We want to be sure drug user voices -OUR voices - are included & amplified so we have a seat at EVERY table where our lives, health & communities are discussed!
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Boston Users Union retweeted
7 Jun 2020
🚨PEOPLE: It is really happening. The Minneapolis City Council *just* announced their intent to disband the Police Department & replace it w/ a new community-led system that truly prioritizes the safety & health of community. Transformation. Not “reform.”theappeal.org/minneapolis-ci…
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Boston Users Union retweeted
1 Jun 2020
Formerly incarcerated women lead by @justicehealing have been seeking a meeting with our governor @CharlieBakerMA since March. More than ever, Baker needs to listen to the experts on incarceration, the women who have been in his jails & prison. Take action tinyurl.com/maweekofaction
ALT ID A black and white photo of Gov Baker with purple text on white #PeopleNotPrisons 1. Contact his office 2. Sign the petition 3. Join the community take back Wednesday (Link included in the tweet) Gov Baker must respond!
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Boston Users Union retweeted
1 Jun 2020
1/2 Speaking to MPLS harm reductionists/street medics on USU call right now about supplies to send---they want ppl to amplify again that the bystander/accessory cop said "this is what happens when you use drugs" while murdering him.(Toxicology showed nothing but maybe weed).
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Boston Users Union retweeted
29 May 2020
The bail posting we did last night was for someone held pre-trial for FIVE years. He's home with family now. Three more bails on deck. We have NEW #FreeThemAll shirts to help us get more people out
bonfire.com/free-them-all-co…
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Boston Users Union retweeted
28 May 2020
The folks at @ACLU_Mass just released this data tool for tracking police incidents in Boston -- looks pretty sick: data.aclum.org/bpd-incidents…
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20 May 2020
This is looking to be a great webinar & way to join a conversation with folks from the DEA & harm reductionists & treatment providers about changes in methadone therapy & other treatment protocols.
Check it out! 👇
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Boston Users Union retweeted
19 May 2020
I am asking Mayors @marty_walsh to call on @MassGovernor to release people from prison, house all people, resource communities most impacted by #COVID19 and reimagine our state without incarceration! #FreeOurFamilies #FreeThenAll4PublicHealth #ReimaginingCommunities
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19 May 2020
🚨Buying cell phones, SIM cards, group plans & lock-boxes for survival #sexworker members on #methadone to be eligible for take-homes are important often overlooked needs for folks who are unhoused/under-housed.
Having a working phone & take homes makes life so much easier
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18 May 2020
"We hope you can help us with this effort even as the coronavirus prematurely fades from the national consciousness. It is now when we need you most." gofundme.com/f/w-ma-street-w…
19 May 2020
Please help out Who's Corner who are in dire straits now - hustling non-stop to provide #MutualAid & #harmreduction tools to survival #sexworkers in Western Mass!
Every $ goes to the needs of some of the most impacted community members who FAR too often fall thru the cracks. ❤
18 May 2020
Rn,yr $ goes to honorariums,phones,lockboxes for methadone take-homes,info handouts,#harmreduction supplies (syringes,Narcan,smoking kits,all the fixings...), hygiene supplies (Everclear spray,mouthwash,gloves for handling cash)...no bloat, all mutual aid. gofundme.com/f/w-ma-street-w…
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Boston Users Union retweeted
13 May 2020
13 May 2020
"Our governments have been willing to shut down our entire economy, sparing only those sectors deemed 'essential,'" writes Michelle Alexander. "Shouldn’t we also consider whether it is truly 'essential' for millions of people to be caged?" nyti.ms/3dGUKvm
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29 Apr 2020
👇 Damn right.
We STILL get
"well meth is different cuz ..."
Just like we got
"well opioids are different cuz ..."
for so long (& often still do) from some drug policy academics & harm reduction-leaning medical providers.
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Boston Users Union retweeted
26 Apr 2020
What we're hearing about Framingham:
*Women are extremely scared and stressed
*People moved to the quarantine unit and not allowed to take ANYTHING not even a bible - why punish people more who are infected?!
*Recirculated air, no fresh air
A total nightmare.
#FreeHer
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26 Apr 2020
🚨💸 ATTENTION!💸🚨
ALL SOCIAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME (SSI) recipients *W/ CHILDREN under 18* in your care:
You MUST fill out a short form online to get the extra 💸$500💸 per child in your household from the stimulus bill!
Deadline is now May 5!
blog.ssa.gov/supplemental-se…
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26 Apr 2020
*Many ppl on SSDI also get SSI on 1st!*
Link to file for SSI recipients w/ children:
freefilefillableforms.com/#/…
(If you use Direct Express card for Social Security 💰 or if it's deposited in a bank account monthly than the IRS has said to leave the boxes for bank acct info blank.)
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Boston Users Union retweeted
25 Apr 2020
This is entirely the fault of @MACorrections
All of this unnecessary sickness and suffering. DOC totally refused to release even elderly and sick women,
AND completely mismanaged the prison by screwing up quarantine units, waiting to test, and this brutal ineffective lockdown.
25 Apr 2020
MCI Framingham now has highest number of prisoners testing positive for coronavirus of any Massachusetts prison. DOC reports today 66 prisoners tested positive - up from 28 prisoners yesterday. 14 staff there also positive.
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25 Apr 2020
25 Apr 2020
MCI Framingham now has highest number of prisoners testing positive for coronavirus of any Massachusetts prison. DOC reports today 66 prisoners tested positive - up from 28 prisoners yesterday. 14 staff there also positive.
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25 Apr 2020
Link to file for Social Security recipients with children under 18 is here:
freefilefillableforms.com/#/…
(If you use a Direct Express card for Social Security 💰 or if it's deposited in a bank account monthly than the IRS has said to leave the boxes for bank account info blank.)
16 Apr 2020
Stand w/ @PplNotPrisons & @justicehealing to build up
**PEOPLE**
___NOT___
PRISONS.
#FreeHer! #FreeThemAll!
16 Apr 2020
A fifth prisoner in MA has died from COVID-19 - this time a person who was housed in MCI-Shirley. In the DOC alone, there are 98 confirmed cases among prisoners. We must act now.
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11 Apr 2020
This is what you wanna read right now.
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10 Apr 2020
Opioid agonist treatment patients shouldn’t be forced to choose between increased overdose risk & increased COVID-19 risk in the midst of facing down both epidemics. We at Urban Survivors Union wrote a demand letter to stakeholders & decision makers: shar.es/aH4eUk
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