SACHR In The Media
SACHR has been providing life saving services for over 34 years. Check out some of the stories below that have highlighted our work over the years.
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The 2024 Health Care Power 100
SACHR’s founder and CEO, Joyce Rivera, made it to the list of policymakers and practitioners making New York a healthier place.
Pictured above are the various supplies available during SACHR’s Street Outreach hours.
THE HUNTS POINT EXPRESS
Under threat, harm reduction sites insist they save lives.
Joyce Rivera, current CEO of SACHR standing at the entrance to our Sanctuary space.
CRAIN’S NEW YORK FEATURED
Needle exchange founder looks back at 'countless' lives saved.
An advertisement on the subway warns the public about substances laced with fentanyl.
MOTT HAVEN HERALD
Genesis of Bronx Harm Reduction: The Church.
One of SACHR’s outreach location’s is on the corner of 139th and St. Ann’s Ave.
Gothamist
NIMBYism delays plan for Bronx's first overdose prevention center amid crisis
SACHR’s Outreach Team with some local community members.
MEDIUM
At the Corner of Care and Compassion: St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction Perseveres Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
Camille Lipscomb, a participant at SACHR pictured in the hallways of the agency.
New York Times
Bronx Needle Exchange, Once Dismissed, Finds Acceptance
SACHR’s Outreach van out in the field.
the hunts point express
Group’s push to aid drug users faces staunch opposition
Fentanyl Test Strips give power back to substance users in finding out if their substances are safe.
NPR
An Experiment Helps Heroin Users Test Their Street Drugs For Fentanyl
wnyc
Bronx’s first overdose prevention center delayed over NIMBYism, lack of public funding
Bronx net
Host Sonyi Lopez sits with Krystal A. Montalvo, Co-Director of Programming at SACHR to discuss the Opioid crisis during COVID-19, as well as share outreach and services available for people in the Bronx.
the bronx daily
SACHR’s talent show will aim to educate attendees about how harm reduction can be used to combat the opioid crisis.
The GUardian
Critics condemn New York prosecutor’s threat to close supervised drug sites
the mic
Street level activists are leading the fight against fentanyl deaths — and it’s working.
mott haven herald
City shoots for safe injection site in Longwood.