Students will be creating and presenting a Know Your Rights training to the El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance. The presentation will educate El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance members and collaborators on new Texas laws relating to fentanyl poisoning deaths. We will be researching and addressing how these laws may impact administering Narcan in an overdose event. The presentation will be aimed at educating those who work with people who use drugs or are people who use drugs on their legal rights and risks. The project will culminate in the students presenting via Zoom the training they research and develop to the members, staff, and allies of the El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance.
Organization
Texas Law Civil Rights Clinic
Students in the Civil Rights Clinic represent diverse clients in a range of civil rights matters relating to abusive law enforcement practices, the rights of people who are incarcerated, discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations, and freedoms of speech, religion, and association. The Harm Reduction Know Your Rights Training is a collaboration between the Civil Rights Clinic and the El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance. The El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance is a consortium of organizations in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, that collectively aim to end the drug war and its harms through harm reduction outreach, training, and advocacy.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 2024
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 2 hours each week for approximately 10 weeks
- Training
- Training and ongoing supervision will be provided by Professor Lia Sifuentes Davis
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 3
- Class year preference
- 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Submit email simply stating your interest and one sentence on your knowledge of harm reduction principles to lia.davis@law.utexas.edu; application emails received by Friday, February 9 will receive priority consideration.