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Cheryl Hahn, Mike Tyson, and Gerald Lott, Give Us Poignant Perspective on Being Peer Professionals

Cheryl Hahn (second from right); President of the Illinois Alliance of Peer Professionals, along with Mike Tyson (second from left) and Gerald Lott (left); each with the National Peer Recovery Alliance. All stop by the NPR Illinois studio to speak with Jeff Williams (right), to give us poignant perspectives before a Community Forum for Peer Professionals. Illinois State Library - National Recovery Month - September.
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Cheryl Hahn (second from right); President of the Illinois Alliance of Peer Professionals, along with Mike Tyson (second from left) and Gerald Lott (left); each with the National Peer Recovery Alliance. All stop by the NPR Illinois studio to speak with Jeff Williams (right), to give us poignant perspectives before a Community Forum for Peer Professionals. Illinois State Library - National Recovery Month - September.

Cheryl Hahn (second from right); President of the Illinois Alliance of Peer Professionals, along with Mike Tyson (second from left) and Gerald Lott (left); each with the National Peer Recovery Alliance. All stop by the NPR Illinois studio to speak with Jeff Williams (right), to give us poignant perspectives before a Community Forum for Peer Professionals. Illinois State Library - National Recovery Month - September.

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Jeff C. Williams joined NPR Illinois in February of 2026.
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