Empathy Healthcare Cafe - Press Release




For Immediate Release:
The First Health Care Empathy Cafe in the USA

Berkeley, California -June 8, 2009- Empathy can repair the broken healthcare system according to filmmaker, Edwin Rutsch, and the leader of the El Cerrito Empathy Group.

53 year old  Edwin Rutsch has been interviewing participants, at conferences and other events, for the past 2 1/2 years regarding their personal values that shape their lives. The values discussed most frequently were caring, community, equality and justice.

At about the same time, Mr. Rutsch observed that  candidate Obama frequently discussed one particular value, empathy.   The filmmaker amassed two hours of speeches and posted them on Youtube, where Obama points out that what we are suffering most from, in this country, is an empathy deficit.

Mr. Rutsch has felt such a connection to increasing the awareness of all of us about the role empathy can play in our lives, he has made this his mission. A documentary on empathy is in process, and the Empathy Group's first event is a Healthcare Empathy Cafe to be held June 25th, 6:30 P.M. - 9 P.M., at Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St., Berkeley, CA 94705. The topic for the evening is "How can We Change Healthcare to Address What Obama Calls the Empathy Deficit?"  For more information visit: http://CultureOfEmpathy.com

Contact:
Edwin Rutsch
ProgressiveSpirit.com
515 Kearney Street
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Ph: 510-528-9895