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Interim is bringing renowned author and Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez to the Monterey Bay.<br>
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Tickets on Sale Now! Join Us On January 24th 2019... For a Presentation by Renowned Journalist and Author Steve Lopez - Mr. Lopez Meets Mr.Ayers: Exploring Mental Illness andHomelessness Interim is bringing renowned author and Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez to the MontereyBay. Monterey, CA, December 13, 2018 - Interim is bringing renowned author and Los Angeles Times journalistSteveLopeztotheMontereyBay.Join usforthisengagingcommunitypresentation -Mr. Lopez Meets Mr. Ayers: Exploring Mental Illness andHomelessness. Get Your TicketsNOW! Stevehaswonmorethanadozennationaljournalismawardsforhisreporting andcolumnwritingat seven newspapers and four news magazines, and is a three-time Pulitzer finalist forcommentary. Steve is also famous for his popular novel, The Soloist, which was turned into a movie starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The Soloist is a true story of the unlikely friendship between Nathaniel Ayers and Steve Lopez, which began when he spotted Ayers, who he learned was homeless and living withschizophrenia,playingatwo-stringviolinonskidrowinLosAngeles.
About theEvent: Steve Lopez will talk about his experiences and insights, withan emphasis on homelessness and the mental health system of care. Steve will also talk about his friendship with Nathaniel Ayers. A casual receptionforalleventattendeeswillfollowthepresentation. Includes lightrefreshments.Stevewill be signing copies of his book, TheSoloist! When: January 24, 2019, 7-9PM Where: Hyatt Regency, 1 Old Golf Course Rd, Monterey,CA 93940 General Admission:$30 Sponsorships (see details below):$250-$2500 Online Tickets or Sponsorships:Eventbrite Get Your TicketsNOW! Phone Registration, Sponsorships or Other Questions: contact Our Development Officer, (831) 649- 4522, ext205 Event Sponsors A big THANK YOU to all of our generoussponsors! Platinum: Wald Ruhnke and DostArchitects Suhr RiskServices Gold: Alexander and MarynLjubimow Bill Pardue and BarbaraMitchell MidPenHousing John Stafsnes and IathanAnnand Fenton &Keller Mr. & Mrs.Lawrence Weisshahn Each MindMatters Silver: The NunezCompany FranBaca Wayne and MaureenLavengood Renee and RichardKezirian SuzanneTaunt SheilaHolmes
Bronze: Philip Bhaskar, D.MD. Monterey OralSurgery Mr. & Mrs.Fred Cohn AnastaciaWyatt Jocelyn Brady JudithRitchey About Interim,Inc. Interim, Inc. is the only agency in Monterey County that provides affordable housing, residential treatment,socialsupport,homelessoutreachandsupport,familyoutreach,andsupportededucation andemploymentservices foradultswhohaveseriousmental illnesses. Ourmissionistoprovideservices andaffordablehousingsupporting membersofourcommunitywith mentalillnessinbuildingproductiveandsatisfyinglives. Webelievethathousing,healing,andhopeareapathtomentalhealth. Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.interiminc.org