Santa Rosa Junior College students, staff and community members united in recognition of the opioid crisis in Sonoma County and to honor the victims of fentanyl overdose at the Save the Youth event Aug. 26 at the SRJC campus.
Dozens of attendees gathered on the lawn outside the Burbank Auditorium to listen to guest speakers’ stories about loved ones lost to fentanyl overdose and learn about harm reduction from local organizations aimed at drug awareness.
Tova Esbit, Student Health Services outreach specialist, and Dan Lionett, Students For Recovery president, organized the event with help from Rebecaa Norwick, director of Student Health Services, and Corrina Wells, director of Student Life, after they learned that SRJC EMS student Kyle Emerson died from a fentanyl overdose on May 23…