The Chosen Few
Mission StatementThe Chosen Few seeks to represent communities and individuals impacted by the War on Drugs to combat criminalization, stigma, and oppression and promote the health, rights, and dignity of people who use drugs. The Chosen Few accomplishes this through leadership development, community organizing, peer-to-peer and public education, participatory research, direct actions, and harm reduction services.
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HistoryThe Chosen Few is the first user union here in the District. The group was founded in 2016 by community members and HIPS staff. The Chosen Few holds weekly meetings at HIPS and is lead by its President, Maurice Abbey-Bey, Vice President, Tamika Spellman, and Historian Charmaine Sauls.
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How You Can Support Us
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This year, the Chosen Few is working on attending the 12th National Harm Reduction Conference in New Orleans, LA from October 18-21, 2018. The conference will allow our members to learn more about the newest trends and programs in the harm reduction field. We also hope to share our success in promoting the decriminalization of drug paraphernalia, expanding naloxone access, syringe access, and strengthen good samaritan laws. To help us achieve our goal please consider donating here. This will help with the costs for registration, transportation and per diems for all of our members. For many of our members this will be their first time attending this conference and we hope to represent the District to the best of our abilities.
If you have any interest in learning more about the Chosen Few please contact: advocacy@hips.org maurice@hips.org |
