The Mayor of Needle Park
Harm Reduction Organizations
Article describing the reaction to Minneapolis mayoral candidate, R.T. Rybak's campaign headquarters being next to Access Works! The article is framed and signed by R.T. Rybak.
Anderson Jr., G. E.
n.d.
Frank, Rae Eden
Print Media
English
Text
Interview with Mikkel Beckmen
Harm Reduction Outreach
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; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Women Hurt in Systems of Prostitution Engaged in Revolt [WHISPER]; harm reduction as a tool for oppressed groups; the connection between housing and recovery for drug users; world wide scope of harm reduction for drug users.
Beckmen, Mikkel
May 6, 2017
Beckmen, Mikkel
Audio, Transcript
English
Oral History Interview
Political cartoon
Advocacy Education
Political cartoon with commentary on the government's failure to address needle exchange and harm reduction proposed legislation.
Carlson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
1998
Purchase, Sue
Print Media
English
Still Image
Dangerous drug carfentanil blamed in 5 Minnesota overdoses
Overdose Prevention, Drug Use Education
Newspaper article describing the deadly effects of carfentanil in Minnesota.
Forliti, Amy
Associated Press
03-30-2017
Devich, Stephanie
Print Media
English
Text
Street Works backpack
Harm Reduction Outreach
Backpack with a graphic designed and silk screened by a youth named Marcus Foster.
Foster, Marcus
Street Works
1993
Phillips, Susan
Physical Object
English
Physical Object
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 Women With a Point through the CDC; distributing information along with clean needles; doing administrative work for Women with a Point; getting accepted into the gay community through bartending; working with friends to finance and administer several other projects; witnessing the effects of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Friedmann, Jules
May 6, 2017
Friedmann, Jules
Audio, Transcript
English
Oral History Interview
Salem Closes Residential Addiction Center
Treatment Education
Newspaper article from the Statesman Journal describing the work of Julie Hooker in Salem, Oregon.
Gustafson, Alan
Article from the Statesman Journal
Statesman Journal
06-08-1998
Hooker, Julie
Newspaper
English
Text
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 and respect as harm reduction philosophies; naloxone and overdose response; effect of Lee’s Rig Hub on overdose death rate; Good Samaritan Laws; benefits of pharmaceutical morphine; recognition for those who are saving lives with naloxone.
Hertel, Lee
May 6, 2017
Hertel, Lee
Audio, Transcript
English
Oral History Interview
Interview with Karel Hoffman
Subjects discussed include working at a methadone clinic in Golden Valley; stigma against methadone clinics; serving around thirty patients at the methadone clinic; providing a clean, friendly environment for clients; being in recovery for five years after being addicted to opiates; attending Hazelden in Center City and later working for Hazelden Center for Youth and Families in Plymouth, Minnesota; working with women and girls in treatment; experiencing addiction and withdrawal from prescription pain pills; treating patients decently and like human beings.
Hoffman, Karel
May 6, 2017
Hoffman, Karel
Audio, Transcript
English
Oral History Interview
Interview with Julie Hooker
Subjects discussed include copy of The Statesmen artifact for the History Harvest; Oxford House; experience living in Oxford House; opening a new branch of Oxford House; misquotes in The Statesmen newspaper article about Julie and Oxford House; media portrayal of addiction; lack of support for substance abuse in Oregon; stigma; punitive treatment; harm reduction philosophies of love and respect; punitive treatment in Minnesota; creating her own organization using harm reduction philosophy; standards for women struggling with addiction; prostitution; methods of survival; finding a harm reduction community; growing marijuana; returning to school for a master’s degree; Resurrection Recovery and use of harm reduction techniques
Hooker, Julie
May 6, 2017
Hooker, Julie
Audio, Transcript
English
Oral History Interview