Transcript Recovery Management in Communities of Color

Recovery
Management in
Communities of Color
Presenter
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
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Agenda
I.
Crisis of the 1980’s
II.
Communities of Color Response
III.
Recovery Management in Communities
of Color
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The Crisis of the 1980’s and its
Impact of Communities of Color
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Cocaine replaced marijuana
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Baking soda replaces ether
(Crack was born)
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Cocaine lost status
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Three types of drugs
Socially celebrated
 Socially tolerated
 Socially prohibited
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Source: White, W. Culture of Addiction, Culture of
Recovery
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Crisis of the 1980’s Continued
War on Drugs
 “War on Men of Color” (Cecil Williams)
 Criminalization and Darkening of
the Face of Addiction
 The Stigmatizing Term “Crack Baby” was
Born
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Crisis of the 1980’s Continued
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Gang Involvement in Drug Sales
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28-Day Inpatient Treatment Programs
went the way of the Dinosaur
Extinct
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Lessons from History
“Historically, when systems of treatment
and support collapse; recovering people,
their families and visionary professionals
form grassroots movements to rebuild
systems of care to support long term
recovery.”
William White
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Communities of Color
Response
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Native American Wellbriety
Movement
Return to the Circle
 Alkalai Lake Indian Band
“The community is the treatment center.”
Andy Chelsea
 www.Whitebison.org
 Red Road to Wellbriety
 4000 mile walk/run
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African American Community
Faith-Based Drug Ministries
 Glide Memorial Church-San Francisco
 Pastor Hilliard-Atlanta
 Salem Baptist Church-Chicago
 Trinity United Church of Christ
 Apostolic Church of God
 Recovery Homes and Advocacy
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Re-entry Support
UMADAOP-Ohio
“Circle for Recovery”
 Nation of Islam
 One Church One Inmate
 “6 Million Dollar Man”
 Inner Circle/Winners Circle
 African-American Survivors
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Culturally Specific Programs
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Miracle Village-Gary, Indiana
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South East Asians Working Together
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East Harlem Protestant Parish
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Health Care Alternative Systems
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“During crisis, the problems in communities
of color are portrayed visibly, but the
systems of recovery these communities
birth often remain invisible.”
William White
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