Interior Region International Overdose Awareness Day 2022

Press Release

Interior region seven nations are invited to join us in a day of remembrance for those we have lost due to the opioid crisis. Please support each other at our stigma-free event, as we engage in wholistic activities as a form of healing.

Featuring Presenters:

  • Rocker Brady – Peer Support Speaker
  • Phillip Johnson – Commitment Sticks/Tobacco Tie Ceremony
  • Rhona Bowe – Water Ceremony
  • Master of Ceremony:
  • Shelia Dick – Canim Lake

Agenda:

  • 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Land acknowledgement and opening prayer
  • 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Significance of the day and toxic drug data
  • 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.: Break/Booths/Naloxone Training
  • 11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Rocker Brady – Personal Story
  • 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch/Booths
  • 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Phillip Johnson – Commitment Sticks
  • 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Break/Booths
  • 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Walking Down To The River
  • 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Rhona Bowe – Water Ceremony (Walk Down to River)

Location:

August 26, 2022
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
520 Chief Eli LaRue
Kamloops, BC
(All Nations Trust Company Building, Outdoors)​

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