Position: Program Development & Implementation Consultant, Housing Justice During COVID-19 Pilot Contract Period: Approximately 16 hours per week from September 15, 2022 through August 31, 2023 Status: Project-Based & Part-Time Location: New Brunswick, NJ, with some travel throughout Middlesex County. Must have capacity for virtual meetings through Zoom or phone call. Evening hours 1-2 evenings per … Read more
The below letter — signed by 150+ and counting public health experts, healthcare providers, clinicians, & recovery advocates — was sent to New Jersey legislators in support of legislation to expand syringe access. Press Release Download Letter Share with your legislators Add your name Open Letter to Legislators Dear New Jersey Legislators:We are losing a … Read more
Today, we launched “Essential, Effective, Human,” a public education campaign promoting the public health and human benefits of syringe access. The campaign features the stories of seven New Jersey residents — people who have benefited from syringe access, faith leaders, physicians, and syringe service providers — who support syringe access in their communities. The campaign … Read more
John Butler leaves the NJHRC board to join the Murphy administration
Congratulations NJHRC Executive Director Jenna Mellor & Board Chair Ami Kachalia for being named to the Insider NJ 2021 cannabis power list, compiled with care by Jay Lassiter. Read the full list here.
We’re ringing in the new year in New Brunswick today with NJHRC’s first community outreach of 2021! Slide 1: Outreach wagons stocked with harm reduction supplies, with an outreach worker offering supplies to a participant in the background Slide 2: Outreach worker and a participant chat about supplies in the park while they grab a … Read more
On Election Day 2020, voters across the United States rejected the drug war.
