Workshop: Safety Inclusivity and Diversity In AA (NSFW)

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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This is a workshop that took place in Medford Oregon on the topic of Safety, Inclusivity and Diversity in AA from June of 2020. Five folks of different backgrounds deal with a number of different topics discussing their personal struggles, challenges and solutions regarding safety, inclusivity and diversity in AA. This was early days in the pandemic so zoom bombing is also a topic. NSFW - Zoom I removed all the "how to participate" discussion at the beginning (and a ton of announcements at the end) so it feels like it just jumps right in and then out at the end. I also removed a number of spots of dead air between some of the comments and speakers and marked this as NSFW simply because some of the topics might not be appropriate at some workplaces. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sobercast, where we provide A.A. Speaker meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.7	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting Sobercast.com, look for the link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual
0:21.8	basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:27.4	Our main objective for this workshop is to share experience, strength, and hope on how
0:33.3	AA can thrive with even greater inclusivity and sensitivity to barriers to accessing
0:39.9	AA. It's our great hope from tonight that AAA members, our sponsors, and all our fellowship
0:46.8	can better share information, increase awareness, and support one another. Tonight, we have
0:54.1	invited five speakers who are sober members of
0:57.3	Alcoholics Anonymous, Madeline P. from Happy Valley, and a diverse panel discussing their
1:03.3	personal struggles, barriers, and solutions regarding safety, inclusivity, and diversity in AA.
1:12.8	Part of my background is that as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, I began to really consider
1:20.2	this topic probably about 15, 18 years ago in my own personal life.
1:28.3	And like many of us, I came from a background where I wasn't safe as a child.
1:33.3	I got sober and came into the rooms where I wasn't safe in the rooms.
1:38.3	And so it really has been one of those things that has been as a forefront of my mind.
1:48.1	Part of my story is I went on to become a forensic nurse after I got sober and worked with people who were victims of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
2:00.5	So that also really made me examine a lot of the culture within our rooms.
2:06.3	And I think that's probably the most important thing that has shifted in the last few years.
2:11.7	The things that we talk about tonight are not new.
2:14.6	They've always been with this.
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