CORA

This Monday (12/6) will be our last overdose response training event of the semester 💜 Join us in JMZ 0220 from 6-7 PM if you would like to become certified and learn how to administer Narcan. We welcome everyone, whether you have no prior experience or would like to refresh yourself on harm reduction. 🎆Looking forward to seeing you attend!🎆

Thanks to everyone that came to the Art Drive for MD Matt and helped us exceed our goal of 10 donations! 💜 We also do not have a GBM for tonight. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! 🦃

Love to paint or draw? Want to meet new people and contribute to addiction prevention? 🎨Join us this Sunday from 5-7 PM at the Art-Sociology Building in Room 3207 to create art to donate to a local medical clinic.🎨 Gouache, water color paper, and some brushes will be provided, but feel free to bring any other art supplies you need! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/JgLtEPRQVHixAikB8

Happy Friday, Terps! 🐢We will be hosting our first in-person ORT training this Monday from 6-7 at Jimenez 0220.💜As always, no past harm reduction is required to receive a certificate of training. If interested, please register via the QR code, and see you there!

Want to learn more about harm reduction while building your resume? Join us for our virtual training event this Thursday (10/28) from 6-7 PM! No prior experience is required, and upon completion, you will receive a certificate. If interested, pre-register using the QR code in this post. Looking forward to having you join us!

We are excited to be partnering with the UMD Police Department and Drug Enforcement Association to host their 20th Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day! Stop by and drop off your unused and expired medications at the Pocomoke Building from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday to join our efforts in preventing substance misuse. See you then!

Welcome back, Terps! 🍂Our first GBM of the semester will take place tomorrow from 6-7 PM at HJP2242.🍂 This is a great way to meet other members and learn more about our organization. 🎆See you there!🎆

To wrap up this semester, we are highlighting the AAPI fight against substance misuse in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. 💚Please take it easy this summer, and we hope to see you again this fall!🏖

⭐️Benjamin Blankenship is a senior Criminology and Criminal Justice major and has assisted CORA’s research team throughout the semester.⭐️

Favorite CORA memory: “Creating educational modules for Wicomico County and coming up with scenarios to educate people about the process of undergoing opioid treatment while in prison; I also enjoyed the GBMs, which taught me a lot about the history of opioid addiction and how to administer Naloxone.” 📚📖

Post-graduation plans: “I’m planning on taking a little time off to work on some side projects and might visit my brother in Malaysia. I’m also doing everything I need to get set up for grad school.”

We are lucky to have you Benjamin!

Thank you to all of our seniors for your hard work, and congratulations! 🎉 We wish you the best of luck with your post-graduation plans! ❤️

⭐️Anne Mustafa is a senior Neurobiology and Physiology major and has been an active member of the Harford County action team.⭐️

Favorite CORA memory: “Getting trained on how to identify an opioid overdose and the steps to take to help someone experiencing an opioid overdose.” 🩺🚑

Post-graduation plans: “To study hard for my MCAT and get clinical experiences to get ready for medical school.”

Fun fact: Anne grew up on a farm in the agricultural reserve of Montgomery County.

We appreciate your passion for helping others, and good luck with medical school, Anne! ❤️

⭐️AJ Jayan is a senior Neurobiology and Physiology major, minoring in French. She has been leading the Frederick County action team since our organization was founded last year.⭐️

Favorite CORA memory: “Probably discussing Halloween costumes with my action team!” 👻🎃

Fun fact: AJ is also the captain of UMD Moksha, the Indian classical dance team.

Thank you AJ for all that you do for CORA, and we’ll miss you! ❤️

April is a time of beginnings and renewals, with spring blooms and COVID vaccines signaling brighter days ahead. ☀️As the National Month of Hope, April also lends a hand in lifting our spirits.☀️We wanted to share what gives us—and hopefully others—hope this April. Comment below what makes you hopeful!

💥Join us for our overdose response training on April 5th (next Monday) at 6 PM!💥 Become certified in opioid overdose response and carry Naloxone, a LIFE-SAVING drug that can reverse the effects of an overdose. 🌟Upon completion of training, you will receive a certificate.🌟No prior experience is required! Zoom link: ter.ps/corazoom

We will be holding our second social of the semester at 8 PM tonight! 🌷Come meet other CORA members, unwind after exams, and engage in (friendly) competition! Non-members are also welcome to play Skribbl with us 🐢

Interested in harm reduction? Looking for a teaching opportunity? Train with our Harm Reduction Program this Friday (3/12) at 4:30 PM! You’ll learn how to educate others in harm reduction and naloxone training and save lives. If you would like to join us, please DM Sanjit Sachdeva on Slack by March 11th at 4:30 PM.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we wanted to highlight the contributions of women who are combating overdoses and stigma in different fields. Though this is not an exhaustive list, we thought that more people should be aware of these women’s amazing work. Comment below who your personal heroines are!

In honor of Black History Month, we want to recognize how the crack epidemic perpetuated systemic racism and worsened the opioid crisis in Black communities today. While we only have one more post for this series, raising awareness does not stop there. We must continue to understand history versus erasing it.

📢Our February GBM is this Thursday at 6 PM!📢 ZOOM LINK: ter.ps/corazoom. We will be hosting Harriet Smith, Director of Education from the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition, to discuss the importance of harm reduction as we prepare our own initiatives. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A session. 🎆All are welcome to attend this event, and we hope to see you there!🎆

In recognition of Black History Month, we will be releasing 3 posts on how the black community has been disproportionally affected by the opioid and other drug epidemics. This is the first one of the series!

💜We are excited to host the FIRST Maryland Opioid Awareness Symposium this weekend! This free virtual event is a great opportunity to learn more about specific aspects of the opioid epidemic and how to combat them. Be sure to register at https://ter.ps/MOASrsvp. We hope to see you there!💜

📢In case you missed our November event, on Saturday we will be hosting a Facebook Live of the same presentation to discuss how to recognize and address adolescent substance use. Watch us on the Washington Goes Purple page at 6 PM to learn more! 🏥This event is supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland and the Washington County Health Department.🏥

This Saturday, we will be hosting two seminars for the Frederick County community to discuss how to recognize and undermine opioid stigma. Join us from 3-4PM or 5-6 PM on Zoom (go.umd.edu/StopOpioidStigma) to learn more!

🏥This event is supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland and the Frederick County Health Department.🏥

📢Tomorrow we will be hosting a Parent Night for the Washington County community to discuss how to recognize and address adolescent substance use. Join us from 7-8 PM on Zoom (ter.ps/parentnight) to learn more! 🏥This event is supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland and the Washington County Health Department.🏥

Our friends at ROTA are holding a mental health first aid training. This awesome program trains participants in recognizing the symptoms of common mental illnesses and substance use disorders and also initiating timely referrals to mental health and substance abuse resources available in the community. A great resource!

Registration closes 11/4 so be sure to reserve your seat!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-youth-mental-health-first-aid-for-adults-who-work-with-youth-tickets-118518396715

🗣Exciting news!! CORA will be hosting two distinguished guest speakers to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the opioid epidemic! The presentations will be followed by a 20 minute Q&A session.
💥This event is open to ALL!💥

Narcan, the drug seen in the image, reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Join us on October 29th to learn how to properly use Narcan and save lives! Zoom link: ter.ps/ORTraining

🎆Our first General Body Meeting is tomorrow at 7pm! 🎆 ZOOM LINK: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5062705752

We’ll be presenting the counties we work in, as well as the goals for this semester. See you there!

CORA will be here to answer any questions you may have about our organization! The link to our Zoom Room is ter.ps/corazoom