Overdose awareness campaign keeps conversation going in Port Alberni – Alberni Valley News
August 28, 2024
Part of Community Action Team’s events will be creating a semi-permanent art memorial
Port Alberni’s Community Action Team will give voice on Friday, Aug. 30 to the 150 people who have died as a result of the toxic drug crisis in the region. Volunteers have organized the third annual International Overdose Awareness Day event, which will include speakers, workshops, informational tables and a special project for the community.
“We need to have more public recognition of the crisis,” says CAT co-ordinator Angeline Street. “We need to have more conversations about the crisis.
“It impacts so many people. It’s 150 people who have died but it’s their family members, their friends…the community members who have been affected by their deaths.”
