November 29, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Peer-2-Peer Program
Learning from community expertise is essential to make change happen. Storytellers from the Peer-2-Peer Program in Chatham Kent, Ontario will share insights from the work they’ve been doing to engage with people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will listen to stories about their work to amplify the expertise of people who use drugs, and to plan and implement peer-led community overdose alert and response systems. We will reflect on approaches to increase the capacity of organizations to meaningfully engage and share power for change.
Storytellers
Marcus Vandusen
Peer-2-Peer Project Pathfinder
Renee Geniole
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) Operations Coordinator, and Peer-2-Peer Project Lead
Margery Muharrem
Individual Donor and Women United Coordinator, United Way of Chatham-Kent, and Peer-2-Peer Project Circle of Support member
Jordynne Lindsay
Public Health Nurse, Chronic Disease and Well- Being, Chatham Kent Public Health