
Power Hour Virtual Event
Addressing Stigma and Recovery
January 21, 2021 from 2-3 pm ET
Stigmas are negative social attitudes about perceived differences between people and groups. This can be based on a range of characteristics such as appearance, behavior, beliefs, social position, and background. Stigmas can cause debilitating shame, isolation, and exclusion from necessary medical care and other forms of support. Overall, stigmas cause barriers to accessing and maintaining recovery and are difficult to dismantle.
Those of us who live with substance use and mental health challenges encounter stigmas on a daily basis. Those of us who provide mental health and substance use services and support may be stigmatized by colleagues and community members. Great effort is required to identify, address, mitigate, and reverse the impact of stigma. This is also central to developing meaningful recovery plans.
What stigmas do you, the people you work with, and the communities with which you identify face and how do you survive them? When you see someone being stigmatized, how do you and your programs respond? Join us for a free, interactive virtual conversation to discuss these and other related questions to help you begin to address stigma in your selves, programs, agencies, and communities. We will share insights, strategies, and tools and facilitate discussion. Come prepared to share your questions and lessons learned and connect with others facing similar challenges.
Presenters:
- Kevin McCarthy, Trainer, C4 Innovations
- Steven Samra, Associate, C4 Innovations
Questions
If you have any questions, please email us at powerhour@c4innovates.com.
Learn More
- Identifying and Dismantling Stigma in Recovery Services—online course February 25-26
- Stigma and Recovery by C4 Innovations
- How C4 helps health and human service organizations live their values and advance their missions
- My Recovery Journey: Steven Samra (4:35 minute video)
- Power Hour: Roadmap to Racial Equity in Behavioral Health and Recovery Organizations--video recording from November 18, 2020 event (58:45 minutes)
- Power Hour: Put the FUN Back into Fund Development--video recording from October 15, 2020 event (55:03 minutes)
- Power Hour: Strategies for Rapid Organizational Learning During Times of Uncertainty--video recording from September 23, 2020 event (55:47 minutes)
- Power Hour: Strategic Thinking for Navigating Change--video recording from August 14, 2020 event (60 minutes)
- Behavioral Health and Recovery at C4 Innovations
- Sign up to receive C4’s newsletter and training updates
About this Virtual Event
C4 hosts free Power Hour events highlighting approaches that support health and human service organizations.
Presenter Bios: January 21
Kevin McCarthy, MSW, Trainer, C4 Innovations, is a person in long-term recovery, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and recovery advocate. He specializes in the treatment of clients with co-occurring disorders, focusing on challenges with housing and stigma. Kevin is a member of the boards of Heading Home Inc. and Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery. He was a consultant for the Department of Youth Services and MORE Advertising for the Massachusetts State without Stigma campaign.
Steven Samra, MPA, Associate, C4 Innovations, has expertise and lived experience in substance use and mental health recovery, harm reduction approaches, promotion of lived experience as critical experiential knowledge, developing and leading peer advisory councils, peer leadership, cultural competence, criminal justice, and effective outreach and engagement for challenging populations. He serves in leadership capacities for multiple recovery, substance use, mental health, peer involvement, and homelessness focused initiatives.