Our Mission
Mission Statement
The Still Here Project exists to honor the memory of those lost to accidental drug poisoning while fiercely supporting those who are still here. Through creative community events, art, education, and trusted resource connection, we provide a welcoming space for remembrance and healing.
Our mission is to support those who are still here fighting and recovering, and to uplift the families who are still here remembering their loved ones. Through this movement, we also conduct community outreach, and manufacture and distribute handmade Still Here Narcan Pouches to reduce stigma, increase awareness, and declare that even though a toxic supply took our loved ones, their impact is stubbornly still here.
Remember
We honor the lives of those we’ve lost to overdose through art, storytelling, and meaningful remembrance.
Our workshops create space to remember the person, their story, and the life they lived.
Connect
We create welcoming spaces where individuals and families impacted by substance use and loss can feel supported and less alone. We create and distribute specialized Still Here Narcan Pouches to help make life saving resources more accessible.
Through community partnerships, we help connect people with trusted grief, recovery, and support resources.
Prevent
We work to increase overdose awareness and awareness to the invisible within the drug supply.
Reduce stigma surrounding substance use, and help make life-saving resources more accessible.
Through education and community partnerships, we hope to give people information and resources that could help save a life.
Handmade Still Here Narcan Pouches | Reduce Stigma | Spread Awareness | Save Lives |
Handmade Still Here Narcan Pouches | Reduce Stigma | Spread Awareness | Save Lives |
How it all started
Still Here Project was created after losing our mother, Alicia Ann Harris of Cincinnati, OH to an overdose of a heavily contaminated drug supply. As sisters learning to navigate our own grief, we knew we wanted to turn our loss into something meaningful and create a way for her memory, and the memories of so many others, to continue making an impact.
What started as a way to honor those we’ve lost has grown into something for those still here, too.
For Those We Lost. For Those Still Here.