Most people with a mental health disorder remain either untreated or poorly treated. The growing burden of mental illness and the huge unmet need present an unprecedented challenge in organizing, financing, and delivering effective mental health services.

Health care reform sees a central role for primary care in the delivery and coordination of services, especially for the chronically ill, and so provides a unique opportunity to better integrate mental health services into primary care.

Achieving this goal would make a substantial contribution toward expanding access to mental health services, improving the physical health of people with mental illness and the mental health of people with chronic physical illnesses, and addressing current health care inequalities for people with mental health problems, especially for those who are from racial and ethnic minorities.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that more than one in five children in the United States lived in poverty last year. The data point to potentially devastating consequences for child well-being and the future of our nation. Given that a large and growing portion of children are Latino—92 percent of whom are U.S. citizens—our country cannot fully address child poverty without considering the particular challenges Latino families face.

How does the new American Community Survey data compare to previous years? How does the data for Latino children compare with other communities? How is poverty different for Latino children? What are state and federal policies that can improve Latino child well-being?

Join us for a conversation on child poverty in the Latino community and why investment in this population is critical to our country's future.

In an election season that already has bucked conventional political wisdom, there is one key element that political strategists can continue to count on: The Latino electorate continues to grow and is too big to ignore.

What is the future of the Latino vote? How will the major political parties adjust their messaging and outreach to capture the support of this influential segment of the electorate? How will they appeal to the Spanish-dominant voters who already have proven to be independent voters?

These and other questions will be posed to top Latino leaders and campaign veterans who have watched and analyzed the exponential growth of Latino voters for decades. Together, they will analyze the Latino vote for 2010 and beyond, discuss the immigration issue as it uniquely concerns the Latino community, and explain why Democrats should not take Latino voters for granted and why Republicans should not ignore them.

From the Tea Parties to the healthcare and climate wars, America's conservative citizens have revolted against the Obama agenda. But are these grassroots actions in fact examples of 'astroturfing'?—The practice of manufacturing citizens groups for the purpose of delivering corporate messages. Curious to find out, Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham went undercover to investigate. What he found was astroturfing on a scale greater than he could have imagined, threatening not only the heath of American democracy, but that of its citizens and the planet as a whole.

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a provocative discussion immediately following the film.

Copies of (Astro)Turf Wars and Tears of a Clown will be available for purchase at the event.