Bluegrass Harm Reduction Alliance

09/02/2025

I put $1,200 into fixing the Prius only to be told it’s “premarital” and not mine. The 2017 Kia Niro is marital property, but without a lawyer I can’t fight for it.

In the last 48 hrs I gunned it across the country following firing my legal aide lawyer who hadn't even looked at my EPo after the second hearing to be continued or upgraded it leaving me Very unsafe. I decided I was going to try to live with someone I knew wasn't stable but given everything I experienced in the DV system in Kentucky I was desperate. I was gaslit into driving a car breaking down, stranded in the deser as they told me they were on the way only for them to tell me later they couldn't leave a 350 mile radius of their post, and reminded again once again that the Prius is in my abuser’s name. He can repossess it anytime. His mom stalked me at Greenhouse17, and his ex (blocked for years) just added me on IG to pull harassing communications & witness intimidation.

This is what I need to be FREE from this s**t !!!!
I need independence:
🚗 Car in my name – $1,850 (down payment + CA tags/title + 2 mo. liability insurance)
⚖️ Legal – $1,500 (Micha Law Group, starting at $250 but I need more for full representation)
📌 Total: $3,350
✅ I have saved $1,000.
➡️ Need $2,350 more.

And I’ll be blunt: if people want pics/vids I’ll send them. That’s how desperate this is I want to be safe and I need to be free and I need someone on my side legally!!

💵 Ways to help:

Zelle (Olivia Maison, ends in 3881)

CashApp: $Olivebranchbaby95

Venmo: Olivia-Maison-3

08/08/2025

Today I gave out the Harm Reduction Rover filled with condoms, pipes, stems, roses, cards, and a variety of harm reduction materials for all users of drugs, as well as the last Narcan box, which will be placed on UK’s campus with Target 4. Thank you Dawson Fee for your service to the community. It is with mixed feelings that I close the doors on my mission.

When I started out, I had a vision. I used my communications background and my experience in advocacy for underprivileged groups, like my time at the Fairness Campaign, along with my lived experience to inform how I navigated systems and barriers for marginalized communities.

During that time, I collaborated with Recovery Cafe, DCBS, Target Four, AVOL, Voices of Hope, and many more. But what mattered most were the lives I touched. I got to return to a strip club where I once worked and hand out Plan B, condoms, and referrals for HIV and STD testing. That moment will always stay with me.

I still have a room full of Narcan. Let me say this clearly. My whole intention with placing Narcan boxes was to create something sustainable. Something that would last long after I stepped away from nonprofit work. Fill those boxes with more than just Narcan. People need condoms, clean supplies, test strips, and information. People need a variety of harm reduction materials.

If you need help sourcing those items free or cheap, I got you. I know more resources than I can count.

Thank you to the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for believing in and supporting my mission from start to finish, and for trusting small grassroots organizations with the power and voice to do great things.

It has been an honor working with so many of you. As I begin my next chapter, solidifying my experiences through my education in social work, I carry all of this with me. Every life, every lesson. I will continue to serve from a public health perspective and from a lived one. Always.

07/12/2025

Given the nature of what I have personally experienced in these past few weeks my momentum will move towards helping women get back on their feet after experiencing Interpersonal partner violence in whatever capacity I can I don't have a huge platform but I do have a voice and I have a story and it carries

07/12/2025

Urgent Need at Our Local Domestic Violence Shelter

We need help meeting two critical needs for survivors working to rebuild their lives:

✅ Reliable Internet Access – We’re in a rural area with no usable Wi-Fi. Residents need it to apply for jobs, housing, and benefits. We are not on a bus line, so online access is essential. Service costs $85/month but would change lives here.

✅ Free or Low-Cost Car Repair Volunteers in Lexington – Many here have cars they can’t afford to fix. Helping them get road-ready means they can work, attend appointments, and move forward.

If you can donate toward internet service or volunteer/provide leads for car repair, please reach out. Even sharing this post helps!

Let’s help survivors get the tools they need to get back on their feet.

https://a.co/d/cWrO0zE

06/04/2025

Today we partnered with up recovery to install a new Narcan box in the Woodhill/New Circle Road area — our third placement in Lexington! Increasing access to life-saving tools is harm reduction in action. 💙

06/02/2025

THIS is another reason why, YES, pipes are necessary harm reduction.

It’s not complicated. Providing pipes creates OPTIONS people have literally been dying for. Need pipes for distribution? We got you.

06/02/2025

I don’t get why harm reduction is treated like it’s some radical idea.

Someone who’s been pushed out, shamed, or left behind getting met with kindness, respect, and support—why is that controversial?

Giving people options they may not have known about, like switching to smoking instead of injecting, isn’t enabling. It’s proven. It saves lives.

You don’t have to agree with someone’s choices to want them to stay alive. That’s not radical. That’s just being a decent human.

05/30/2025

Hepatitis C can live on surfaces for up to six weeks. Black folks are twice as likely as any other racial group to get it . Harm reduction is not just about opioids. People use drugs in different ways — smoking, snorting, swallowing, even boofing — and they deserve tools to stay safe too. Harm reduction is more than just Narcan.
Some folks are making the choice today not to inject — maybe for the first time. That choice alone can prevent disease and save lives. Providing safer use materials is how we meet people where they are. It’s not enabling, it’s survival.
And let’s be clear: stimulant users — especially Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ people — have been hit hardest by sentencing disparities for decades. It’s wild how often these communities are left out of the harm reduction conversation.
Harm reduction isn’t just about health. It’s about justice.

05/28/2025

📣 Help Us Bring a Life-Saving Narcan Box to Wolfe County 📦❤️

Many of you have asked about Narcan boxes—and we’re listening.

We’re currently raising funds to install a Narcan box in Wolfe County, where overdose rates are among the highest in Kentucky. These boxes save lives—literally.

In April, a Narcan box we placed in partnership with Still Waters reversed an overdose and saved someone’s life. Most recently, we installed a box in a historically Black neighborhood in Lexington—a community often overlooked when it comes to harm reduction resources. These placements matter. They are strategic. They are intentional. They are needed.

But we can only continue this work with your support. Every dollar helps us keep boots on the ground and lifesaving medication in the hands of those who need it—especially as legislative changes threaten access to harm reduction in the coming years.

👉 If you’ve ever wondered how to help—this is how:
💸 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/help-us-bring-a-life-saving-narcan-box-to-wolfe-county
🔁 Share this post
📍 Tag someone from Wolfe County

Let’s stand together and show that every life matters—and every community deserves access to Narcan.

https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/help-us-bring-a-life-saving-narcan-box-to-wolfe-county

Many of you have asked about Narcan boxes—and we’re listening.We’re currently raising funds to install a Narcan box in Wolfe County, where overdose rates are among the highest in Kentucky. These boxes save lives—literally.In April, a Narcan box we placed in partnership with Still Waters reve...

05/26/2025

Bluegrass Harm Reduction Alliance hosted a table at the Memorial Day event in Jacobson Park, where we shared harm reduction resources and connected with the community.

We distributed:
• 18 oxygen cans
• 150 condoms
• 57 doses of emergency contraception
• 83 fentanyl test strips
• 26 xylazine test strips
• 10 doses of naloxone

We also had the chance to catch up with our friend Chandler from Level Up Recovery and Odell from Stillwater. We’re thankful for spaces where recovery, support, and care come together. And we are grateful to the Foundation for a healthy Kentucky for suppourting us in our harm reduction efforts