Harriet’s Responders

We consist of organizations and individuals who move in solidarity with the city’s most impacted communities, centering Black people while reaching unhoused people, sex workers, street vendors, immigrants and undocumented folks, poor people, disabled people , people with mental illness,trauma, trans and queer people. Our curated ecosystem is made up of trainers, mobile crisis teams and responders, base-building groups, and service providers. Our DC Harm Reduction and Rapid Response Team will mobilize instead of calling the police. We will ensure within our capacity that Black people are met by responders who see us as human, meet our needs, respect our autonomy, and are invested in our direct happiness and joy. The Safety team brings together over a dozen organizations as well as trained, experienced individuals from across the city to respond to acute and emergent crises without involving the police. With the overall goal of “we keep us safe”, we envision a world where folks in need of support receive compassionate care from these community-based groups and community members. Our goals and activities are centered around the intertwined problems of state violence, criminalization of poverty, and violence interruption. For more information or to join, visit DC SAFETY SQUAD and activitie or email us: DCSafetySquad@proton.me