FED UP! Goes Local 2016: Broward County

September 2, 2016 @ 3:00PM — 5:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

We are in the midst of a severe epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths. It is a public health crisis acknowledged by the federal government as the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history. Southeast Florida Recovery Advocates (SEFRA) invites to you to the FED UP! rally in downtown Fort Lauderdale to add your voice to the movement to end this epidemic.

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It’s time for our voices to be heard. Rally with us in downtown Fort Lauderdale to demand a comprehensive local response to the opioid epidemic.

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Southeast Florida Recovery Advocates (SEFRA) in concert with DKDC/DIY Projects wishes to mark International Overdose Awareness Day with a rally and performance piece in memory of those lost to drug poisonings. We expect to have a number local public officials present to address the city, county and state response to the growing opioid epidemic in this country.

Friday September 2, 2016 at 3:00pm, at Broward County Main Library (Stranahan Park) 129 people drawn from the local recovery community, along with members of Demetrius Klein Dance Company and See Change Dance will begin a performance piece entitled "129." Dancers will take each of the 129 people from a standing position to lying down in "corpse pose."

The purpose of the event is to build community support for overdose prevention by offering a compelling visual representation of the 129 people who die each day from drug overdose. We wish to drive home the point that these are people, not statistics. They are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, spouses, parents, and grandparents with people who love them and miss them. Their lives matter, and it is worth working together to stop what has become the greatest public health crisis facing our nation.

Following the performance, we have invited local and state officials to share their offices' response to this public health crisis and to remember nearly 4,000 Floridians and over 44,000 Americans who lose their lives each year to accidental drug poisonings.