Changing the Conversation

C4 Innovations

Welcome to Changing the Conversation! We discuss critical and timely topics focused on equity, homelessness, substance use, mental health, and trauma. Our hosts interview health and human service experts, researchers, and advocates. Conversations explore how we can adapt our systems to the rapidly changing landscape of social services.

  1. Learning from Recovery Elders: Laura Van Tosh

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    Learning from Recovery Elders: Laura Van Tosh

    "There are people that have created those pathways for themselves. We have national leadership now. That national leadership may not have occurred if it were not for the local programs that were funded…10 years earlier." Long-time mental health peer activist Laura Van Tosh and host Livia Davis discuss the history of peer-run programs, the development of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and her hopes for the future of the recovery movement. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More: Laura Van Tosh: LinkedIn Laura Van Tosh: The Life of a Psychiatric Survivor Activist | Mad In America Consumer/Survivor-Operated Self-Help Programs: A Technical Report, A Retrospective Review of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement and 13 Federally Funded Consumer/Survivor-Operated Service Programs in the 1980s Consumer Operated Service Program (COSP): A Multisite Research Initiative | Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) State Mental Health Planning Council Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Programs Overview | National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1999) Howard H. Goldman Obituary for Larry Fricks (June 13, 1950 — August 3, 2025) Maryland Office of Consumer Affairs National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute BRSS TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy) Video: October 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "From the ADA to the Ballot Box" Video: February 2025 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "No Research About Us Without Us" Video: April 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "Pathways to Wellness: America's Youth and Behavioral Healthcare" Video: July 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "Navigating Deinstitutionalization: Past, Present, and Future" Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Laura Van Tosh   Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning from Recovery Elders" series!

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  2. Learning from Recovery Elders: LaVerne Miller

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    Learning from Recovery Elders: LaVerne Miller

    "People like Howie the Harp and Sally Zinman... laid that fertile soil for those of us that have come after them, for us to really grow". Attorney and rights advocate LaVerne Miller joins host Livia Davis to discuss her experiences in the recovery movement, the lessons she has learned, and her hopes for the future of the movement. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More: Howie the Harp   What Are the 4Cs of Mentorship: A Comprehensive Guide   Cultural Humility (complete)  Project Liberty Peer Support Initiative  What is Servant Leadership?  How to Build Partnerships with Community Organizations - Visible Network Labs  Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships | Community Tool Box  Helen "Skip" Skipper   Brandee Izquierdo   Sally Zinman Papers Highlighting Women Leaders of Color: LaVerne Miller Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Changing the Conversation: Next Generation Recovery Leaders Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: LaVerne Miller   Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning from Recovery Elders" series!

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    Learning from Recovery Elders: Mark Salzer

    "Recovery is the goal. Here's one way to pursue that goal...really promoting community inclusion, supporting people and having opportunities to live a life that they want to live and supporting them with funding." Mark Salzer shares insights on defining and measuring recovery and promoting meaningful community inclusion with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More Mark Salzer, PhD Building on Recovery: Embracing Community Inclusion in Mental Health Policies and Services by Mark Salzer Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness with Patrick Corrigan, PsyD Recovery Assessment Scale-Domains and Stages (RAS-DS) from the University of Sydney Recovery in Serious Mental Illness: A New Wine or Just A New Bottle? by Larry Davidson et al Recovery in the Bin Recovery: The lived experience of rehabilitation by Patricia Deegan Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Olmstead: Community Integration for Everyone (1999) Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Mark Salzer Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning from Recovery Elders" series!

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Welcome to Changing the Conversation! We discuss critical and timely topics focused on equity, homelessness, substance use, mental health, and trauma. Our hosts interview health and human service experts, researchers, and advocates. Conversations explore how we can adapt our systems to the rapidly changing landscape of social services.

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