The Man Who Never Stopped Showing Up: Edward Peters’ Richmond Story

The Man Who Never Stopped Showing Up: Edward Peters’ Richmond Story

In a quiet office inside Health Brigade, Edward Peters talks about the city the way someone might describe a long, strange dream that’s familiar, unpredictable, and filled with people he still can’t stop caring about. “I’m an HIV test counselor,” he says, “and my title is IDU Outreach Specialist.” IDU stands for injection drug use, but Peters makes it sound simple: “I go out into the community, to facilities, to wherever I can find people who mi…