Daisy Parker
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My name is Daisy Parker and I am honored to have the opportunity to continue working with CoSI as a board member. I grew up in Southern Maine and as a student at Bates I wanted to find a way to connect more to the Lewiston community. Throughout my senior year volunteering at CoSI, I had the opportunity to learn about the mission and the principles of harm reduction. Getting the chance to connect with participants and staff members at CoSI was a highlight of my time in Lewiston. My senior thesis studied stigma surrounding substance use and how policies and laws frequently prevent and limit the health and safety among people who use drugs. I have spent the past year living in Boston and working as a harm reduction and recovery support navigator. In this role, I work with people who use drugs by helping them connect with resources as well as increasing their access to healthcare. I am excited to continue my work with CoSI to help in building a safer and more accepting community for people who use drugs.
Tim Santamour
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Tim Santamour is a Person Who Uses Drugs with over 33 years of experience in harm reduction starting with ACTUP/Western New York and Prevention Point Buffalo in 1991. In 1994 he moved to New York City and began working with the Lower East Side Needle Exchange Program and helped co-found Moving Equipment Queer Harm Reduction Collective in 1996. In the late 90s he was involved with North American Users Union and other drug user advocacy, specifically around issues for Gay men who inject methamphetamine. From 2001-2004 he served as Executive Director of DanceSafe, a harm reduction organization working in Rave and Electronic Dance Music communities. In 2018 Tim retired from his day job in New York City and moved to Florida where he helped found Saint Augustine Harm Reduction Collective, First Coast Recovery Advocates, and, in 2019, Florida Harm Reduction Collective, where he serves as Executive Director. In 2024 he and other Harm Reduction leaders in the South launched the Southern Harm Reduction Collective as an effort to support organizations regionally. Tim sits on several Community Advisory Boards and is the Southern representative on People With Lived Experience in Research. Over the years he has become known as an outspoken advocate for his communities and for inclusion of traditionally marginalized communities. He now splits his time between Asheville, NC and Saint Petersburg, FL with his husband, Peter, and their pets, Vera Zasulich (cat) and Gertrude Stein (dog).
Sharaleigh Dufour
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Sharaleigh is a devoted mother of three, residing in South Portland with her husband, Zachary. Her personal journey through homelessness and addiction has deeply influenced her commitment to the unhoused and recovery communities and harm reduction, inspired by mentors like Kari Morisette and Jesse Harvey. As a Certified Recovery Coach, Sharaleigh mentors and sponsors women on their paths to recovery. In Portland, she is a passionate advocate for the unhoused, focusing on affordable housing, supporting individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), harm reduction, and mental Illness. Sharaleigh is a strong proponent of low-barrier shelters and believes in Expanding harm reduction sites, and providing Narcan and Naloxone Vending Machines in all of Maine’s Major cities
A powerful public speaker, she recently addressed the critical issues of affordable housing and the intersection of addiction and homelessness at the grand opening of the AVESTA building, alongside Governor Mills. She also lent her voice to the 1,000 Lives campaign, emphasizing the urgent need for new sober homes, recovery programs, and expanded access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Actively engaged in the harm reduction community, Sharaleigh participates in annual S.O.S. R.I.C.H. Harm Reduction conferences and Recover2gether Recovery events like Black Balloon Day. She is also dedicated to supporting women affected by sex trafficking, offering counseling, safe sex kits, and finding support groups for those dealing with PTSD. Beyond her advocacy, Sharaleigh personally reaches out to the unhoused, providing essential resources such as food, clothing, and harm reduction supplies.
Rowan
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Rowan graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington in 2016 with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. Since then Rowan has worked as a substance use disorder clinician in New Hampshire where he was licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Rowan facilitated an intensive outpatient treatment program and provided individual counseling services for clients from the Belknap County Recovery Court program and members of the Belknap County community who struggled with substance use and mental health disorders.
Rowan began his work in prevention as a teenager through the Maine Youth Empowerment and Policy Project, where he collaborated with a group of Maine youth on various projects to help bring awareness to underage drinking and bolster youth prevention efforts in the state. In his current role as Health Promotion Coordinator, Rowan holds dear the opportunity to engage with the community in Androscoggin County to further substance use prevention efforts, especially harm reduction. Rowan is a strong proponent for harm reduction efforts within substance use prevention.
He enjoys reading, writing, and adventuring to obscure locations throughout New England and beyond with his wife Colleen and cats Squirrel and Hato.