
Recovery LIVE Virtual Event
Recovery & Resiliency in the Family
March 25, 2021 from 2-3 pm ET
One in five Americans knows someone who has experienced an opioid use disorder, and at least 25% have a first-degree family member with a substance use disorder.* While often viewed as an individual process, recovery happens in the family unit as well.
Join us for a free, interactive virtual conversation on multigenerational recovery with some of the nation’s most experienced experts. Hear from people who have found recovery as a family—however they define family. Our presenters will discuss their experiences and approaches, share resources, and facilitate discussion. Families can and do recover!
Presenters:
- Ruth Colón-Wagner, LMSW, Director of Training & Development, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
- Natalie Delgadillo, Executive Assistant at EVS Financial
- Kathy Wright, MA, Executive Director, New Jersey Parents Caucus
Moderator:
- Steven Samra, MPA, Recovery Specialist, C4 Innovations
Registration closes 60 minutes before the event start time.
Questions
If you have any questions, please email us at recoverylive@c4innovates.com.
*Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2017, Federal Reserve
“The presenters were amazing, and I really appreciated the interactive nature of the webinar. I appreciated that the organizer attended to as many questions as possible.” –Recovery LIVE participant
“This was a great opportunity to learn and continue to grow. The presenters were knowledgeable and motivating.” –Recovery LIVE participant
“I love the information provided and look forward to many more presentations. They are enlightening and open my eyes to things I have never thought of.” –Recovery LIVE participant
Resources
- Recovery LIVE: Supporting Resilience and Recovery of LGBTQ+ Communities of Color: video recording from February 25, 2021 event (59:59 minutes)
- Recovery LIVE: Supporting Black Women's Resilience and Recovery: video recording from January 28, 2021 event (61:25 minutes)
- Recovery LIVE: Recovery & Resilience through the Holidays and Winter Season: video recording from December 17, 2020 event (60:25 minutes)
- Recovery LIVE: Reentry & Recovery—Both Begin at Arrest: video recording from November 19, 2020 event (60:34 minutes)
- Recovery LIVE: Cultivating Resilience & Supporting Recovery at Work: video recording from October 22, 2020 event (60:39 minutes)
- Recovery LIVE: Supporting Resilience & Recovery During Hard Times: video recording from September 24, 2020 event (61:39 minutes)
Learn More
- More info about C4's work on behavioral health and recovery.
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About this Virtual Event
Presenter Bios: March 25
Ruth Colón-Wagner, LMSW, Director of Training & Development, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, has over 30 years of experience in the fields of child welfare, homeless services, employment, and mental health care working with children, adults, and families. For the last 25 years, she worked in leadership positions. Ruth manages system transformation initiatives and provides national technical assistance and training in a variety of specialties to include organizational culture change from traditional care to a recovery-oriented system of care, organizational capacity building and sustainability, board development, succession planning, and strategic planning. Her specialties include mindfulness practice, mindful leadership, group facilitation, program management, and compassion fatigue. Ruth is certified as a Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, Functional Family Therapist, and Life Skills Educator. She received a Master’s of Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work and is licensed as a social worker in New York.
Natalie Delgadillo, Executive Assistant, EVS Financial, currently helps to establish investment strategies through optimizing interpersonal communications and future growth projections. During her time as a student in the Cougars In Recovery Collegiate Recovery Community Alumni at the University of Houston, Natalie was a mentor through the Source of Strength Leadership program, where she provided mentorship to new collegiate recovery students. She has been a substance use disorder recovery and mental health advocate for youth and young adults for more than eight years. In recovery herself since 2008, Natalie has also been working with her family to heal intergenerational trauma. She and her family have lovingly devoting their selves to ‘doing the work’ individually, and through the family dynamic. As a family, it is their hope to continue to seek the common goal of spiritual wellness, holistic healing and a deeper capacity to love.
Kathy Wright, MA, Executive Director, New Jersey Parents Caucus, has experience as a mental health executive, advocate, educator and writer has spanned over two decades. She has presented numerous local, state and national workshops on children’s mental health, family and youth engagement, juvenile justice and child welfare. She has been instrumental in providing dedicated and passionate leadership as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Parents’ Caucus, developing training programs and supportive services that empower parents and caregivers raising children with emotional and behavioral challenges in creating systemic change, as well as professionals and providers in the child-serving arena. She is the writer of NJPC’s Parents’ Empowerment Academy curriculum and remains dedicated to working with families to improve outcomes for their children, become self-sufficient, overcome the stigma placed on them by society and work with dignity as collaborative partners with professionals.
Steven Samra, MPA, Recovery Specialist, 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.