VOCAL-Kentucky

05/15/2026

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05/14/2026

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05/12/2026

VOCAL-KY, in partnership with the Community Education Group (CEG) and community partners, invites you to join our “Let’s Talk About Smoking, Va**ng & Harm Reduction”
Week of Action May 16th through 20th.

At VOCAL-KY, we believe in reducing harm in every way possible through education, compassion, access to care, and community-led solutions. As Kentucky continues to face the impacts of both the opioid crisis and Big To***co, we believe health equity means giving people honest information, practical resources, and support without judgment.

Through our partnership with Community Education Group, we are launching a campaign focused on smoking and va**ng education, awareness, and community dialogue.

Week of Action Events:

Now through June 16, 2026
Help us better understand community experiences, concerns, and perspectives related to smoking, va**ng, ni****ne use, and harm reduction.

Take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecqIy08-K4WZNZdKVDIYkkRJw6iyfGVz_sfT8psTR9pF8Z7g/viewform

🎉 Campaign Kickoff Party
Let’s Talk About Smoking & Va**ng

May 16, 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 VOCAL-KY Office
723 S. Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Come celebrate the launch of the campaign with:
Food & soft drinks
Games
Door prizes
Community resources
Conversations around health equity and harm reduction
*This is a family-friendly event and open to everyone

🚭 No Menthol Sunday
📅 May 17, 2026
Join a national effort raising awareness about menthol to***co products and their impact on our communities.
📝 Smoking & Harm Reduction Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecqIy08-K4WZNZdKVDIYkkRJw6iyfGVz_sfT8psTR9pF8Z7g/viewform

📚 Community Training with Danielle Walker (CEG)
📅 May 20, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 VOCAL-KY Office

05/12/2026

VOCAL-KY, in partnership with the Community Education Group (CEG) and community partners, invites you to join our “Let’s Talk About Smoking, Va**ng & Harm Reduction”
Week of Action May 16th through 20th.

At VOCAL-KY, we believe in reducing harm in every way possible through education, compassion, access to care, and community-led solutions. As Kentucky continues to face the impacts of both the opioid crisis and Big To***co, we believe health equity means giving people honest information, practical resources, and support without judgment.

Through our partnership with Community Education Group, we are launching a campaign focused on smoking and va**ng education, awareness, and community dialogue.

Week of Action Events:

Now through June 16, 2026
Help us better understand community experiences, concerns, and perspectives related to smoking, va**ng, ni****ne use, and harm reduction.

Take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecqIy08-K4WZNZdKVDIYkkRJw6iyfGVz_sfT8psTR9pF8Z7g/viewform

🎉 Campaign Kickoff Party
Let’s Talk About Smoking & Va**ng

May 16, 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 VOCAL-KY Office
723 S. Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Come celebrate the launch of the campaign with:
Food & soft drinks
Games
Door prizes
Community resources
Conversations around health equity and harm reduction
*This is a family-friendly event and open to everyone

🚭 No Menthol Sunday
📅 May 17, 2026
Join a national effort raising awareness about menthol to***co products and their impact on our communities.
📝 Smoking & Harm Reduction Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecqIy08-K4WZNZdKVDIYkkRJw6iyfGVz_sfT8psTR9pF8Z7g/viewform

📚 Community Training with Danielle Walker (CEG)
📅 May 20, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 VOCAL-KY Office
More to come!

05/11/2026

Please register! VOCAL-KY will have a team!

Momentum is gaining!!! But we’re not going to get there without YOU 🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽

Not registered yet? Get 2 or 3 friends together and start a team. Maybe there’s an issue you all want walk or run for...maybe you’re just going to have fun. All it takes is 2 people to get a team started and you can build from there. You can walk, roll, run, jog, skip…our event is accessible to everyone.

Already registered? Text 2 or 3 more people to join you. Teams can have up to 10 people. Let’s keep this momentum going!!!

Why? Show up this year’s partners: Adelante Hispanic Achievers ACLU of Kentucky Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky VOCAL-Kentucky. Support the good work they are doing in our community and help us raise as much money for them as possible.
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05/01/2026

Today, VOCAL-KY is joining people across this nation in honoring workers on every level.

And on this May Day, we are also lifting up a clear message: opioid abatement funding must get as close as possible to the people directly impacted.
This money should touch the lives of the people, families, and communities harmed by the overdose crisis. It should support housing, transportation, connections to treatment, harm reduction supplies, peer support, and the workers who are helping people heal every day.

In Kentucky, we are proud that overdose deaths have gone down over the last four years, but people are still dying. The work is not over. We still need harm reduction. We still need care. We still need accountability. Our people deserve a menu of services and care just like they have with alcohol and to***co.

We are calling on every decision-maker with power over these funds including Louisville’s local abatement commission, appointed by the mayor, which has not met in over a year and a half, to act with urgency and transparency. We are calling on counties that have not spent the money to begin. We are calling on counties that have spent it poorly to listen to directly impacted people.

This is one-time funding spread over 18 years. It is not philanthropy. It is blood money. And blood money is best used when it goes to the people who need it most.

As VOCAL-KY receives our first opioid abatement grant, we are committed to being good stewards of those dollars and continuing to push for better spending across Kentucky and across the country.
Follow us as we continue updating the National Roadmap with examples of good spending and poor spending. Stay connected. Stay engaged. And have a powerful .

In solidarity,

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05/01/2026

Today, VOCAL-KY is joining people across this nation in honoring workers on every level.

And on this May Day, we are also lifting up a clear message: opioid abatement funding must get as close as possible to the people directly impacted.
This money should touch the lives of the people, families, and communities harmed by the overdose crisis. It should support housing, transportation, connections to treatment, harm reduction supplies, peer support, and the workers who are helping people heal every day.

In Kentucky, we are proud that overdose deaths have gone down over the last four years, but people are still dying. The work is not over. We still need harm reduction. We still need care. We still need accountability. Our people deserve a menu of services and care just like they have with alcohol and to***co.

We are calling on every decision-maker with power over these funds including Louisville’s local abatement commission, appointed by the mayor, which has not met in over a year and a half, to act with urgency and transparency. We are calling on counties that have not spent the money to begin. We are calling on counties that have spent it poorly to listen to directly impacted people.

This is one-time funding spread over 18 years. It is not philanthropy. It is blood money. And blood money is best used when it goes to the people who need it most.

As VOCAL-KY receives our first opioid abatement grant, we are committed to being good stewards of those dollars and continuing to push for better spending across Kentucky and across the country.
Follow us as we continue updating the National Roadmap with examples of good spending and poor spending. Stay connected. Stay engaged. And have a powerful .

In solidarity,

04/14/2026

04/13/2026

New op-ed in Lexington Herald Leader 📰

Trevor Davis, a VOCAL-KY organizer, penned an op-ed demanding answers from Fayette County on why zero opioid abatement dollars have been spent yet. As someone in recovery in Lexington, Trevor has seen how few spaces and resources there are for people who use substances - something the abatement money could drastically improve!

It’s time counties across KY use the funds as intended and support proven solutions and harm reduction to keep our community safe!

Read the op-ed at the link in our bio.