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Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness 
 
Tuesday, August 19 at 5:30 p.m.

For decades, Pete Earley, veteran reporter and author of several nonfiction books, told other people's true stories. Peter Earley 032The tables were turned when his son was diagnosed with a mental illness. He wrote Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness, a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist, to detail his family's struggle with the system and to expose the criminalization of mental illness in a Florida jail. He also contributed a piece in a recent special issue of The American Prospect, funded in part by The California Endowment, that focused on the politics of mental health.
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Join us for a public conversation with Pete Earley where he will share his experience with mental illness as an author, father and advocate. Patt Morrison, host of a self-titled public affairs show on 89.3 KPCC and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, will moderate the discussion.
 
 
This event will take place at:
 
The California Endowment's
Center for Healthy Communities
1000 N. Alameda St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
 
Light refreshments will be served. Admission and parking are free. This event will last approximately an hour and a half.
 
  The California Endowment Center Scene is a wide-ranging series of public programs organized by the Center for Healthy Communities to raise awareness about the vital issues that impact the health of California's communities. The nonpartisan community forums promote civic participation and provide an opportunity for the exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives.
 
 

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