VOCAL-WA
@VOCALwashington
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Grassroots organizing for healthy & just communities-issues include drug policy, ending mass incarceration, Hep C, and housing. Direct action gets the goods.
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2015
Disappointing but not surprising. Now it’s time to see if @MayorJenny, @CityAttyPeteH, @DanSatterberg, @SeattleCouncil, and the rest meant it when they said they were prepared to fight the Trump administration if necessary to save lives. #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter #BetterInside
U.S. Attorney Brian Moran says he won't allow Seattle to open a safe-injection site. Seattle has been seeking to be the first city in the U.S. to open a site where illegal drugs can be used under medical supervision as a way to address the opioid epidemic.
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.@MayorJenny NOW is it time to start saving lives? Remind us, what exactly are we waiting for again? #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
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STATEMENT: VOCAL-NY slams @NYGovCuomo’s opioid plan in the #StateoftheStateNY: As overdose deaths continue to rise, the set of policies the Governor laid out today is not progressive or progress!
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Thank you @CMRobJohnson, @CMTMosqueda, @CMMikeOBrien, & @cmkshama for supporting additional SCS funding to save lives! We hope to again see full @SeattleCouncil support to make SCS a reality in 2019. We must end the deadly delays! #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
https://t.co/gdjQZgib4X
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Please @MayorJenny it’s been TWO YEARS and hundreds have needlessly died from overdose. How much longer do we have to wait? delaysmeandeaths. org --->
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Want to get a line to @MayorJenny directly? Tweet now to show your support for #YesToSCS! https://t.co/rQZzNckYdG
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Have you written to the Seattle City Council to urge them to fully fund SCSs to open and operate in 2019? Do it now! We have made it super easy with a simple web form. Take two minutes to join the fight to save lives today! #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
https://t.co/cswk8Dlj8K
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There are no gold stars for failing to act. The City failed to spend a single dollar of the 1.3 million @SeattleCouncil set aside for SCSs in 2018. Just rolling unspent $ forward for 2019 is insufficient. @MayorJenny , FULLY fund and implement SCSs NOW! https://t.co/8xvk9FZsbK
kuow.org
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she will continue to fund plans for a 'safe injection' site for drug users, despite federal warnings of "swift and aggressive action" against them.
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Seattle has a comparatively low HIV rate in part because we were early syringe exchange adopters. @MayorJenny, learn from our past & act now to open an SCS to save lives and prevent the spread of HIV. #ACTUP #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
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publichealthinsider.com
Public Health – Seattle & King County has recently identified an increase in the number of new HIV cases among heterosexuals who inject drugs in King County. HIV infection is typically much less...
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Statistically, someone died of an overdose in Seattle today. A safe consumption space could have saved their life. With an HIV outbreak and ever rising overdose deaths, isn't now the time to act @MayorJenny? #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter #SaferInside #ActUp
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Exactly two years ago the King County Heroin Task Force released its recommendations for safe consumption spaces. Bureaucratic delay & political fear has cost hundreds of lives. @MayorJenny, is it time to act now? #DelaysMeanDeaths #SaferIsBetter #YesToSCS
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Thank you @ChelseaClinton for supporting science not stigma —we hope both local and federal leaders will take your words to heart! #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter Cc: @MayorJenny @SeattleCouncil @DowC @KCCouncil
After Switzerland introduced safe injection sites, free methadone and clean needles, overdose deaths dropped, drug-related crime dropped and more HIV+ drug users received HIV treatment. “Harm reduction” strategies...reduce harm.
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Four people overdosed & died in less than 24 hrs in Seattle. @MayorJenny and @SeattleCouncil, how many more preventable deaths before you act? You have the science, the support, and the money. Now use them. Lives depend on it. #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
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.@MayorJenny , join San Francisco and New York in standing up to Trump. Be on the right side of history and act now to save lives! #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
Once again, cities trying to cope with events on their streets collide with Trump administration policy. This time it's over monitoring users of illegal drugs so they don't overdose. Our story:
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Overdose Awareness Day to remember those we lost & demand action from @MayorJenny on implementing life saving programs like safe consumption spaces. Now is not the time to cower before a racist, anti-science Trump government! #YesToSCS
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Powerful International Overdose Awareness Day with people sharing person stories, and talking about how we need to continue to bring compassion to all. Thanks to @VOCALwashington for organizing and for all those present! #YesToSCS
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Tomorrow is International Overdose Awareness Day. @VOCALwashington will fill Westlake Park with balloons symbolizing those we lost this year to overdose. https://t.co/bRry2CfQVc
facebook.com
Causes event by Washington Recovery Alliance and 2 others on Thursday, August 30 2018 with 1.1K people interested and 246 people going. 13 posts in the discussion.
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We are packing Naloxone kits with love and care for the Overdose Awareness Day memorial tonight. Join us from 6:09-8:00 at Westlake Park to remember those we have lost and call for change. Overdose death is preventable! #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
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We loved hanging out with @subpop at #SPF30 today! Lots of great conversations about #SCS. Everyone wanted to know when @MayorJenny Durkan is going to act to save lives. #YesToSCS #SaferIsBetter
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