KATIE’S LIGHT · EDUCATION · AWARENESS · COMMUNITY
Katie’s Light

Our Community

Walks, school conversations, and shared stories that bring people together.

Showing up together

Our community.
Our shared responsibility.

Our work began with our family’s loss. It continues through walks, school conversations, and people willing to listen and help.

September 2025 · Flowood

Our first Walk for Lives

A community gathering to remember loved ones and raise fentanyl awareness.

April 2026 · Jackson Academy

Taking the conversation to school

Richard and Kim presented alongside Cal Mayo on fentanyl and mental health.

2026 · Madison

Continuing to walk for lives

Another opportunity to bring families and the community together around awareness.

Looking ahead

Listening. Learning. Building.

School outreach, coalition conversations, and researching and sharing successful fentanyl-education approaches used in other states.

A coalition begins with people

There is a place for you
in this work.

We are seeking people who want to help make education accessible, support families, and turn concern into practical action. Parents and students. Educators and health professionals. Recovery advocates and community leaders.

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