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1/2 This training, we focused on rescue breathing and rescue breathing pacing, especially if you're on stimulants or are hyperventilating from stress. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

2/2 The correct pace for rescue breathing then might seem slow to you, so we talked about how to maintain it. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

1/2 We also talked about safety planning post-overdose and how we can have individualized conversations with overdose survivors about that... gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

2/2 ...a crucial component of this grant moving into every element of it. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

2 subcommittee members shadowed people, walking around to check on everyone's technique. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

All the trainings were fully English/Spanish bilingual with some of our staff serving as translators, which came in handy for some of the trainees who only spoke Spanish. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

We're looking forward to further sessions where we can expand on today's success as well as what we've learned in other sessions. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

We are psyched about further development of our Doctor In the Family program, a concept coined by Dr. Elizabeth Schoenfeld & expanded on by her and her colleague, Dr. Bill Soares, our partners from the Baystate emergency dept. Health Equity Team. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld The concept is being able to refer to a doctor one knows w/an issue before seeking formal healthcare, like many middle class people are able to do and poor people cannot. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld It's an experiment in social capital we're v excited about exploring further. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld Maybe I buried the lede: WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY GIVE ALL OUR STAFF A RAISE FROM $20 to $25 AN HOUR! gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld his came about because of the accounting we did for our year 1 RIZE Massachusetts Foundation grant reporting, which let us realize we could afford it. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld RIZE Massachusetts Foundation We want to give a shoutout to RIZE Massachusetts Foundation & their contractor, Institute for Community Health, in providing capacity development for our bookkeeper and program manager as she conducted this yearly reporting. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld RIZE Massachusetts Foundation Institute for Community Health A special shoutout especially to Emily Hahn from Institute for Community Health , who has given us so much TA in crafting reporting that's meaningful for us. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld RIZE Massachusetts Foundation Institute for Community Health Another thing the reporting has given us is making our achievements, often unnoticed by us, visible *to us* so we can feel the pride we deserve to feel as directly impacted people running this small organization. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

Elizabeth Schoenfeld RIZE Massachusetts Foundation Institute for Community Health We are so reviled by society in the usual scheme of things that often, it's often hard for us to see them---thank you, RIZE Massachusetts Foundation & Institute for Community Health! gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

More exciting updates planned for you next time---in the meantime, please help us make 2-5k so that we can continue to pay our unbanked staff/staff with benefits which can't be risked. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

And finally, you asked it for it for years and you got it---there's now an option on GoFundMe to give a recurring donation monthly! Please use it widely for us, friends--and thanks to those who've already taken advantage of it. gofundme.com/f/whose-corner…

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Thank you Governor Maura Healey, Speaker Speaker Ron Mariano, Sen. President Spilka, and Ways & Means Chairs Aaron Michlewitz Michael J. Rodrigues for including funding for RIZE in the state budget. Your support will sustain our efforts to prevent overdoses and increase access to treatment.