September

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday T h u r s d a y Friday Saturday

31 1 11-1: Bilingual
Narcan & Test
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Memorial garden Hours 12-4pm:
Monday-Friday: 10am - 7pm 11:45-1:30: All Day: Meet the Strip Training Mosaic Memorial
Saturday & Sunday: 10am - 4pm Opening Ceremony Garden Engagement 6-7pm: Stones: Community
Specialists! Trauma-Informed Art for Adults
Chair Yoga

4 5 3-5pm: Narcan &

Test Strip Training
6 7 8 11-1: Bilingual
Narcan & Test 9 2pm - 4pm
S.O.N. Washer 10
Labor 12-2pm: Strip Training Toss Demonstration
5-6pm- ROOTS: Hope on the Street: 4-5:30pm: Pain Into
Day 6-7:30pm: Drug Use &
Recovery While Queer
Drugs, Mental Health
& Houselessness
Public Art & Interviews 5:30-7pm: Grief Peer
Name Bingo Night
Purpose: Bereaved Loved
ROOTS: Drugs, Mental Health & Houselessness
Ones Panel

11 3-5pm: Narcan &

Test Strip Training
12 10 - 1pm:
Wellness
13 2-4pm: The Human
in You is the
14 12-2pm:
Parenting After
15 11-1: Bilingual
Narcan & Test 16 17
Resource Fair Human in Me Addiction Strip Training 12-2pm
Co-Occurring
6-7 pm 5-6pm- ROOTS: 5:30-7pm Disorders Talk
5 - 6pm: 6:15 - 7:30pm Black Grief
Gardening and Art Advocacy Through Drugs, Mental Health
& Houselessness Grief Support Group Matters Panel
with Misty Sol Art Workshop
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ROOTS: Drugs, Mental Health & Houselessness

10 - 11am 18 3-5pm: Narcan & 19 20 5-6pm- ROOTS:

Drugs, Mental 22 11-1: Bilingual 23 24
Trauma-Informed Test Strip Training Health & Narcan & Test
Yoga (BYOM) Strip Training 12-4pm:
5:15 - 7pm Houselessness Community Art Day for
6-7 pm:
MOUD Provider 5 - 8pm
ROOTS: Drugs, Mental Health & Houselessness

11 - 12pm: 6 - 7pm: 6 - 7pm: Amber Art & Design Children & Families
Gathering Planting Seeds:
Hot Widow's Cafe Caregiving After Loss Recordando Con Amor Workshop Open Mic Night

25 26 10 - 1pm: 27 28 29 10-11:30am
Finding
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Wellness Solid Ground
2-4pm: 3-5pm: Narcan & Resource Fair
Self-Defense & 5-6pm- ROOTS: 5 - 7pm
Personal Protection Test Strip Training Drugs, Mental Health 3:00-5:00pm
Grief Circle
& Houselessness ROOTS: Drugs, Mental Health & Houselessness
w/Lenée Voss Closing Ceremony
 Education
Thursday, 9/1 10am-7pm: Meet the Garden Engagement Specialists: Come get to know our
garden engagement specialists with lived experience to share.
Saturday, 9/10 4-5:30pm: Pain into Purpose Panel - The Pain into Purpose workshop features advocates
from our community who lost a loved one to a substance-related death.
Wednesday, 9/14 2-4pm: The Human in You is the Human in Me: First responders & bereaved survivors
come together to share, listen & recover some of the humanity and hope in all of us.
Thursday 9/15 6:15-7:30pm: Grief Support Group- This is a peer support group, open to any
Thursday, 9/15 12-2pm: Parenting After Addiction: Join us to support one another through
the challenges and the successes of parenting while in recovery.
Friday, 9/16 5:30-7pm: Black Grief Matters Panel: Hear community leaders talk about Black grief & mental
health and expressions of grief are often stigmatized.
Saturday, 9/17 12-2pm: Co-Occurring Disorders Talk: Stephanie Marquesano, advocate and founder of
The Harris Project, will discuss the intersection of substance use and mental health.
Monday, 9/19 6-7pm: Caregiving After Loss: Connect with other caregivers grieving the loss of a
loved one to overdose while simultaneously raising children.
Sunday, 9/25 2-4pm: Self-Defense & Personal Protection: Master Lawrence Whitaker of Urban Defense,
will guide attendees (ages 15+) through basics of self-defense and personal protection.
Resources
Support
Tuesday, 9/6 6-7:30pm: Drug Use and Recovery While Queer – Come as you are to this
LGBTQ+ friendly space to share about experiences around drug
use/recovery firsthand or as a loved one.
Every Wednesday in September, 5-6pm ROOTS: Rising Over Our Toughest Struggles:
A space for those struggling with drug use, houselessness and/or mental health;
to support, share and help each other feel loved and cared for.
adult (18+) grieving the loss of a loved one to a drug overdose.
Sunday, 9/18 11-12pm: Hot Widow’s Café: Come connect with other bereaved survivors
that have lost their significant other to substance use.
*Coffee and some form of breakfast sugar will be provided*
Tuesday, 9/20, 5:15-6:15pm: MOUD Provider Gathering: The Health Federation of
Philadelphia is offering space for providers to acknowledge our
shared grief and honor those lost to fatal overdose.
Miércoles, 9/21 6-7pm: Recordando Con Amor: Acompáñanos en este memorial para
honrar y recordar las personas que han fallecido por sobredosis en
ES el área de Philadelphia.
Thursday, 9/29, 5-7pm: Grief Circle – Lenée Voss, grief and death doula, will connect
attendees through a grief circle of shared experiences.
9/30, 10-11:30am: Finding Solid Ground: MOUD Staff Support: Join us to pause,
acknowledge the heaviness of the work, and find hope through connection.

