When we think of torture survivors, we usually don’t think of the people we pass on the street, going about their lives and living in our communities, but there are 50,000 in the DC region alone according to the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition.
While carrying her reusable tote bags close to her on this windy day Eula-Mae White was not discouraged in stopping to say “hello” to passers-by as she walked down Georgia Avenue.
A shift away from injection heroin use and the efforts of needle exchange operations in Washington, DC, have contributed to a decrease in the number of new HIV infections in the second half of the 2000s.
But at the Kolmac Clinic Silver Spring addiction treatment program, which provides treatment for opioid addicts, there’s been a shift in the clients they serve.
It’s 1 a.m. She’s been standing on the corner for four hours.
She cannot go home. She cannot call the police. She cannot tell her friends.
All she can do is wait in fear.
Just as July ushers in patriotic celebrations and dazzling firework displays on the fourth, it brings to a close an entire month of an equally joyous celebration:LGBT Pride Month.
While the Pride Parade in New York City serves as the biggest celebration—with over one million people turning out for the June 24 parade— D.C.
