10/20 Harm Reduction Group
Empowering Women and Families: Strategies to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis
Sunday, January 19 from 2PM-4PM at the Petaluma Community Center (320 N. McDowell in Petaluma CA).
Speakers include local parents who have lost children to fentanyl poisoning. Come meet representatives from the Deviled Eggery’s 10/20 Harm Reduction Team, Micah’s Hugs, Petaluma People Services Center, Petaluma SAFE Team and the Petaluma Police Department.
This program is sponsored by the American Association of University Women, Petaluma Regional Library and the Deviled Eggery.
October 20th, 2020 is the last day that Shannon Wiseman saw her 17 year old son, a Casa Grande High School student, Josh White, alive. Josh fell victim to an accidental overdose from drugs (unknowingly to him) cut with fentanyl, but in the wake of his family’s devastation, left behind a legacy of love, laughter, and activism.
Shannon has been a harm-reduction leader in the Petaluma community since his death. On October 20th, 2022, Shannon and the Deviled Eggery called together a group of supporters to honor her son’s life and to learn about the Narcan (an overdose reversal medication) and the opioid epidemic in Sonoma County.
On October 20, 2023, again to honor the anniversary of the last time Shannon saw Josh alive, the Deviled Eggery and Shannon met with a group of supporters to launch a community program to promote Narcan trainings and other harm reduction strategies in Petaluma with the mission being to end overdoses in Petaluma. The Deviled Eggery 10/20 Harm Reduction Group was formed on 10/20/23, on the third anniversary of the last day Shannon saw her son alive.
The Deviled Eggery 10/20 Harm Reduction Group’s goals are to educate high school students in Petaluma about overdose prevention; distribute 1,000 Narcan kits (with training) to the community; and establish distribution hubs throughout Petaluma. We are committed to harm reduction strategies, education, and action in the community, so that other families don’t have to face the loss that Josh’s family faces. We’d love you to join our group.
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