Tuesday, 9/13 & 9/27, 10am-1pm: Wellness Resource Fair: Visit this one-stop shop for resources for those
struggling with addiction, lack of stable housing, and more.
Child Friendly
Every Monday in September, 3-5pm, Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strip Training: Comprehensive harm reduction training for Narcan/Naloxone, Fentanyl (Click event's symbol to
*Due to Labor Day on 9/5, trainings will be held Tuesday, 9/6 at 3-5pm instead* Test Strips, and Overdose Reversal. These resources will be given for free. pre-register for childcare)

Every Friday in September, 11am-1pm, Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strip Training: Comprehensive harm reduction training for Narcan/Naloxone, Fentanyl Pre-Registration
Required
Test Strips, and Overdose Reversal. Resources will be given for free and trainings will be offered in Spanish.

Todos los viernes de septiembre, Entrenamiento para el uso de Nalaxona y Tiras Reactivas de Fentanilo: Un entrenamiento de reducción de daños por ES Espanol
11am - 1pm
ESuso de drogas. Este entrenamiento cubrirá la reversión de una sobredosis, por ejemplo, cómo usar la naloxona, y tambien
como usar las tiras reactivas de fentanilo. Estos recursos (naloxona y tiras reactivas de fentanilo) se estaran dando. Art
 Activity
Friday, 9/2 6-7pm: Trauma-Informed Chair Yoga: Join Cheryl Spera in trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga
class for all abilities and ages *No equipment needed*

Saturday 9/3 12-4pm: Mosaic Memorial Stones Community Art Event: Create your own Memorial Mosaic Stone,
connect with other community members, and learn more about utilizing art as a coping mechanism. Memorial Garden
Thursday, 9/8 12-2pm: Hope on the Street: Public Art and Interviews: Participate in a short video interview about drugs Basic Info
and loss, or share by writing answers to questions on various signs posted around the garden!

Friday, 9/9; 5:30-7pm: Grief Peer Name Bingo: Come have fun getting to know each other in a pressure-free setting.
Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday: 10am - 7pm
Saturday, 9/10 2-4pm: Washer Demonstration – Join Mike Lang, founder of S.O.N. (Save Our Neighborhoods)
Saturday & Sunday: 10am - 4pm
to learn how to play his favorite yard game, the Washer Toss!

Monday, 9/12, 6-7pm: Gardening and Art with Misty Sol: In this nature-based workshop we'll use seeds, soil, and collage to Garden Engagement Specialists will always be
begin to celebrate life in the face of grief led by artist, Misty Sol. Participants will receive a small planter to take home. on-site during hours of operation

Sunday 9/18, 10-11am: Trauma-Informed Yoga BYOM: Bring Your Own Mat Join Cheryl Spera in trauma-informed, To sign up for events, you can click on the
mindfulness-based yoga for all abilities and ages (limited mats will be available for those who need one) individual event title or check out our
Tuesday 9/13 5-6pm: Advocacy Through Art: Led by artist Mia Hause, participants will create tombstones of their loved ones to be interactive calendar:
memorialized during the Trail of Truth in Washington, DC on September 24th, 2022.
www.tinyurl.com/odgardenschedule
*Pre-registration required*

Thursday, 9/22, 6-7pm: Paper Flower Making: Artist Linda Fernandez of Amber Art and Design will guide us in creating paper If you have not already signed up to include a
flowers in memory of a lost loved one or community member.
loved one in the memorial garden, please do

Friday, 9.23, 5-8pm: Planting Seeds: Open Mic Night: What better way to connect and acknowledge the communal grief and so at www.tinyurl.com/odmemorial
loss from overdose in Philadelphia than through art, poetry and music?

Saturday, 9/24, 12-4pm: Community Art Day for Children & Families: Create your own Mosaic Stone, connect with other To view our virtual memorial site, please visit
community members, and learn more about utilizing artistic expression to cope with a variety of www.substanceusephilly.com/memorial
emotions. Other art activities will be available for a variety of ages and skill levels!

Mini Memorial Stones (Ongoing Self-Directed Project) -- Speak to one of the Garden volunteers, and To learn more about Philly HEALs'
they will provide you with materials to create a mini memorial stone in honor of your person. bereavement support services for loss due to

substance use, visit

www.phila.gov/griefsupport