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We offer comprehensive and practical education and capacity building for community-based organizations, health departments, and coalitions, small teams and individuals in New York.
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- 29Las Americas Session #2 – Decolonizing Harm Reduction: Centering Cultural Safety and Language Justice/ Las Américas Sesión # 2 – Descolonizar la reducción de daños: priorizar la seguridad cultural y la justicia lingüística1:00 pm - 3:00 pmLas Americas Session #2 – Decolonizing Harm Reduction: Centering Cultural Safety and Language Justice Session description: Language is powerful. It helps us connect to each other and shapes our view of the world. We learn and absorb new concepts through communication with each other, for which language comprehen , ...Local Time:Sep 29 2026 |2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- 6Las Americas Session #3- Supporting Choice and Autonomy: A Latine/x-Centered Approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction/ Las Américas Sesión #3- Fomentando la elección y la autonomía: un enfoque centrado en las personas latine/x para la reducción de daños del tabaco1:00 pm - 3:00 pmLas Americas Session # 3 – Supporting Choice and Autonomy: A Latine/x-Centered Approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction Session description: Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is an important yet often overlooked component of comprehensive harm reduction, substance use treatment, and recovery services. For Latine/x communiti , ...Local Time:Oct 06 2026 |2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- 9Lighthouse Learning Webinar: Kink & Altered States of Mind12:00 pm - 2:00 pmLighthouse Learning Collective presents at webinar on queer harm reduction. This one hour webinar will review the fundamentals of kink and consent with a focus on how knik can interesect with substance use and chemsex, and how to promote health and wellness for people who are engaging in both. REGISTER HERE , ...Local Time:Oct 09 2026 |1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- 16Lighthouse Learning Webinar: Chemsex 10112:00 pm - 2:00 pmThis training examines specific health risks and concerns that may affect transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary (TGNCNB) individuals, with a focus on promoting health, safety, and well-being through evidence-based harm reduction practices. Participants will explore topics such as chemsex, non-medical silicon , ...Local Time:Oct 16 2026 |1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- 20Tobacco Harm Reduction Office Hours-Cultural Humility and THR (English)4:00 pm - 5:00 pmHi there! Thank you for showing interest in Tobacco Harm Reduction, we’re really happy you want to have in-depth conversations on this topic! This is a space to share ideas, questions on THR integration into services, or just to come in with curiosity and without judgement. Please fill out this form with your qu , ...Local Time:Oct 20 2026 |5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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- 26Hep C Patient Navigation PART 1 (In-person NYC)1:00 pm - 4:00 pmThis interactive half-day training (3 hours) is designed to provide front-line staff (patient navigators, case workers, test counselors and other prevention counselors), with a basic overview of Hepatitis C (Hep C), its impact in NYC, as well as an introduction to successful patient navigation strategies used by curren , ...Local Time:Oct 26 2026 |2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- 27Supervising PWUD (In-person NYC)10:00 am - 5:00 pmTraining Objectives: By the end of the training, you will be able to: Explain the importance of employing staff and peers who use drugs in a harm reduction program. Develop a well-structured supervision model that both supports and develops staff and peers who use drugs. Understand the importance of and identify , ...Local Time:Oct 27 2026 |11:00 am - 6:00 pmHoras de Oficina de Reducción de Daños de Tabaco (THR)4:00 pm - 5:00 pm¡Hola! ¡Gracias por mostrar interés en la reducción de daños de tabaco! ¡Nos alegra mucho que quieras tener conversaciones profundas sobre este tema! Este es un espacio para compartir ideas, preguntas sobre la integración de la reducción de daños del tabaco en los servicios, o simplemente para venir con curiosidad y si , ...Local Time:Oct 27 2026 |5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- 28Lighthouse Centering Care Conference Day 19:00 am - 5:00 pmLighthouse Learning Collective will be hosting our second annual Centering Care Conference in New York City! The Conference will be held on Wednesday October 28th and Thursday October 29th, 2026 at The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 in Room 301. The conference is free and breakfast, lunch, and OM , ...Local Time:Oct 28 2026 |10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- 29Lighthouse Centering Care Conference Day 29:00 am - 5:00 pmLighthouse Learning Collective will be hosting our second annual Centering Care Conference in New York City! The Conference will be held on Wednesday October 28th and Thursday October 29th, 2026 at The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 in Room 301. The conference is free and breakfast, lunch, and OM , ...Local Time:Oct 29 2026 |10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- 30Lighthouse Learning Webinar: PrEP/PEP 10112:00 pm - 2:00 pmThis training provides an introduction to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a highly effective HIV prevention strategy that can significantly reduce the risk of acquiring HIV when taken as prescribed. Participants will learn the basics of how PrEP works, who may benefit from it, available medication options, and current , ...Local Time:Oct 30 2026 |1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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October 2026
Las Americas Session #3- Supporting Choice and Autonomy: A Latine/x-Centered Approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction/ Las Américas Sesión #3- Fomentando la elección y la autonomía: un enfoque centrado en las personas latine/x para la reducción de daños del tabaco
Lighthouse Learning Webinar: Kink & Altered States of Mind
Lighthouse Learning Webinar: Chemsex 101
Tobacco Harm Reduction Office Hours-Cultural Humility and THR (English)
Hep C Patient Navigation PART 1 (In-person NYC)
Supervising PWUD (In-person NYC)
Horas de Oficina de Reducción de Daños de Tabaco (THR)
Lighthouse Centering Care Conference Day 1
Lighthouse Centering Care Conference Day 2
Lighthouse Learning Webinar: PrEP/PEP 101
November 2026
Hep C Patient Navigation PART 2 (In-person NYC)
Tobacco Harm Reduction Office Hours-Lessons Learned (English)
Peer Foundational Training Series
Our organization was created by people who use drugs for people who use drugs. We have a long history of creating training and technical assistance with and for people with lived experience of using drugs and doing sex work. We work closely with those experiencing a range of intersecting discrimination exacerbated by drug-related stigma, for example, LGB/TNGC+ folks, People of Color, and people living with HIV.
These training and skill-building sessions are aimed at helping people with lived experience elevate their leadership in this movement.
Syringe Service Programs in New York City
There are over a dozen syringe service programs in New York City that offer free sterile syringes and injection supplies to people who use drugs. If you’re looking for sterile syringes in New York, check out the below links to find the program that works best for you.
It’s Time to End the Overdose Crisis in New York
Harm reduction is the answer to ending overdose. We’ve partnered with End Overdose NY to advocate for policy recommendations that support evidence-based harm reduction programs throughout New York.
We’re working to:
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Increase access to naloxone and medications for opioid use disorder
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Promote awareness about fentanyl, and how to use safely if it’s in a drug supply
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Educate communities about harm reduction strategies, including supervised consumption services
Lighthouse Learning Collective: Safe Havens for the LGB/TGNC+ Community
The Learning Lighthouse Collective creates space for strategy, support, and resources for LGB/TGNC+ people who use drugs. Bringing together harm reduction organizations and those that serve the LGB/TGNC+ community, we hope to reimagine what safety and care can look like for this community.
Decriminalize, Decarcerate, and Destigmatize Sex Trades
We are proud members of Decrim NY. This coalition of 20+ groups advocates to shape New York City and state policy and public opinion around people in the sex trades. Decrim NY seeks to decriminalize, decarcertate, and destigmatize sex work.
Start a Harm Reduction Program
Even though New York is no stranger to harm reduction, many communities still don’t have access to these life-saving programs. If you want to support the health of people who use drugs in your community, consider implementing a harm reduction program.