ACTION TEAMS
Coalition Action Teams
OD Free Marin is a community-based, overdose prevention coalition comprised of four action teams and a steering committee. Scroll down for a brief overview of each action team and their goals. To get involved, please complete the sign-up form below.
Education & Outreach Action Team
Youth Action Team
Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team
Justice System Action Team
Education & Outreach
Our Education & Outreach Action Team’s focus is on spreading awareness of the overdose crisis in the broader community. We provide naloxone training, information about prevention, overdose awareness, and more. We do this within a collective impact model as part of a coordinated response to tackle the opioid epidemic.
Spread Awareness
Planning and implementing awareness campaigns and increasing engagement with our website for education and resources
Amplify Partners Work
Amplify coalition and community partners’ efforts to broaden countywide awareness of overdose prevention resources
Host Presentations
Establish and launch a strategic and collaborative approach to naloxone training, targeting two professional sectors
Our Team
Our Education & Outreach Action Team includes community members and professionals in media, marketing, education, promotions, graphics, curriculum design, and public health. We are looking for team members interested in leading community-based educational training sessions.
Join Us
We meet via Zoom every month from 4 pm to 5 pm on the third Thursday.
Contact
Fay Zenoff, Co-chair fay.Zenoff@marincounty.gov
Youth Action Team
Our Youth Action Team seeks to reduce drug overdose through overdose prevention, harm reduction strategies, and treatment referrals. We work towards reducing stigma, increasing access to naloxone, and providing educational training and messaging geared toward the youth audience.
Spread Awareness
Increase community awareness of the Youth Action Team through presence at events and through social media
Diversify Youth Engagement
Recruit and engage new youth to participate in the Action Team who are representative of Marin’s youth population
Youth Education
Provide equitable overdose prevention education and outreach for youth by youth across Marin
Our Team
Our Youth Action Team is led by youth ages 11 to 25 and includes middle and high school students, college students, and Transitional Age Youth from all areas of Marin County. We work with local adult allies who are professionals in advocating for and serving youth.
Join Us
We meet via Zoom every month from 4 pm to 5 pm on the first Thursday.
Contact
Colyn Heimerman, Co-Chair, colyn.heimerman@marincounty.gov
Intervention, Treatment & Recovery
Our Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team’s focus is to increase access, availability, and the uptake of treatment services to prevent overdoses; boost client, provider, and community awareness of local resources; support outreach to overdose survivors.
Spread Awareness
Expand awareness of treatment options in Marin County and increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
Diversify Partner Engagement
Recruit members who actively work in intervention, treatment, and recovery from a substance use disorder.
Reduce Stigma
Reduce barriers preventing medication-assisted treatment’s successful initiation, maintenance, and support of lasting recovery.
Our Team
Our Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team includes substance use treatment providers, community members, and recovery advocates. We are seeking team members with experience in pharmacy and pediatrics. All welcome.
Join Us
We meet via Zoom every month from 4 pm to 5 pm on the fourth Tuesday.
Contact
Charis Baz, Co-chair Charis.Baz@marincounty.gov
Justice System
The Justice System Action Team recognizes persons who use drugs often touch the criminal justice system. The team partners with all branches of public safety and justice to enhance prevention programs and protect those most at risk for overdose.
Join Us
We meet via Zoom quarterly.
Contact
Fay Zenoff, Co-chair fay.Zenoff@marincounty.gov
