CTV News London
Meeting scheduled between homeless advocates, city hall after hunger strike ultimatum issued
Known as The Forgotten 519, the organization helps people experiencing homelessness, and is a coalition of Londoners comprised of physicians, frontline workers, outreach workers, advocates, and organizations which include the Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD) and SafeSpace London.
InQuinte.ca
Marking International Overdose Awareness Day in Cobourg
Acknowledging the grief, raising awareness of the overdose crisis, and ending the stigma associated with overdose deaths is the focus of the International Overdose Awareness Day event to be held outside Cobourg’s Victoria Hall (55 King Street West) on Wednesday, August 31. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit), Green Wood Coalition, Moms Stop the Harm, PARN and Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD) are organizing the event, which falls on International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD).
CTV News London
Hunger strike for homelessness ends
#TheForgotten519 helps people experiencing homelessness and is a coalition of Londoners comprised of physicians, frontline workers, outreach workers, advocates, and organizations which include the Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD) and SafeSpace London.
Global News
Hunger strike still on after unsuccessful meeting with city, London advocacy group says
The group’s organizing committee is comprised of Dr. Andrea Sereda, Leticia Mizon of the Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD), outreach worker Daniel Oudshoorn, and Jenna Rose Sands, the director of SafeSpace London.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
Overdose Awareness Day Event in Cobourg Honours Those Who Died and Others Left Behind
Acknowledging the grief, raising awareness of the overdose crisis, and ending the stigma associated with overdose deaths is the focus of the International Overdose Awareness Day event to be held outside Cobourg’s Victoria Hall (55 King Street West) on Wednesday, August 31. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit), Green Wood Coalition, Moms Stop the Harm, PARN and Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD) are organizing the event, which falls on International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD).