Overdose Prevention & Education Network

Five Years of Crisis | Five Years of Community Response

Join Community Action Initiative (CAI)'s Overdose Prevention & Education Network (OPEN) in its final meeting together as it presents and acknowledges the cumulative impact of five years of community overdose prevention, education and response through CAI's OPEN grants.

Date: May 25, 2021

Time: 11AM - 2PM

Location: Zoom - *event will be recorded

https://zoom.us/j/93173677736?pwd=V1FoaU83RFJpd3hXRG5iOGNkWTVFUT09

Over this 3-hour online event, members of the OPEN network will present knowledge products they have created to summarize or support their work. Attendees will hear how, facing unrelenting overdoses and losses, community organizations, peer groups, and coalitions responded by creating cultural connection and sharing Indigenous knowledge, increasing safety and support for peers, countering stigma and raising awareness, adapting to local challenges and building partnerships, and empowering people who use drugs around the province--saving lives.

Attendees will also have a chance to contribute to provincial calls-to-action.

Esteemed presenters:

BEAP (Business Engagement Ambassador Program)

Stó:lō Service Agency

Quesnel Shelter and Support Society

Harm Reduction Round Table for Youth Service Providers

ILLICIT Projects

Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre

Lake Country Health Planning Society

Ridge Meadows Overdose Community Action Team

Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council

Nelson Fentanyl Task Force

Pathways Addictions Resource Centre

South Island Community Overdose Response Network (SICORN)

SUSTAIN (Substance User Society Teaching Advocacy Instead of Neglect)

Vancouver Community Coalition Against Prohibition and Overdose

Turning Points Collaborative Society

BC/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors

Hosted by Community Action Initiative