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"Promoting health and safety within the nightclub community." Offers harm-reduction information on MDMA and other drugs, Ecstasy testing kits, etc. from the DanceSafe website at http://www.dancesafe.org/vision.html:
Our Philosophy and Vision
DanceSafe has two, fundamental operating principles: harm reduction and popular education.
What is Harm Reduction?
In its barest sense, harm reduction is a pragmatic approach to dealing with the problems in our society involving illicit drug use. Harm reduction starts with the observation that whether or not it is possible to convince everybody not to use illegal drugs, or to eliminate the supply altogether, people are using drugs right now, and there is no indication that this situation will change. Unfortunately, the people using illegal drugs often have little knowledge about the drugs they are using, including whether they are actually getting the drug they expect. This situation makes drug experimentation far more harmful than it needs to be, and creates a need for harm reduction programs. Harm reduction, therefore, attempts to reduce the harm resulting from the use of drugs by providing users with health and safety services and accurate drug information.
What is Popular Education?
Popular education is an educational philosophy developed in Brazil by the educator, Paulo Freire. As opposed to more traditional educational models that see the teacher as a large container full of knowledge and the students as empty containers that need filling, popular education sees learning as a creative process that transforms everyone, teachers and students alike. Freire's goal through his educational practice was to increase his students' ability to positively influence the world around them. As DanceSafe volunteers our goal is to increase the ability of our peers to positively influence their own health and safety, by providing the tools and information needed to make informed decisions. | Email | dsusa@dancesafe.org |
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| Address | P.O. Box 12462
Berkeley, CA 94712 |
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| Telephone | 510-834-4654 |
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