Welcoming the launch of our NEW Website! The Courage to Speak® Foundation is proud to announce the launch of our new website. This new website will allow our programming, training and presentations to have an even further reach than ever before. The Courage to Speak® Foundations programs inspire students, parents, educators and community members to…
The Courage to Speak® Foundation began shortly after I lost my son Ian to heroin and prescription drug overdose. In the years that followed, I came to understand first hand the behaviors that enabled and perpetuated the disease of addiction. I did the best I could as a parent, but the disease was bigger than…
Posted by Informed Families When Ginger Katz’s 20-year-old son Ian died of a drug overdose, the doctors suggested she tell people that he died of a heart attack or brain aneurysm. Katz said that the night before the funeral, she couldn’t sleep, feeling “physically, spiritually and intellectually” unable to attend the next day’s events. “I felt…