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REDUCING OVERDOSE | ABBOTSFORD RESPONSE
10 Years of Evidence Ignored
🖤 In Sadness and Rage | April 14
Ten years into the toxic drug crisis, people in our communities are still dying every day from a poisoned supply.
We have seen what is possible when governments respond to a public health emergency with urgency — and yet, this crisis continues without the same level of action, despite the ongoing and preventable loss of life.
On April 14th, ROAR invites you to join us in community as we gather to remember, grieve, and stand together.
🕯️ Open mic
🎨 Crafts & memorial space
🌿 Low-sensory area
🤝 Community connection
At 2:00 pm, we will join communities across BC for a moment of silence and a moment of rage — honouring those we’ve lost and calling for meaningful, evidence-based action.
📍 Jubilee Park Abbotsford
🌧️ Please dress for cold and wet weather
All are welcome. Bring a friend, a sign, or a photo of someone you love.
They should be here.
Inspiring Change
Collaborating for Compassionate Communities: Community Action Tables
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.
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.
How to Get Involved
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