Executive Director
National Survivors Union, Indiana
Nicholas Voyles is the Executive Director at the Indiana Recovery Alliance in Bloomington, Indiana, the Viral Hepatitis Liaison for the Urban Survivors Union (the national voice for people who use drugs) , and sits on both the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Survivors Union and the Advisory Board for the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable. Nicholas is also a graduate of the Duke University School of Nonprofit Management and contributed to the creation of the Zero is Possible HIV/HCV elimination plan for the state of Indiana. He was propelled into advocacy when his Community cured his Hepatitis C after several medicate denials due to restrictions that existed at the time. Now cured, he takes the fight to eliminate HIV/HCV personally, as he has lived through the pains the disease can cause. He is trained in overdose prevention, syringe service program management, naloxone distribution, awareness and advocacy and substance use, issues in substance use treatment, reentry after incarceration, housing-loss survival, and harm reduction principles and philosophies, Drawing on his living and lived experience with incarceration, drug use, and living with Viral Hepatitis, he serves his community by providing positive change to people anywhere he is able. His fights to end both eliminate Viral Hepatitis in his lifetime, end the War On Drugs (/People) and help reallocate resources to people who use drugs.
Clinicians Advocating for Methadone Reform: Community Engagement and Empowerment
Saturday, April 6, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
