Breaking the Stigma: Recovery Advocacy & Addiction Awareness

Speaker TONY HOFFMAN will present Breaking the Stigma: RECOVERY ADVOCACY AND ADDICTION AWARENESS

HOFFMAN WILL TAKE YOU ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH SPORTS STARDOM, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, HOMELESSNESS, AND PRISON TO COACHING IN THE 2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES.

Hoffman is a former BMX Elite Pro and placed second at the 2016 World Championships in the Masters Pro class. He went on to coach women’s Elite Pro Brooke Crain to a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Rio  Olympic Games in Brazil.  He is the founder and director of The Freewheel Project, a non-profit organization that mentors thousands of youths through action sports. In the future, he hopes to open the Tony  Hoffman Wellness Center to help redirect the lives of those struggling with addiction. This year, he is scheduled to finish his highly anticipated autobiography, From Prison To The Olympics-The Tony Hoffman Story.
DEVORRIS
DOWNTOWN
CENTER T H U R S D A Y, 6 PM
September 23, 2021