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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