For over 20 years, Connie Rice, a leading civil rights attorney twice named one of the top 10 influential lawyers in California, woke up every morning trying to think of a new way to sue Charlie Beck, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and the first officer assigned to CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlum). Read more about Why We Can't Arrest Our Way out of Gang Violence
Youth RISE will be blogging live from this years UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March. The CND Blog is a project of the International Drug Policy Consortium and is administered in partnership with Youth RISE. The website address is www.cndblog.org and the event is taking from the 11th-16th of March. Read more about Youth RISE at the CND 2012
CrowdOutAIDS is UNAIDS Secretariat’s online strategy development project on engagement of young people in the AIDS response. So far they have engaged some 5 000 young people in online and offline Open Forums, with participants from more than 85 countries. It is the first time in UN history that a strategy is built using crowdsourcing technology and social media tools.
Check out the new video by our friends at HCLU featuring Youth RISE’s Chantale Kallas, the executive director of Skoun and some of their clients, exploring the problems facing harm reduction services in the Lebanon and the challenges facing young drug users in accessing treatment and services free from abuse and stigma, .
Youth RISE are always trying to engage young people from around the world to become active participants in challenging ineffective drug policies. If you are interested in the what we do and want to get involved in our work, please sign up to become a member.
As we remember the harms we have experienced globally by the HIV epidemic over the past 30 years, it is important that we do not forget the impact this epidemic has had on young people who use drugs. Read more about Youth RISE video for World AIDS Day
The Global Commission on Drug Policy has launched its second public letter calling for drug policy reform signed by an impressive group of signatories, including former ex presidents, nobel prize winners and leading global business figures. Read more about Global commission for drug policy reform - public letter
