A guide for grassroots media, journalists, health care workers, advocates — and anyone! — for challenging copaganda when we talk about ICE/CBP, police, jail and prison officials, and criminalization in hospitals and health care spaces.

A collaborative resource on harm reduction and navigating risk in mandated reporting. This tool outlines some of the most common questions practitioners and community-based groups encounter when navigating the realities of mandated reporting.

In this zine and audio story, a patient advocate who was central to passing the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) discusses the limits of legislative interventions in securing access to abortion care, and the importance of challenging criminalization at any stage of pregnancy. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a medical student in California prevents security from being called on a patient's family member, emphasizing the importance of speaking up and asking questions. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a primary care physician in New York shares a strategy she uses to advocate for patient care while organizing for housing equity and migrant justice. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a physician in Georgia utilizes compassionate release as a strategy to advance care for in-custody patients. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a resident physician in Florida discusses the importance of pushing back against cruel rules and policies in hospitals that impact care for incarcerated patients. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, an advocate and an attorney share an intimate story about the power of community and policy, and the role of health care providers in the movement to end HIV criminalization. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a harm reduction nurse in Canada leads his community in a fight against Bill 34, which would re-criminalize public drug use. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a physician at a community health center challenges the policing of his patients by offering a harm reduction-based approach to care. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a physician in Massachusetts prevents a patient from being dismissed from his practice by implementing a restorative justice process. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

A “back to school” reading guide and resource list for people interested in learning more and supporting abolitionist health care workers and providers who are fighting criminalization of care.

Health care workers are placed in many situations where their loyalty to their patient is in conflict with their (purported) loyalty to the state. This is a short collection of examples of health care workers and groups who have fought back — and continue to fight back — within and against carceral facilities, refusing to engage in carceral collaborations. Our hope is that these examples might provide inspiration for health care workers and move them to similar action.

What does it mean when healthcare providers are part of systems that cause patients harm and actively undermine the respect, privacy, and care that patients seek?

The vast majority of people involved in direct or indirect patient care came to this work hoping to help people. Yet, certain policies and common practices in health care settings make it difficult for healthcare workers to fulfill this purpose…

The guide offers prompts for self-reflection, study groups, organizing and advocacy collectives, and to spark conversation within organizing communities.

In this zine and audio story, a nurse midwife helps a patient navigate family court and Child Protective Services so the patient can keep her child. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this zine and audio story, a medical doctor talks with her transgender patient about navigating the medical system, and what medical providers can do to support transgender people. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this animated video and audio story, a medical student discusses the heavy police presence at his teaching hospital, and how to handle escalated situations without cops. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.

In this animated video and audio story, a medical doctor fights for an incarcerated patient to get an abortion, through multiple stages of approval and bureaucracy. This story is part of the Beyond Do No Harm’s Storytelling Media Project.