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ORIGINATOR Studios hosted a parking lot vendor market on May 16th with harm reduction as the driving charitable initiative.

THRA is grateful to have been the key benefactor of this remarkable event. Over $900 were raised with an entire wholesale box of free Naloxone distributed. Remarkable creatives shared their skills and time to nurture a healing gathering for stigma-destroying world building in action.

We see this is an exemplary way to educate and advocate! Thank you to all who were involved and in attendance and a special note of gratitude to @kablaising and generous family for being the force behind such a meaningful event 🫶

ORIGINATOR Studios hosted a parking lot vendor market on May 16th with harm reduction as the driving charitable initiative.

THRA is grateful to have been the key benefactor of this remarkable event. Over $900 were raised with an entire wholesale box of free Naloxone distributed. Remarkable creatives shared their skills and time to nurture a healing gathering for stigma-destroying world building in action.

We see this is an exemplary way to educate and advocate! Thank you to all who were involved and in attendance and a special note of gratitude to @kablaising and generous family for being the force behind such a meaningful event 🫶

ORIGINATOR Studios hosted a parking lot vendor market on May 16th with harm reduction as the driving charitable initiative.

THRA is grateful to have been the key benefactor of this remarkable event. Over $900 were raised with an entire wholesale box of free Naloxone distributed. Remarkable creatives shared their skills and time to nurture a healing gathering for stigma-destroying world building in action.

We see this is an exemplary way to educate and advocate! Thank you to all who were involved and in attendance and a special note of gratitude to @kablaising and generous family for being the force behind such a meaningful event 🫶

ORIGINATOR Studios hosted a parking lot vendor market on May 16th with harm reduction as the driving charitable initiative.

THRA is grateful to have been the key benefactor of this remarkable event. Over $900 were raised with an entire wholesale box of free Naloxone distributed. Remarkable creatives shared their skills and time to nurture a healing gathering for stigma-destroying world building in action.

We see this is an exemplary way to educate and advocate! Thank you to all who were involved and in attendance and a special note of gratitude to @kablaising and generous family for being the force behind such a meaningful event 🫶

ORIGINATOR Studios hosted a parking lot vendor market on May 16th with harm reduction as the driving charitable initiative.

THRA is grateful to have been the key benefactor of this remarkable event. Over $900 were raised with an entire wholesale box of free Naloxone distributed. Remarkable creatives shared their skills and time to nurture a healing gathering for stigma-destroying world building in action.

We see this is an exemplary way to educate and advocate! Thank you to all who were involved and in attendance and a special note of gratitude to @kablaising and generous family for being the force behind such a meaningful event 🫶

Staff acupuncture session between a busy Monday morning peppered with meetings, deescalation, and the essential daily community support we provide!

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Memorial Service Closure Update | Monday, May 25th

Back to our regularly scheduled programming on Tuesday, May 26th!

An immense thank you to @originatorstudios and @kablaising for the remarkable vendor market fundraiser. You all brought together such a remarkable crowd and gathering of dignity minded locals.

Listen for a clear message from @maggie.luna5 on the current needs and offerings of THRA!

Friday, June 5, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Location: Thompson Conference Center
Address: 2405 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78712
Room: Auditorium 1.110
Parking: Complimentary on-site parking in Lot 40 is first-come, first served. A permit will be emailed prior to the event

Central Texas is honored to learn from Sam Rivera, director of @onpoint_nyc ✊

Registration is required by May 22 to secure your seat. LINK IN BIO!!

Join to hear from the panel including THRA Executive Director @maggie.luna5 and other community leaders!

Last Tuesday, on May 5th THRA and VOCAL-TX Staff spoke truth to elected power at city hall concerning the Agenda Item #: B2 in the work session presented as the Briefing regarding operational modifications within Homeless Strategies and Operations.

The plan as outlined, states that a calculated increase in HSO city funded sweeps of unhoused individuals begins today, May 11th. We are under the awareness that State DPS forces are engaging in separate police lead sweeps already within the city’s jurisdiction. HSO sweeps will be also be accompanied by APD despite there being little to no capacity and bandwidth in their staffing to support daily sweeps as outlined by HSO.

Listen in and learn from our THRA staff on specifically how these HSO practices will only increase the burden on city services, provide a limited, incomplete solutions for residents calling HSO about unhoused individuals.

Happy Mother's day to everyone who has, lost someone to the war on drugs, loved someone through incarceration, is grieving someone or fighting for your family's survival today. Your love is harm reduction.#Harmreductionislove

Happy Mother's day to everyone who has, lost someone to the war on drugs, loved someone through incarceration, is grieving someone or fighting for your family's survival today. Your love is harm reduction.#Harmreductionislove

Happy Mother's day to everyone who has, lost someone to the war on drugs, loved someone through incarceration, is grieving someone or fighting for your family's survival today. Your love is harm reduction.#Harmreductionislove

Happy Mother's day to everyone who has, lost someone to the war on drugs, loved someone through incarceration, is grieving someone or fighting for your family's survival today. Your love is harm reduction.#Harmreductionislove

NEW: 30+ Austin service providers and civil rights organizations - alongside 120+ health care workers, service providers, labor and faith leaders - sent a letter to Mayor Watson and Austin City Council members calling for a pause to the City’s plan to dramatically expand APD-led encampment sweeps.

