Remembering, Creating, Gathering
AUG 31-Join us on August 31, communities across the globe will mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) — a time to remember those lost, support those still with us, and demand care over punishment, connection over silence.
In Bisbee, we’re gathering to do just that.
Cochise Harm Reduction invites you to join us for our annual observation of IOAD at City Park, Bisbee, on Sunday, August 31 from 5–7:30 PM. This free, open-to-all event will include live music, food, reflection, art-making, and a shared space to honor our loved ones.
🎨 A Community Art Project for Healing
This year, we’re launching a Community Art Project as part of the IOAD event — a space for creative expression, shared remembrance, and cultural resistance. Anyone who has been touched by overdose, stigma, or the drug war is invited to contribute.
You can submit:
- Art (drawings, paintings, photos, sculpture)
- Poetry or short writing
- Letters to loved ones
- Small objects of memory
Submissions will be displayed at the event and included in a community art booklet after IOAD. You’re welcome to bring them in person, drop them off in advance, share via email (jackie@cochiseharmreduction.org), text (520-235-0786), or during outreach. Two in-person art-making opportunities will also be held: Thursday, August 28 | 1–4 PM at the Old Bisbee Resource Center and Sunday, August 31 | 5–7:30 PM at the City Park event
🕯 Name Reading & Memorial Altar
We will also have our altar where names, photos, and memories of those we’ve lost will be placed in rememberence. If you would like to submit the name (and optional photo) of your loved one, please do so by completing this form: https://bit.ly/ioad-altar-2025
📍 Event Details
International Overdose Awareness Day 2025
🗓 Sunday, August 31
🕔 5:00–7:30 PM
📍 City Park, Bisbee, AZ
🎶 Free food, live music, art, reflection
🏠 Tours of CHR’s Old Bisbee Resource Center
💜 Sponsored in part by the Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona
If you’ve lost someone, know someone, care about someone — this day is for you.
If you’ve used, are using, or support someone who does — this day is for you.
If you want a future where care comes before punishment — this day is for you.
Bring yourself. Bring a friend. Bring a memory.
Let’s gather. Let’s remember. Let’s keep each other alive.