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Social Action Committee Bestows Honor
Article detailing an award given to Access Works! by the Social Action Committee.
Tags: Access Works!, AIDS, awards, drugs, Hepatitis, HIV, needle exchanges, Social Action Committee, testing
Getting the Point at Access Works
A magazine article written about Access Works and the work they do in with drug users.
Children with AIDS cartoon
A framed cartoon with two babies that have contracted AIDS from their parents. One of the children says, "Tell me again why they didn't want the government to fund a clean needle exchange program?" and the other child responds, "It would send the…
Tags: AIDS, babies, children, government, needle exchanges, political cartoons
Interview with Mikkel Beckmen
Subjects discussed during the interview include early 1990s harm reduction in Minneapolis; Catholic Charities’ St. Anthony Residence and Glenwood Residence; harm reduction in Minneapolis’s Native community; the Anishinabe Wakiagun, or People’s Lodge;…
Interview with Jules Friedmann
Interview discussion topics include the Aliveness Project, a drop-in center open in south Minneapolis in the 80s; helped file a 501(c)(3) for Women With a Point with Sue Purchase; Women With a Point’s focus on needle distribution; getting funding for…
Interview with Lee Hertel
Topics discussed include HIV positive diagnosis; drug use; involvement with Minnesota AIDS Project needle exchange program; service on Minnesota HIV Services Planning Council; meeting Sue Purchase; Morpheus Project; creation of Lee’s Rig Hub; love…
Interview with Bethany Zeiler
Topics discussed include Women With a Point; needle exchange in pharmacies; syringe exchange; drug use; Methadone clinics; HIV education programs; harm reduction philosophies; harm reduction conferences; closing of Women With a Point and Access…
Interview with Annie Artino and Susan Phillips
Topics discussed include Street Works outreach program; serving homeless youth; working through the AIDS and Hepatitis C crisis; harm reduction tools; empowering individuals to treat themselves; meeting people where they are at; harm reduction…