BRATTLEBORO — The latest installment in The Commons' “Voices Live!” series, “What's Really Being Done About Opiates in Our Community?” will take place on Monday, April 3, from 5:30-7 p.m., at the Brooks Memorial Library in the newly-renovated main reading room. The event is free.
The Commons and the Community Opioid Response Committee will host a discussion on what is being done and what resources are available to tackle the opioid problem in our community.
The evening's panel includes members of Turning Point of Windham County, the Brattleboro Police Department, the Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition, Habit Opco, and The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont's Syringe Support Program.
Audience members are encouraged to bring questions and concerns, and participate and engage with the issues.
This “Voices Live!” presentation will be broadcast live and shown on BCTV, and will ultimately be edited and published in The Commons' award-winning Voices section.
With the “Voices Live!” program, The Commons joins other community organizations to bring newsmakers and the public into a room to discuss difficult issues of importance to our community as an extension of the nonprofit newspaper's Voices op-ed/commentary section. The program has received support from the Vermont Community Foundation.
The Community Opioid Response Committee is a collaboration among various community partners.
They include the Vermont Department of Health, Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition, Turning Point, Habit Opco, Heath Care and Rehabilitation Services, Nar-anon Family Groups, Brattleboro Retreat, and community members who share concerns about how the community deals with addiction and supports individuals and families who are affected by substance-abuse issues.