video of @kadjamanuel having his hand put down.
Members and organizers of our organization are testifying tonight to #SaveOasis because, if there’s any one principle that animates our work, it’s that people should get the help they need.
This is a pivotal day for harm reduction in New Jersey — and we need YOUR help! 🚨🚨
The Atlantic City Council will vote at 5pm to close the Oasis Drop-In Center DESPITE an ongoing overdose crisis & potential HIV/AIDS outbreak.
Testify to #SaveOasis:
https://t.co/73opILM8az
🚨Urgent Action!🚨 Wednesday evening the city council of Atlantic City will vote to decide the fate of the city's only syringe access program (SAP) & Harm Reduction Center at Oasis. One of only 7 SAPs in NJ.
🚨 Sign up to testify https://t.co/T4JY5217wk (🔗 in bio)