Since expanding our headquarters to Arkansas at the beginning of 2025, we’ve been able to achieve major goals in the Natural State. We’ve trained over 6,000 residents on how to identify and respond to an overdose and have distributed over 60,000 doses of the lifesaving overdose reversal medication, naloxone. We're excited to share that this week has been particularly momentous for End Overdose in Arkansas on multiple fronts – read on below for all of the details!

MOBILIZE RECOVERY AT UCA

We partnered with Mobilize Recovery for their Campus Surge 2025 stop at the University of Central Arkansas. With hundreds of students in attendance and speeches from special guests like Tom Farley, to live sets from artists like American Idol winner Noah Thompson and local Arkansas outfit The Band Census, the event made for a powerful convergence of art, culture, and recovery. End Overdose’s brand new UCA chapter also tabled the event alongside other local overdose prevention and response organizations to spread lifesaving education and resources in a milestone moment for our Arkansas program.

End Overdose Arkansas outreach & fulfillment coordinator Sierra Jeans says, “Mobilize Recovery at UCA had a highly successful turnout with hundreds of people getting connected to local resources. Building community is essential to overdose prevention and response throughout the state of Arkansas – that’s a mission we’re committed to at End Overdose.”

End Overdose founder and CEO Theo Krzywicki adds, “We’re truly happy for all of the organizations who were able to connect their community and unite behind shared missions like recovery and overdose prevention and response. UCA students showed out in droves to support the Mobilize Recovery Campus Surge, so we couldn’t be more thankful. We want to especially offer gratitude to Census The Band, Noah Thompson, Dr. Stephanie Rose, Tom Farley, the Arkansas state DHS, and everyone else who assisted in putting this event together.”

FILMING WITH CRAWFORD STUDIOS

Throughout this week in Arkansas, we’ve also been proud to unveil a series of powerful videos filmed with local director Mytaah Crawford of Crawford Studios. For the video series, we teamed up with local metal band Gallowwalker, End Overdose volunteer Tyler Stone, and our own Jeans to share their unique perspectives on overdose prevention and response. Whether it’s experience using naloxone, being saved by naloxone, or leading the charge to distribute naloxone, three distinct voices are unified behind the message that Arkansas residents can get free naloxone from End Overdose and learn to save a life.

We’re thrilled to run these videos on social media throughout the state of Arkansas, connect people with lifesaving resources, and connect to them with stories that residents throughout the state will be able to empathize with and ignite them to take action.

From the Mobilize Recovery Campus Surge, to our work with Crawford Studios, our mission is steadfast and clear: no one else has to die.