Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Recovery
How do You Serve Diverse Populations?
Just like each person has their own recovery journey, each person also has their own lived experiences and identity. As we strive to serve any recoveree who seeks help in our center, we need to be prepared to honor their identity and experiences. This topic page gives you some tips and resources on how to assist people of all backgrounds in their recovery journey.
On this page, you'll find resources that discuss the key elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion in recovery. You can find the resources on this topic and a description of each item in the list below. You can click on the title of the resource to jump down to it on the page, or simply scroll down to see previews of each resource.
Available Resources
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Articles and Blogs
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Videos
- Interview with CCAR: Serving Diverse Populations (~1 hour)
- Estigma 101 - Spanish Stigma Webinar (~1.5 hours)
- Healing Centered Engagement (~1.5 hours)
- Young People vs. People Young in Recovery (~1.5 hours)
- LGBTQ+ 101 for Recovery Coaches (~1.5 hours)
- Understanding Pride for Recovery Coaches (~1.5 hours)
- LGBTQ+ Contributions to Recovery (~1 hour)
- Basics of Problem Gambling (~1.5 hours)
- The Art of Storytelling in Coaching (~1.5 hours)
- Wellbriety Introduction (~1 hour)
- Approaches to Native American Recovery (~30 mins)
- CCAR: 12-Steps and Recovery Coaching (~1.5 hours)
Articles and Blogs
White Bison, founded in Colorado Springs, is the founder of the Wellbriety movement. They specifically serve indigenous populations through their recovery journey.
This page from Partnership to End Addiction specifically targets teens and young adults in recovery from a parenting perspective. In addition to the English article, it also provides resources in Spanish at the bottom of the page.
This Recovery Iowa page discusses what collegiate recovery resources exist in the state of Iowa, as well as how to create some of your own. Recovery Iowa also has several one-page flyers on collegiate recovery. Click here to view the Quick Reads page.
This Recovery Iowa page discusses what collegiate recovery resources exist in the state of Iowa, as well as how to create some of your own. Recovery Iowa also has several one-page flyers on collegiate recovery. Click here to view the Quick Reads page.
This National Helpline is a great resource from SAMHSA that can provide intervention during a crisis. We recommend keeping this number on-hand and posted throughout your RCC.
How do you address addiction in young populations? This webpage provides tips and resources on understanding addiction in these specific populations.
What does crisis intervention look like? How can you learn to navigate a crisis? This webpage guides you through some of those steps.
Videos
In this interview, CCAR shares some insight related to serving diverse populations.
This webinar discusses stigma in the recovery community entirely in Spanish.
This video teaches you about the shift from trauma-informed care to healing centered engagement.
This webinar explores what it means to be "young" in recovery and how that might be different from being young in age.
This webinar shares information and resources to better equip you to support recoverees in the LGBTQ+ community.
Understanding the importance of Pride can be key to coaching LGBTQ+ individuals. Watch this webinar to learn more!
LGBTQ+ communities and the recovery community often have a shared history. This video teaches you about those moments.
This video discusses the complex and co-occurring issues of substance use and problem gambling.
This webinar explores the culture surrounding storytelling, as well as the impact—both beneficial and harmful.
This video centers around Wellbriety's medicine wheel and 12-Step Native American peer-driven recovery program.
J. Carlos Rivera discusses the importance of holistic recovery in Native American spaces in this video.
This video discusses the strengths, as well as the weak points, that come from a 12-step background in coaching.
For more information on Wellbriety and serving Indigenous populations in recovery, we recommend visiting Don Coyhis's YouTube channel. Don Coyhis is a leader in Native American recovery and a great resource for anyone interested in serving diverse populations.