Chris Herren
Chris Herren, who played for the NBA’s Boston Celtics before his life was derailed by drug addiction, will share his powerful story of recovery at the Second Annual Chucktown Talks on Nov. 12, 2015. The presentation begins at 7:15 p.m. at Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St.
Tickets can be purchased at www.chucktownsquash.org ($15 for students, $25 regular admission).
Chucktown Squash an after-school youth development program, which uses the sport of squash, in combination with academic tutoring, literacy development, fitness education, community service, and mentoring to make a difference in the lives of Charleston’s underserved youth population. The College’s School of Education, Health and Human Performance has partnered with Chucktown Squash since 2010. In addition to providing use of squash courts and classrooms, the College also supports the program through faculty research and internship and volunteer opportunities for undergraduate students.
Read more about the College’s partnership with Chucktown Squash.
Herren was a high school basketball legend from Fall River, Mass., who scored over 2,000 career points and was named to the 1994 McDonald’s All-American team. Herren realized his lifelong dream of playing in the NBA only to lose it all to the nightmare of drug addiction — first alcohol, then cocaine and oxycontin, finally heroin. Alcohol and drug-free since Aug. 1, 2008, he has refocused his life to put his sobriety and family above all else. He shares his harrowing story of abuse and recovery in his memoir, “Basketball Junkie,” as well as in numerous interviews throughout the Emmy-nominated ESPN Films documentary “Unguarded,” of which he is the subject.
Herren continues to share his story with audiences in the hopes of reaching just one person and making a difference in his or her life. To support this vision, he founded The Herren Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing treatment navigation, educational and mentoring programs to those touched byaddictionand to educate people of all ages on the dangers of substance abuseone person, one family at a time.
