FWTW Ep 10: Harm Reduction & Law Enforcement Interactions Panel Discussion Part 1

From Words to Weapons Episode 10 features Part 1 of a panel discussion about harm reduction in the context of interactions with law enforcement and solutions that could better promote community well-being and help mitigate mistrust.  

Obscured partnered with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium and the Pennsylvania Action Coalition to hold the discussion with support from the Independence Public Media Foundation.  

On this episode, Part 1, we're going to hear presentations from each of the panelists. And then on Part 2, we'll hear a moderated discussion among the panelists.  

The first presentation we'll hear is from Talitha Smith. Talitha is a nurse navigator with RIvER, which stands for Rethinking Incarceration and Empowering Recovery. It's a clinic within the Allegheny Health Network's Center for Inclusion Health -- the same clinic we heard about in episode 8 of our series with Talitha's colleague Divya Venkat. In addition to her work at the RIvER clinic, Talitha is an adjunct professor at Carlow University and works as a local travel nurse.