Free Harm Reduction Training for Bar & Restaurant Staff
- The Pit 975 Third Avenue Dawson City, YT, Y0B 1G0 Canada (map)
Image description: Colourful poster with similar text as in this post as well as a picture of a naloxone kit.
Bar and restaurant staff are invited to a free training to learn more about harm reduction, fentanyl testing, and naloxone.
Pop by the Pit anytime between 1pm and 4pm on Thursday, March 14th and Friday, March 15th to chat with awesome folks from Blood Ties Four Directions, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Wellness Department, Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services, and Dawson Women’s Shelter.
Drop by to:
• share a delicious meal
• stay for 10 to 15 minutes to get trained on how to use naloxone
• chat with local and Yukon resources as well as other bartenders and servers about what harm reduction can look like in Dawson
Organized by Dawson’s Harm Reduction Working Group. Mähsį cho Pit staff for hosting.
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Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”
December 1st is World AIDS Day. Why should we as anti-violence activists care about the stigma that folks living with HIV or AIDS face?
There is a giant chasm between false reporting and police choosing not to lay a charge and it’s important to learn the difference.
Viki from Diamond Tooth Gerties and Crickett from DWS chat about how bartenders and servers can practice skills to interrupt sexual violence. Guest appearance by Captain Porkchop!
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