Community-Led International Overdose Awareness Day Efforts Fuel Action to Save Lives

International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31. It’s a time to honor the lives lost to overdose, support families and people we care about who continue to grieve, and recommit ourselves to being part of the solution to prevent future tragedies.

In this episode, Ashley Perry, Deputy Director and Overdose Prevention Center Director at Project Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit providing compassionate, peer-led harm reduction and recovery support services, talks about the organization's role in coordinating Rhode Island’s annual International Overdose Awareness Day naloxone distribution activities. The statewide celebration will be observed this year on September 1. 

For anyone who would like to volunteer to help with the event, please email [email protected]. Click here to find and International Overdose Awareness Day event near you.