REDUCING OVERDOSE | ABBOTSFORD RESPONSE
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We want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who participated in and attended ROAR's International Overdose Awareness Day & Resource Fair on August 28th. Your support, energy, and presence helped make this event truly special.
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Thank you to the Sacred Drum Singers & Dancers for their powerful and moving performance, to the musicians from the Undercover Band for sharing their talent through a beautiful acoustic set, and to the Precarious Players for their impactful music and thoughtful dialogue. The 'Right to be Remembered' memorial wall and the 'We Can' community quilt were deeply meaningful thanks to the heartfelt contributions of so many of you.
We also want to thank our local service providers, incredible food trucks, volunteers, and community members who came together to make this event a success. Together, we raised awareness, shared stories, and honored those we have lost.
Let's continue the conversation and keep supporting one another. Together, we can make a difference.
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REDUCING OVERDOSE,
ABBOTSFORD RESPONSE
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Inspiring Change
Collaborating for Compassionate Communities: Community Action Tables
Communities throughout Fraser Health have come together to address the root causes of overdose in their communities.
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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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