MCC Drug Literacy
Focus 2006: Crystal Meth
"We, at Metropolitan
Community Churches, know that drug use is creating powerful and often
dangerous social, spiritual and economic changes in communities all over
the United
States and beyond. Our primary
goal is to support people from diverse communities to talk across the
lines of their experiences in order to empower them to respond."
~Joshua
Love, MCC Program
Specialist
Many links have been made in the media
and in public health between the rise in new HIV infections and the use
of drugs, especially crystal meth in U.S. gay male
populations.
The mainstream media directs large
amounts of attention to the variety of ways that crystal meth is being
used in urban gay communities, rural heterosexual populations, and by a
range of groups between the two.
Metropolitan Community Churches Drug
Literacy Program develops dialogue on these issues and helps to place
the stories of real people in the larger context of information being
presented in the media and by public health sources.
Our primary goal is to support people
from diverse communities to talk across the lines of their
experiences.
With this in mind, we have been holding
discussions and workshops around the fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches and with other community service groups with
attendance by people in recovery programs (abstinence, harm reduction,
and rational users, too), as well as those still actively using drugs
(recreational and addicted users, too), family and friends of the drug
users, and people who provide support services to these
communities.
By the end of 2006, we will have
presented in the following cities:
San Francisco, CA
Portland, OR
Dallas, TX
Scottsdale, AZ
Tampa, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Sarasota, FL - View the News Coverage (pdf)
Denver, CO
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
And more…
Our time together is not intended to be a
recovery program or to promote a specific agenda about how or if people
use drugs. We know that drug use is creating powerful and often
dangerous social, spiritual and economic changes in communities all over
the United
States and beyond. Our primary
goal is to support people from diverse communities to talk across the
lines of their experiences in order to empower them to
respond.
We build bridges between diverse
perspectives and learn from each others experiences.
The response to the program has been
outstanding.
If you would like to schedule a time for Joshua Love to visit your area, please email him here.
top
|
