Harm Reduction Trainings
National Harm Reduction Coalition facilitates trainings around the country. We open our virtual doors to individuals and teams seeking training on important evidence-based harm reduction strategies.
Join a Training
Our public training sessions are open to all who wish to attend. Whether you’re part of a community-based or harm reduction organization, or you’re an individual who loves people who use drugs and want to learn how to support them, we invite you to join us.
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- 5Overdose Prevention in BIPOC Communities/Prevención de Sobredosis en Comunidades de Color1:00 pm - 3:00 pmTraining Description: Overdose is now the leading cause of death for people under 55 in the United States, with death rates steadily increasing year after year in most of the country, particularly in BIPOC communities. In this 2 hour session, we’ll explore the systems and circumstances that put BIPOC people who u , ...Local Time:Sep 05 2024 |1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- 12Effectively Engaging Peer Supports/Involucrando Eficazmente a les Pares1:00 pm - 3:00 pmTraining Description: Meaningful involvement of people who use drugs can increase support for harm reduction policy and advocacy efforts; challenge myths related to drug use, HIV, and viral hepatitis; and reframe the narrative supporting criminalization. Opportunities for job training and employment are in themselves a , ...Local Time:Sep 12 2024 |1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- 19Office Hours/Horas de Oficina (2)1:00 pm - 2:00 pmThe office hours space is intended to provide participants with the opportunity, not only to reflect and ask any other additional questions related to the material presented previously, but also to explore and/or troubleshoot concrete ways in which they can operationalize or implement the tools and information shared , ...Local Time:Sep 19 2024 |1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLas Americas- History of Harm Reduction and Emerging Issues in the Latine/x and Caribe Community2:00 pm - 4:00 pmAll panels and Learning Lab sessions will have live translation/interpretation from Spanish to English and English to Spanish Todas las sesiones (incluyendo los Laboratorios de Práctica Especializada para Promotoras) tendrán interpretación en vivo de Español a Inglés y de Inglés al Español. Panel Description: This pane , ...Local Time:Sep 19 2024 |2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- 24Las Americas- Harm Reduction in the Americas and the Global South2:00 pm - 4:00 pmAll panels and Learning Lab sessions will have live translation/interpretation from Spanish to English and English to Spanish Todas las sesiones (incluyendo los Laboratorios de Práctica Especializada para Promotoras) tendrán interpretación en vivo de Español a Inglés y de Inglés al Español. Panel Description: This pane , ...Local Time:Sep 24 2024 |2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- 27Foundational Fridays – Outreach 10112:00 pm - 2:00 pmThis 2-hour webinar is a part of our Foundational Fridays Series taking place every last Friday of the month from 12pm – 2 pm EST from July 2024-June 2025. This webinar focuses on the basics of outreach. We will review basic information about how to keep you and your coworkers safe during outreach as well as discuss be , ...Local Time:Sep 27 2024 |12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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September 2024
Effectively Engaging Peer Supports/Involucrando Eficazmente a les Pares
Office Hours/Horas de Oficina (2)
Las Americas- History of Harm Reduction and Emerging Issues in the Latine/x and Caribe Community
Las Americas- Harm Reduction in the Americas and the Global South
Foundational Fridays – Outreach 101
October 2024
Las Americas- Promotores and Harm Reduction
Las Americas- Promotores Learning Lab/Laboratorio de Práctica Especializada para Promotoras (1/2)
Las Americas- Promotores Learning Lab/Laboratorio de Práctica Especializada para Promotoras (2/2)
Foundational Fridays – Safer Injecting 101
November 2024
Foundational Fridays – Sex Work 101
December 2024
Foundational Fridays – Sexual and Reproductive Health 101
January 2025
Foundational Fridays – Syringe Access 101
Real People. Real Knowledge. Real Experience.
The training team is overflowing with knowledge and lived experience and a commitment to share and help you grow. Most team members contribute to training services — facilitating, preparing training materials, researching, and offering organizational support.
Harm Reduction Implementation Guides
Sometimes you just need a blueprint to follow. We’ve condensed twenty-five years of learnings from leading and supporting harm reduction programs into these powerful guides.
If you’re launching a syringe service or naloxone distribution project, check out these manuals for step-by-step implementation training.