Save the Date: Author Peter Earley Discusses Getting Lost in the U.S. Mental Health System Maze on Aug. 19

Peter Earley, author of Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness will speak at the Center for Healthy Communities on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 5:30 p.m. A journalist who wrote extensively on crime, punishment and society, Earley encountered the American mental health system firsthand when his son was diagnosed with mental illness.

R.S.V.P. for the Peter Earley event 

Food Fight!
Educational Exhibit Examines How Youth Advocates Transform Community Food Environments

This exhibit highlights how the young people in four different places -- Anderson, the San Joaquin Valley, Baldwin Park and South Los Angeles -- have stepped up and taken the problem of obesity into their own hands, using photography and video as powerful tools to document their communities and communicate a compelling message for change.

Food Fight! runs from June 9-Oct. 25 at the Big Sur Education Gallery of The California Endowment. Hours are: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The American Prospect: What Path to Universal Health Care—Video Podcast Now Online

On June 19, Matt Miller, Ezra Klein, Neal Halfon and California State Assemblymember Fabian Núñez joined the Center for Healthy Communities on a discussion about the politics and policy of health care reform.

Watch Panel Discussion and Q&A Session