Contents

Author’s Note

Prologue: The Corner

Part 1: The Heart of It All

Spring 2016–Summer 2017

  1. Rusted Belts and Think Tanks

  2. The Cavalry’s Not Coming

  3. Hope Shot

  4. Semicolons

Part 2: Movement

Fall 2017–Spring 2019

  5. Swimming Upstream

  6. Systems of Care

  7. None of Us Are Bad People

  8. The Churn

  9. Any Positive Change

10. The Foot of the Mountain

11. The Person Next to You

12. Punk Rock Harm Reduction

13. Rainbows and Unicorns

Part 3: Nothing About Us Without Us

Spring–Summer 2019

14. Beyond Rat Park

15. Moments of Recognition

16. Corners

17. “Every Overdose Is a Policy Failure”

18. Worth Our Keep

Postscript

Acknowledgments

A Note About Sources

Notes