Fierce Advocate for Harm Reduction
"I will be leaving this world having helped thousands of people all across the country, building orgs that will live on long past me, and leaving a positive mark on the people and communities I have been blessed to be a part of. I'm forever grateful to all who made this work possible."—Chris Abert
Founder of Indiana Recovery Alliance, Southwest Recovery Alliance, New York Recovery Alliance
Chris Abert empowered people to train others, so they can become volunteers in their own communities, advocate for themselves and fulfill the basic human need of helping others. Their support and advocacy made a profound impact across harm reduction programs on a national level. Each of the organizations they started continues to provide non-judgmental, low barrier, supportive harm reduction services.
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Indiana Recovery Alliance
The Indiana Recovery Alliance is a drug-user human rights advocacy organization that operates under the philosophy of harm reduction to educate the community and to promote the health and dignity of the individuals and communities impacted by drug use. -
Southwest Recovery Alliance
The Southwest Recovery Alliance is a regional grassroots organization dedicated to the implementation of evidence based public health strategies, policy transformation, and decreasing our reliance on carceral responses in Arizona and throughout the Southwest. -
New York Recovery Alliance
The NY Recovery Alliance is a peer led, grassroots Harm Reduction organization dedicated to maintaining safe and secure communities for people struggling with Substance Use, and for those that love them.