February 26, 2020
RIZE Massachusetts hosted an in-person briefing and panel discussion to inform the field about the 4th Wave of the Opioid Crisis, including the rising rates of stimulant use. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary...
January 12, 2021
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) have a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 as well as higher rates of substance use disorders and serious mental health challenges, which makes treating COVID-19 infections especially difficult. Anxious about the health and...
April 8, 2021
Pathways to recovery are difficult to navigate and can be fraught with misinformation, stigma, and injustice. But, there are laws and policies to protect people seeking treatment or engaged in treatment. RIZE Massachusetts, in partnership with Health Resources in...
May 17, 2021
RIZE Massachusetts Foundation and The Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital hosted a virtual convening focused on innovations in addiction treatment and harm reduction. The goal of the event was to highlight the importance...
October 7, 2021
RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, together with C4 Innovations, hosted a Person-Centered Care (PCC) Summit to engage in a dialogue about strategies and action steps clinicians can take to improve health outcomes for those with substance use disorder...
December 14, 2021
RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, together with the National Harm Reduction Coalition and the Kraft Center for Community Health at MGH hosted a Learning Community: Harm Reduction. Housing. Hope. The webinar provided important information about how...
March 10, 2022
RIZE was proud to partner with C4 Innovates for a discussion involving barriers to recovery. By sharing the experiences of people with substance use disorders, this event illustrated obstacles that can prevent individuals from accessing addiction...
April 7th, 2022
The RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, the National Harm Reduction Coalition, and the Kraft Center for Community Health at MGH, came together for the second in a series of learning communities focused on safe housing and harm reduction practices. For...
April 28th and May 19th
RIZE was proud to partner with the National Harm Reduction Coalition and the National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts Chapter to offer a free training series for social workers on stigma and substance use treatment. Please view...
October 20th
On October 20, 2022 we hosted a webinar to release the findings of this review, led by Karen Donelan, ScD, EdM, and engaged in a panel discussion moderated by senior correspondent and host at WBUR, Deb Becker and featuring harm reductionists Sarah Mackin of AHOPE, Kim Powers of Access HOPE, and Ismael "Izzy" Rivera of the Justice Resource Institute.