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In the last quarter of 2021, Youth RISE worked with Kevin Flemen, from Kfx to create a number of resources explaining how drugs interact with our brains and how to mitigate possible mental health challenges that result from or are related to drug use. Mental health is discussed consistently in the world of harm reduction…

Job Title: Project Manager (Youth Consortium) Salary: $20,000 Reports to: Executive Director Background: The Youth Consortium comprises four organisations (Youth RISE, Youth LEAD, Y+ Global and YPEER Asia Pacific Centre) and is led by Youth LEAD. The Consortium is beginning a new three-year cycle of funding from the Robert Carr Civil Society Network Fund for…

Job Title: Project Manager (Harm Reduction Consortium) Salary: $20,000 Reports to: Executive Director Background:  The Harm Reduction Consortium comprises nine organizations and is led by the International Drug Policy Consortium. The Consortium is beginning a new three-year cycle of funding from the Robert Carr Civil Society Network Fund for activities, as well as a one…

Job Title: Project Manager (Global Fund CMI) Salary: $13,200 Reports to: Executive Director Background Count Me In (CMI) is a consortium of regional and global networks of young key populations and young people living with HIV, consisting of Youth LEAD, Y+ Global, and Youth RISE. CMI was conceived in 2017 to apply for the 2018-2020…

Youth RISE has worked on the further development of the TripApp, a mobile application designed to reduce the harms associated with the use of psychoactive substances. It consists of a variety of features that reduce the harms of using drugs, including: submitting and accessing results of drug checking, either through colorimetric reagent tests that TripApp…

It is our shared responsibility to take the global action necessary to end the epidemic of #HIV and #AIDS now. Young people are most often missing from national and global HIV prevention plans and programming. Young key populations, including young people who use drugs, must be actively included in the decision making processes and policy development. States must adopt…

Written by Florian Scheibein, Youth Consortium Project Manager. Youth RISE participated in two Harm Reduction Journal-linked sessions at the Harm Reduction International Constellations Festival. Learn about these 2 session below. HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL/YOUTH RISE/FILTER: RESEARCH WITH AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS The session explored the lived experiences of young people who use drugs…

One of the goals of Youth RISE is to work on intersectionality. Which is why this year we decided to organize a webinar series on issues affecting young LGTBQ+ who use drugs. 3 webinars in English, Spanish and Arabic languages were organized through the month of October: Historical Perspective of the LGBTQIA+ movement fighting for…