[Org4j-announce] Noon- Overdose Awareness Day; plus pop-up safe injection site update

[Organizing 4Justice]

Reminder that lunch hour (11:30-12:30) today is the Overdose Awareness Day
event, at the Human Rights Monument, Elgin & Lisgar
https://www.facebook.com/events/273260023158657/

And reminder/update on the Overdose Prevention Ottawa pop-up safe injection
site :
- 50 people visited over the first weekend, and last night a life was saved
from overdose

See below (email from last week) for all relevant links etc
- especially the crowdfunding
https://www.gofundme.com/overdosepreventionottawa
- plus asking for letters of support:
http://cscsottawa.ca/overdose-prevention-ottawa-letter-of-support
- and reminder they are accepting volunteers, as well as donations of
refreshments etc on site
- also, Octopus Books (Third Ave, just W of Bank St) is a drop-off location
for donations of Naxolone kits, which are available for free with an OHIP
card from participating pharmacies (first time will require a quick
training from the pharmacist):
https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-naloxone-kits-free

OPO website & social media:
https://overdosepreventionottawa.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/odpreventionott
https://www.facebook.com/OPOttawa/


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Organizing 4Justice <org4justice at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Overdose Prevention Ottawa / Overdose Awareness Day
To: org4j-announce at lists.resist.ca
Cc: info at cscsottawa.ca, overdosepreventionottawa at gmail.com


* ~ please forward / share widely ~*


Today, a 'pop up' safe injection site is starting operation in Ottawa.

While there is the recently-announced permanent safe injection site coming
to Ottawa, to be located at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre possibly as
soon as this fall, as well as an opioid substitution supervised injection
site starting September at the Shepherds of Good Hope ...

... community members and service providers here have come together as
Overdose Prevention Ottawa to do something immediately about the overdose
crisis. A similar pop up site was recently set up in Toronto, and numerous
ones are running in Vancouver.

The location is not being announced before it is in operation.


*For more information, please see the new group's website:*
https://overdosepreventionottawa.wordpress.com/
... and also on social media:
https://twitter.com/odpreventionott
https://www.facebook.com/OPOttawa/

*In particular, at this time they are looking for donations, emails of
support sent to city councillors/mayor/police, and volunteers*.

* Support page, including volunteer intake:
 https://overdosepreventionottawa.wordpress.com/support/

* Crowd-funding:
https://www.gofundme.com/OverdosePreventionOttawa

* Support letter - email form:
http://cscsottawa.ca/overdose-prevention-ottawa-letter-of-support



*Also see:*
The Campaign For Safer Consumption Sites website for related news:
http://cscsottawa.ca/news
... and on social media:
http://twitter.com/CSCSOttawa
https://www.facebook.com/cscsottawa/



*And upcoming:*

International Overdose Awareness Day, Ottawa event
11:30am-12:30pm Friday August 31
at the Human Rights Monument, Elgin @ Lisgar
https://www.facebook.com/events/273260023158657



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SPECIAL *ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE* VIDEO:


*CSCS Ottawa founding - Chris Dalton interview, 2011*
https://youtu.be/soVTr0EYv-w
https://www.facebook.com/OrganizingForJustice/videos/1981303245216940/

First meeting of Campaign for Safer Consumption Sites in Ottawa, at May Day
2011 Organizing For Justice event.

CSCS was a key part of the movement for Safe Injection Sites in Ottawa,
that finally translated into a federal government decision for a site at
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, to open in Fall 2017, and also the
Overdose Prevention Ottawa pop-up tent/site that will begin operation
August 25th.in the city.
http://cscsottawa.ca/news
https://overdosepreventionottawa.wordpress.com/support

Report Back / Notes from 2011 O4J May Day Community Consulta:
https://organizingforjustice.ca/?p=760

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