Peer Support Specialist
Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center
Herman Russell is a peer support specialist for Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center, a licensed Level I and Level II outpatient addiction treatment facility in Chicago, IL. He leads the organization’s Alumni Group, Men for Sobriety and Dying to Live, a grief-processing group, while serving as vice president of their food pantry, director of Sober Support and on their board of directors. Herman also contributes to Above and Beyond’s civic partnerships across Chicago, spreading their message of harm reduction and why trauma-informed care for the disenfranchised is essential to health.