Nicholas Marritz

  • donated 2018-04-19 16:13:43 -0400

    Help us #LiveOut on #GiveOut Day

    $1,568.00 raised
    GOAL: $7,500.00

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    #SESTA has taken away online safe spaces

    #SESTA is forcing former HIPS clients back on the streets

     HIPS is  the largest social service and crisis service providers for sex workers in Washington DC. 

    HIPS services are needed more than ever. 

    Your support today will help:

    HIPS #BeOUT
    on the streets during overnight mobile services

    Help sex workers #SpeakOUT
    against discrimination, violence and criminalization

    Help LGBTQ sex workers #LiveOUT
    with peer-led support, linkage to housing, medical care and crisis services

     

    Would you like to #GiveOut all year? Join our monthly Pink Membership giving circle!  

     

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  • donated 2017-02-14 11:32:17 -0500

    Donate Now

    Across the country, COVID-19 has disrupted networks for care and systems for survival.

    HIPS received a 15% cut to our needle exchange and overdose prevention programs for 2021

    – in the middle of a pandemic and spike in overdoses.

    Your donation today will be put into action immediately, providing meals, non-judgmental harm reduction services, community engagement, and advocacy for folks in street economies at a time it's needed most.  


    We envision a world where all people engaged in sexual exchange and drug use
    can use their power to live healthy and self-determined lives free from stigma, violence, criminalization or oppression.

    Your donation saves lives


    $10 Buys a locally made face mask
    $25 Gives someone a overdose prevention kit
    $50 One week of 24 hour crisis counseling via our national hotline (HIPS longest running unfunded program)
    $100 Gas for a 2 overnight outreach shifts bringing services to those who need it most
    $200 Supports a current or former sex works as a peer volunteer
    $500 Supplies our mobile services with harm reduction materials for a week

     

    Would you like to support HIPS throughout the year and have access to special HIPS events and info? 
    Join our Pink Membership Team here with a monthly donation! 
    HIPS operates on an *opt-in*policy for publicly honoring donations. 
    HIPS does not publish public donor thank you or acknowledgements in newsletters or reports without your explicit permission. 

    HIPS a 501(c)(3) organization, Federal Tax ID # 52-1847137. If you have made an error in making your donation, we will honor your request for a refund made within 10 business days of your donation. To request a refund, call 202-232-8150. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment, except cash donations will be returned via check. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.

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  • donated 2017-01-22 22:55:17 -0500

    Fight Back

    $7,010.00 raised
    GOAL: $3,000.00

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    Our community needs HIPS

    HIPS needs you

    HIPS will be here in 2017 to Love Hard, Dream Big and Fight Back

    Inauguration weekend we are hoping to raise 3,000 to ensure that drugs user, sex worker and trans voices are heard in the public dialogue about their lives.  

    Funds will support our peer policy fellows, community organizing training sessions, meeting transportation and more!

    Help us create and support the next generation of activists.  

    Donate

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