Overview: Community support and healing
The Twin Cities Recovery Project is tackling the hidden grief of substance use disorder through an upcoming evening of storytelling, resource-sharing, and personalized memorial tributes for local families.
Despite a major decrease in opioid-related drug overdoses across Minnesota in recent years, families continue to grieve loved ones lost to addiction.
The Twin Cities Recovery Project (TCRP) invites the community to its Black Overdose Awareness Day in North Minneapolis on Monday, Aug. 31, to honor those lost to opioid addiction and facilitate community healing.
During the event, families and guest speakers will share stories of loss and recovery. Families will also have the opportunity to submit photos of their loved ones in advance. TCRP will have these images professionally printed into large portraits to display and give to the families.
“They think they’re the only ones, but we try to tell people, come out to the community and find out you’re not the only one,” said Anthony Lee, program director at TCRP.
Lee emphasized that substance use disorder and overdoses carry a heavy social stigma that impacts entire households.
“Just because you’re not the one that’s doing the drugs, the family suffers as well,” Lee said.
TCRP supports individuals and families dealing with substance use disorder through direct community resources, detox and treatment navigation, housing and clothing assistance, re-entry support, and specialized grief and trauma groups.
The Black Drug Overdose Awareness Day event takes place at the U.S. Bank parking lot on West Broadway Ave. from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
To find more details about the event or to submit a photo of a loved one to be printed, email daniel@tcrpinc.org.