Leading throgh Education, Advocacy & Resistance with our Neighbors (LEARN) is the SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPASS Coordinating Center’s most intensive strategy for supporting organizations with transforming organizational practice with the goal to build knowledge, capacity and expertise in a particular topic. Participating organizations must demonstrate a commitment to embodying and implementing harm reduction philosophy and practices in their organizations, and possess the foundational leadership and infrastructure to lead and support associated organizational changes. Four to six organizations will be selected for each cohort.

LEARN consists of sessions over 6 months with all participating organizations. Group learning sessions will include conference calls, web-based discussions and the potential for one face-to-face convening; expecting to contribute no more than 6-8 hours a month.