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REDUCING OVERDOSE | ABBOTSFORD RESPONSE
Join us for a powerful day of remembrance, connection, and community action as we gather at Jubilee Park to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Hosted by ROAR (Reducing Overdose Abbotsford Response), this free public event is dedicated to honouring the lives lost to the toxic drug crisis and supporting those who continue to be impacted.
The day will feature:
💜 Cultural support and Indigenous crafts
💜 A moving performance by the Precarious Players, highlighting stories from the community play "Precarious"
💜 Live Acoustic Music set
💜 Community Art Showcase,
💜 Free Lunch & Local Food Trucks
💜 Resource booths, healing spaces, and opportunities to connect, reflect, and take action.
Whether you’ve been personally affected or want to show your support, everyone is welcome. Let’s come together as one big family, driven by hope, to honour lives, challenge stigma, and build a more compassionate community.
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For more information, or to join our resource fair, please contact us.
Inspiring Change
Collaborating for Compassionate Communities: Community Action Tables
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​Addressing the toxic drug crisis requires intervention at many levels - from treatment, to harm reduction, to health promotion. Community Action Tables (CATs) were formed as a way to mobilize communities to target local resources where they are most needed. They are multi-sector partnerships that include people with lived and living experience and a broad range of community stakeholders.
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ROAR was established to support and facilitate local partnerships, coordinate programs and services, address gaps, and plan for a collaborative, caring, creative community response to the overdose crisis caused by a toxic illicit drug supply.
Members include representatives of non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations, health authorities, the City of Abbotsford, pharmacies, peers (people with lived or living experience with substance use) & family members. The overdose public health emergency is complex and has no single one-size-fits-all solution.
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How to Get Involved
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