Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction by Shira Hassan Ha

Description: Saving Our Own Lives by Shira Hassan, adrienne maree brown, Tourmaline A comprehensive collection of intergenerational voices on Liberatory Harm Reduction, mutual aid, and building community to save lives. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Liberatory Harm Reduction is one of the most important interventions of the 20th century, and yet a compilation of its critical stories and voices was, until now, seemingly nowhere to be found.Saving Our Own Lives,an anthology of essays from long-time organizer Shira Hassan, fills this gap by telling the stories of how sex workers, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, queer folks, trans, gender non-conforming, and two-spirit people are and have been - building systems of change and support outside the societal frameworks of oppression and exploitation. This is a collective story of trans women of color, who were sex workers and radical political organizers, who created shared housing to ensure that young people had safe places to sleep. It is the story of clean syringes, "liberated" from empathetic doctors offices by activists who were punk women of color who distributed them among injection drug users in squats in the East Village, and the early AIDS activists who made sure that everyone knew how to use them. It is the story of Black Panthers and the Young Lords taking over Lincoln Park Hospital in the Bronx to demand and ultimately create community-accessible drug treatment programs; and of bad date sheets passed between sex workers in Portland, who created a data collection tool that changed how prison abolitionists track systemic violence.At a political moment when Liberatory Harm Reduction and mutual aid are more important than ever, this book serves as an inspiration and a catalyst for radical transformation of our world. Author Biography Shira Hassan is the founder of Just Practice, a capacity building project for organizations and community members, activists and leaders working at the intersection of transformative justice, harm reduction and collective liberation. She is the former executive director of the Young Womens Empowerment Project, an organizing and grassroots movement building project led by and for young people of color that have current or former experience in the sex trade and street economies. A lifelong harm reductionist and prison abolitionist, Shira is the author of Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction; and along with Mariame Kaba is the co-author of Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators. Shiras work has been discussed on National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Nation, In These Times, Bill Moyers, Everyday Feminism, Bitch Media, TruthOut and Colorlines. Promotional National media campaign, including TV, radio, and podcast interviewsNational print and online campaign, including reviews, features, author interviewsPromotion through authors speaking engagements and trainingsExtensive social media campaign, including influencer galley mailing and preorder campaign Library marketing Long Description Harm reduction is one of the most important movements of the 20th century, and yet a compilation of its critical stories and voices was, until now, seemingly nowhere to be found. Saving Our Own Lives, an anthology of essays from long-time organizer Shira Hassan, fills this gap by telling the stories of how sex workers, people of color, queer folks, and trans, gender non-conforming, and two-spirit people are building systems of change and support outside the societal frameworks of oppression and exploitation. This is a collective story of Bad Date sheets passed between sex workers in Portland, leading to the identification of a serial killer. It is the story of clean syringes, "liberated" from empathetic doctors offices and passed between punks in squats in the East Village by women of color, and the early AIDS activists who made sure that everyone knew how to use them. It is the story of transwomen of color, street-based sex workers, who created shared housing to ensure that young people had safe places to sleep. It is the story of Black Panthers creating a free breakfast program to feed a revolution and the Young Lords taking over Lincoln Park Hospital in the Bronx to demand and ultimately create community-accessible drug treatment programs. At a political moment when Liberatory Harm Reduction and mutual aid are more important than ever, this book serves as an inspiration and a catalyst for radical transformation of our world. Description for Sales People A radical primer for community self-care: In a moment of continuing social crises, this book presents a bold set of solutions, grounded in narratives from historical movements and current struggles, for how we free ourselves and care for one another. For those who have read Mariame Kaba, Angela Y. Davis and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:Saving Our Own Lives is rooted in the Black, queer, feminist practice of radical transformation of our society through the courageous work of those who have often been marginalized and undervalued. It is a reclamation of the revolutionary organizing work that has been done under the radar for decades and is just now receiving its well-deserved attention. A toolkit for liberation: Shira Hassan takes her decades of experience and presents an accessible, comprehensive, and compelling collection of lessons and learning for a new generation of abolitionists and organizers. Details ISBN164259881X Author Tourmaline Publisher Haymarket Books Format Hardcover Pages 300 ISBN-13 9781642598810 Imprint Haymarket Books Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States ISBN-10 164259881X Subtitle A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction Year 2023 NZ Release Date 2023-03-09 UK Release Date 2023-03-09 DEWEY 362.88 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-05-01 Publication Date 2023-01-24 US Release Date 2023-01-24 Alternative 9781642598414 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158480057;

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