Foothills Unitarian Church

We crave growth and transformation – and yet, we will go to great lengths to avoid actual change. We want to know one another more deeply – but when someone else’s truth challenges our worldview, our first move is often to start building a defense of our own position. Join Rev. Elaine in leading with curiosity and holding your certainties a little more softly as as Lucrecia Medrano, local leader and co-founder of the harm reduction and recovery groups at the Yarrow Collective, offers us the gift of her truth – a story of recovery from addiction, of liberation and de-colonizing recovery.  When Lucrecia found that a Western model of recovery also snuffed out the spark in her heart, she kept following her inner wisdom — even when it diverged from the advice of the experts.  Lucrecia found healing and liberation on a path that defied conventional norms, yet made all the difference. After taking in her story, Lucrecia joins Rev. Elaine for a time of conversation and reflection.  *Lucrecia Medrano (she/her), a prou