Explore Our Harm Reduction Workshop.
"Walk With Me" is an immersive, trauma-informed workshop specifically created for organizations, northern-remote communities, frontline emergency responders, and community groups. We move to promoting life, dignity, and survival.
Ashley Jellema (left) and Summer Wawia (right).
Module 1: Reimagining Care & Life Promotion Shifting the focus from substance use to actively prioritizing survival, deep connection, and the value of every human life.
Module 2: Historical Context Understanding the structural roots of trauma—including institutional impacts, culture erasure, and resource exclusion.
Module 3: Clinical Public Health meets Traditional Knowledge Bridging the gap. Your team will understand the mechanics of harm reduction supplies and overdose reversal.
Module 4: The Tactical "DOs and DONTs" of Reducing Stigma Hands-on communication strategies. Learn exactly what phrases create stigma, person-first language, and understand how to build conditional-free relationships with vulnerable individuals.
Module 5: Legal & Emergency Literacy Navigating challenges with calm and professional confidence, including practical education on the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act and knowing when and how to mobilize emergency responses safely.
Module 6: Self-Care To review and understand the importance of self-care and why it helps to protect us from burn-out and compassion fatigue.
Certificate of Completion - Learning through lived experience.
Workshop length = 1 day