Sunshine Stories

We recently received this note from Easha, a participant in the Drexel Trauma Intervention to Optimize PrEP Among Women Who Inject Drugs (TIARAS) program and resident of PPP’s...

Photo credit: Steve Weinik Trigger warning: physical and sexual assault Ashley, a former participant at Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP), knows how hard it is for women facing...

To all the Volunteers and Friends at PPP: My name is Mark. I spent five horrible weeks from the beginning of December 2022 until the first week of January this year living on the...

Brooke doesn’t know how many times she overdosed—19? 20?—but someone was there to reverse the damage with Narcan each time. “I don’t know if I was actively trying to kill myself...

Donna grew up in Kensington and sometimes takes her 15-year-old daughter back to the old neighborhood. But she isn’t there to visit friends or family. Instead, she drives down...

Portrait by Hilary Swift for The New York Times At her lowest point, Tracey was sleeping on sidewalks. She was a frequent robbery victim, having even her belly button ring stolen...

For years, Kali felt she had a handle on her heroin use, supporting herself with a job in the restaurant industry and renting her own apartment. But in 2019, she began using a...

Kenny doesn’t think he would be alive today if not for Prevention Point Philadelphia, most importantly his case worker. “If it wasn’t for Amy, I wouldn’t be here in this place. And...

I believe that sharing my story is part of my recovery and part of building the foundation for my future. Trigger warning: sexual assault Prevention Point staff really need to hear...

To Whomever It Concerns, My name is Charles and I am a PPP client and if it were not for Prevention Point I would be still an addict and homeless and helpless. I would be dead...