Facing Fentanyl

𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗔: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 — 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗹 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 · 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐘𝐂 📣 Impacted families please join us for an exclusive sneak peek of Shokarya (The Noble Grief) - an upcoming documentary from ARMOUR Families, directed by Sundance Award-winning director Michael Rossato-Bennett. Through the eyes of Kamal Bherwani, who lost his 22-year-old son Ethan to fentanyl poisoning, the film tells a story that has become all too familiar to families across our nation - a story being lived by hundreds of thousands of people whose lives have been forever changed by this crisis. In the most devastating moment of their lives, these parents reach for a word to describe what they 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 - and find nothing. Every language in the world has a word for a child who has lost a parent. We call them orphans. Every language has a word for a person who has lost a spouse. We call them widowed. But there is no word - in any language - for a parent who has lost a child and walks this journey. That silence is not an oversight. It is a reflection of how deeply unnatural this loss is and how impacted families have chosen to move forward. How unspoken. How unseen. How unsupported. 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒂 - 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 "𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇" - 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅. 𝑰𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅. This film is meant to be witnessed together. This event is for you - the families who have carried this loss and deserved to be seen long before now. Join us and be part of a film working to shift the social consciousness of our country and bring change to those who still do not understand this devastation. 📌Friday, August 21, 2026 · 11:30 AM 📌Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. | 85 Broad Street, 23rd Floor | New York, NY 10004 📢50 tickets · Free · First-come, first-served 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 8×10 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍. 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎'𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉. Reserve your spot here: facingfentanyl.myshopify.com…

"A message to you -from families who buried someone too soon📷 so yours doesn't have to." 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 · 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟏 Share the message #EducateActPrevent #EducateActPrevent #facingfentanyl

"A message to you from families who buried someone too soon - so yours doesn't have to." National Fentanyl Prevention & Awareness Day · August 21 Share the message facingfentanyl.org #facingfentanyl #EducateActPrevent #Poweroftheparent #ARMOURfamilies

Important progress in the fight against fentanyl. We’re proud to see ARMOUR Families co-founder Collin Gage recognized in this article highlighting emerging research into a fentanyl vaccine, an innovation that could help prevent overdose and poisoning before they occur. While still in development, this type of science represents a critical shift toward prevention. By potentially blocking fentanyl from reaching the brain, approaches like this could reduce the number of fatal overdoses/poisoning and offer new hope to families across the country. As synthetic drugs continue to evolve, solutions must evolve with them. Innovations like this may open new pathways to address fentanyl and other synthetic substances, helping stop deaths and strengthen the tools available to both communities and those working to protect them. This is one step forward, but meaningful progress matters. 🔗 Read more: mensjournal.com/news/scienti… #FacingFentanyl #ARMOURfamilies #PreventionMatters #NotOneMore @KamalB

This partnership represents an important step forward for all of us. Through this work, we at ARMOUR Families/Facing Fentanyl have the honor of connecting with families across the United States who have been impacted by the fentanyl crisis. So many of you have shared your stories and your desire to be part of meaningful change, especially in education, prevention, and legislation. We hear you. We carry your voices with us. And we are grateful for your continued strength and support. Our partnership with the National Fraternal Order of Police not only strengthens our shared commitment to advancing legislation that makes our communities safer, but it also creates a powerful pathway to share life-saving education and prevention resources with law enforcement agencies nationwide. Through FOP networks, these tools can reach officers on the ground and the communities they serve every day. We believe this collaboration will help amplify awareness, support law enforcement with the tools they need, and ensure that the voices of impacted families are part of shaping real solutions. As this initiative progresses, we will continue to keep you informed about opportunities to engage, because your voice matters in creating change. We deeply value the National FOP and its members for their dedication and service, and we are proud to stand together in this work. @KamalB @codruginvest @GLFOP @ColoradoFOP einpresswire.com/article/908…

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍- 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐘𝐂 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎 & 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔📷™ From Denver to New York City, the message is clear: mental health matters in the fight against fentanyl. Love Like Lake, a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth mental health awareness and fentanyl prevention, is proud to serve as the Facing Fentanyl Gold Sponsor of our NYC flagship event. Prevention doesn’t start with substances, it starts with support. When young people have access to safe spaces, education, and mental health resources, we reduce risk, build resilience, and save lives. Join us as we bring this conversation to the national stage at the National Fentanyl Prevention & Awareness Day Flagship Event in New York City, August 20–21, 2026. Together, we can turn awareness into action and protect the next generation. #FentanylAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #LoveLikeLake #PreventionStartsHere #nycevents @KamalB @collingage_