5-657: NHRC may refer to: National Harm Reduction Coalition , an American advocacy group National Human Rights Commission of India , a statutory body established in 1993, under the provisions of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (TPHRA) Naval Health Research Center , a military research center that is operated by the U.S Department of Defense on San Diego, California Myanmar National Human Rights Commission , Burma's (Myanmar) independent national human rights commission National Human Rights Commission (Nepal) , Nepal's independent human rights commission New Haven Rowing Club ,
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15-583: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Harm Reduction Coalition The National Harm Reduction Coalition , previously known as the Harm Reduction Coalition , is an American advocacy organization for people who use drugs. The NHRC emerged from a Harm Reduction Working Group (HRWG) organized in 1993 by Francie and Stephanie Comer, Dan Bigg, George Clark (head of San Francisco's needle exchange), and Dave Purchase. Many of
20-630: The HRC's first conference, held in Oakland in 1996. The HRC was initially led by George Clark. Allan Clear was the NHRC's executive director from 1995 until 2016, when he left to take a job in the New York State government. Clear was replaced by Monique Tula, formerly Vice President of Programs at AIDS United . Laura Guzman, an Argentinian-American lawyer who had worked for the HRC since 1995, became
25-531: The attendees at the first meeting had worked with (or founded) needle exchanges in different cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. Many were current or former injection drug users . Several of the HRWG's original participants had also been involved with ACT UP . The HRC itself was founded in San Francisco in 1994, moving to New York City soon after. 700 people attended
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