Ashley Shukait, MPH, CHES, is a harm reductionist and public health consultant in Southeast Michigan. She has coordinated an underground local syringe access mutual aid group for over a decade, worked in health care, and was a program manager at a legacy syringe access program. She is currently building capacity with SOOAR to incorporate harm reduction services. Her work is dedicated to building power through collective action, centered on health equity, racial justice and human rights.
I got a distressing phone call one morning from a comrade in our local mutual aid network in Michigan. I’ll…