Announcing...

January 9, 2020

Amid nationwide addition crisis, Senators Gillibrand and Capito, Congressment Trone and Meuser, introduce new, bipartisan legislation to support families struggling with substance use disorder.

https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/amid-nationwide-addiction-crisis-senators-gillibrand-and-capito-congressmen-trone-and-meuser-introduce-new-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-families-struggling-with-substance-use-disorder 

https://meuser.house.gov/sites/meuser.house.gov/files/One-Pager%20-%20Family%20Support%20Services%20for%20Addiction%20Act.pdf   

SPEAK UP for BEN, Inc. / OASIS Community Center In the News...

ARTICLES

WFMZ Report -  July 14, 2021 - Rise in overdose deaths locally part of national trend 

Hanoverview Newsletter Article About OASIS Community Center - Spring 2021

PRESENTATIONS

CHC/Northampton County Drug & Alcohol - Addiction & Recovery Educational Forum - September 30, 2020

 https://youtu.be/OnqNldgqOFI 

INTERVIEWS

PBS39 - National Recovery Month - September 3, 2020

https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/lehigh-valley-residents-spread-awareness-during-national-recovery-month/

PBS39 - Virtual Recovery Resources - March 23, 2020
https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/resources-virtual-addiction-recovery-options-during-covid19/ 

Mondays With Mel  Podcast - February 03, 2020

https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-gbztz-d14269

WLVT/PBS 39 - February 4, 2019

https://www.facebook.com/speakupforben/videos/833802953625395/

WFMZ/Channel 69 - January 31, 2019

http://www.wfmz.com/996170994?fbclid=IwAR0fi-PtYCXN9s8dzY0Q9sDooPXqA1Z3DZTgidOMfdK56DU9NWAJALKf0Vo

Inside Edition - December 7, 2018

https://www.insideedition.com/how-getting-your-wisdom-teeth-out-could-lead-heroin-addiction-49031

WFMZ Channel 69 News - December 1, 2018

http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/video-community-forum-raises-awareness-of-opioid-epidemic/905713267

WLVT - PBS Channel 39- November 27, 2018

https:wa//www.facebook.com/speakupforben/videos/205683150355108/

OPINION/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Lehigh Valley Live- January 3, 2019

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/2019/01/to-curb-the-opioid-epidemic-we-all-must-do-more-opinion.html?fbclid=IwAR2CMWhDea50sbfsiGT2RA4SV9U1Y48Hkr-ToK68TpjPlBFWWWE9W-tZHn*

The Morning Call - December 6, 2018

https://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-rea-miller-opioid-abuse-community-forum-20181205-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0l5BTpk5UghS0w5FOuPZfE8Hq-LE6qcxRgB6Wsi2aobLdK6m1rux5crns

OASIS PRESS RELEASES:

WFMZ Channel 69 News - September 9, 2019

https://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/advocates-call-for-more-federal-action-on-opioid-crisis/1118822460

The Valley Ledger - August 28, 2019

https://www.thevalleyledger.com/?p=95046

BRCTV13 - June 28, 2019

https://www.brctv13.com/news/local-news/24244-addiction-affects-more-than-the-drug-user-community-center-helps-family-members-who-suffer

Lehigh Valley Live - June 28, 2019

https//www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2019/06/families-impacted-by-substance-abuse-have-a-new-place-to-go-for-help-in-the-bethlehem-area.html

Pennsylvania Department of Drug & Alcohol - June 28, 2019

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/DDAP_details.aspx?newsid=117

WLVT PBS Channel 39 - June 28, 2019

https://www.pbs.org/video/oasis-obkdhn/

WFMZ Channel 69 News - June 28, 2019

https://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/new-community-center-in-bethlehem-aims-to-help-families-impacted-by-substance-use/1090259226

Northampton County Executive's Office - June 21, 2019

https://www.northamptoncounty.org/CTYEXEC/Documents/062119%20PR%20OASIS%20Ribbon%20Cutting.pdf

Lehigh Valley Business - June 3, 2019

https://www.lvb.com/june-3-2019/

The Valley Ledger - May 22, 2019

https://www.thevalleyledger.com/?p=88989