At CASJ, we believe that community-based organizations should be community based – that our purpose is to serve the community based on their needs and on their terms, even if we don’t …

Community Action for Social Justice (CASJ) is a non-profit organization that fosters improved health and quality of life for Long Islanders impacted by drug use, incarceration, …

CASJ Staff: Nicole Chimento, Gina Chinese, Tina Wolf, Angie DePuy, Anthony Parisi THE CASJ TEAM TINA WOLF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER View Bio GINA CHINESE …

Gina Chinese is CASJ’s Director of Programs and the primary point of contact for requests for services.

BACK TO TEAM PAGE Ric Curtis, PhD Board of Directors - Chair Richard Curtis is a Professor in the Anthropology Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is currently Co-Chair …

BACK TO TEAM PAGE Carolina López Board of Directors - Vice Chair Carolina López is currently Finance Director at Harm Reduction Coalition. She was previously Executive Director …

Community Action for Social Justice is a not-for-profit organization that fosters improved health and quality-of-life for Long Islanders impacted by drug use, incarceration, homelessness, and …

Anthony Parisi is CASJ’s Mobilization Coordinator. He provides direct service syringe exchange and overdose prevention for people who use drugs, and supervises Suffolk County’s peer …

CASJ’s new Long Island-region Legal Syringe Possession Initiative (LSPI) provides information at each level of the criminal justice system – law enforcement, defense attorneys. prosecutors, …

Vivien Llanes is CASJ’s new Testing Coordinator and is helping to develop a field-based HIV and HCV rapid testing program for people who use drugs. She also provides direct service syringe …