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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Salt Lake Harm Reduction joined KRCL last week to talk about their Naloxey-Boxey (240+ naloxone kits distributed since August!) and their upcoming fundraiser on November 8 in Salt Lake City.

Listen here, segment starts at 17:45: www.mixcloud.com/KRCLradio/th...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 12d

Davis County folks: have some laughs and help raise cash for LGBTQ Utahns on October 10!

Tickets and details here: oppa.ludus.com/index.php

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 12d

Harm reduction keeps our communities safe & provides folks a path forward with free syringe exchange, test strips, food boxes, contraception, and more. Help Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project fund a new van and mingle with folks who want to make a difference Nov. 8 in SLC.

Tix: givebutter.com/7f3yLs

Hops & Harm Reduction

By Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to support the trans community in Utah, signing up for a flag is a great way! Each flag helps Project Rainbow fund inclusive events for LGBTQ Utahns. If you aren't in Utah, they can mail you a flag instead of staking it in your yard.

Reserve your flag: projectrainbowutah.org/sign-up

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Great Salt Lake News @greatsaltlakenews.bsky.social · 13d

A hearing to decide whether to terminate US Magnesium's leases on the Great Salt Lake has been delayed in light of the company's bankruptcy filing.

US Magnesium bankruptcy delays state plans to cut off Great Salt Lake water access

SALT LAKE CITY — A hearing to decide whether to terminate US Magnesium's leases on the Great Salt Lake has been delayed in light of the company's bankruptcy filing."Due to US Magnesium’s bankruptcy fi...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Gov. Cox set a deadline for 2034, coinciding with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to restore Great Salt Lake to a healthy level.

Great Salt Lake News @greatsaltlakenews.bsky.social · 19d

On Wednesday, Governor Spencer Cox announced a $200 million investment from business and philanthropic groups to specifically work to save the lake. He was joined by some of Utah's most wealthy and powerful people at an event at Farmington Bay.

Great Salt Lake gets $200 million boost and a deadline to restore it to a healthy level

FARMINGTON BAY, Utah — The Great Salt Lake is getting a massive infusion of cash in an effort to reverse its dramatic declines.On Wednesday, Governor Spencer Cox announced a $200 million investment fr...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · 20d

For eight years, the nonprofit Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project has served Salt Lake and its surrounding communities. A main goal is to provide syringe exchanges to reduce the harm caused by drug use, but "harm reduction is so much more than just giving people sterile equipment."

Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project promotes non-judgemental health and dignity by putting clients 'in the driver's seat.'

Small Lake City

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Sep 2

Utah has the highest rate of nonfatal overdoses in the US, and Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project is making naloxone more available with a drop box for this life-saving drug outside their Salt Lake City office. Check out this segment with KSL News Radio for more.

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Making naloxone more available to Utahns in hopes of lowering unsettlingly trend of overdoses - Midday with Maria Shilaos

<p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/dose-dashboard-nonfatal-surveillance-data.html">Recent data</a> from the CDC shows that Utah has the highest rates of nonf...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Project Rainbow Utah hosts a monthly networking luncheon for LGBTQ+ professionals in mission-driven organizations the first Wednesday of each month in Murray, and you should join us! This month will feature a comedy workshop with Craig Sorensen of Crowdsourced Comedy!

Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our segment begins at about 35 minutes into the show

Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 29

I joined Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project on @krclradio.bsky.social RadioACTive to talk about International Overdose Awareness Day, my experiences a heroin addict 15 years ago, and the orgs new drop box for naloxone at their office in Salt Lake City.

Listen here: krcl.org/blog/executi...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you want to learn more about International Overdose Awareness Day and naloxone, look for SHRP today on ABC 4 News and tomorrow night on @krclradio.bsky.social

Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

SHRP also provides clean needle exchange, food bank supplies, contraception, drug testing strips, sharps disposal, Hep C and HIV testing, and more: all for free!

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project is making naloxone more available ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day Sunday. Like a little free library, but for naloxone. Pick up the medication anytime at their office at 1400 South and 1100 East in Salt Lake City. I encourage everyone to carry naloxone!

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 10

Great write up from @pjayswalwrites.bsky.social on Justice By Objectives!

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Aug 10

“When you have somebody that goes through that type of mental and spiritual stripping, it’s very hard to go from that to out here, where the entire culture is different."

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This Utahn’s quest to keep others out of the criminal justice system started when she left a jail cell

Channae Haller helps Utahns who have left jail or prison stay out of trouble through individualized peer support.

www.sltrib.com

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · Jun 2

“We proudly fly those flags because they can’t be flown in other spaces,” Rev. Price said. “We feel a particular responsibility to continue to raise those banners, they’ve become a symbol of their dignity and their worth and humanity.”

Nonprofit distributes thousands of flags across Utah to kick off Pride Month

Despite the state’s ban on pride flags displayed on government property and in public schools, people in Utah are waving their flags in the air.

www.fox13now.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 24

Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.

They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."

Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?

The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?

www.sltrib.com

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 24

“It’s important that we stand up and stand strong," said Jacey Thornton with Project Rainbow Utah. "A lot of us lose biological family in the process of transitioning or coming out as queer. This supports that space for us to come together and find a new chosen family.”

www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/u...

Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions | CNN

Universities across the country have canceled and withdrawn support for affinity graduations due to threats from President Donald Trump if they do not end diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 23

Volunteers are hard at work prepping flags for Pride!

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 23

HB 77 seems to have had a chilling effect on Project Rainbow Utah's flag campaigns. After setting records for Trans Day of Remembrance & Trans Day of Visibility, sign-ups for Pride are down compared to 2024. You can still sign up and help support LGBTQ+ Utahns!

projectrainbowutah.org/sign-up

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 22

If they have any honor, the Utah legislature will lift the ban. But frankly I'm not holding my breath

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · May 22

The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?

Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?

The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?

www.sltrib.com

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 22

Project Rainbow is staking Pride flags on 9th and 9th for Harvey Milk Day! Join us and other orgs from 5-9 pm tonight to celebrate!

Pride flags in front of Laziz Kitchen on 9th and 9th.

Harvey Milk Day. May 22. 5-9pm. Scion Cider.

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 17

Get your flag here!

projectrainbowutah.org/shop/merch/p...

Sego Belonging Flag — Project Rainbow

THIS ITEM IS FOR PRE-ORDER! Flags are anticipated to be shipped by the week of June 8. This 3’x5’ flag incorporates Salt Lake City's official sego lily logo with rainbow colors, symbolizing the LGB...

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Becca Green Media @beccagreenmedia.bsky.social · May 17

After Utah HB 77 banned anything but official flags (with the sponsor vocally targeting pride flags) from schools and government buildings, Salt Lake City unveiled their official Sego Belonging Flag. Project Rainbow has some for preorder for Pride, and the money supports LGBTQ+ programming!

"Project Rainbow."

A picture of the sego belonging flag, which adds a sego lilly to the pride flag.

"We have the new SLC '3X5' flags arriving in time for Pride! Only $30 each."

"Pre-Order Yours Now at: bit.ly/SegoBelonging

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