The founder of a Bloomington-based organization advocating for more humane treatment of drug users has died, according to colleagues.
Christopher Abert founded the Indiana Recovery Alliance a decade ago and served as its director until 2019. The group’s board of directors announced Friday that Abert passed away earlier this week. A post on his Instagram account said he had cancer.
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“Christopher Abert was a passionate advocate for harm reduction and is responsible in whole or a big part of bringing Harm Reduction and drug user human rights to Indiana,” the alliance board wrote in a Facebook post.
“Chris worked both locally and nationally to give better outcomes to people who use drugs and those most marginalized in our society. He will be remembered by his deeds and his tenacity to show love in the most dire of circumstances without regret,” it said.
Abert lived in Bloomington, where he ran programs providing unused syringes to drug users with the goal of reducing disease transmission. A gathering in Abert’s memory is planned for Saturday, Sept. 28 from 1-4 p.m. at the Winslow Woods park shelter on South Highland Avenue in Bloomington.
Abert lived in Bloomington, where he ran programs providing unused syringes to drug users with the goal of reducing disease transmission.
A gathering in Abert’s memory is planned for Saturday, Sept. 28 from 1-4 p.m. at the Winslow Woods park shelter on South Highland Avenue in Bloomington.
