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Overdose Crisis

Recovering Hope Conference

February 13, 2024 By Rachel Baker, Communications Director

In recognition of our legacy and deep commitment to faith communities in our region, in response to the critical need to respond to the overdose crisis, and in keeping with […]

Recovering Hope Conference

February 13, 2024 · by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

In recognition of our legacy and deep commitment to faith communities in our region, in response to the critical need to respond to the overdose crisis, and in keeping with […]

Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

A Clergy’s Call to Confronting Opioid Overdose

October 13, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

My neighborhood is interesting, and you never know what to expect when you walk out the door.  I thought nothing could surprise me until one Saturday this summer, around 7:30 […]

A Clergy’s Call to Confronting Opioid Overdose

October 13, 2023 · by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

My neighborhood is interesting, and you never know what to expect when you walk out the door.  I thought nothing could surprise me until one Saturday this summer, around 7:30 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

Ministry Along I-95 Requires New Tools for Clergy

March 10, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Within a few weeks of starting in my position at the Council, I met Cape Fear Valley Health Community Paramedic Chris Dudley at a health resource event in Fayetteville. Unlike […]

Ministry Along I-95 Requires New Tools for Clergy

March 10, 2023 · by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Within a few weeks of starting in my position at the Council, I met Cape Fear Valley Health Community Paramedic Chris Dudley at a health resource event in Fayetteville. Unlike […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

Clergy Breakfast: The Faith Community Responds in Alamance

February 21, 2023 By Stephenie Sanders, Partners in Health and Wholeness Program and Engagement Administrator

Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved […]

Clergy Breakfast: The Faith Community Responds in Alamance

February 21, 2023 · by Stephenie Sanders, Partners in Health and Wholeness Program and Engagement Administrator

Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved […]

Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

Clergy Breakfast: The Faith Community Responds in Fayetteville

February 1, 2023 By Rachel Baker, Communications Director

Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved […]

Clergy Breakfast: The Faith Community Responds in Fayetteville

February 1, 2023 · by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved […]

Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

International Overdose Awareness Day

August 30, 2022 By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness day. It is a day to remember those we have lost to overdose and to raise awareness on evidence-based practices to prevent overdoses like overdose prevention centers and overdose reversal medication such as Naloxone and Narcan. According to […]

International Overdose Awareness Day

August 30, 2022 · by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness day. It is a day to remember those we have lost to overdose and to raise awareness on evidence-based practices to prevent overdoses like overdose prevention centers and overdose reversal medication such as Naloxone and Narcan. According to […]

Filed Under: Homepage Featured Tagged With: Overdose Crisis

Spotlight: Olive Branch Ministry

April 13, 2021 By Lindsay Barth, Event Coordinator & PHW Communications Associate

HICKORY, NC — Founded by the Rev. Michelle Mathis and her wife Karen Lowe, Olive Branch Ministry is a faith-based harm reduction agency covering nine counties in the foothills and […]

Spotlight: Olive Branch Ministry

April 13, 2021 · by Lindsay Barth, Event Coordinator & PHW Communications Associate

HICKORY, NC — Founded by the Rev. Michelle Mathis and her wife Karen Lowe, Olive Branch Ministry is a faith-based harm reduction agency covering nine counties in the foothills and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Harm Reduction, Health, Overdose Crisis

Growing Communities of Inclusion: Mental Health and Harm Reduction

March 16, 2021 By chris

Join PHW for a webinar on making the connection between mental health and harm reduction work. Click here to register. We will look at substance use, harm reduction, and mental […]

Growing Communities of Inclusion: Mental Health and Harm Reduction

March 16, 2021 · by chris

Join PHW for a webinar on making the connection between mental health and harm reduction work. Click here to register. We will look at substance use, harm reduction, and mental […]

Tagged With: Harm Reduction, Health, Mental Health, Overdose Crisis

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