The demonstration was led by Savage Sisters, a harm reduction group that recently lost its lease on Kensington Avenue following an intervention from City Hall.
Harm reduction activists march around Philadelphia City Hall to ask for seat at table, funding for opioid crisis. The group held signs, marched, called out to city leaders during harm reduction rally on Thursday.Dozens of harm reduction activists circled City Hall on Thursday to protest lawmakers who have in recent weeks sought to shut down Kensington-based harm
about nearby Prevention Point, the most well-known addiction resource center along Kensington Avenue. In City Hall on Thursday, however, City Council members who have been leading the charge for a new approach in Kensington said they aren’t opposed to harm reduction as a practice, including syringe exchange services, but are focused on addressing organizations they consider to be a nuisance.
“We’re going to need it all,” she said. “But we have to do it differently, because how we have been doing it has not worked.” Kensington’s problems are vast: The zip code that encompasses Kensington sees more overdose deaths than any other in the city. Gun violence fueled by the drug trade skyrocketed during the pandemic. Most residents live in deep poverty. And the homeless population has become more visible, whileRoz Pichardo, a Kensington resident and activist, said harm reduction could, at the minimum, help reduce the death toll of the ongoing crisis.
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