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DESCRIPTION:Gabor Mate will speak on 'BEYOND THE HUNGRY GHOST IN POLITICS: How 
 Self-Awareness Within Supports Progress Without'\n\n"Gabor Mate's 
 connections-between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual 
 and the medical, the psychological and the political-are bold, wise and 
 deeply moral. He is a healer to be cherished..." -Naomi Klein, author of 
 The Shock Doctrine.\n\nDr. Gabor Mate is the best-selling author of 4 
 books, including:\n* In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with 
 Addiction\n* When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease 
 Connection\n* Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What 
 You Can Do About It\n* Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter 
 More than Peers\n\nFor two decades Dr. Mate ran a popular family practice 
 in East Vancouver. For seven years he also served as Medical Coordinator of 
 the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital, caring for the terminally 
 ill. More recently he worked for twelve years in Vancouver's notorious 
 Downtown Eastside neighborhood with patients suffering from hardcore drug 
 addiction, mental illness, and HIV.\n\nIn the 1990's Dr. Mate was a regular 
 medical columnist for the Vancouver Sun, and Globe and Mail newspapers. His 
 four books have all been Canadian bestsellers, and have been published in 
 nearly twenty languages on five continents. In 2009 Dr. Mate received an 
 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University, and has recently 
 been appointed Adjunct Professor in SFU's School of Criminology. In 2011 he 
 received an Honorary Degree from the University of Northern British 
 Columbia.\n\nDr. Mate maintains a busy international touring/speaking 
 schedule year-round. He lives in Vancouver with Rae, his wife of 43 years. 
 They have 3 adult children.\n\nHosted by Kris Welch\n\n$15 advance: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/263762 :: 800-838-3006 \nor Pegasus 
 Books (3 locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden 
 Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, & Modern Times ($18 door)  KPFA benefit\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/12/18719392.php
SUMMARY:Gabor Mate: Beyond the Hungry Ghost in Politics: How Self-Awareness Within Supports Progress Without
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way\nBerkeley, CA 
 94704\n510-848-3696\nhttp://www.fccb.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/12/18719392.php
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