Bring yourself and your curiosity to this educational event with Maine Access Points, a local harm reduction organization. At this casual gathering, we will snack on pastries generously donated by
Ritual Bakehouse while learning how to identify an overdose, administer naloxone, and provide other life-saving support to someone experiencing overdose. This free naloxone training will be led by Mikki Rice, Maine Access Points' Director of Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution, followed by volunteer kit making facilitated by Oliver Twombly, MAP's Program Coordinator. Come with questions -- we love to share what we know about harm reduction history, drug policy, safer drug use, the current drug supply and more! Leave with the knowledge to save lives and naloxone kits to take with you.
We would greatly appreciate it if after the free training, attendees would be willing to stay for a bit and help us put together safer use kits. As you put these kits together, we are happy to answer questions about what these supplies are and why they make such a big difference in preserving the health and safety of our neighbors who use drugs. Making kits is one of our organization's biggest bottlenecks in getting supplies out the door. In 2025 we were able to help 1,134 Mainers who use drugs do so with more dignity and safety. If you lend a hand making kits for us, we will be able to reach even more people in 2026!
**Please pre-register for this event so that we know how many yummy treats we need from Ritual and let us know if you have dietary restrictions so we can accommodate you.
**18+
**Cost is $0-$75, 70% of proceeds will be donated to MAPS
Maine Access Points (MAP) is a harm reduction organization providing syringe access services, overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution, peer support, and advocacy throughout rural Maine. We do this through networks of community distribution and collective organizing. It is our mission to recognize the resiliency of people who use drugs and to work in collaboration to create access points for overdose prevention and harm reduction services all over the state.
OUR VALUES:
We believe that all people have the right to access health care and meet their basic needs
We believe that people are the experts of their lives and have the right to choice and self-determination
We believe that all people have the right to safety and respect
We believe in ground-up, collective organizing
We hold ourselves accountable to the communities we work within
We recognize the impact of the war on drugs on all people, but especially communities of color
We hold critical hope that all people can heal from the injustices and trauma they have experienced
We commit to creating a world that rejects and deconstructs all forms of hate and oppression and we commit to reflecting on our own internalized oppression
We believe people have the right to naloxone, sterile injection supplies, and safe injection spaces
We believe that people do not have to die from their drug use
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