Meet the Peers Behind the Movement

Sponsored by the Utah Peer Network

 

As we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Utah Peer Conference, we invite you to meet the people behind this movement.

In this space, you will find stories of courage, resilience, healing, and transformation. Stories of people who turned their hardest chapters into a source of strength for others. Stories of connection, community, and the life-saving power of peer support.

 

Peer support is built on something powerful: lived experience, shared humanity, and the belief that recovery is possible.

 

Across Utah, thousands of peer support specialists walk alongside individuals navigating mental health challenges, substance use recovery, justice involvement, housing instability, and trauma. Many of us have walked these paths ourselves. We know what it means to struggle — and what it means to find hope again.

 

Between now and the conference on June 22–23, we will continue adding stories from members of our peer network across Utah.

 

We invite you to listen, learn, and be inspired.

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