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NC Harm Reduction Coalition

NC Harm Reduction Coalition

Dedicated to the implementation of harm reduction interventions, public health strategies, drug policy transformation, and justice reform in North Carolina and throughout the American South.

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Board of Directors

Roberto Hess, MSW, LCWSA                                                                  

Roberto is a Adult Copestone Psychiatric Social Worker at Mission Health Systems.  He received an Associates in Human Services from Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College with a Substance Abuse Studies concentration and has a Social Work degree from Western Carolina University. Roberto comes from an Air Force family in Eastern NC and currently resides in Asheville, NC.  Roberto Hess has worked professionally with criminal offenders, survivors of sexual assault, veterans and the active duty members of the U.S. military, individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, people who use drugs and the elderly. Roberto enjoys playing drums, writing poetry, reading, relaxing on the beach, hiking, flying in airplanes, going out to eat and drinking coffee (soy vanilla lattes).

Ronald Martin

Ronald Martin works part-time as one of NCHRC’s Law Enforcement Safety Advocates. He is a former Detective Sergeant and is a dedicated, committed Law Enforcement Professional with over 20 years of experience in the New York City Police Department (NYPD). At the NYPD, he trained officers to a highly proficient level of community patrol, enforcement and public security. He supervised narcotics teams conducting street level buy and sell operations and warrant executions. Furthermore, he managed mid to high-level narcotic cases involving pen wires leading to extensive criminal prosecution. Ronald also consulted directly with the Chief of Police and the Mayor of New York City on issues of internal misconduct. He has also conducted and investigated various criminal offenses while working as a team member in conjunction with the Secret Service, DEA, ATF, and FBI.  At NCHRC, he advocates for needlestick and overdose prevention measures for officers in North Carolina and for more dialogue between drug users, sex workers and law enforcement to create a safer communities.

Diannee Carden Glenn

Diannee Carden Glenn became an advocate for harm reduction and treatment for Hepatitis C following the overdose death of her son Michael who was a well respected pioneer in the harm reduction movement.  Diannee has a background in law enforcement and the medical field including substance use treatment.  She is the founder of  ekiM For Change LLC (a syringe exchange), on the Advisory Council of  Mental Health America of Eastern Carolina, Harm Reduction Consultant to Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Board President of North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, a member of  Florida Health Department’s Viral Hepatitis Planning Group,  GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) web site supervisor, facilitates  a local GRASP chapter,  and Safe Communities Opiate Planning Group.  In addition she has  served on the Executive Board of Pitt County Coalition on Substance use. 

Diannee has served on committees and task forces for several state and federal initiatives focusing on domestic violence, mental health diversion, and deployment of naloxone.  She has served on various boards focusing on public health issues such as sex work, overdose prevention, HIV and Hepatitis C, child fatality prevention, substance use and misuse, and the homeless. She continues her professional training as a frequent attendee at seminars and conferences. Diannee is an invited speaker on addiction and dealing with the death of children from overdose. 

Corey Davis, JD, MSPH 

Corey Davis’s research focuses on the effects of law, policy and practice on the health, rights and dignity of drug users and other stigmatized people. As a researcher, he has published on the effects of law, policy and policing on the health of drug users as well as the legality of public health interventions such as SIFs, and was presented by the International AIDS Society with the Young Investigator Award for work on the effects of a police crackdown on Philadelphia’s syringe exchange program. As an attorney, he has litigated civil rights cases before administrative agencies and in the state and federal courts. He directed the Harm Reduction Legal Project at Prevention Point Philadelphia from 2005 through 2008 and has worked with the University of Pennsylvania, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and the Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice. Corey is currently Staff Attorney at the National Health Law Program, where he focuses on public health and health reform.

William (Bill) Zule, DrPH

Since 1989 William (Bill) Zule has been involved in research to reduce the spread and progression of HIV and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who use drugs. He obtained his doctor of public health (Dr.P.H.) degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1996. He was an Instructor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio prior to joining RTI International in 1999. His current research focuses on how different types of syringes influence HIV transmission among people who inject drugs and on the development of low intensity computer tailored HIV/HCV prevention interventions. His activities also involve initiating campaigns to translate research findings into wide- spread practice in order to broaden the impact of his research. He has been a member of the Board of NCHRC since 2006.

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Testimonials

“The help I got from the harm reduction program was more than just clean equipment, it was about being with people who didn’t judge me for my addiction, and who really wanted to help.”
~ Sam, a 50-year-old former drug user and sex worker in Carrboro, NC

“Too often, drug users suffer discrimination, are forced to accept treatment, marginalized, and often harmed by approaches which over-emphasize criminalization and punishment while under-emphasizing harm reduction and respect for human rights. This is despite the longstanding evidence that a harm reduction approach is the most effective way of protecting rights, limiting personal suffering, and reducing the incidence of HIV.”
~ Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 10, 2009

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