Today we're testifying at City Hall against the sweeps expansion plan and hosting a press conference to call for pausing the plan and invest in what people actually need.

Read the full sign-on letter at the link in our bio.

NEW: 30+ Austin service providers and civil rights organizations - alongside 120+ health care workers, service providers, labor and faith leaders - sent a letter to Mayor Watson and Austin City Council members calling for a pause to the City’s plan to dramatically expand APD-led encampment sweeps.

Today we're testifying at City Hall against the sweeps expansion plan and hosting a press conference to call for pausing the plan and invest in what people actually need.

Read the full sign-on letter at the link in our bio.

NEW: 30+ Austin service providers and civil rights organizations - alongside 120+ health care workers, service providers, labor and faith leaders - sent a letter to Mayor Watson and Austin City Council members calling for a pause to the City’s plan to dramatically expand APD-led encampment sweeps.

Today we're testifying at City Hall against the sweeps expansion plan and hosting a press conference to call for pausing the plan and invest in what people actually need.

Read the full sign-on letter at the link in our bio.

NEW: 30+ Austin service providers and civil rights organizations - alongside 120+ health care workers, service providers, labor and faith leaders - sent a letter to Mayor Watson and Austin City Council members calling for a pause to the City’s plan to dramatically expand APD-led encampment sweeps.

Today we're testifying at City Hall against the sweeps expansion plan and hosting a press conference to call for pausing the plan and invest in what people actually need.

Read the full sign-on letter at the link in our bio.

NEW: 30+ Austin service providers and civil rights organizations - alongside 120+ health care workers, service providers, labor and faith leaders - sent a letter to Mayor Watson and Austin City Council members calling for a pause to the City’s plan to dramatically expand APD-led encampment sweeps.

Today we're testifying at City Hall against the sweeps expansion plan and hosting a press conference to call for pausing the plan and invest in what people actually need.

Read the full sign-on letter at the link in our bio.

Returning for our Tuesday Drop-In, ezreal.oso will be offering cuts and motivation. Our staff and participants are eager honored to welcome him back!

🚨 We’re Hiring: Outreach Worker — Spanish proficiency encouraged! 🚨 If you’re passionate about harm reduction, social justice and supporting people who use drugs, this is your change to make a difference! For more information, visit the link in bio or our website to view the full job description and details.

📍 Austin, TX | 💵 $55k + benefits
💫 Must align with harm reduction values
👉️ Apply by sending your CL, resume, and references to ddeline@harmreductiontx.org

🚨 We’re Hiring: Outreach Worker — Spanish proficiency encouraged! 🚨 If you’re passionate about harm reduction, social justice and supporting people who use drugs, this is your change to make a difference! For more information, visit the link in bio or our website to view the full job description and details.

📍 Austin, TX | 💵 $55k + benefits
💫 Must align with harm reduction values
👉️ Apply by sending your CL, resume, and references to ddeline@harmreductiontx.org

Sommer Alexander is our Reentry Team Supervisor and we’re honored to have her highlighted for Second Chance month. Sommer has been integral to expanding our reentry team over the past two years and now works directly on delegating to a staff with a wealth of lived experience in the carceral system. They continue to work across our participant populations while combatting the challenges of recidivism in Travis county.

See the above slides for her insightful wisdom on her perspective.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey

Sommer Alexander is our Reentry Team Supervisor and we’re honored to have her highlighted for Second Chance month. Sommer has been integral to expanding our reentry team over the past two years and now works directly on delegating to a staff with a wealth of lived experience in the carceral system. They continue to work across our participant populations while combatting the challenges of recidivism in Travis county.

See the above slides for her insightful wisdom on her perspective.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey

Sommer Alexander is our Reentry Team Supervisor and we’re honored to have her highlighted for Second Chance month. Sommer has been integral to expanding our reentry team over the past two years and now works directly on delegating to a staff with a wealth of lived experience in the carceral system. They continue to work across our participant populations while combatting the challenges of recidivism in Travis county.

See the above slides for her insightful wisdom on her perspective.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey

Sommer Alexander is our Reentry Team Supervisor and we’re honored to have her highlighted for Second Chance month. Sommer has been integral to expanding our reentry team over the past two years and now works directly on delegating to a staff with a wealth of lived experience in the carceral system. They continue to work across our participant populations while combatting the challenges of recidivism in Travis county.

See the above slides for her insightful wisdom on her perspective.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey

Sommer Alexander is our Reentry Team Supervisor and we’re honored to have her highlighted for Second Chance month. Sommer has been integral to expanding our reentry team over the past two years and now works directly on delegating to a staff with a wealth of lived experience in the carceral system. They continue to work across our participant populations while combatting the challenges of recidivism in Travis county.

See the above slides for her insightful wisdom on her perspective.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey

We're honored to highlight our Texas Harm Reduction Alliance Reentry Outreach Team member Jason 'Jay' Gibson. In conversation, Jay shares his careful reflections on the impact of incarceration on himself and others while sharing a glimpse of the work he's carrying out within our rapidly expanding reentry team.

@prisonfellowship has been working for decades highlighting the effects of the carceral system across North America.

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #WeBelieveInSecondChances #UnlockSecondChances #BeTheKey