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International Overdose Awareness Day (Kamloops)

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August 31, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Free

The purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day is to focus on prevention and remembrance and decrease the stigma towards people with substance use addictions.

This public event will be an inclusive, family-friendly awareness day that focuses on prevention and remembrance as well as social inclusion that encourages community conversations to expand understanding and compassion for people with substance use addictions as well as their families and friends.

  • 12:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Join our Sharing Circle music/conversations & activities, join in creating Memorial Flags, browse our information booths
  • 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Join in creating posters for the Demonstration March
  • 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.: Join our Demonstration March around downtown Kamloops
  • 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.: Join our Sharing Circles, Memorial Flag Craft, an browse our information booths while listening and participating in the adjoining Music In The Park venue, Big Dance Party by Majesty (an all-ages show)
  • 8:30 – 9:30 p.m.: Join our Candlelight Vigil (flameless candles)

Location: Near the Riverside Park Bandshell.

For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Sherry Robinson at kamloopsodawareday@gmail.com.

Details

Details

Date:
August 31, 2017
Time:
12:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
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Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/673074832895386/

Organizer

International Overdose Awareness Day
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Venue

Riverside Park
100 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 1V9 Canada
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Shana Ooms

Executive Director of Primary Care Strategy, Policy and Quality — BC Ministry of Health

Shana Ooms

Where those of us in the room may have debated policy or wording, patient voices made sure patients were top of mind. And as a result, significant improvements were made to simplify something that was otherwise complex. Patient voices at the table bring us back to reality in terms of what we are trying to achieve.