Creative Resistance: Arts-Based Activism and Drug Policy in Colorado

Thu Jun 25 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-06:00

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | Denver

Colorado Drug Policy Coalition
Publisher/HostColorado Drug Policy Coalition
Creative Resistance: Arts-Based Activism and Drug Policy in Colorado Celebrate the launch of 8:32, a drug user-led Harm Reduction zine, with Heather Edney, local zinemakers, artists and activists!
About this Event

Join us for an evening of zines, art, music, movement history, and drug user-led organizing as we celebrate the launch of 8:32, a zine created by-for-with PWUD rooted in drug user rights, anti-carceral drug policy, and Harm Reduction!

Special guest and 8:32 collaborator Heather Edney will showcase original Junkphood pieces and sign copies of Sucking Dick for Syringes — her latest zine, featured in a MoMA PS1 exhibit in NYC last year. Bring your copy!

The night will also feature local zinemakers including @SlutwalkDenver and @WildGriefOfferings, sharing work at the intersections of Liberatory Harm Reduction, Know Your Rights education, feminism, abolition, sex worker and queer and trans liberation movement art, @DJ Chinola creating an immersive sonic experience with psychedelic jazz textures, and genre bending selections throughout the night, a live art piece by Mike Montoya, a photo booth curated by @opaleyesphoto, collective art-making, and conversation about zines, storytelling, organizing, and building more humane drug policy in Colorado.

**Bring a sticker, flyer, patch, button, or little memento of Harm Reduction history for the "Taking Our Power Back" community collage.**

Date: June 25
Time: 5:30–7:30pm
Location: CCJRC

Co-organized by the Colorado Drug Policy Coalition and Harm Reduction Action Center, this event uplifts the work of eastfaxHR, a peer-led outreach collective on East Colfax.

Come for the zines. Stay for the art, music, movement history, and creative resistance.

Event Venue

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, 821 22nd Street, Denver, United States

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