Bmore POWER (BMP) was established as an independent team of outreach workers in 2017 and joined BHSB in 2020 as a team that is fully staffed by people with lived experience using drugs.
Peers Offering Wellness Education and Resources
Our mission is to help people safeguard themselves and others from mental, physical, and societal harms. We are here to save lives, reduce harm, and address risky behaviors. We offer non-judgemental support and information to the communities we love.
Our team does outreach throughout Baltimore—providing naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and information about support and resources.
To learn more, visit our Facebook page or email us.
We want to honor and celebrate members of Bmore POWER who contributed to Go Slow and are no longer with us. Learn their stories.
The Go Slow campaign was created by Bmore POWER with support from Behavioral Health System Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and Mission Media. To learn more about the process for creating Go Slow, read - Go Slow: Baltimore’s Peer-Led Harm Reduction Campaign.
William Jenkins knew the dangers of fentanyl. He had seen his friends overdose from not knowing what they were taking. In August 2020 William received a safe supply kit and Go Slow overdose prevention information from his friend and Bmore POWER member Shelly Johnson. When he got home and prepared to take his drugs, he looked at the Go Slow message and it caused him to stop and think. He took a smaller dose and it saved his life. William said:
I know God has a plan for me. If not, I wouldn’t have seen Shelly that day. She gave me Go Slow and it saved my life. My life has been on an upward journey ever since.
William is now in recovery. Read his full story here.