"School administrators can play a vital role in facilitating youth-to-youth peer education. Sometimes they will tell us that they support our message, but would like the students to hear it from adults rather than have us deliver it."
By @TalkOverdose:
filtermag.org/talk-overdose-…
"We need peer educators youth can relate to because they share common experiences," write the founders of @TalkOverdose.
"But we’ve struggled to find schools willing to host youth-to-youth peer education about overdose prevention and harmful stigma."
filtermag.org/talk-overdose-…
🪶 We are selling our handmade Indigenous chocolates & treats to fundraise at @CanadasNAC today. Proceeds go to our arts, culture & health education projects: Kisac Cultural Workshops and @talkoverdose. We are a female-led #Indigenous youth organization. 🪶 #ottawa#ottnews
🎉Deadline Extended to May 15! 🎉
@stimulus2023 Call for Activities, Presentations and Ideas is still open
(and yes, some people might call this the Call for Abstracts)
Please RT this so that you brighten someone's day.
stimulusconference.ca/
Incredibly inspired by the young people speaking at #letstalkoverdose conference.
@TeamSOUDA@SouthAsianMH & @TalkOverdose run culturally-specific substance use awareness sessions for South Asian & Indigenous groups in their communities. Amazing to see #youth taking action!
Please follow @y4yCanada, an inspirational example of creating the changes you want to see in the world. Founded by 4 female #Indigenous teens; planned in their spare time; executed on weekends, evenings and holidays. Two programs open (Kisac & @TalkOverdose) in just over a year.
My kids are looking for people with lived-experience using #opioids to interview for their @TalkOverdose project. If you (or someone you know) is available within the next 2 weeks to tell that story, please contact them here or on one of their other platforms. RTs appreciated.
“It cannot be said how many people have died or how many lives were foreshortened or destroyed by the toxic trade carried on by Mr. Hoang,” the judge said. trl.ca/2t3#opioids#TalkOverdose