The Black Poster Project is a 501c3 organization created by Dee Gillen, who lost her son Scott to an overdose. What started as a parent presentation with images of 35 lives lost to overdose/addiction-related deaths has now turned into a project filled with hundreds of posters and beautiful touching awareness displays.
Alumni In Recovery an
The Black Poster Project is a 501c3 organization created by Dee Gillen, who lost her son Scott to an overdose. What started as a parent presentation with images of 35 lives lost to overdose/addiction-related deaths has now turned into a project filled with hundreds of posters and beautiful touching awareness displays.
Alumni In Recovery and The Black Poster Project share in a joint mission: Bringing together the recovery community and the grieving community. The realities of the fatality of addiction, overdoses, and substance misuse and the hope of recovery. Our goal is the awareness and solutions needed to save lives and recover our world.
Interested in TBPP coming to your school or community?
For scheduling requests or if you would like to schedule a Black Poster Project school exhibit, please email:
If you are interested in putting a loved one into the project,
please email the address below.
dee.theblackposterproject@aol.com
There is no cost to the family.
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