Monday Special Blend
Monday March 25th, 2024 with Nathanael Newton & Maria Hawkins
A poignant round-table conversation with "Narcan Jesus" (Ronnie Grigg) of the Zero Block Society
| Sunwheel Dance Bruce Cockburn - Speechless 
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| Weekly recap with Maria |
| Pre-recorded interview (video link:) https://youtu.be/i_z1_k7ki5o
"A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis." Learn more about the film and find showtimes near you at: https://loveinthetimeoffentanyl.com/ This conversation with one of the main subjects of the docufilm touches on many of the issues facing the harm reduction community in Canada. Featured in this conversation: Ronnie Grigg "Narcan Jesus" founder & ED of https://thezeroblock.org/ Mental Health Worker, long- time harm reduction worker working on Vancouver's infamous Hastings & Main area Dr. Candace Christmas, community support engagement manager of https://SupportNotStigma.ca Paul Tulloch, Stanford data scientist, community activist Mark Callingham, a blue collar worker at a homeless shelter Timothy Misenheimer a street worker at a mission & storefront drop-in center More resources and information: · Zero Block Society (Vancouver): Supporting harm reduction work and harm reduction workers through specific projects, training, consultation, and resources. https://thezeroblock.org/ · Soul Space (Ottawa): Providing holistic care for the spirits of street health, harm reduction, community and social service workers in Ottawa. https://www.soulspaceottawa.ca/ · Support Not Stigma (Greater Kingston Area): Restorative social justice for people in our community who use substances, striving to provide them with “A hand up, not a hand out” and supporting harm reduction work and workers with training and resources. https://supportnotstigma.ca/ · Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC): an open letter signed by 51 groups from across Ontario, called for immediate funding and support for supervised consumption services amidst the toxic drug crisis. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbN3vSBIm4 You can read the letter here: https://drugpolicy.ca/supervised-consumption-services-site-closures-due-to-lack-of-funding-from-ministry-of-health/ |
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8:59 AM, March 25th, 2024