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Frontline workers in harm reduction and supportive housing are often placed in situations where calling the police becomes the default response to conflict or crisis. But policing rarely addresses the root causes of these situations—and can often escalate harm.
This webinar explores alternatives through an abolitionist harm reduction lens.
We will examine how systems like the drug war, respectability politics, and necropolitics shape frontline responses, and how subtle “us vs them” dynamics can emerge between staff and the communities they serve.
Participants will explore practical strategies including peer-led de-escalation, community agreements, and relationship-based approaches to safety.
This session invites workers to move beyond carceral defaults and toward solidarity-based responses rooted in dignity, care, and community knowledge.
Length 1-1.5 hours
Frontline workers in harm reduction and supportive housing are often placed in situations where calling the police becomes the default response to conflict or crisis. But policing rarely addresses the root causes of these situations—and can often escalate harm.
This webinar explores alternatives through an abolitionist harm reduction lens.
We will examine how systems like the drug war, respectability politics, and necropolitics shape frontline responses, and how subtle “us vs them” dynamics can emerge between staff and the communities they serve.
Participants will explore practical strategies including peer-led de-escalation, community agreements, and relationship-based approaches to safety.
This session invites workers to move beyond carceral defaults and toward solidarity-based responses rooted in dignity, care, and community knowledge.
Length 1-1.5 hours