IOWA HARM REDUCTION COALITION Information

Lillie Armstrong is the Community Overdose Consultant with the North Carolina Division of Public Health. She leads the North Carolina Safer Syringe Initiative, overseeing and supporting syringe exchange programs and other harm reduction-based health services for people who use drugs. Ms. Armstrong has been involved in harm reduction since 2008 and has worked with programs in Pennsylvania, New York, and North Carolina. She joined the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch in September 2016, following legalization of syringe exchange programs in North Carolina. Ms. Armstrong received her Master of Public Health degree from the UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. Kacey Byczek is the Capacity Building Services Manager, East at Harm Reduction Coalition. Before working at Harm Reduction Coalition, Kacey spent several years at Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC) in New York City, where she managed syringe access, community outreach services, and the volunteer program. While at LESHRC, Kacey expanded programming for young adult participants, with specific support for street homeless and transient young people who use drugs and young people in the sex trade. She is an active advocate for reproductive justice and sex work decriminalization. Dr Katie Hail-Jares is an Epidemiological Criminologist at the Griffith Criminology Institute in Brisbane, Australia. She is a former board member of SWOP-USA, a member of decrimQLD (decrim-Queensland), a HIPS team leader, and lead editor of the book Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work. KellyMarie started in the anti-violence movement as a volunteer in 1996. Since then, she has worked with a local rape crisis and domestic violence program, the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Integrative Services Project, and the Iowa Victim Assistance Academy. She joined IowaCASA in 2008, where she focuses on prevention and training. Her many passions include sex workers rights, LGBTQIA advocacy, and working with youth and families involved ...