The Columbia University Center for Science and Society Research Cluster for the Historical Study of Race, Inequality, and Health has launched a program of research and public engagement around the theme of “Critical Studies in Harm Reduction History.”

This year will feature the following activities:

• Working with the Columbia Libraries’ Digital Scholarship office, this site will serve as an online repository of historical documents, images, oral histories, recordings, and interpretive essays pertaining to race, drug policy, addiction recovery, and harm reduction. Material in this online portal will pertain to various topics, including health activism, addiction recovery and public health, needle exchange/provision and activism, blood borne disease (HIV/AIDS, HCV) prevention efforts, outreach to and advocacy for those engaged in sex work, and drug use decriminalization and Black politics.
• Hosting regular private meetings of the Black Harm Reduction Working Group (of which Roberts is a founding member).
• Continuation of the PDIS: People Doing Interesting Stuff podcast, a regular interview show featuring people who work in harm reduction, public health, and social justice.