Do You Week - March 17-24, 2023
*Advance Registration is requested here.
Friday, March 17
T-Break: Cannabis Tolerance Break
Friday, March 17 | 11 am - 12 pm | Introduction & Make your plan | Join via Zoom, Meeting ID: 997 6140 8825
Like anything else, your body builds up a tolerance: you need more to get high. A T-break could help you save money and also keep balance. Use the T-Break Guide from Univ of Vermont to plan on your own or join this one-hour virtual group planning session for ideas and support.
Party Throwers Prevent Overdose*
Friday, March 17 | 2-3:15 pm | Krutch Auditorium - Clark Kerr Campus | Advance Registration Required by March 15
This overdose prevention training is for residentially-based student organizations to reduce risks of substance misuse and potential fentanyl contamination during or after their events. Supplies provided.
Do You! Gut Check
Friday, March 17 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Student focus group. Invite only.
Student leaders inventory and improve campus messages and outreach about personal and community alcohol and other drug harm reduction. For more information, email khughes@berkeley.edu.
Saturday, March 18
Be the One! Narcan Training & Supply
Saturday, March 18 | 10 am - 4 pm | UHS Pharmacy
UC Berkeley students, staff & faculty can now pick up free Narcan, a nasal spray that works almost immediately to reverse an opiate overdose, at UHS Pharmacy during its open hours.
Monday, March 20
Navigating Consent while Using Substances*
Monday, March 20 | 1-2:30 pm | Anna Head - CAPS Building
PATH to Care, Bears That Care, and PartySafe at Cal are collaborating on a new framework for navigating consent while using substances. Attend to help co-create tools that fit our campus needs and culture. Refreshments will be provided.
Collegiate Recovery Program: Recovery Meetings
Monday, March 20 | 5 - 6:30 pm | 102 Sproul
Tuesday, March 21
Data Roundtable: What are we keeping front and center?
Tuesday, March 21 | 2-3 pm | Join via Zoom, Meeting ID: 995 8969 3849
How're we using our campus AOD-related data to define our needs and keep them front and center? Do we have data showing our current strategies are effective in addressing our priority issues? If you have interest, skills, and tools to contribute, please join us to review and explore.
Wednesday, March 22
PartySafe Practice: Education, Games, Prizes, Supplies!
Wednesday, March 22 | 11 am-2 pm | Sproul Plaza - look for the signs
Stop by our caravan of tables to build yourself a Do You toolkit with help from campus peer educators and advocates!
Let’s Talk About Drugs, Baby!* (Sponsored by FentCheck)
Wednesday, March 22 | 4-6 pm | Location shared after registration, dinner provided
Join the Collegiate Recovery Program and PartySafe@Cal to celebrate our 2022-23 harm reduction changemakers and innovations. Hear from FentCheck and DanceSafe about our improved Fentanyl Test Strips. Refreshments will be provided.
Thursday, March 23
Harm Reduction Expansion Project Workshop*
Thursday, March 23 | 5-6pm | 102 Sproul Hall
Learn how to use a harm reduction approach, fentanyl test strips, and Narcan to prevent overdose. Build awareness of recovery. Discover your campus & community harm reduction & recovery resources. Open to all Berkeley students, staff and faculty. Please register by Wednesday, March 22.
Friday, March 24
Hazing Prevention Coalition Meeting
Friday, March 24 | 10-11 am | For Zoom info, email emitchell1@berkeley.edu.
For any questions about Do You Week, please contact Karen Hughes, MPH, at khughes@berkeley.edu or 510-643-9073.
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